RESULT
3rd Test, Melbourne, January 01 - 07, 1947, England tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | lbw b Bedser | 45 | 124 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 36.29 | ||
| Arthur Morris | lbw b Bedser | 21 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 52.50 | ||
| Donald Bradman (c) | b Yardley | 79 | 162 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 48.76 | ||
| Lindsay Hassett | c Hammond b Wright | 12 | 48 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Keith Miller | c †Evans b Wright | 33 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 48.52 | ||
| Ian Johnson | lbw b Yardley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Colin McCool | not out | 104 | 174 | 183 | 8 | 0 | 59.77 | ||
| Don Tallon † | c †Evans b Edrich | 35 | 71 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 49.29 | ||
| Ray Lindwall | b Bedser | 9 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | ||
| Bruce Dooland | c Hammond b Edrich | 19 | 68 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 27.94 | ||
| Ernie Toshack | c Hutton b Edrich | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Extras | (nb 2) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 97.3 Ov (RR: 3.74) | 365 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Arthur Morris), 2-108 (Sid Barnes), 3-143 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-188 (Donald Bradman), 5-188 (Ian Johnson), 6-192 (Keith Miller), 7-255 (Don Tallon), 8-272 (Ray Lindwall), 9-355 (Bruce Dooland), 10-365 (Ernie Toshack) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Voce | 10 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | 31 | 4 | 99 | 3 | 2.39 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 26 | 2 | 124 | 2 | 3.57 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 20 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 10.3 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 3.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | c McCool b Lindwall | 2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Cyril Washbrook | c †Tallon b Dooland | 62 | 207 | 235 | 1 | 1 | 29.95 | ||
| Bill Edrich | lbw b Lindwall | 89 | 237 | 173 | 10 | 0 | 37.55 | ||
| Denis Compton | lbw b Toshack | 11 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47.82 | ||
| Wally Hammond (c) | c & b Dooland | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 | ||
| Jack Ikin | c Miller b Dooland | 48 | 144 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Norman Yardley | b McCool | 61 | 122 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Godfrey Evans † | b McCool | 17 | 40 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 42.50 | ||
| Bill Voce | lbw b Dooland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Alec Bedser | not out | 27 | 52 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 51.92 | ||
| Doug Wright | b Johnson | 10 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 12, nb 2) | 15 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 108.5 Ov (RR: 3.23) | 351 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Leonard Hutton), 2-155 (Bill Edrich), 3-167 (Denis Compton), 4-176 (Wally Hammond), 5-179 (Cyril Washbrook), 6-292 (Norman Yardley), 7-298 (Jack Ikin), 8-298 (Bill Voce), 9-324 (Godfrey Evans), 10-351 (Doug Wright) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 20 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 2.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 26 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 2.53 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Colin McCool | 19 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 2.09 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Dooland | 27 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 1.91 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 6.5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3.16 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | c †Evans b Yardley | 32 | 84 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 38.09 | ||
| Arthur Morris | b Bedser | 155 | 317 | 364 | 8 | 0 | 48.89 | ||
| Donald Bradman (c) | c & b Yardley | 49 | 95 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 51.57 | ||
| Lindsay Hassett | b Wright | 9 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
| Keith Miller | c Hammond b Yardley | 34 | 84 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 40.47 | ||
| Colin McCool | c †Evans b Bedser | 43 | 106 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 40.56 | ||
| Ian Johnson | run out | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Don Tallon † | c & b Wright | 92 | 108 | 105 | 10 | 0 | 85.18 | ||
| Ray Lindwall | c Washbrook b Bedser | 100 | 90 | 113 | 13 | 1 | 111.11 | ||
| Bruce Dooland | c Compton b Wright | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Ernie Toshack | not out | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 14, lb 2, nb 3) | 19 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 113.3 Ov (RR: 4.72) | 536 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Sid Barnes), 2-159 (Donald Bradman), 3-177 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-242 (Keith Miller), 5-333 (Arthur Morris), 6-335 (Ian Johnson), 7-341 (Colin McCool), 8-495 (Don Tallon), 9-511 (Bruce Dooland), 10-536 (Ray Lindwall) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Voce | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.62 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | 34.3 | 4 | 176 | 3 | 3.84 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 32 | 3 | 131 | 3 | 3.07 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 20 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 2.51 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 18 | 1 | 86 | 0 | 3.58 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Hutton | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 551 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | c Bradman b Toshack | 40 | 168 | 178 | 3 | 0 | 23.80 | ||
| Cyril Washbrook | b Dooland | 112 | 299 | 245 | 8 | 1 | 37.45 | ||
| Bill Edrich | lbw b McCool | 13 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 38.23 | ||
| Denis Compton | run out | 14 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 51.85 | ||
| Wally Hammond (c) | b Lindwall | 26 | 80 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 32.50 | ||
| Jack Ikin | c Hassett b Miller | 5 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14.70 | ||
| Norman Yardley | not out | 53 | 106 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Alec Bedser | lbw b Miller | 25 | 50 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Godfrey Evans † | not out | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 15, lb 6, w 1) | 22 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 100 Ov (RR: 3.10) | 310/7 | |||||||
Did not bat: Bill Voce, Doug Wright | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-138 (Leonard Hutton), 2-163 (Bill Edrich), 3-186 (Denis Compton), 4-197 (Cyril Washbrook), 5-221 (Jack Ikin), 6-249 (Wally Hammond), 7-294 (Alec Bedser) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 16 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 2.76 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 11 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 2.79 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 16 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 1.82 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Colin McCool | 24 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 1.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Dooland | 21 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 12 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Wed, 01 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 253/6 (Colin McCool 28*, Don Tallon 35*)
Thu, 02 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 147/1 (Cyril Washbrook 54*, Bill Edrich 83*)
Fri, 03 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 33/0 (Sid Barnes 19*, Arthur Morris 14*)
Sat, 04 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 293/4 (Arthur Morris 132*, Colin McCool 25*)
Sun, 05 Jan - rest day
Mon, 06 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 91/0 (Leonard Hutton 25*, Cyril Washbrook 60*)
Tue, 07 Jan - day 6 - England 2nd innings 310/7 (100 ov) - end of match
MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1946/47 |
| Series result | Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 281 |
| Match days | day (6-day match) |
| Test debut | Bruce Dooland |
| Umpires | |
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