Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 4th Test 1946/47 - Score Report

result

4th Test, Adelaide, Jan 31 - Feb 6 1947, England tour of Australia

England

460 & 340/8d

Australia

(44 ov, target 314)487 & 215/1

Match drawn

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	lbw b McCool	94	274	236	7	0	34.30

Cyril Washbrook	c †Tallon b Dooland	65	188	178	5	0	34.57

Bill Edrich	c & b Dooland	17	38	32	1	0	44.73

Wally Hammond (c)	b Toshack	18	42	33	2	0	42.85

Denis Compton	c & b Lindwall	147	350	286	15	0	42.00

Joe Hardstaff	b Miller	67	191	156	5	0	35.07

Jack Ikin	c Toshack b Dooland	21	42	45	2	0	50.00

Norman Yardley	not out	18	83	90	1	0	21.68

Alec Bedser	b Lindwall	2	16	12	0	0	12.50

Godfrey Evans †	b Lindwall	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Doug Wright	b Lindwall	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 2)	11
TOTAL	(153 Ov, RR: 3.00)	460
Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Cyril Washbrook), 2-173 (Bill Edrich), 3-196 (Leonard Hutton), 4-202 (Wally Hammond), 5-320 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-381 (Jack Ikin), 7-455 (Denis Compton), 8-460 (Alec Bedser), 9-460 (Godfrey Evans), 10-460 (Doug Wright)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	23	5	52	4	1.69	-	-	-
Keith Miller	16	0	45	1	2.10	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	30	13	59	1	1.47	-	-	-
Colin McCool	29	1	91	1	2.35	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	22	3	69	0	2.35	-	-	-
Bruce Dooland	33	1	133	3	3.02	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Merv Harvey	b Bedser	12	24	15	2	0	50.00

Arthur Morris	c †Evans b Bedser	122	255	268	12	2	47.84

Donald Bradman (c)	b Bedser	0	9	10	0	0	0.00

Lindsay Hassett	c Hammond b Wright	78	227	222	5	1	34.36

Keith Miller	not out	141	198	270	9	1	71.21

Ian Johnson	lbw b Wright	52	127	119	5	0	40.94

Colin McCool	c Bedser b Yardley	2	20	20	0	0	10.00

Don Tallon †	b Wright	3	9	11	0	0	33.33

Ray Lindwall	c †Evans b Yardley	20	34	31	2	0	58.82

Bruce Dooland	c Bedser b Yardley	29	61	58	3	0	47.54

Ernie Toshack	run out	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 16, lb 6, nb 4, w 2)	28
TOTAL	(118.4 Ov, RR: 4.10)	487
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Merv Harvey), 2-18 (Donald Bradman), 3-207 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-222 (Arthur Morris), 5-372 (Ian Johnson), 6-389 (Colin McCool), 7-396 (Don Tallon), 8-423 (Ray Lindwall), 9-486 (Bruce Dooland), 10-487 (Ernie Toshack)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	30	6	97	3	2.42	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	20	3	88	0	3.30	-	-	-
Doug Wright	32.4	1	152	3	3.50	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	31	7	101	3	2.44	-	-	-
Jack Ikin	2	0	9	0	3.37	-	-	-
Denis Compton	3	0	12	0	3.00	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	b Johnson	76	161	144	7	0	47.20

Cyril Washbrook	c †Tallon b Lindwall	39	78	87	2	1	50.00

Bill Edrich	c Bradman b Toshack	46	98	92	6	0	46.93

Wally Hammond (c)	c Lindwall b Toshack	22	64	50	1	0	34.37

Denis Compton	not out	103	353	284	10	0	29.17

Joe Hardstaff	b Toshack	9	53	38	0	0	16.98

Jack Ikin	lbw b Toshack	1	28	18	0	0	3.57

Norman Yardley	c †Tallon b Lindwall	18	55	54	0	0	32.72

Alec Bedser	c †Tallon b Miller	3	19	19	0	0	15.78

Godfrey Evans †	not out	10	96	133	1	0	10.41

Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 3, w 2)	13
TOTAL	(125.1 Ov, RR: 2.71)	340/8d
Did not bat: Doug Wright
Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Cyril Washbrook), 2-137 (Leonard Hutton), 3-178 (Bill Edrich), 4-188 (Wally Hammond), 5-207 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-215 (Jack Ikin), 7-250 (Norman Yardley), 8-255 (Alec Bedser)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	17.1	4	60	2	2.62	-	-	-
Keith Miller	11	0	34	1	2.31	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	36	6	76	4	1.58	-	-	-
Colin McCool	19	3	41	0	1.61	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	25	8	51	1	1.53	-	-	-
Bruce Dooland	17	2	65	0	2.86	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Merv Harvey	b Yardley	31	83	100	3	0	37.34

Arthur Morris	not out	124	171	193	12	0	72.51

Donald Bradman (c)	not out	56	102	91	4	0	54.90

Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
TOTAL	(44 Ov, RR: 4.88)	215/1
Did not bat: Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller, Ian Johnson, Colin McCool, Don Tallon †, Ray Lindwall, Bruce Dooland, Ernie Toshack
Fall of wickets: 1-116 (Merv Harvey)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	15	1	68	0	3.40	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	7	2	25	0	2.67	-	-	-
Doug Wright	9	0	49	0	4.08	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	13	0	69	1	3.98	-	-	-

Adelaide Oval
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1946/47
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 282
Match days	day(6-day match)
Test debut	Merv Harvey
Umpires	George Borwick John Scott
Balls per over	8

Fri, 31 Jan - day 1 -England 1st innings 239/4 (Denis Compton 15*, Joe Hardstaff 22*, null ov)

Sat, 01 Feb - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 24/2 (Arthur Morris 11*, Lindsay Hassett 0*, null ov)

Sun, 02 Feb - rest day

Mon, 03 Feb - day 3 -Australia 1st innings 293/4 (Keith Miller 33*, Ian Johnson 35*, null ov)

Tue, 04 Feb - day 4 -England 2nd innings 96/0 (Leonard Hutton 58*, Cyril Washbrook 38*, null ov)

Wed, 05 Feb - day 5 -England 2nd innings 274/8 (Denis Compton 52*, Godfrey Evans 0*, null ov)

Thu, 06 Feb - day 6 -Australia 2nd innings 215/1 (44 ov) - end of match