Australia vs England, 1st Test at Brisbane, Dec 05 1958 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Brisbane, December 05 - 10, 1958, England tour of Australia

England

134 & 198

Australia

(T:147) 186 & 147/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c Mackay b Davidson	11	28	31	1	0	39.28
Arthur Milton	b Meckiff	5	18	26	1	0	27.77
Tom Graveney	c †Grout b Davidson	19	85	99	1	0	22.35
Peter May (c)	c †Grout b Meckiff	26	97	122	2	0	26.80
Colin Cowdrey	c Kline b Meckiff	13	42	43	2	0	30.95
Trevor Bailey	st †Grout b Benaud	27	116	121	2	0	23.27
Godfrey Evans †	c Burge b Davidson	4	22	19	1	0	18.18
Tony Lock	c Davidson b Benaud	5	30	36	1	0	16.66
Jim Laker	c Burke b Benaud	13	24	25	1	0	54.16
Brian Statham	c †Grout b Mackay	2	8	9	0	0	25.00
Peter Loader	not out	6	8	12	1	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	3
Total	59.4 Ov (RR: 2.25)	134
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Arthur Milton), 2-16 (Peter Richardson), 3-62 (Tom Graveney), 4-75 (Peter May), 5-79 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-83 (Godfrey Evans), 7-92 (Tony Lock), 8-112 (Jim Laker), 9-116 (Brian Statham), 10-134 (Trevor Bailey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	16	4	36	3	1.68	-	-	-
Ian Meckiff	17	5	33	3	1.45	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	8	1	16	1	1.50	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	18.4	9	46	3	1.86	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Graveney b Bailey	42	80	120	6	0	52.50
Jim Burke	c †Evans b Loader	20	81	102	2	0	24.69
Neil Harvey	lbw b Loader	14	40	58	0	0	35.00
Norm O'Neill	c Graveney b Bailey	34	112	151	2	0	30.35
Peter Burge	c Cowdrey b Bailey	2	12	19	0	0	16.66
Ken Mackay	c †Evans b Laker	16	65	63	3	0	24.61
Richie Benaud (c)	lbw b Loader	16	58	81	1	0	27.58
Alan Davidson	lbw b Laker	25	94	120	3	0	26.59
Wally Grout †	b Statham	2	15	18	0	0	13.33
Ian Meckiff	b Loader	5	7	16	0	0	71.42
Lindsay Kline	not out	4	21	35	0	0	19.04
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1)	6
Total	72.1 Ov (RR: 2.57)	186
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Jim Burke), 2-65 (Colin McDonald), 3-88 (Neil Harvey), 4-94 (Peter Burge), 5-122 (Ken Mackay), 6-136 (Norm O'Neill), 7-162 (Richie Benaud), 8-165 (Wally Grout), 9-178 (Ian Meckiff), 10-186 (Alan Davidson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	20	2	57	1	2.13	-	-	-
Peter Loader	19	4	56	4	2.21	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	13	2	35	3	2.01	-	-	-
Jim Laker	10.1	3	15	2	1.11	-	-	-
Tony Lock	10	4	17	0	1.27	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c & b Benaud	8	43	50	1	0	18.60
Arthur Milton	c †Grout b Davidson	17	61	71	2	0	27.86
Trevor Bailey	b Mackay	68	427	458	4	0	15.92
Tom Graveney	run out	36	169	163	3	0	21.30
Peter May (c)	lbw b Benaud	4	12	9	1	0	33.33
Colin Cowdrey	c Kline b Meckiff	28	138	149	2	0	20.28
Godfrey Evans †	lbw b Davidson	4	21	21	0	0	19.04
Tony Lock	b Meckiff	1	34	37	0	0	2.94
Jim Laker	b Benaud	15	34	33	2	0	44.11
Brian Statham	c McDonald b Benaud	3	13	14	0	0	23.07
Peter Loader	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 4)	14
Total	119.2 Ov (RR: 1.66)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Peter Richardson), 2-34 (Arthur Milton), 3-96 (Tom Graveney), 4-102 (Peter May), 5-153 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-161 (Godfrey Evans), 7-169 (Tony Lock), 8-190 (Jim Laker), 9-198 (Trevor Bailey), 10-198 (Brian Statham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	28	12	30	2	0.80	-	-	-
Ian Meckiff	19	7	30	2	1.18	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	9	6	7	1	0.58	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	39.2	10	66	4	1.26	-	-	-
Lindsay Kline	14	4	34	0	1.82	-	-	-
Jim Burke	10	5	17	0	1.27	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 147 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Statham b Laker	15	50	51	1	0	30.00
Jim Burke	not out	28	173	250	1	0	16.18
Neil Harvey	c Milton b Lock	23	76	84	1	0	30.26
Norm O'Neill	not out	71	122	113	7	0	58.19
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 5)	10
Total	51.7 Ov (RR: 2.83)	147/2
Did not bat: Peter Burge, Ken Mackay, Richie Benaud (c), Alan Davidson, Wally Grout †, Ian Meckiff, Lindsay Kline
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Colin McDonald), 2-58 (Neil Harvey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	6	1	13	0	1.62	-	-	-
Peter Loader	9	1	27	0	2.25	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	5	1	21	0	3.15	-	-	-
Jim Laker	17	3	39	1	1.72	-	-	-
Tony Lock	14.7	5	37	1	1.86	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Fri, 05 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 8/0 (Colin McDonald 5*, Jim Burke 3*)

Sat, 06 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 156/6 (Richie Benaud 15*, Alan Davidson 7*)

Sun, 07 Dec - rest day

Mon, 08 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 92/2 (Trevor Bailey 27*, Tom Graveney 33*)

Tue, 09 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 198

Wed, 10 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 147/2 (51.7 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1958/59
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 460
Match days	day (6-day match)
Test debut	Norm O'Neill
Umpires	Col Hoy Mel McInnes

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
CC McDonald	caught	15	50
JW Burke	not out	28	173
RN Harvey	caught	23	76
NCL O'Neill	not out	71	122
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 5)
Total	147(2 wkts; 51.7 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	6	1	13	0	1.62
PJ Loader	9	1	27	0	2.25
TE Bailey	5	1	21	0	3.15
JC Laker	17	3	39	1	1.72
GAR Lock	14.7	5	37	1	1.86

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Jim Burke	Colin McDonald
2nd	38	Neil Harvey	Jim Burke
3rd	89	Jim Burke	Norm O'Neill

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