Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 2nd Test 1958/59 - Score Report

result

2nd Test, Melbourne, Dec 31 1958 - Jan 5 1959, England tour of Australia

England

259 & 87

Australia

(17.1 ov, target 39)308 & 42/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c †Grout b Davidson	3	8	11	0	0	37.50

Trevor Bailey	c Benaud b Meckiff	48	114	151	6	0	42.10

Willie Watson	b Davidson	0	4	2	0	0	0.00

Tom Graveney	lbw b Davidson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Peter May (c)	b Meckiff	113	298	315	11	0	37.91

Colin Cowdrey	c †Grout b Davidson	44	208	200	5	0	21.15

Godfrey Evans †	c Davidson b Meckiff	4	8	11	1	0	50.00

Tony Lock	st †Grout b Benaud	5	29	36	0	0	17.24

Jim Laker	not out	22	85	86	0	0	25.88

Brian Statham	b Davidson	13	34	45	1	0	38.23

Peter Loader	b Davidson	1	3	11	0	0	33.33

Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 3)	6
TOTAL	(98.5 Ov, RR: 2.62)	259
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Peter Richardson), 2-7 (Willie Watson), 3-7 (Tom Graveney), 4-92 (Trevor Bailey), 5-210 (Peter May), 6-218 (Godfrey Evans), 7-218 (Colin Cowdrey), 8-233 (Tony Lock), 9-253 (Brian Statham), 10-259 (Peter Loader)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	25.5	7	64	6	1.87	-	-	-
Ian Meckiff	24	4	69	3	2.15	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	9	2	16	0	1.33	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	29	7	61	1	1.57	-	-	-
Lindsay Kline	11	2	43	0	2.93	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Graveney b Statham	47	169	248	0	0	27.81

Jim Burke	b Statham	3	20	27	0	0	15.00

Neil Harvey	b Loader	167	325	370	16	0	51.38

Norm O'Neill	c †Evans b Statham	37	109	142	2	0	33.94

Ken Mackay	c †Evans b Statham	18	60	88	1	0	30.00

Bob Simpson	lbw b Loader	0	7	14	0	0	0.00

Richie Benaud (c)	lbw b Statham	0	5	6	0	0	0.00

Alan Davidson	b Statham	24	64	74	2	0	37.50

Wally Grout †	c May b Loader	8	26	47	1	0	30.76

Ian Meckiff	b Statham	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Lindsay Kline	not out	1	15	25	0	0	6.66

Extras	(lb 3)	3
TOTAL	(100.2 Ov, RR: 3.07)	308
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Jim Burke), 2-137 (Colin McDonald), 3-255 (Norm O'Neill), 4-257 (Neil Harvey), 5-261 (Bob Simpson), 6-262 (Richie Benaud), 7-295 (Ken Mackay), 8-300 (Alan Davidson), 9-300 (Ian Meckiff), 10-308 (Wally Grout)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	28	6	57	7	1.52	-	-	-
Peter Loader	27.2	4	97	3	2.66	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	16	0	50	0	2.34	-	-	-
Jim Laker	12	1	47	0	2.93	-	-	-
Tony Lock	17	2	54	0	2.38	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c Harvey b Meckiff	2	11	8	0	0	18.18

Trevor Bailey	c Burke b Meckiff	14	34	56	1	0	41.17

Willie Watson	b Davidson	7	21	23	0	0	33.33

Tom Graveney	c Davidson b Meckiff	3	7	8	0	0	42.85

Peter May (c)	c Davidson b Meckiff	17	68	98	1	0	25.00

Colin Cowdrey	c †Grout b Meckiff	12	12	19	2	0	100.00

Godfrey Evans †	run out	11	27	26	0	0	40.74

Tony Lock	c & b Davidson	6	38	43	1	0	15.78

Jim Laker	c Harvey b Davidson	3	10	18	0	0	30.00

Brian Statham	not out	8	19	25	0	0	42.10

Peter Loader	b Meckiff	0	5	12	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 2)	4
TOTAL	(31.2 Ov, RR: 2.78)	87
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Peter Richardson), 2-14 (Willie Watson), 3-21 (Tom Graveney), 4-27 (Trevor Bailey), 5-44 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-57 (Godfrey Evans), 7-71 (Peter May), 8-75 (Tony Lock), 9-80 (Jim Laker), 10-87 (Peter Loader)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	15	2	41	3	2.04	-	-	-
Ian Meckiff	15.2	3	38	6	1.86	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	1	0	4	0	3.00	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	lbw b Statham	5	13	12	0	0	38.46

Jim Burke	not out	18	55	76	1	0	32.72

Wally Grout †	st †Evans b Laker	12	44	38	0	0	27.27

Neil Harvey	not out	7	25	22	0	0	28.00

Extras		0
TOTAL	(17.1 Ov, RR: 2.45)	42/2
Did not bat: Norm O'Neill, Ken Mackay, Bob Simpson, Richie Benaud (c), Alan Davidson, Ian Meckiff, Lindsay Kline
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Colin McDonald), 2-26 (Wally Grout)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	5	1	11	1	1.65	-	-	-
Peter Loader	5	1	13	0	1.95	-	-	-
Jim Laker	4	1	7	1	1.31	-	-	-
Tony Lock	3.1	1	11	0	2.64	-	-	-

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1958/59
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 462
Match days	day(6-day match)
Umpires	Mel McInnes Ronald Wright
Balls per over	8

Wed, 31 Dec - day 1 -England 1st innings 173/4 (Peter May 89*, Colin Cowdrey 28*, null ov)

Thu, 01 Jan - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 96/1 (Colin McDonald 32*, Neil Harvey 60*, null ov)

Fri, 02 Jan - day 3 -Australia 1st innings 282/6 (Ken Mackay 14*, Alan Davidson 12*, null ov)

Sat, 03 Jan - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 9/1 (Jim Burke 2*, Wally Grout 2*, null ov)

Sun, 04 Jan - rest day

Mon, 05 Jan - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 42/2 (17.1 ov) - end of match