Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 3rd Test 1958/59 - Score Report

result

3rd Test, Sydney, Jan 9 - 15 1959, England tour of Australia

England

219 & 287/7d

Australia

(25 ov, target 150)357 & 54/2

Match drawn

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Trevor Bailey	lbw b Meckiff	8	24	27	1	0	33.33

Arthur Milton	c Meckiff b Davidson	8	23	35	1	0	34.78

Tom Graveney	c Harvey b Benaud	33	114	133	3	0	28.94

Peter May (c)	c Mackay b Slater	42	117	114	3	0	35.89

Colin Cowdrey	c Harvey b Benaud	34	104	97	5	0	32.69

Ted Dexter	lbw b Slater	1	7	5	0	0	14.28

Roy Swetman †	c Mackay b Benaud	41	180	168	1	0	22.77

Tony Lock	lbw b Mackay	21	58	62	3	0	36.20

Fred Trueman	c Burke b Benaud	18	29	37	1	1	62.06

Jim Laker	c Harvey b Benaud	2	4	2	0	0	50.00

Brian Statham	not out	0	2	8	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 2)	11
TOTAL	(82.4 Ov, RR: 2.65)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Trevor Bailey), 2-23 (Arthur Milton), 3-91 (Peter May), 4-97 (Tom Graveney), 5-98 (Ted Dexter), 6-155 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-194 (Tony Lock), 8-200 (Roy Swetman), 9-202 (Jim Laker), 10-219 (Fred Trueman)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	12	3	21	1	1.31	-	-	-
Ian Meckiff	15	2	45	1	2.25	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	33.4	10	83	5	1.85	-	-	-
Keith Slater	14	4	40	2	2.14	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	8	3	19	1	1.78	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Graveney b Lock	40	166	192	2	0	24.09

Jim Burke	c Lock b Laker	12	54	74	0	0	22.22

Neil Harvey	b Laker	7	46	47	1	0	15.21

Norm O'Neill	c †Swetman b Laker	77	194	222	7	0	39.69

Les Favell	c Cowdrey b Lock	54	169	147	4	0	31.95

Ken Mackay	b Trueman	57	154	199	6	0	37.01

Richie Benaud (c)	b Laker	6	15	9	1	0	40.00

Alan Davidson	lbw b Lock	71	173	232	8	0	41.04

Wally Grout †	c Statham b Laker	14	50	53	0	0	28.00

Keith Slater	not out	1	4	7	0	0	25.00

Ian Meckiff	b Lock	2	2	2	0	0	100.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 10, nb 1)	16
TOTAL	(128.2 Ov, RR: 2.78)	357
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Jim Burke), 2-52 (Neil Harvey), 3-87 (Colin McDonald), 4-197 (Les Favell), 5-199 (Norm O'Neill), 6-208 (Richie Benaud), 7-323 (Ken Mackay), 8-353 (Alan Davidson), 9-355 (Wally Grout), 10-357 (Ian Meckiff)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	16	2	48	0	2.25	-	-	-
Fred Trueman	18	3	37	1	1.54	-	-	-
Tony Lock	43.2	9	130	4	2.25	-	-	-
Jim Laker	46	9	107	5	1.74	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	5	0	19	0	2.85	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Trevor Bailey	c sub b Benaud	25	92	86	3	0	27.17

Arthur Milton	c Davidson b Benaud	8	56	71	1	0	14.28

Tom Graveney	lbw b Davidson	22	56	53	2	0	39.28

Peter May (c)	b Burke	92	269	318	10	0	34.20

Colin Cowdrey	not out	100	302	365	7	0	33.11

Ted Dexter	c †Grout b Benaud	11	33	32	2	0	33.33

Roy Swetman †	lbw b Burke	5	30	23	0	0	16.66

Fred Trueman	st †Grout b Benaud	0	1	3	0	0	0.00

Tony Lock	not out	11	31	22	2	0	35.48

Extras	(b 11, lb 1, w 1)	13
TOTAL	(109 Ov, RR: 2.63)	287/7d
Did not bat: Jim Laker, Brian Statham
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Arthur Milton), 2-37 (Trevor Bailey), 3-64 (Tom Graveney), 4-246 (Peter May), 5-262 (Ted Dexter), 6-269 (Roy Swetman), 7-270 (Fred Trueman)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	33	11	65	1	1.47	-	-	-
Ian Meckiff	3	1	7	0	1.75	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	33	7	94	4	2.13	-	-	-
Keith Slater	18	5	61	0	2.54	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	11	2	21	0	1.43	-	-	-
Jim Burke	11	3	26	2	1.77	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	b Laker	16	83	73	1	0	19.27

Jim Burke	b Laker	7	41	53	1	0	17.07

Neil Harvey	not out	18	57	55	3	0	31.57

Norm O'Neill	not out	7	29	35	0	0	24.13

Extras	(b 6)	6
TOTAL	(25 Ov, RR: 2.16)	54/2
Did not bat: Les Favell, Ken Mackay, Richie Benaud (c), Alan Davidson, Wally Grout †, Keith Slater, Ian Meckiff
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Jim Burke), 2-33 (Colin McDonald)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	2	0	6	0	2.25	-	-	-
Fred Trueman	4	1	9	0	1.68	-	-	-
Tony Lock	11	4	23	0	1.56	-	-	-
Jim Laker	8	3	10	2	0.93	-	-	-

Sydney 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. 464
Match days	day(6-day match)
Test debut	Keith Slater Roy Swetman
Umpires	Col Hoy Mel McInnes
Balls per over	8

Fri, 09 Jan - day 1 -England 1st innings 190/6 (Roy Swetman 36*, Tony Lock 17*, null ov)

Sat, 10 Jan - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 3/0 (Colin McDonald 1*, Jim Burke 2*, null ov)

Sun, 11 Jan - rest day

Mon, 12 Jan - day 3 -Australia 1st innings 184/3 (Norm O'Neill 66*, Les Favell 50*, null ov)

Tue, 13 Jan - day 4 -England 2nd innings 1/0 (Trevor Bailey 1*, Arthur Milton 0*, null ov)

Wed, 14 Jan - day 5 -England 2nd innings 178/3 (Peter May 63*, Colin Cowdrey 50*, null ov)

Thu, 15 Jan - day 6 -Australia 2nd innings 54/2 (25 ov) - end of match