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
Bill Voce	10	2	40	0	3.00	-	-	-
Alec Bedser	31	4	99	3	2.39	-	-	-
Doug Wright	26	2	124	2	3.57	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	20	4	50	2	1.87	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	10.3	2	50	3	3.61	-	-	-

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
Ray Lindwall	20	1	64	2	2.40	-	-	-
Keith Miller	10	0	34	0	2.55	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	26	5	88	1	2.53	-	-	-
Colin McCool	19	3	53	2	2.09	-	-	-
Bruce Dooland	27	5	69	4	1.91	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	6.5	1	28	1	3.16	-	-	-

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
Bill Voce	6	1	29	0	3.62	-	-	-
Alec Bedser	34.3	4	176	3	3.84	-	-	-
Doug Wright	32	3	131	3	3.07	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	20	0	67	3	2.51	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	18	1	86	0	3.58	-	-	-
Leonard Hutton	3	0	28	0	7.00	-	-	-

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
Ray Lindwall	16	2	59	1	2.76	-	-	-
Keith Miller	11	0	41	2	2.79	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	16	5	39	1	1.82	-	-	-
Colin McCool	24	9	41	1	1.28	-	-	-
Bruce Dooland	21	1	84	1	3.00	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	12	4	24	0	1.50	-	-	-

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	England tour of Australia
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	George Borwick John Scott

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ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1946-47

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	16	2	59	1	2.76
KR Miller	11	0	41	2	2.79
ERH Toshack	16	5	39	1	1.82
CL McCool	24	9	41	1	1.28
B Dooland	21	1	84	1	3
IWG Johnson	12	4	24	0	1.5

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