| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JB Hobbs | run out | 49 | 95 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 52.68 | |
| H Sutcliffe | c Ponsford b Gregory | 38 | 86 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 38.00 | |
| CP Mead | lbw b Grimmett | 8 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 34.78 | |
| WR Hammond | c Woodfull b Gregory | 44 | 95 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 34.92 | |
| DR Jardine | c Woodfull b Ironmonger | 35 | 121 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 26.71 | |
| EH Hendren | c Ponsford b Ironmonger | 169 | 308 | 314 | 16 | 0 | 53.82 | |
| APF Chapman* | c Kelleway b Gregory | 50 | 58 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 87.71 | |
| MW Tate | c Ryder b Grimmett | 26 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 83.87 | |
| H Larwood | lbw b Hendry | 70 | 118 | 132 | 7 | 1 | 53.03 | |
| JC White | lbw b Grimmett | 14 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| G Duckworth† | not out | 5 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 19.23 | |
| Extras | (lb 10, nb 3) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 175.3 overs) | 521 | (2.96 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-85 (Sutcliffe), 2-95 (Hobbs), 3-108 (Mead), 4-161 (Hammond), 5-217 (Jardine), 6-291 (Chapman), 7-319 (Tate), 8-443 (Larwood), 9-495 (White), 10-521 (Hendren) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Gregory | 41 | 3 | 142 | 3 | 3.46 | |||
| C Kelleway | 34 | 9 | 77 | 0 | 2.26 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 40 | 2 | 167 | 3 | 4.17 | |||
| H Ironmonger | 44.3 | 18 | 79 | 2 | 1.77 | |||
| J Ryder | 6 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 3.83 | |||
| HSTL Hendry | 10 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WM Woodfull | c Chapman b Larwood | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WH Ponsford | b Larwood | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| AF Kippax | c & b Tate | 16 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| HSTL Hendry | lbw b Larwood | 30 | 64 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 42.25 | |
| C Kelleway | b Larwood | 8 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| J Ryder* | c Jardine b Larwood | 33 | 83 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 40.24 | |
| DG Bradman | lbw b Tate | 18 | 33 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 45.00 | |
| WAS Oldfield† | lbw b Tate | 2 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| CV Grimmett | not out | 7 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 35.00 | |
| H Ironmonger | b Larwood | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JM Gregory | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1) | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 50.4 overs) | 122 | (2.40 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Woodfull), 2-7 (Ponsford), 3-24 (Kippax), 4-40 (Kelleway), 5-71 (Hendry), 6-101 (Bradman), 7-105 (Oldfield), 8-116 (Ryder), 9-122 (Ironmonger) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| H Larwood | 14.4 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 2.18 | |||
| MW Tate | 21 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 2.38 | |||
| WR Hammond | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.53 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JB Hobbs | lbw b Grimmett | 11 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| H Sutcliffe | c sub b Ironmonger | 32 | 97 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 31.68 | |
| CP Mead | lbw b Grimmett | 73 | 210 | 263 | 7 | 0 | 27.75 | |
| WR Hammond | c sub b Ironmonger | 28 | 66 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 29.47 | |
| DR Jardine | not out | 65 | 188 | 194 | 8 | 0 | 33.50 | |
| EH Hendren | c Ponsford b Grimmett | 45 | 58 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 67.16 | |
| APF Chapman* | c †Oldfield b Grimmett | 27 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 158.82 | |
| MW Tate | c Bradman b Grimmett | 20 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 117.64 | |
| H Larwood | c Ponsford b Grimmett | 37 | 34 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 102.77 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 1) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets dec; 135.1 overs) | 342 | (2.53 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat JC White, G Duckworth† |
| Fall of wickets1-25 (Hobbs), 2-69 (Sutcliffe), 3-117 (Hammond), 4-165 (Mead), 5-228 (Hendren), 6-263 (Chapman), 7-285 (Tate), 8-342 (Larwood) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CV Grimmett | 44.1 | 9 | 131 | 6 | 2.96 | |||
| H Ironmonger | 50 | 20 | 85 | 2 | 1.70 | |||
| J Ryder | 14 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 3.07 | |||
| HSTL Hendry | 27 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 2.92 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 742 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WM Woodfull | not out | 30 | 82 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 41.09 | |
| WH Ponsford | c †Duckworth b Larwood | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| AF Kippax | c & b Larwood | 15 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| HSTL Hendry | c Larwood b White | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| J Ryder* | c Larwood b Tate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| DG Bradman | c Chapman b White | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| WAS Oldfield† | c Larwood b Tate | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| CV Grimmett | c Chapman b White | 1 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5.55 | |
| H Ironmonger | c Chapman b White | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| C Kelleway | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| JM Gregory | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| Extras | (nb 1) | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 25.3 overs) | 66 | (2.58 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Ponsford), 2-33 (Kippax), 3-46 (Hendry), 4-47 (Ryder), 5-49 (Bradman), 6-62 (Oldfield), 7-66 (Grimmett), 8-66 (Ironmonger) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| H Larwood | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4.28 | |||
| MW Tate | 11 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2.36 | |||
| WR Hammond | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| JC White | 6.3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1.07 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
DG Bradman and
H Ironmonger
(Australia) |
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Umpires
DA Elder and GA Hele |
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Close of play 30 Nov day 1 - England 1st innings 272/5 (EH Hendren 52*, APF Chapman 39*) 1 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 44/4 (HSTL Hendry 14*, J Ryder 4*) 2 Dec rest day 3 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 103/2 (CP Mead 40*, WR Hammond 19*) 4 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 17/1 (WM Woodfull 4*, AF Kippax 6*) 5 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 66 (25.3 ov) - end of match |
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