- Test no. 328 | 1950/51 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 22,23,26,27 December 1950 (6-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| KA Archer | c Bedser b Bailey | 26 | 131 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | c Hutton b Bedser | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | c †Evans b Bedser | 42 | 68 | 6 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | lbw b Brown | 18 | 57 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AL Hassett* | b Bailey | 52 | 110 | 4 | 0 | ||
| SJE Loxton | c †Evans b Close | 32 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RR Lindwall | lbw b Bailey | 8 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||
| D Tallon† | not out | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson | c Parkhouse b Bedser | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WA Johnston | c Hutton b Bedser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JB Iverson | b Bailey | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2) | 6 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 59.1 overs) | 194 | (2.46 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Morris), 2-67 (Harvey), 3-89 (Archer), 4-93 (Miller), 5-177 (Loxton), 6-177 (Hassett), 7-192 (Lindwall), 8-193 (Johnson), 9-193 (Johnston), 10-194 (Iverson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TE Bailey | 17.1 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 1.75 | |||
| AV Bedser | 19 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 1.46 | |||
| DVP Wright | 8 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 5.90 | |||
| FR Brown | 9 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2.33 | |||
| DB Close | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2.50 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| RT Simpson | c Johnson b Miller | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C Washbrook | lbw b Lindwall | 21 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JG Dewes | c Miller b Johnston | 8 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L Hutton | c †Tallon b Iverson | 12 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WGA Parkhouse | c Hassett b Miller | 9 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DB Close | c Loxton b Iverson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FR Brown* | c Johnson b Iverson | 62 | 123 | 4 | 1 | ||
| TE Bailey | b Lindwall | 12 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | c Johnson b Iverson | 49 | 84 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AV Bedser | not out | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DVP Wright | lbw b Johnston | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 6) | 14 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 62 overs) | 197 | (2.38 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-11 (Simpson), 2-33 (Dewes), 3-37 (Washbrook), 4-54 (Hutton), 5-54 (Close), 6-61 (Parkhouse), 7-126 (Bailey), 8-153 (Brown), 9-194 (Evans), 10-197 (Wright) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 13 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 2.65 | |||
| KR Miller | 13 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 2.25 | |||
| WA Johnston | 9 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 2.33 | |||
| JB Iverson | 18 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 1.54 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2.85 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| KA Archer | c Bailey b Bedser | 46 | 130 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | lbw b Wright | 18 | 63 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | run out | 31 | 70 | 2 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | b Bailey | 14 | 42 | 2 | 0 | ||
| AL Hassett* | c Bailey b Brown | 19 | 93 | 2 | 0 | ||
| SJE Loxton | c †Evans b Brown | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RR Lindwall | c †Evans b Brown | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | ||
| D Tallon† | lbw b Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson | c Close b Bedser | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | ||
| WA Johnston | b Bailey | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JB Iverson | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 5) | 15 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 53.3 overs) | 181 | (2.54 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-43 (Morris), 2-99 (Archer), 3-100 (Harvey), 4-126 (Miller), 5-131 (Loxton), 6-151 (Lindwall), 7-151 (Tallon), 8-156 (Hassett), 9-181 (Johnston), 10-181 (Johnson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TE Bailey | 15 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 2.35 | |||
| AV Bedser | 16.3 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1.96 | |||
| DVP Wright | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 3.50 | |||
| FR Brown | 12 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 1.62 | |||
| DB Close | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6.00 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 179 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| RT Simpson | b Lindwall | 23 | 93 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C Washbrook | b Iverson | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | b Johnson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| L Hutton | c Lindwall b Johnston | 40 | 124 | 4 | 0 | ||
| JG Dewes | c Harvey b Iverson | 5 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WGA Parkhouse | lbw b Johnston | 28 | 102 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DB Close | lbw b Johnston | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FR Brown* | b Lindwall | 8 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | b Lindwall | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AV Bedser | not out | 14 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DVP Wright | lbw b Johnston | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 17, lb 2) | 19 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 63.7 overs) | 150 | (1.76 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Washbrook), 2-22 (Bailey), 3-52 (Simpson), 4-82 (Dewes), 5-92 (Hutton), 6-95 (Close), 7-122 (Brown), 8-124 (Evans), 9-134 (Parkhouse), 10-150 (Wright) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 12 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1.81 | |||
| KR Miller | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2.40 | |||
| WA Johnston | 13.7 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1.40 | |||
| JB Iverson | 20 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 1.35 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 13 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1.38 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Test debut
KA Archer
(Australia) |
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Umpires
GS Cooper and RJJ Wright |
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Close of play 22 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 194 23 Dec day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 25/0 (KA Archer 15*, AR Morris 10*) 24 Dec rest day 25 Dec rest day 26 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 28/2 (RT Simpson 10*, L Hutton 2*) 27 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 150 (63.7 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
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Dec 26, 1950 
Neil Harvey is run out by Cyril Washbrook © Getty Images |
Dec 26, 1950 
Umpires Ronald Wright and George Cooper walk on to the field on Boxing Day © Getty Images |
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