- Test no. 393 | 1954/55 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 31 December 1954, 1,3,4,5 January 1955 (6-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton* | c Hole b Miller | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | c Lindwall b Miller | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PBH May | c Benaud b Lindwall | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | b Johnson | 102 | 239 | 14 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Harvey b Miller | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | c †Maddocks b Johnston | 30 | 118 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | lbw b Archer | 20 | 72 | 2 | 0 | ||
| JH Wardle | b Archer | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FH Tyson | b Archer | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | b Archer | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R Appleyard | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 9) | 9 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 67.6 overs) | 191 | (2.11 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-14 (Edrich), 2-21 (May), 3-29 (Hutton), 4-41 (Compton), 5-115 (Bailey), 6-169 (Evans), 7-181 (Wardle), 8-181 (Cowdrey), 9-190 (Statham), 10-191 (Tyson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 13 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 3.40 | |||
| KR Miller | 11 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0.95 | |||
| RG Archer | 13.6 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 1.80 | |||
| R Benaud | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3.21 | |||
| WA Johnston | 12 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1.62 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 11 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1.36 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| LE Favell | lbw b Statham | 25 | 53 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | lbw b Tyson | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | c †Evans b Statham | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | b Appleyard | 31 | 100 | 4 | 0 | ||
| GB Hole | b Tyson | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| R Benaud | c sub b Appleyard | 15 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RG Archer | b Wardle | 23 | 73 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LV Maddocks† | c †Evans b Statham | 47 | 167 | 2 | 0 | ||
| RR Lindwall | b Statham | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson* | not out | 33 | 119 | 3 | 0 | ||
| WA Johnston | b Statham | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 3, nb 2) | 12 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 63.3 overs) | 231 | (2.73 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-15 (Morris), 2-38 (Miller), 3-43 (Favell), 4-65 (Hole), 5-92 (Harvey), 6-115 (Benaud), 7-134 (Archer), 8-151 (Lindwall), 9-205 (Maddocks), 10-231 (Johnston) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FH Tyson | 21 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 2.42 | |||
| JB Statham | 16.3 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 2.74 | |||
| TE Bailey | 9 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2.75 | |||
| R Appleyard | 11 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 2.59 | |||
| JH Wardle | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2.50 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton* | lbw b Archer | 42 | 146 | 3 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | b Johnston | 13 | 65 | 1 | 0 | ||
| PBH May | b Johnston | 91 | 199 | 8 | 0 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | b Benaud | 7 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | c †Maddocks b Archer | 23 | 89 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | not out | 24 | 163 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | c †Maddocks b Miller | 22 | 41 | 2 | 0 | ||
| JH Wardle | b Johnson | 38 | 41 | 7 | 0 | ||
| FH Tyson | c Harvey b Johnston | 6 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | c Favell b Johnston | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R Appleyard | b Johnston | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 1) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 100.5 overs) | 279 | (2.07 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-40 (Edrich), 2-96 (Hutton), 3-128 (Cowdrey), 4-173 (May), 5-185 (Compton), 6-211 (Evans), 7-257 (Wardle), 8-273 (Tyson), 9-273 (Statham), 10-279 (Appleyard) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 18 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 2.16 | |||
| KR Miller | 18 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 1.45 | |||
| RG Archer | 24 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 1.56 | |||
| R Benaud | 8 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2.34 | |||
| WA Johnston | 24.5 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 2.58 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 8 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2.34 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 240 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| LE Favell | b Appleyard | 30 | 76 | 2 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | c Cowdrey b Tyson | 4 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R Benaud | b Tyson | 22 | 91 | 3 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | c †Evans b Tyson | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | c Edrich b Tyson | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GB Hole | c †Evans b Statham | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RG Archer | b Statham | 15 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LV Maddocks† | b Tyson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RR Lindwall | lbw b Tyson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson* | not out | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WA Johnston | c †Evans b Tyson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 13) | 14 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 31.3 overs) | 111 | (2.65 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-23 (Morris), 2-57 (Favell), 3-77 (Harvey), 4-86 (Benaud), 5-87 (Miller), 6-97 (Hole), 7-98 (Maddocks), 8-98 (Lindwall), 9-110 (Archer), 10-111 (Johnston) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FH Tyson | 12.3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 1.63 | |||
| JB Statham | 11 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 2.59 | |||
| TE Bailey | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| R Appleyard | 4 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3.18 | |||
| JH Wardle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 2-1 |
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Test debut
LV Maddocks
(Australia) |
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Umpires
C Hoy and MJ McInnes |
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Close of play 31 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 191 1 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 188/8 (LV Maddocks 36*, IWG Johnson 12*) 2 Jan rest day 3 Jan day 3 - England 2nd innings 159/3 (PBH May 83*, DCS Compton 10*) 4 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 75/2 (R Benaud 19*, RN Harvey 9*) 5 Jan day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 111 (31.3 ov) - end of match |
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