- Test no. 396 | 1954/55 season
- Played at Adelaide Oval
- 28,29,31 January, 1,2 February 1955 (6-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| CC McDonald | c May b Appleyard | 48 | 168 | 5 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | c †Evans b Tyson | 25 | 110 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JW Burke | c May b Tyson | 18 | 81 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | c Edrich b Bailey | 25 | 62 | 3 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | c Bailey b Appleyard | 44 | 149 | 4 | 0 | ||
| R Benaud | c May b Appleyard | 15 | 104 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LV Maddocks† | run out | 69 | 169 | 7 | 0 | ||
| RG Archer | c May b Tyson | 21 | 37 | 3 | 1 | ||
| AK Davidson | c †Evans b Bailey | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson* | c Statham b Bailey | 41 | 94 | 5 | 0 | ||
| WA Johnston | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 7, nb 2) | 12 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 99.1 overs) | 323 | (2.44 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-59 (Morris), 2-86 (McDonald), 3-115 (Burke), 4-129 (Harvey), 5-175 (Benaud), 6-182 (Miller), 7-212 (Archer), 8-229 (Davidson), 9-321 (Johnson), 10-323 (Maddocks) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FH Tyson | 26.1 | 4 | 85 | 3 | 2.44 | |||
| JB Statham | 19 | 4 | 70 | 0 | 2.76 | |||
| TE Bailey | 12 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 2.43 | |||
| R Appleyard | 23 | 7 | 58 | 3 | 1.89 | |||
| JH Wardle | 19 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 2.32 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton* | c Davidson b Johnston | 80 | 270 | 5 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | b Johnson | 21 | 92 | 2 | 0 | ||
| PBH May | c Archer b Benaud | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c †Maddocks b Davidson | 79 | 296 | 9 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | lbw b Miller | 44 | 124 | 5 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | c Davidson b Johnston | 38 | 145 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | c †Maddocks b Benaud | 37 | 36 | 5 | 0 | ||
| JH Wardle | c & b Johnson | 23 | 67 | 2 | 1 | ||
| FH Tyson | c Burke b Benaud | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R Appleyard | not out | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | c †Maddocks b Benaud | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 4) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 140.6 overs) | 341 | (1.81 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-60 (Edrich), 2-63 (May), 3-162 (Hutton), 4-232 (Compton), 5-232 (Cowdrey), 6-283 (Evans), 7-321 (Wardle), 8-323 (Tyson), 9-336 (Bailey), 10-341 (Statham) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KR Miller | 11 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2.31 | |||
| RG Archer | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 36 | 17 | 46 | 2 | 0.95 | |||
| AK Davidson | 25 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 1.65 | |||
| WA Johnston | 27 | 11 | 60 | 2 | 1.66 | |||
| R Benaud | 36.6 | 6 | 120 | 4 | 2.44 | |||
| JW Burke | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.62 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| CC McDonald | b Statham | 29 | 126 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | c & b Appleyard | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JW Burke | b Appleyard | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | b Appleyard | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | b Statham | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LV Maddocks† | lbw b Statham | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R Benaud | lbw b Tyson | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RG Archer | c †Evans b Tyson | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AK Davidson | lbw b Wardle | 23 | 76 | 1 | 0 | ||
| WA Johnston | c Appleyard b Tyson | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson* | not out | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1) | 5 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 43.2 overs) | 111 | (1.92 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-24 (Morris), 2-40 (Burke), 3-54 (Harvey), 4-69 (McDonald), 5-76 (Miller), 6-77 (Benaud), 7-79 (Maddocks), 8-83 (Archer), 9-101 (Johnston), 10-111 (Davidson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FH Tyson | 15 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 2.35 | |||
| JB Statham | 12 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 2.37 | |||
| R Appleyard | 12 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0.81 | |||
| JH Wardle | 4.2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1.41 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 94 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton* | c Davidson b Miller | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | b Miller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PBH May | c Miller b Johnston | 26 | 71 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Archer b Miller | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | not out | 34 | 115 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | lbw b Johnston | 15 | 57 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | not out | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 4) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (5 wickets; 30.4 overs) | 97 | (2.38 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat JH Wardle, FH Tyson, R Appleyard, JB Statham |
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Edrich), 2-10 (Hutton), 3-18 (Cowdrey), 4-49 (May), 5-90 (Bailey) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KR Miller | 10.4 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 2.85 | |||
| RG Archer | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2.43 | |||
| AK Davidson | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.62 | |||
| WA Johnston | 8 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1.87 | |||
| R Benaud | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 3-1 |
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Umpires
MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright |
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Close of play 28 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 161/4 (KR Miller 26*, R Benaud 11*) 29 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 57/0 (L Hutton 34*, WJ Edrich 21*) 30 Jan rest day 31 Jan day 3 - England 1st innings 230/3 (MC Cowdrey 77*, DCS Compton 44*) 1 Feb day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 69/3 (CC McDonald 29*, KR Miller 12*) 2 Feb day 5 - England 2nd innings 97/5 (30.4 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Feb 1, 1955 
Alan Davidson plays and misses off John Wardle © Getty Images |
Jan 28, 1955 
Frank Tyson picked up six wickets in the match © Getty Images |
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