- Test no. 536 | 1962/63 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 29,31 December 1962, 1,2,3 January 1963 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WM Lawry | b Trueman | 52 | 157 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| RB Simpson | c †Smith b Coldwell | 38 | 84 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 55.07 | |
| NC O'Neill | c Graveney b Statham | 19 | 58 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 43.18 | |
| RN Harvey | b Coldwell | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PJP Burge | lbw b Titmus | 23 | 70 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 35.93 | |
| BC Booth | c Barrington b Titmus | 27 | 81 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 35.52 | |
| AK Davidson | c †Smith b Trueman | 40 | 105 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| KD Mackay | lbw b Titmus | 49 | 190 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 35.76 | |
| R Benaud* | c Barrington b Titmus | 36 | 84 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 43.90 | |
| GD McKenzie | b Trueman | 16 | 38 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| BN Jarman† | not out | 10 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 92 overs) | 316 | (2.57 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-62 (Simpson), 2-111 (O'Neill), 3-112 (Harvey), 4-112 (Lawry), 5-155 (Burge), 6-164 (Booth), 7-237 (Davidson), 8-289 (Benaud), 9-294 (Mackay), 10-316 (McKenzie) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FS Trueman | 23 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 2.70 | |||
| JB Statham | 22 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 2.82 | |||
| LJ Coldwell | 17 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 2.55 | |||
| KF Barrington | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2.87 | |||
| ER Dexter | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1.25 | |||
| FJ Titmus | 15 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 2.15 | |||
| TW Graveney | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Rev.DS Sheppard | lbw b Davidson | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| G Pullar | b Davidson | 11 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 42.30 | |
| ER Dexter* | c Simpson b Benaud | 93 | 222 | 198 | 11 | 0 | 46.96 | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Burge b McKenzie | 113 | 270 | 231 | 7 | 0 | 48.91 | |
| KF Barrington | lbw b McKenzie | 35 | 79 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 48.61 | |
| TW Graveney | run out | 41 | 75 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 78.84 | |
| FJ Titmus | c †Jarman b Davidson | 15 | 41 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| AC Smith† | not out | 6 | 64 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| FS Trueman | c O'Neill b Davidson | 6 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.57 | |
| JB Statham | b Davidson | 1 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| LJ Coldwell | c Benaud b Davidson | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4, nb 1) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 88.1 overs) | 331 | (2.81 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Sheppard), 2-19 (Pullar), 3-194 (Dexter), 4-254 (Cowdrey), 5-255 (Barrington), 6-292 (Titmus), 7-315 (Graveney), 8-324 (Trueman), 9-327 (Statham), 10-331 (Coldwell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AK Davidson | 23.1 | 4 | 75 | 6 | 2.43 | |||
| GD McKenzie | 29 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 2.45 | |||
| KD Mackay | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.12 | |||
| R Benaud | 18 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 3.41 | |||
| RB Simpson | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 3.64 | |||
| NC O'Neill | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2.85 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB Simpson | b Trueman | 14 | 34 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 37.83 | |
| WM Lawry | b Dexter | 57 | 306 | 239 | 3 | 0 | 23.84 | |
| NC O'Neill | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RN Harvey | run out | 10 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| PJP Burge | b Statham | 14 | 53 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 31.11 | |
| BC Booth | c Trueman b Statham | 103 | 348 | 274 | 5 | 0 | 37.59 | |
| AK Davidson | c †Smith b Titmus | 17 | 60 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 28.81 | |
| KD Mackay | lbw b Trueman | 9 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| R Benaud* | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| GD McKenzie | b Trueman | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BN Jarman† | not out | 11 | 49 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 26.82 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 96 overs) | 248 | (1.93 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-30 (Simpson), 2-30 (O'Neill), 3-46 (Harvey), 4-69 (Burge), 5-161 (Lawry), 6-193 (Davidson), 7-212 (Mackay), 8-228 (Benaud), 9-228 (McKenzie), 10-248 (Booth) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FS Trueman | 20 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 2.32 | |||
| JB Statham | 23 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 1.69 | |||
| LJ Coldwell | 25 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 1.80 | |||
| KF Barrington | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3.30 | |||
| ER Dexter | 9 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1.50 | |||
| FJ Titmus | 14 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1.33 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 234 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| Rev.DS Sheppard | run out | 113 | 301 | 218 | 5 | 0 | 51.83 | |
| G Pullar | c †Jarman b McKenzie | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| ER Dexter* | run out | 52 | 166 | 164 | 5 | 0 | 31.70 | |
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 58 | 128 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 47.15 | |
| KF Barrington | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 3, nb 1) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 64.2 overs) | 237 | (2.76 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat TW Graveney, FJ Titmus, AC Smith†, FS Trueman, JB Statham, LJ Coldwell |
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Pullar), 2-129 (Dexter), 3-233 (Sheppard) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AK Davidson | 19 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 2.09 | |||
| GD McKenzie | 20 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2.17 | |||
| KD Mackay | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2.83 | |||
| R Benaud | 14 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 3.69 | |||
| RB Simpson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| BC Booth | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Umpires
CJ Egar and WJ Smyth |
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Close of play 29 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 263/7 (KD Mackay 37*, R Benaud 21*) 30 Dec rest day 31 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 210/3 (MC Cowdrey 94*, KF Barrington 11*) 1 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 105/4 (WM Lawry 41*, BC Booth 19*) 2 Jan day 4 - England 2nd innings 9/1 (Rev.DS Sheppard 1*, ER Dexter 3*) 3 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 237/3 (64.2 ov) - end of match |
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