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- Test no. 302 | 1948 season
- Played at Headingley, Leeds
- 22,23,24,26,27 July 1948 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton | b Lindwall | 81 | 187 | 0 | |||
| C Washbrook | c Lindwall b Johnston | 143 | 317 | 22 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | c Morris b Johnson | 111 | 314 | 13 | 1 | ||
| AV Bedser | c & b Johnson | 79 | 177 | 8 | 2 | ||
| DCS Compton | c †Saggers b Lindwall | 23 | 55 | 0 | |||
| JF Crapp | b Toshack | 5 | 0 | ||||
| NWD Yardley* | b Miller | 25 | 0 | ||||
| K Cranston | b Loxton | 10 | 0 | ||||
| TG Evans† | c Hassett b Loxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JC Laker | c †Saggers b Loxton | 4 | 0 | ||||
| R Pollard | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1) | 12 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 192.1 overs) | 496 | (2.58 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-168 (Hutton), 2-268 (Washbrook), 3-423 (Bedser), 4-426 (Edrich), 5-447 (Crapp), 6-473 (Compton), 7-486 (Cranston), 8-490 (Evans), 9-496 (Laker), 10-496 (Yardley) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 38 | 10 | 79 | 2 | 2.07 | |||
| KR Miller | 17.1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| WA Johnston | 38 | 12 | 86 | 1 | 2.26 | |||
| ERH Toshack | 35 | 6 | 112 | 1 | 3.20 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 26 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 2.11 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 33 | 9 | 89 | 2 | 2.69 | |||
| AR Morris | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AR Morris | c Cranston b Bedser | 6 | 0 | |||||
| AL Hassett | c Crapp b Pollard | 13 | 0 | |||||
| DG Bradman* | b Pollard | 33 | 59 | 56 | 0 | 58.92 | ||
| KR Miller | c Edrich b Yardley | 58 | 2 | |||||
| RN Harvey | b Laker | 112 | 188 | 17 | 0 | |||
| SJE Loxton | b Yardley | 93 | 135 | 8 | 5 | |||
| IWG Johnson | c Cranston b Laker | 10 | 0 | |||||
| RR Lindwall | c Crapp b Bedser | 77 | 0 | |||||
| RA Saggers† | st †Evans b Laker | 5 | 0 | |||||
| WA Johnston | c Edrich b Bedser | 13 | 0 | |||||
| ERH Toshack | not out | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 14, nb 3) | 26 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 136.2 overs) | 458 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-13 (Morris), 2-65 (Hassett), 3-68 (Bradman), 4-189 (Miller), 5-294 (Harvey), 6-329 (Johnson), 7-344 (Loxton), 8-355 (Saggers), 9-403 (Johnston), 10-458 (Lindwall) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 31.2 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 2.93 | |||
| R Pollard | 38 | 6 | 104 | 2 | 2.73 | |||
| K Cranston | 14 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 3.64 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | |||
| JC Laker | 30 | 8 | 113 | 3 | 3.76 | |||
| NWD Yardley | 17 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 2.23 | |||
| DCS Compton | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 |
| England 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| L Hutton | c Bradman b Johnson | 57 | 1 | |||||
| C Washbrook | c Harvey b Johnston | 65 | 1 | |||||
| WJ Edrich | lbw b Lindwall | 54 | 1 | |||||
| DCS Compton | c Miller b Johnston | 66 | 0 | |||||
| JF Crapp | b Lindwall | 18 | 0 | |||||
| NWD Yardley* | c Harvey b Johnston | 7 | 0 | |||||
| K Cranston | c †Saggers b Johnston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| TG Evans† | not out | 47 | 0 | |||||
| AV Bedser | c Hassett b Miller | 17 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| JC Laker | not out | 15 | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 12, nb 3) | 19 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 107 overs) | 365 | (3.41 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat R Pollard |
| Fall of wickets1-129 (Washbrook), 2-129 (Hutton), 3-232 (Edrich), 4-260 (Crapp), 5-277 (Yardley), 6-278 (Cranston), 7-293 (Compton), 8-330 (Bedser) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 26 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 3.23 | |||
| KR Miller | 21 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 2.52 | |||
| WA Johnston | 29 | 5 | 95 | 4 | 3.27 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2.90 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 21 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 4.04 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 404 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AR Morris | c Pollard b Yardley | 182 | 291 | 33 | 0 | |||
| AL Hassett | c & b Compton | 17 | 74 | 1 | 0 | |||
| DG Bradman* | not out | 173 | 255 | 292 | 29 | 0 | 59.24 | |
| KR Miller | lbw b Cranston | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0 | |||
| RN Harvey | not out | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 9, nb 1) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 114.1 overs) | 404 | (3.53 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SJE Loxton, IWG Johnson, RR Lindwall, RA Saggers†, WA Johnston, ERH Toshack |
| Fall of wickets1-57 (Hassett), 2-358 (Morris), 3-396 (Miller) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 21 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 2.66 | |||
| R Pollard | 22 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| K Cranston | 7.1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3.90 | |||
| JC Laker | 32 | 11 | 93 | 0 | 2.90 | |||
| NWD Yardley | 13 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3.38 | |||
| DCS Compton | 15 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 5.46 | |||
| L Hutton | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 3-0 |
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Test debut
RA Saggers
(Australia) |
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Umpires
HG Baldwin and F Chester |
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Close of play 22 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 268/2 (WJ Edrich 41*, AV Bedser 0*) 23 Jul day 2 - Australia 1st innings 63/1 (AL Hassett 13*, DG Bradman 31*) 24 Jul day 3 - Australia 1st innings 457/9 (RR Lindwall 76*, ERH Toshack 12*) 25 Jul rest day 26 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 362/8 (TG Evans 47*, JC Laker 14*) 27 Jul day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 404/3 (114.1 ov) - end of match |
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Jul 27, 1948 
Don Bradman dropped by Jack Crapp off Denis Compton © Wisden Cricket Monthly |
Jul 27, 1948 
Lindsay Hassett caught and bowled Denis Compton for 17 © Wisden Cricket Monthly |
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