1948 Invincibles / Scorecard
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- Test no. 303 | 1948 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 14,16,17,18 August 1948 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| L Hutton | c †Tallon b Lindwall | 30 | 124 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 20.40 | |
| JG Dewes | b Miller | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| WJ Edrich | c Hassett b Johnston | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | |
| DCS Compton | c Morris b Lindwall | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| JF Crapp | c †Tallon b Miller | 0 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| NWD Yardley* | b Lindwall | 7 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 21.21 | |
| AJ Watkins | lbw b Johnston | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TG Evans† | b Lindwall | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| AV Bedser | b Lindwall | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JA Young | b Lindwall | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WE Hollies | not out | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 42.1 overs) | 52 | (1.23 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Dewes), 2-10 (Edrich), 3-17 (Compton), 4-23 (Crapp), 5-35 (Yardley), 6-42 (Watkins), 7-45 (Evans), 8-45 (Bedser), 9-47 (Young), 10-52 (Hutton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 16.1 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 1.23 | |||
| KR Miller | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.62 | |||
| WA Johnston | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1.25 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SG Barnes | c †Evans b Hollies | 61 | 126 | 0 | ||||
| AR Morris | run out | 196 | 406 | 16 | 0 | |||
| DG Bradman* | b Hollies | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AL Hassett | lbw b Young | 37 | 134 | 0 | ||||
| KR Miller | st †Evans b Hollies | 5 | 0 | |||||
| RN Harvey | c Young b Hollies | 17 | 0 | |||||
| SJE Loxton | c †Evans b Edrich | 15 | 0 | |||||
| RR Lindwall | c Edrich b Young | 9 | 0 | |||||
| D Tallon† | c Crapp b Hollies | 31 | 0 | |||||
| DT Ring | c Crapp b Bedser | 9 | 0 | |||||
| WA Johnston | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 3) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 158.2 overs) | 389 | (2.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-117 (Barnes), 2-117 (Bradman), 3-226 (Hassett), 4-243 (Miller), 5-265 (Harvey), 6-304 (Loxton), 7-332 (Lindwall), 8-359 (Morris), 9-389 (Tallon), 10-389 (Ring) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 31.2 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 1.94 | |||
| AJ Watkins | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | |||
| JA Young | 51 | 16 | 118 | 2 | 2.31 | |||
| WE Hollies | 56 | 14 | 131 | 5 | 2.33 | |||
| DCS Compton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.22 | |||
| NWD Yardley | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| L Hutton | c †Tallon b Miller | 64 | 0 | |||||
| JG Dewes | b Lindwall | 10 | 0 | |||||
| WJ Edrich | b Lindwall | 28 | 0 | |||||
| DCS Compton | c Lindwall b Johnston | 39 | 0 | |||||
| JF Crapp | b Miller | 9 | 0 | |||||
| NWD Yardley* | c Miller b Johnston | 9 | 0 | |||||
| AJ Watkins | c Hassett b Ring | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| TG Evans† | b Lindwall | 8 | 0 | |||||
| AV Bedser | b Johnston | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JA Young | not out | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| WE Hollies | c Morris b Johnston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 4, nb 3) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 105.3 overs) | 188 | (1.78 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Dewes), 2-64 (Edrich), 3-125 (Compton), 4-153 (Hutton), 5-164 (Crapp), 6-167 (Watkins), 7-178 (Evans), 8-181 (Bedser), 9-188 (Yardley), 10-188 (Hollies) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 25 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 2.00 | |||
| KR Miller | 15 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1.46 | |||
| WA Johnston | 27.3 | 12 | 40 | 4 | 1.45 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.60 | |||
| DT Ring | 28 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 1.57 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 5-match series 4-0 |
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Test debuts
JG Dewes and
AJ Watkins
(England) |
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Umpires
HG Baldwin and D Davies |
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Close of play 14 Aug day 1 - Australia 1st innings 153/2 (AR Morris 77*, AL Hassett 10*) 15 Aug rest day 16 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 54/1 (L Hutton 19*, WJ Edrich 23*) 17 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 178/7 (NWD Yardley 2*) 18 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 188 (105.3 ov) - end of match |
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Photos
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Dec 2, 2008 
The auctioneer, Charles Leski, inspects the Baggy Green cap worn by Don Bradman during the 1948 'Invincibles' tour © Getty Images |
Aug 14, 1948 
Sid Barnes pulls on his way to 61 © Getty Images |
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