- Test no. 301 | 1948 season
- Played at Old Trafford, Manchester
- 8,9,10,12,13 July 1948 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| C Washbrook | b Johnston | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM Emmett | c Barnes b Lindwall | 10 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | c †Tallon b Lindwall | 32 | 170 | 5 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | not out | 145 | 324 | 16 | 0 | ||
| JF Crapp | lbw b Lindwall | 37 | 115 | 4 | 1 | ||
| HE Dollery | b Johnston | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NWD Yardley* | c Johnson b Toshack | 22 | 83 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | c Johnston b Lindwall | 34 | 76 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AV Bedser | run out | 37 | 145 | 7 | 0 | ||
| R Pollard | b Toshack | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JA Young | c Bradman b Johnston | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 17, nb 3) | 27 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 171.5 overs) | 363 | (2.11 runs per over) | ||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 40 | 8 | 99 | 4 | 2.47 | |||
| WA Johnston | 45.5 | 13 | 67 | 3 | 1.46 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2.57 | |||
| ERH Toshack | 41 | 20 | 75 | 2 | 1.82 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 38 | 16 | 77 | 0 | 2.02 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AR Morris | c Compton b Bedser | 51 | 218 | 6 | 0 | |||
| IWG Johnson | c †Evans b Bedser | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DG Bradman* | lbw b Pollard | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| AL Hassett | c Washbrook b Young | 38 | 101 | 5 | 0 | |||
| KR Miller | lbw b Pollard | 31 | 75 | 4 | 0 | |||
| SG Barnes | retired hurt | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SJE Loxton | b Pollard | 36 | 77 | 6 | 0 | |||
| D Tallon† | c †Evans b Edrich | 18 | 30 | 1 | 0 | |||
| RR Lindwall | c Washbrook b Bedser | 23 | 106 | 3 | 0 | |||
| WA Johnston | c Crapp b Bedser | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
| ERH Toshack | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, nb 3) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 93 overs) | 221 | (2.37 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Johnson), 2-13 (Bradman), 3-82 (Hassett), 4-135 (Miller), 5-139 (Morris), 5-139* (Barnes, retired not out), 6-172 (Tallon), 7-208 (Loxton), 8-219 (Johnston), 9-221 (Lindwall) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 36 | 12 | 81 | 4 | 2.25 | |||
| R Pollard | 32 | 9 | 53 | 3 | 1.65 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 7 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3.85 | |||
| NWD Yardley | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| JA Young | 14 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 2.57 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| C Washbrook | not out | 85 | 208 | 11 | 0 | ||
| GM Emmett | c †Tallon b Lindwall | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | run out | 53 | 138 | 8 | 1 | ||
| DCS Compton | c Miller b Toshack | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JF Crapp | not out | 19 | 55 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 7, w 1) | 17 | |||||
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| Total | (3 wickets dec; 69 overs) | 174 | (2.52 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat HE Dollery, NWD Yardley*, TG Evans†, AV Bedser, R Pollard, JA Young |
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Emmett), 2-125 (Edrich), 3-129 (Compton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 14 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 2.64 | |||
| WA Johnston | 14 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 2.42 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 8 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3.62 | |||
| ERH Toshack | 12 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 2.16 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2.28 | |||
| KR Miller | 14 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1.07 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 317 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AR Morris | not out | 54 | 156 | 9 | 0 | |||
| IWG Johnson | c Crapp b Young | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | |||
| DG Bradman* | not out | 30 | 122 | 146 | 6 | 0 | 20.54 | |
| Extras | (nb 2) | 2 | ||||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 61 overs) | 92 | (1.50 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat AL Hassett, KR Miller, SG Barnes, SJE Loxton, D Tallon†, RR Lindwall, WA Johnston, ERH Toshack |
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Johnson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 19 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 1.42 | |||
| R Pollard | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.60 | |||
| WJ Edrich | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| JA Young | 21 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 1.47 | |||
| DCS Compton | 9 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Test debuts
JF Crapp and
GM Emmett
(England) |
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Umpires
F Chester and D Davies |
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Close of play 8 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 231/7 (DCS Compton 64*, AV Bedser 4*) 9 Jul day 2 - Australia 1st innings 126/3 (AR Morris 48*, KR Miller 23*) 10 Jul day 3 - England 2nd innings 174/3 (C Washbrook 85*, JF Crapp 19*) 11 Jul rest day 12 Jul day 4 - no play 13 Jul day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 92/1 (61 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Jul 10, 1948 
Umpire Frank Chester signals the only wide of the game © Getty Images |
Jul 10, 1948 
Alec Bedser and a bandaged Denis Compton resume England's innings © The Cricketer International |
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