Australia v England
Australia won by 5 wickets
28 February to 5 March 1947Sydney
Australiawon by 5 wickets
253 & 214/552.2 ov
England
280/9 & 186/960.4 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
280/994.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | not out | 122* | 356 | 300 | 5 | 0 | 34.3 |
| Cyril Washbrook | bowled | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bill Edrich | caught | 60 | 174 | 179 | 8 | 0 | 34.5 |
| Laurie Fishlock | bowled | 14 | 40 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 |
| Denis Compton | hit wicket | 17 | 41 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Jack Ikin | bowled | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Godfrey Evans | bowled | 29 | 49 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 59.2 |
| Peter Smith | bowled | 2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Alec Bedser | not out | 10* | 37 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 |
| Doug Wright | caught | 7 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 | 17 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 94.3 overs (8-ball) | 280 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-1 Cyril Washbrook2-151 Bill Edrich3-188 Laurie Fishlock4-215 Denis Compton5-225 Norman Yardley6-225 Jack Ikin6-237 Leonard Hutton7-244 Peter Smith8-269 Godfrey Evans9-280 Doug Wright
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 22 | 3 | 63 | 7 | 2.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 15.3 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 |
| George Tribe | 28 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 16 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin McCool | 13 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 2.62 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
25376 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | caught | 71 | 166 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 42.8 |
| Arthur Morris | lbw | 57 | 139 | 162 | 6 | 0 | 41.0 |
| Donald Bradman | bowled | 12 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 52.2 |
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 24 | 104 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 23.1 |
| Keith Miller | caught | 23 | 48 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Ron Hamence | not out | 30* | 96 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 31.3 |
| Colin McCool | caught | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Don Tallon | caught | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ray Lindwall | caught | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| George Tribe | caught | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 180.0 |
| Ernie Toshack | run out | 5 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 6, nb 6 | 19 | |||||
| Total | all out, 76 overs (8-ball) | 253 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-126 Sid Barnes2-146 Arthur Morris3-146 Donald Bradman4-187 Keith Miller5-218 Lindsay Hassett6-230 Colin McCool7-230 Don Tallon8-233 Ray Lindwall9-245 George Tribe10-253 Ernie Toshack
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 27 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 4.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Smith | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 29 | 4 | 105 | 7 | 3.62 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
186/960.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Fishlock | lbw | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cyril Washbrook | bowled | 24 | 49 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 |
| Bill Edrich | stumped | 24 | 65 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 36.9 |
| Denis Compton | caught | 76 | 178 | 175 | 5 | 0 | 42.7 |
| Jack Ikin | stumped | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Norman Yardley | bowled | 11 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 25.6 |
| Godfrey Evans | bowled | 20 | 71 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 |
| Peter Smith | caught | 24 | 58 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 41.4 |
| Alec Bedser | stumped | 4 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Doug Wright | not out | 1* | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 1 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 60.4 overs (8-ball) | 186 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-0 Laurie Fishlock2-42 Cyril Washbrook3-65 Bill Edrich4-65 Jack Ikin5-85 Norman Yardley6-120 Godfrey Evans7-157 Peter Smith8-184 Denis Compton9-186 Alec Bedser
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 12 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| George Tribe | 14 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 4.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin McCool | 21.4 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 2.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Barnes | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 214
214/552.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | caught | 30 | 73 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 41.1 |
| Arthur Morris | run out | 17 | 41 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Donald Bradman | caught | 63 | 117 | 117 | 7 | 0 | 53.8 |
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 47 | 122 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Keith Miller | not out | 34* | 44 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 77.3 |
| Ron Hamence | caught | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Colin McCool | not out | 13* | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 72.2 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 1, nb 4 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 52.2 overs (8-ball) | 214 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-45 Arthur Morris2-51 Sid Barnes3-149 Donald Bradman4-173 Lindsay Hassett5-180 Ron Hamence
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 22 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 3.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Smith | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Wright | 22 | 1 | 93 | 2 | 4.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 1.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6.40 | 0 | 0 |