England v Australia
Australia won by 8 wickets
10 to 15 June 1948Nottingham
England
165 & 441183 ov
Australiawon by 8 wickets
509 & 98/228.3 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
16579 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 6 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 18 | 69 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 26.1 |
| Denis Compton | bowled | 19 | 59 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 32.2 |
| Joe Hardstaff | caught | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Charlie Barnett | bowled | 8 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Norman Yardley | lbw | 3 | 46 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 12 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Jim Laker | caught | 63 | 97 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 64.9 |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 22 | 86 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 25.6 |
| Jack Young | not out | 1* | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Extras | b 5, lb 5 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 79 overs | 165 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 510
1-9 Leonard Hutton2-15 Cyril Washbrook3-46 Bill Edrich4-46 Joe Hardstaff5-48 Denis Compton6-60 Charlie Barnett7-74 Godfrey Evans8-74 Norman Yardley9-163 Alec Bedser10-165 Jim Laker
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 13 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 19 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 25 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 14 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Morris | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
509216.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | caught | 62 | 160 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 38.8 |
| Arthur Morris | bowled | 31 | 90 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 34.4 |
| Donald Bradman | caught | 138 | 323 | 290 | 10 | 0 | 42.7 |
| Keith Miller | caught | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bill Brown | lbw | 17 | 62 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 27.4 |
| Lindsay Hassett | bowled | 137 | 383 | 354 | 20 | 1 | 35.8 |
| Ian Johnson | bowled | 21 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 41.2 |
| Don Tallon | caught | 10 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 23.3 |
| Ray Lindwall | caught | 42 | 116 | 121 | 7 | 0 | 36.2 |
| Bill Johnston | not out | 17* | 23 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 73.9 |
| Ernie Toshack | lbw | 19 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 48.7 |
| Extras | b 9, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 | 15 | |||||
| Total | all out, 216.2 overs | 509 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 510
1-73 Arthur Morris2-121 Sid Barnes3-121 Keith Miller4-185 Bill Brown5-305 Donald Bradman6-338 Ian Johnson7-365 Don Tallon8-472 Lindsay Hassett9-476 Ray Lindwall10-509 Ernie Toshack
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edrich | 18 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | 44.2 | 12 | 113 | 3 | 2.55 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Barnett | 17 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 60 | 28 | 79 | 1 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 55 | 14 | 138 | 4 | 2.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 17 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
441183 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 74 | 181 | 168 | 11 | 0 | 40.9 |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Bill Edrich | caught | 13 | 64 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 20.3 |
| Denis Compton | hit wicket | 184 | 478 | 413 | 19 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Joe Hardstaff | caught | 43 | 127 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 33.9 |
| Charlie Barnett | caught | 6 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 22 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 31.4 |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 50 | 102 | 124 | 8 | 0 | 49.0 |
| Jim Laker | bowled | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Alec Bedser | not out | 3* | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| Jack Young | bowled | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 81.8 |
| Extras | b 12, lb 17, nb 3 | 32 | |||||
| Total | all out, 183 overs | 441 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 510
1-5 Cyril Washbrook2-39 Bill Edrich3-150 Leonard Hutton4-243 Joe Hardstaff5-264 Charlie Barnett6-321 Norman Yardley7-405 Denis Compton8-413 Jim Laker9-423 Godfrey Evans10-441 Jack Young
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Miller | 44 | 10 | 125 | 4 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 59 | 12 | 147 | 4 | 2.49 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 33 | 14 | 60 | 1 | 1.82 | 0 | 3 |
| Ian Johnson | 42 | 15 | 66 | 1 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Barnes | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 98
98/228.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | not out | 64* | 101 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 63.4 |
| Arthur Morris | bowled | 9 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 28.1 |
| Donald Bradman | caught | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lindsay Hassett | not out | 21* | 32 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 65.6 |
| Extras | lb 2, w 1, nb 1 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 28.3 overs | 98 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 510
1-38 Arthur Morris2-48 Donald Bradman
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 14.3 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 3.17 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Young | 10 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |