England v Australia
Australia won by 7 wickets
22 to 27 July 1948Leeds
England
496 & 365/8d107 ov
Australiawon by 7 wickets
458 & 404/3114.1 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
496192.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 81 | - | 187 | - | 0 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 143 | - | 317 | 22 | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | caught | 111 | - | 314 | 13 | 1 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 79 | - | 177 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 23 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Crapp | bowled | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | bowled | 25 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Cranston | bowled | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jim Laker | caught | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Dick Pollard | not out | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 192.1 overs | 496 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-168 Leonard Hutton2-268 Cyril Washbrook3-423 Alec Bedser4-426 Bill Edrich5-447 Jack Crapp6-473 Denis Compton7-486 Ken Cranston8-490 Godfrey Evans9-496 Jim Laker10-496 Norman Yardley
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 38 | 10 | 79 | 2 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 17.1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 38 | 12 | 86 | 1 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Toshack | 35 | 6 | 112 | 1 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Loxton | 26 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 33 | 9 | 89 | 2 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Morris | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
458136.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Morris | caught | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 13 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Donald Bradman | bowled | 33 | 56 | 59 | - | 0 | 58.9 |
| Keith Miller | caught | 58 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Neil Harvey | bowled | 112 | - | 188 | 17 | 0 | - |
| Sam Loxton | bowled | 93 | - | 135 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Ian Johnson | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ray Lindwall | caught | 77 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ron Saggers | stumped | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Johnston | caught | 13 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ernie Toshack | not out | 12* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 9, lb 14, nb 3 | 26 | |||||
| Total | all out, 136.2 overs | 458 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-13 Arthur Morris2-65 Lindsay Hassett3-68 Donald Bradman4-189 Keith Miller5-294 Neil Harvey6-329 Ian Johnson7-344 Sam Loxton8-355 Ron Saggers9-403 Bill Johnston10-458 Ray Lindwall
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 31.2 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 2.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Pollard | 38 | 6 | 104 | 2 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | 14 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 3.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 30 | 8 | 113 | 3 | 3.77 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 17 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 2.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
365/8d107 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 57 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cyril Washbrook | caught | 65 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bill Edrich | lbw | 54 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 66 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Crapp | bowled | 18 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ken Cranston | caught | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Godfrey Evans | not out | 47* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | caught | 17 | - | - | 4 | 0 | - |
| Jim Laker | not out | 15* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 4, lb 12, nb 3 | 19 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets declared, 107 overs | 365 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-129 Cyril Washbrook2-129 Leonard Hutton3-232 Bill Edrich4-260 Jack Crapp5-277 Norman Yardley6-278 Ken Cranston7-293 Denis Compton8-330 Alec Bedser
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 26 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 21 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 29 | 5 | 95 | 4 | 3.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Loxton | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 21 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 4.05 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 404
404/3114.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Morris | caught | 182 | - | 291 | 33 | 0 | - |
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 17 | - | 74 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Donald Bradman | not out | 173* | 292 | 255 | 29 | 0 | 59.2 |
| Keith Miller | lbw | 12 | - | 30 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Neil Harvey | not out | 4* | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 6, lb 9, nb 1 | 16 | |||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 114.1 overs | 404 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-57 Lindsay Hassett2-358 Arthur Morris3-396 Keith Miller
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 21 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Pollard | 22 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Cranston | 7.1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 3.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 32 | 11 | 93 | 0 | 2.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 13 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 15 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 5.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Hutton | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |