England v Australia
Australia won by an innings and 149 runs
14 to 18 August 1948The Oval
England
52 & 188105.3 ov
Australiawon by an innings and 149 runs
389158.2 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
5242.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 30 | 124 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 24.2 |
| John Dewes | bowled | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Bill Edrich | caught | 3 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Denis Compton | caught | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Jack Crapp | caught | 0 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Norman Yardley | bowled | 7 | 31 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 22.6 |
| Allan Watkins | lbw | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Godfrey Evans | bowled | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Alec Bedser | bowled | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jack Young | bowled | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Eric Hollies | not out | 0* | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 6 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 42.1 overs | 52 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-2 John Dewes2-10 Bill Edrich3-17 Denis Compton4-23 Jack Crapp5-35 Norman Yardley6-42 Allan Watkins7-45 Godfrey Evans8-45 Alec Bedser9-47 Jack Young10-52 Leonard Hutton
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 16.1 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Loxton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
389158.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Barnes | caught | 61 | - | 126 | - | 0 | - |
| Arthur Morris | run out | 196 | - | 406 | 16 | 0 | - |
| Donald Bradman | bowled | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lindsay Hassett | lbw | 37 | - | 134 | - | 0 | - |
| Keith Miller | stumped | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Neil Harvey | caught | 17 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Sam Loxton | caught | 15 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ray Lindwall | caught | 9 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Don Tallon | caught | 31 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Doug Ring | caught | 9 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Johnston | not out | 0* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 2, nb 3 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 158.2 overs | 389 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-117 Sid Barnes2-117 Donald Bradman3-226 Lindsay Hassett4-243 Keith Miller5-265 Neil Harvey6-304 Sam Loxton7-332 Ray Lindwall8-359 Arthur Morris9-389 Don Tallon10-389 Doug Ring
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 31.2 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 1.95 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Watkins | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Young | 51 | 16 | 118 | 2 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hollies | 56 | 14 | 131 | 5 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | 9 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 4.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Yardley | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
188105.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 64 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| John Dewes | bowled | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | bowled | 28 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 39 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Crapp | bowled | 9 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Norman Yardley | caught | 9 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Allan Watkins | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | bowled | 8 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | bowled | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jack Young | not out | 3* | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Eric Hollies | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 9, lb 4, nb 3 | 16 | |||||
| Total | all out, 105.3 overs | 188 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-20 John Dewes2-64 Bill Edrich3-125 Denis Compton4-153 Leonard Hutton5-164 Jack Crapp6-167 Allan Watkins7-178 Godfrey Evans8-181 Alec Bedser9-188 Norman Yardley10-188 Eric Hollies
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 25 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 15 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 27.3 | 12 | 40 | 4 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Loxton | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Ring | 28 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 |