TestNo. 392MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 38 runs

17 to 22 December 1954Sydney

Australia

228 & 18453.4 ov

Englandwon by 38 runs

154 & 296104.3 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

15454.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	30	109	132	3	0	27.5
Trevor Bailey	bowled	0	28	37	0	0	0.0
Peter May	caught	5	18	12	0	0	27.8
Tom Graveney	caught	21	73	88	1	0	28.8
Colin Cowdrey	caught	23	72	78	1	0	31.9
Bill Edrich	caught	10	23	21	1	0	43.5
Frank Tyson	bowled	0	13	14	0	0	0.0
Godfrey Evans	caught	3	3	3	0	0	100.0
Johnny Wardle	caught	35	62	70	5	0	56.5
Bob Appleyard	caught	8	17	18	0	0	47.1
Brian Statham	not out	14*	18	23	0	0	77.8
Extras	lb 5	5
Total	all out, 54.3 overs (8-ball)	154

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-14 Trevor Bailey2-19 Peter May3-58 Leonard Hutton4-63 Tom Graveney5-84 Bill Edrich6-85 Frank Tyson7-88 Godfrey Evans8-99 Colin Cowdrey9-111 Bob Appleyard10-154 Johnny Wardle

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ray Lindwall	17	3	47	2	2.76
Ron Archer	12	7	12	3	1.00
Alan Davidson	12	3	34	2	2.83
Bill Johnston	13.3	1	56	3	4.19

Australia innings

22855.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Les Favell	caught	26	44	58	2	0	59.1
Arthur Morris	caught	12	15	18	2	0	80.0
Jim Burke	caught	44	85	103	1	0	51.8
Neil Harvey	caught	12	42	67	0	0	28.6
Graeme Hole	bowled	12	26	30	1	0	46.2
Richie Benaud	lbw	20	51	65	2	0	39.2
Ron Archer	caught	49	89	127	6	1	55.1
Alan Davidson	bowled	20	54	59	2	0	37.0
Ray Lindwall	caught	19	24	37	2	0	79.2
Gil Langley	bowled	5	12	31	1	0	41.7
Bill Johnston	not out	0*	6	8	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 2, nb 2	9
Total	all out, 55.4 overs (8-ball)	228

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-18 Arthur Morris2-65 Les Favell3-100 Jim Burke4-104 Neil Harvey5-122 Graeme Hole6-141 Richie Benaud7-193 Alan Davidson8-213 Ron Archer9-224 Ray Lindwall10-228 Gil Langley

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brian Statham	18	1	83	2	4.61
Trevor Bailey	17.4	3	59	4	3.37
Frank Tyson	13	2	45	4	3.46
Bob Appleyard	7	1	32	0	4.57

England innings

296104.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	28	53	77	4	0	52.8
Trevor Bailey	caught	6	33	36	1	0	18.2
Peter May	bowled	104	280	298	10	0	37.1
Tom Graveney	caught	0	3	3	0	0	0.0
Colin Cowdrey	caught	54	189	193	6	0	28.6
Bill Edrich	bowled	29	113	96	4	0	25.7
Frank Tyson	bowled	9	39	43	1	0	23.1
Godfrey Evans	caught	4	10	23	0	0	40.0
Johnny Wardle	lbw	8	17	25	0	0	47.1
Bob Appleyard	not out	19*	64	63	1	0	29.7
Brian Statham	caught	25	39	53	3	0	64.1
Extras	lb 6, nb 4	10
Total	all out, 104.3 overs (8-ball)	296

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-18 Trevor Bailey2-55 Leonard Hutton3-55 Tom Graveney4-171 Colin Cowdrey5-222 Peter May6-232 Bill Edrich7-239 Frank Tyson8-249 Godfrey Evans9-250 Johnny Wardle10-296 Brian Statham

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ray Lindwall	31	10	69	3	2.23
Ron Archer	22	9	53	3	2.41
Alan Davidson	13	2	52	0	4.00
Bill Johnston	19.3	2	70	3	3.61
Richie Benaud	19	3	42	1	2.21

Australia innings chasing 223

18453.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Les Favell	caught	16	27	33	1	0	59.3
Arthur Morris	lbw	10	17	26	1	0	58.8
Jim Burke	bowled	14	88	102	1	0	15.9
Neil Harvey	not out	92*	191	259	9	0	48.2
Graeme Hole	bowled	0	4	3	0	0	0.0
Richie Benaud	caught	12	47	53	0	0	25.5
Ron Archer	bowled	6	19	27	0	0	31.6
Alan Davidson	caught	5	6	5	0	0	83.3
Ray Lindwall	bowled	8	8	9	1	0	100.0
Gil Langley	bowled	0	8	16	0	0	0.0
Bill Johnston	caught	11	16	40	2	0	68.8
Extras	lb 7, nb 3	10
Total	all out, 53.4 overs (8-ball)	184

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 300

1-27 Arthur Morris2-34 Les Favell3-77 Jim Burke4-77 Graeme Hole5-102 Richie Benaud6-122 Ron Archer7-127 Alan Davidson8-136 Ray Lindwall9-145 Gil Langley10-184 Bill Johnston

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brian Statham	19	6	45	3	2.37
Trevor Bailey	6	0	21	0	3.50
Frank Tyson	18.4	1	85	6	4.59
Bob Appleyard	6	1	12	1	2.00
Johnny Wardle	4	2	11	0	2.75

Tests in December 1954

2 matches

TestScorecardEngland154 & 296104.3Australia228 & 18453.4England won by 38 runsSydney, 17 December TestScorecardEngland191 & 279100.5Australia231 & 11131.3England won by 128 runsMelbourne, 31 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 392
Dates: 17 to 22 December 1954
Ground: Sydney
Result: England won by 38 runs
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1954-12-17-australia-v-england/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "england", "runs": 154,
    "batting": [{"player": "Johnny Wardle", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 35, "balls": 62, "minutes": 70, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Ray Lindwall", "overs": "17", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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Australia v England

Previous meetingTest, Australia won by an innings and 154 runs, 26 November 1954 Next meetingTest, England won by 128 runs, 31 December 1954