TestNo. 396MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 5 wickets

28 January to 2 February 1955Adelaide

Australia

323 & 11143.2 ov

Englandwon by 5 wickets

341 & 97/530.4 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.

Australia innings

32399.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	caught	48	-	168	5	0	-
Arthur Morris	caught	25	-	110	1	0	-
Jim Burke	caught	18	-	81	1	0	-
Neil Harvey	caught	25	-	62	3	0	-
Keith Miller	caught	44	-	149	4	0	-
Richie Benaud	caught	15	-	104	2	0	-
Len Maddocks	run out	69	-	169	7	0	-
Ron Archer	caught	21	-	37	3	1	-
Alan Davidson	caught	5	-	17	0	0	-
Ian Johnson	caught	41	-	94	5	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	0*	-	1	0	0	-
Extras	b 3, lb 7, nb 2	12
Total	all out, 99.1 overs (8-ball)	323

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-59 Arthur Morris2-86 Colin McDonald3-115 Jim Burke4-129 Neil Harvey5-175 Richie Benaud6-182 Keith Miller7-212 Ron Archer8-229 Alan Davidson9-321 Ian Johnson10-323 Len Maddocks

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Frank Tyson	26.1	4	85	3	3.25
Brian Statham	19	4	70	0	3.68
Trevor Bailey	12	3	39	3	3.25
Bob Appleyard	23	7	58	3	2.52
Johnny Wardle	19	5	59	0	3.11

England innings

341140.6 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	80	-	270	5	0	-
Bill Edrich	bowled	21	-	92	2	0	-
Peter May	caught	1	-	9	0	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	caught	79	-	296	9	0	-
Denis Compton	lbw	44	-	124	5	0	-
Trevor Bailey	caught	38	-	145	2	0	-
Godfrey Evans	caught	37	-	36	5	0	-
Johnny Wardle	caught	23	-	67	2	1	-
Frank Tyson	caught	1	-	22	0	0	-
Bob Appleyard	not out	10*	-	18	2	0	-
Brian Statham	caught	0	-	7	0	0	-
Extras	b 1, lb 2, nb 4	7
Total	all out, 140.6 overs (8-ball)	341

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-60 Bill Edrich2-63 Peter May3-162 Leonard Hutton4-232 Denis Compton5-232 Colin Cowdrey6-283 Godfrey Evans7-321 Johnny Wardle8-323 Frank Tyson9-336 Trevor Bailey10-341 Brian Statham

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Keith Miller	11	4	34	1	3.09
Ron Archer	3	0	12	0	4.00
Ian Johnson	36	17	46	2	1.28
Alan Davidson	25	8	55	1	2.20
Bill Johnston	27	11	60	2	2.22
Richie Benaud	36.6	6	120	4	3.27
Jim Burke	2	0	7	0	3.50

Australia innings

11143.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	bowled	29	-	126	1	0	-
Arthur Morris	caught	16	-	29	1	0	-
Jim Burke	bowled	5	-	27	1	0	-
Neil Harvey	bowled	7	-	21	0	0	-
Keith Miller	bowled	14	-	47	1	0	-
Len Maddocks	lbw	2	-	28	0	0	-
Richie Benaud	lbw	1	-	5	0	0	-
Ron Archer	caught	3	-	17	0	0	-
Alan Davidson	lbw	23	-	76	1	0	-
Bill Johnston	caught	3	-	35	0	0	-
Ian Johnson	not out	3*	-	31	0	0	-
Extras	b 4, lb 1	5
Total	all out, 43.2 overs (8-ball)	111

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-24 Arthur Morris2-40 Jim Burke3-54 Neil Harvey4-69 Colin McDonald5-76 Keith Miller6-77 Richie Benaud7-79 Len Maddocks8-83 Ron Archer9-101 Bill Johnston10-111 Alan Davidson

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Frank Tyson	15	2	47	3	3.13
Brian Statham	12	1	38	3	3.17
Bob Appleyard	12	7	13	3	1.08
Johnny Wardle	4.2	1	8	1	1.88

England innings chasing 94

97/530.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	caught	5	-	11	0	0	-
Bill Edrich	bowled	0	-	2	0	0	-
Peter May	caught	26	-	71	2	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	caught	4	-	9	1	0	-
Denis Compton	not out	34*	-	115	1	0	-
Trevor Bailey	lbw	15	-	57	2	0	-
Godfrey Evans	not out	6*	-	3	1	0	-
Extras	b 3, lb 4	7
Total	5 wickets, 30.4 overs (8-ball)	97

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-3 Bill Edrich2-10 Leonard Hutton3-18 Colin Cowdrey4-49 Peter May5-90 Trevor Bailey

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Keith Miller	10.4	2	40	3	3.81
Ron Archer	4	0	13	0	3.25
Alan Davidson	2	0	7	0	3.50
Bill Johnston	8	2	20	2	2.50
Richie Benaud	6	2	10	0	1.67

Tests in January 1955

4 matches

TestScorecardPakistan257 & 15886.2India148 & 147/282Match drawnDhaka, 1 January TestScorecardIndia235 & 209/589Pakistan312/9d164Match drawnBahawalpur, 15 January TestScorecardAustralia323 & 11143.2England341 & 97/530.4England won by 5 wicketsAdelaide, 28 January TestScorecardPakistan328 & 136/5d84.3India251 & 74/232Match drawnLahore, 29 January

Match facts

Format: Test No. 396
Dates: 28 January to 2 February 1955
Ground: Adelaide
Result: England won by 5 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1955-01-28-australia-v-england/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
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    "batting": [{"player": "Len Maddocks", "dismissal": "run out",
      "runs": 69, "balls": null, "minutes": 169, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Frank Tyson", "overs": "26.1", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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Australia v England

Previous meetingTest, England won by 128 runs, 31 December 1954 Next meetingTest, Match drawn, 25 February 1955