Australia v England
Match drawn
25 February to 3 March 1955Sydney
Australia
221 & 118/628.6 ov
England
371/7d94.6 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
371/7d94.6 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | caught | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Tom Graveney | caught | 111 | 157 | 166 | 14 | 0 | 70.7 |
| Peter May | caught | 79 | 188 | 184 | 8 | 0 | 42.0 |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Denis Compton | caught | 84 | 200 | 188 | 8 | 0 | 42.0 |
| Trevor Bailey | bowled | 72 | 182 | 198 | 4 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Godfrey Evans | caught | 10 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 76.9 |
| Johnny Wardle | not out | 5* | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 3 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets declared, 94.6 overs (8-ball) | 371 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380
1-6 Leonard Hutton2-188 Tom Graveney3-188 Colin Cowdrey4-196 Peter May5-330 Denis Compton6-359 Godfrey Evans7-371 Trevor Bailey
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 20.6 | 5 | 77 | 3 | 3.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 15 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 4.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Davidson | 19 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 20 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 3.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 20 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 3.95 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
22160.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Watson | bowled | 18 | 56 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 32.1 |
| Colin McDonald | caught | 72 | 149 | 170 | 5 | 1 | 48.3 |
| Les Favell | bowled | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Neil Harvey | caught | 13 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 39.4 |
| Keith Miller | run out | 19 | 34 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 55.9 |
| Peter Burge | caught | 17 | 31 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 54.8 |
| Richie Benaud | bowled | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Len Maddocks | caught | 32 | 62 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 51.6 |
| Alan Davidson | caught | 18 | 69 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 26.1 |
| Ian Johnson | run out | 11 | 30 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 36.7 |
| Ray Lindwall | not out | 2* | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Extras | b 10, lb 1 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 60.4 overs (8-ball) | 221 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380
1-52 Bill Watson2-53 Les Favell3-85 Neil Harvey4-129 Keith Miller5-138 Colin McDonald6-147 Richie Benaud7-157 Peter Burge8-202 Len Maddocks9-217 Alan Davidson10-221 Ian Johnson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tyson | 11 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Statham | 9 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Appleyard | 16 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wardle | 24.4 | 6 | 79 | 5 | 3.22 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
118/628.6 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Watson | caught | 3 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| Colin McDonald | caught | 37 | 69 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 53.6 |
| Les Favell | caught | 9 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Neil Harvey | caught | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Keith Miller | bowled | 28 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 60.9 |
| Peter Burge | not out | 18* | 36 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Richie Benaud | bowled | 22 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 62.9 |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 28.6 overs (8-ball) | 118 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380
1-14 Bill Watson2-27 Les Favell3-29 Neil Harvey4-67 Colin McDonald5-87 Keith Miller6-118 Richie Benaud
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Tyson | 5 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Statham | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wardle | 12 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Graveney | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Hutton | 0.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |