TestNo. 462MenScorecard

Australia v England

Australia won by 8 wickets

31 December 1958 to 5 January 1959Melbourne

Australiawon by 8 wickets

308 & 42/217.1 ov

England

259 & 8731.2 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

25998.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	caught	3	8	11	0	0	37.5
Trevor Bailey	caught	48	114	151	6	0	42.1
Willie Watson	bowled	0	4	2	0	0	0.0
Tom Graveney	lbw	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Peter May	bowled	113	298	315	11	0	37.9
Colin Cowdrey	caught	44	208	200	5	0	21.2
Godfrey Evans	caught	4	8	11	1	0	50.0
Tony Lock	stumped	5	29	36	0	0	17.2
Jim Laker	not out	22*	85	86	0	0	25.9
Brian Statham	bowled	13	34	45	1	0	38.2
Peter Loader	bowled	1	3	11	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 1, lb 2, w 3	6
Total	all out, 98.5 overs (8-ball)	259

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-7 Peter Richardson2-7 Willie Watson3-7 Tom Graveney4-92 Trevor Bailey5-210 Peter May6-218 Godfrey Evans7-218 Colin Cowdrey8-233 Tony Lock9-253 Brian Statham10-259 Peter Loader

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	25.5	7	64	6	2.50
Ian Meckiff	24	4	69	3	2.88
Ken Mackay	9	2	16	0	1.78
Richie Benaud	29	7	61	1	2.10
Lindsay Kline	11	2	43	0	3.91

Australia innings

308100.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	caught	47	169	248	0	0	27.8
Jim Burke	bowled	3	20	27	0	0	15.0
Neil Harvey	bowled	167	325	370	16	0	51.4
Norm O'Neill	caught	37	109	142	2	0	33.9
Ken Mackay	caught	18	60	88	1	0	30.0
Bob Simpson	lbw	0	7	14	0	0	0.0
Richie Benaud	lbw	0	5	6	0	0	0.0
Alan Davidson	bowled	24	64	74	2	0	37.5
Wally Grout	caught	8	26	47	1	0	30.8
Ian Meckiff	bowled	0	2	2	0	0	0.0
Lindsay Kline	not out	1*	15	25	0	0	6.7
Extras	lb 3	3
Total	all out, 100.2 overs (8-ball)	308

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-11 Jim Burke2-137 Colin McDonald3-255 Norm O'Neill4-257 Neil Harvey5-261 Bob Simpson6-262 Richie Benaud7-295 Ken Mackay8-300 Alan Davidson9-300 Ian Meckiff10-308 Wally Grout

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brian Statham	28	6	57	7	2.04
Peter Loader	27.2	4	97	3	3.56
Trevor Bailey	16	0	50	0	3.13
Jim Laker	12	1	47	0	3.92
Tony Lock	17	2	54	0	3.18

England innings

8731.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	caught	2	11	8	0	0	18.2
Trevor Bailey	caught	14	34	56	1	0	41.2
Willie Watson	bowled	7	21	23	0	0	33.3
Tom Graveney	caught	3	7	8	0	0	42.9
Peter May	caught	17	68	98	1	0	25.0
Colin Cowdrey	caught	12	12	19	2	0	100.0
Godfrey Evans	run out	11	27	26	0	0	40.7
Tony Lock	caught	6	38	43	1	0	15.8
Jim Laker	caught	3	10	18	0	0	30.0
Brian Statham	not out	8*	19	25	0	0	42.1
Peter Loader	bowled	0	5	12	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 1, nb 2	4
Total	all out, 31.2 overs (8-ball)	87

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-3 Peter Richardson2-14 Willie Watson3-21 Tom Graveney4-27 Trevor Bailey5-44 Colin Cowdrey6-57 Godfrey Evans7-71 Peter May8-75 Tony Lock9-80 Jim Laker10-87 Peter Loader

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	15	2	41	3	2.73
Ian Meckiff	15.2	3	38	6	2.49
Richie Benaud	1	0	4	0	4.00

Australia innings chasing 39

42/217.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	lbw	5	13	12	0	0	38.5
Jim Burke	not out	18*	55	76	1	0	32.7
Wally Grout	stumped	12	44	38	0	0	27.3
Neil Harvey	not out	7*	25	22	0	0	28.0
Extras		0
Total	2 wickets, 17.1 overs (8-ball)	42

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-6 Colin McDonald2-26 Wally Grout

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Brian Statham	5	1	11	1	2.20
Peter Loader	5	1	13	0	2.60
Jim Laker	4	1	7	1	1.75
Tony Lock	3.1	1	11	0	3.52

Tests in December 1958

4 matches

TestScorecardEngland134 & 198119.2Australia186 & 147/251.7Australia won by 8 wicketsBrisbane, 5 December TestScorecardWest Indies222 & 443/7d127India222 & 240101.1West Indies won by 203 runsKanpur, 12 December TestScorecardWest Indies614/5d162.1India124 & 15449West Indies won by an innings and 336 runsEden Gardens, 31 December TestScorecardEngland259 & 8731.2Australia308 & 42/217.1Australia won by 8 wicketsMelbourne, 31 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 462
Dates: 31 December 1958 to 5 January 1959
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1958-12-31-australia-v-england/scorecard200

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      "runs": 113, "balls": 298, "minutes": 315, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Alan Davidson", "overs": "25.5", "wickets": 6, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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Previous meetingTest, Australia won by 8 wickets, 5 December 1958 Next meetingTest, Match drawn, 9 January 1959