TestNo. 468MenScorecard

Australia v England

Australia won by 9 wickets

13 to 18 February 1959Melbourne

Australiawon by 9 wickets

351 & 69/112.7 ov

England

205 & 21454.4 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.

England innings

20564.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	caught	68	159	219	4	0	42.8
Trevor Bailey	caught	0	1	8	0	0	0.0
Peter May	caught	11	18	28	1	0	61.1
Colin Cowdrey	caught	22	45	61	3	0	48.9
Tom Graveney	caught	19	72	81	2	0	26.4
Ted Dexter	caught	0	1	4	0	0	0.0
Roy Swetman	caught	1	33	25	0	0	3.0
John Mortimore	not out	44*	105	116	6	0	41.9
Fred Trueman	caught	21	56	80	1	0	37.5
Frank Tyson	caught	9	16	10	0	0	56.3
Jim Laker	caught	2	15	17	0	0	13.3
Extras	b 4, w 4	8
Total	all out, 64.5 overs (8-ball)	205

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-0 Trevor Bailey2-13 Peter May3-61 Colin Cowdrey4-109 Tom Graveney5-112 Ted Dexter6-124 Roy Swetman7-128 Peter Richardson8-191 Fred Trueman9-203 Frank Tyson10-205 Jim Laker

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	12.5	2	38	3	3.01
Ray Lindwall	14	2	36	1	2.57
Ian Meckiff	15	2	57	2	3.80
Gordon Rorke	6	1	23	0	3.83
Richie Benaud	17	5	43	4	2.53

Australia innings

351100.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	caught	133	249	339	7	0	53.4
Jim Burke	caught	16	60	79	0	0	26.7
Neil Harvey	caught	13	42	61	1	0	31.0
Norm O'Neill	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Ken Mackay	caught	23	125	124	1	0	18.4
Alan Davidson	bowled	17	41	62	1	0	41.5
Richie Benaud	caught	64	139	184	7	0	46.0
Wally Grout	caught	74	133	131	8	0	55.6
Ray Lindwall	caught	0	12	14	0	0	0.0
Ian Meckiff	caught	2	2	3	0	0	100.0
Gordon Rorke	not out	0*	1	27	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 4	9
Total	all out, 100.5 overs (8-ball)	351

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-41 Jim Burke2-83 Neil Harvey3-83 Norm O'Neill4-154 Ken Mackay5-207 Alan Davidson6-209 Colin McDonald7-324 Wally Grout8-327 Ray Lindwall9-329 Ian Meckiff10-351 Richie Benaud

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fred Trueman	25	0	92	4	3.68
Frank Tyson	20	1	73	1	3.65
Trevor Bailey	14	2	43	0	3.07
Jim Laker	30.5	4	93	4	3.04
John Mortimore	11	1	41	1	3.73

England innings

21454.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	lbw	23	83	123	2	0	27.7
Trevor Bailey	bowled	0	5	8	0	0	0.0
Peter May	caught	4	6	10	1	0	66.7
Colin Cowdrey	run out	46	52	55	7	0	88.5
Tom Graveney	caught	54	102	137	4	0	52.9
Ted Dexter	caught	6	33	33	0	0	18.2
Roy Swetman	lbw	9	15	15	0	0	60.0
John Mortimore	bowled	11	51	63	0	0	21.6
Fred Trueman	bowled	36	59	80	5	0	61.0
Frank Tyson	caught	6	16	25	0	0	37.5
Jim Laker	not out	5*	16	24	0	0	31.3
Extras	b 9, lb 3, w 2	14
Total	all out, 54.4 overs (8-ball)	214

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-0 Trevor Bailey2-12 Peter May3-78 Colin Cowdrey4-105 Peter Richardson5-131 Ted Dexter6-142 Roy Swetman7-158 Tom Graveney8-172 John Mortimore9-182 Frank Tyson10-214 Fred Trueman

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	21	1	95	2	4.52
Ray Lindwall	11	2	37	3	3.36
Ian Meckiff	4	0	13	0	3.25
Gordon Rorke	12.4	2	41	3	3.28
Richie Benaud	6	1	14	1	2.33

Australia innings chasing 69

69/112.7 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	not out	51*	54	71	7	0	94.4
Jim Burke	lbw	13	47	65	1	0	27.7
Neil Harvey	not out	1*	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras	lb 4	4
Total	1 wicket, 12.7 overs (8-ball)	69

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-66 Jim Burke

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Fred Trueman	6.7	0	45	0	6.55	0	0
Frank Tyson	6	0	20	1	3.33	0	0

Tests in February 1959

4 matches

TestScorecardIndia415 & 275/9111.2West Indies644/8d214Match drawnDelhi, 6 February TestScorecardEngland205 & 21454.4Australia351 & 69/112.7Australia won by 9 wicketsMelbourne, 13 February TestScorecardWest Indies146 & 245113Pakistan304 & 88/034Pakistan won by 10 wicketsKarachi, 20 February TestScorecardEngland374142.1New Zealand142 & 13372.2England won by an innings and 99 runsChristchurch, 27 February

Match facts

Format: Test No. 468
Dates: 13 to 18 February 1959
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Alan Davidson", "overs": "12.5", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
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