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323 & 111
Series badge ENG
341 & 97-5
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Overs: 43.2 RR: 2.56 vs spin: 1.41
vs seam: 2.36
Overs: 30.4 RR: 3.16 vs spin: 1.25
vs seam: 2.73
Fri 28/01/55 Australia v England, 4th Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
ENGLAND WIN England won by 5 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 323 (99.1; RR: 3.26)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c May b Appleyard 48 117 5 0 41.03
AR Morris c Evans b Tyson 25 90 1 0 27.78
JW Burke c May b Tyson 18 74 1 0 24.32
RN Harvey c Edrich b Bailey 25 42 3 0 59.52
KR Miller c Bailey b Appleyard 44 142 4 0 30.99
R Benaud c May b Appleyard 15 66 2 0 22.73
LV Maddocks run out 69 165 7 0 41.82
RG Archer c May b Tyson 21 27 2 1 77.78
AK Davidson c Evans b Bailey 5 11 0 0 45.45
IWG Johnson c Statham b Bailey 41 62 5 0 66.13
WA Johnston not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 7lb, 0w, 2nb) 12  
TOTAL 323 all out (99.1 overs; RR: 3.26)

Fall of wickets

59-1 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 86-2 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 115-3 (JW Burke 0.0 ov), 129-4 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 175-5 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 182-6 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 212-7 (RG Archer 0.0 ov), 229-8 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 321-9 (IWG Johnson 0.0 ov), 323-10 (LV Maddocks 99.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FH Tyson 26.1 4 85 3 3.27 0 0
JB Statham 19.0 4 70 0 3.68 0 0
TE Bailey 12.0 3 39 3 3.25 0 0
R Appleyard 23.0 7 58 3 2.52 0 0
JH Wardle 19.0 5 59 0 3.11 0 0

England - 1st Inns 341 (140.6; RR: 2.42)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Davidson b Johnston 80 294 5 0 27.21
WJ Edrich b Johnson 21 88 2 0 23.86
PBH May c Archer b Benaud 1 10 0 0 10.00
MC Cowdrey c Maddocks b Davidson 79 315 9 0 25.08
DCS Compton lbw b Miller 44 140 5 0 31.43
TE Bailey c Davidson b Johnston 38 136 2 0 27.94
TG Evans c Maddocks b Benaud 37 28 5 0 132.14
JH Wardle c & b Johnson 23 68 2 1 33.82
FH Tyson c Burke b Benaud 1 29 0 0 3.45
R Appleyard not out 10 12 2 0 83.33
JB Statham c Maddocks b Benaud 0 8 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 2lb, 0w, 4nb) 7  
TOTAL 341 all out (140.6 overs; RR: 2.42)

Fall of wickets

60-1 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 63-2 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 162-3 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 232-4 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 232-5 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 283-6 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 321-7 (JH Wardle 0.0 ov), 323-8 (FH Tyson 0.0 ov), 336-9 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 341-10 (JB Statham 140.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KR Miller 11.0 4 34 1 3.09 0 0
RG Archer 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0
IWG Johnson 36.0 17 46 2 1.28 0 0
AK Davidson 25.0 8 55 1 2.20 0 0
WA Johnston 27.0 11 60 2 2.22 0 0
R Benaud 36.6 6 120 4 3.33 0 0
JW Burke 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 111 (43.2; RR: 2.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Statham 29 95 1 0 30.53
AR Morris c & b Appleyard 16 27 1 0 59.26
JW Burke b Appleyard 5 19 1 0 26.32
RN Harvey b Appleyard 7 21 0 0 33.33
KR Miller b Statham 14 50 1 0 28.00
LV Maddocks lbw b Statham 2 20 0 0 10.00
R Benaud lbw b Tyson 1 4 0 0 25.00
RG Archer c Evans b Tyson 3 7 0 0 42.86
AK Davidson lbw b Wardle 23 56 4 0 41.07
WA Johnston c Appleyard b Tyson 3 19 0 0 15.79
IWG Johnson not out 3 30 0 0 10.00
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 111 all out (43.2 overs; RR: 2.56)

Fall of wickets

24-1 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 40-2 (JW Burke 0.0 ov), 54-3 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 69-4 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 76-5 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 77-6 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 79-7 (LV Maddocks 0.0 ov), 83-8 (RG Archer 0.0 ov), 101-9 (WA Johnston 0.0 ov), 111-10 (AK Davidson 43.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FH Tyson 15.0 2 47 3 3.13 0 0
JB Statham 12.0 1 38 3 3.17 0 0
R Appleyard 12.0 7 13 3 1.08 0 0
JH Wardle 4.2 1 8 1 2.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 97-5 (30.4; RR: 3.16)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Davidson b Miller 5 6 0 0 83.33
WJ Edrich b Miller 0 2 0 0 0.00
PBH May c Miller b Johnston 26 75 1 0 34.67
MC Cowdrey c Archer b Miller 4 10 1 0 40.00
DCS Compton not out 34 97 1 0 35.05
TE Bailey lbw b Johnston 15 49 2 0 30.61
TG Evans not out 6 5 1 0 120.00
JH Wardle  
FH Tyson  
R Appleyard  
JB Statham  
Extras (3b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 97-5 (30.4 overs; RR: 3.16)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 10-2 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 18-3 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 49-4 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 90-5 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KR Miller 10.4 2 40 3 4.00 0 0
AK Davidson 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0
RG Archer 4.0 0 13 0 3.25 0 0
R Benaud 6.0 2 10 0 1.67 0 0
WA Johnston 8.0 2 20 2 2.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Adelaide, 4th Test

Date

Friday January 28, 1955

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:30am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

RJJ Wright, MJ McInnes

Australia Team

Playing XI

IWG Johnson, KR Miller, AR Morris, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, JW Burke, R Benaud, CC McDonald, RG Archer, AK Davidson, LV Maddocks

England Team

Playing XI

L Hutton, DCS Compton, WJ Edrich, TG Evans, JH Wardle, TE Bailey, JB Statham, PBH May, R Appleyard, FH Tyson, MC Cowdrey