First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, November 29, 30, December 2, 3, 4, 1946. Australia won by an innings and 332 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes c Bedser b Wright 31 2 A.R.Morris c Hammond b Bedser 2 3 *D.G.Bradman b Edrich 187 4 A.L.Hassett c Yardley b Bedser 128 5 K.R.Miller lbw b Wright 79 6 C.L.McCool lbw b Wright 95 7 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Wright 47 8 †D.Tallon lbw b Edrich 14 9 R.R.Lindwall c Voce b Wright 31 10 G.E.Tribe c Gibb b Edrich 1 11 E.R.H.Toshack not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 11, w 2, nb 11 29 —— 645 FoW (1): 1-9 (2), 2-46 (1), 3-322 (3), 4-428 (4), 5-465 (5), 6-596 (7), 7-599 (6), 8-629 (8), 9-643 (10), 10-645 (9) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Miller 7 c Barnes b Miller 0 2 C.Washbrook c Barnes b Miller 6 c Barnes b Miller 13 3 W.J.Edrich c McCool b Miller 16 lbw b Toshack 7 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b Miller 17 c Barnes b Toshack 15 5 *W.R.Hammond lbw b Toshack 32 b Toshack 23 6 J.T.Ikin c Tallon b Miller 0 b Tribe 32 7 N.W.D.Yardley c Tallon b Toshack 29 c Hassett b Toshack 0 8 †P.A.Gibb b Miller 13 lbw b Toshack 11 9 W.Voce not out 1 c Hassett b Tribe 18 10 A.V.Bedser lbw b Miller 0 c and b Toshack 18 11 D.V.P.Wright c Tallon b Toshack 4 not out 10 Extras b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 3 16 b 15, lb 7, w 1, nb 2 25 —— —— 141 172 FoW (1): 1-10 (1), 2-25 (2), 3-49 (4), 4-56 (3), 5-56 (6), 6-121 (5), 7-134 (7), 8-136 (8), 9-136 (10), 10-141 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-13 (3), 3-33 (2), 4-62 (4), 5-65 (5), 6-65 (7), 7-112 (6), 8-114 (8), 9-143 (9), 10-172 (10) England Bowling O M R W Voce 28 9 92 0 Bedser 41 5 159 2 Wright 43.6 4 167 5 Edrich 25 2 107 3 Yardley 13 1 47 0 Ikin 2 0 24 0 Compton 6 0 20 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 12 4 23 0 Miller 22 4 60 7 (1) 11 3 17 2 Toshack 16.5 11 17 3 (2) 20.7 2 82 6 Tribe 9 2 19 0 (3) 12 2 48 2 McCool 1 0 5 0 Barnes 1 0 1 0 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and J.D.Scott. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 292-2 (Bradman 162*, Hassett 81*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 595-5 (McCool 92*, Johnson 47*); 3rd day: England (1) 21-1 (Washbrook 5*, Edrich 8*); 4th day: England (1) 117-5 (Hammond 30*, Yardley 25*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five. D.G.Bradman’s 187 took 313 balls in 316 minutes and included 19 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 128 took 395 balls in 392 minutes and included 10 fours and 1 six. 21