First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1946. Australia won by an innings and 33 runs. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Tallon b Johnson 39 hit wkt b Miller 37 2 C.Washbrook b Freer 1 c McCool b Johnson 41 3 W.J.Edrich lbw b McCool 71 b McCool 119 4 D.C.S.Compton c Tallon b McCool 5 c Bradman b Freer 54 5 *W.R.Hammond c Tallon b McCool 1 c Toshack b McCool 37 6 J.T.Ikin c Hassett b Johnson 60 b Freer 17 7 N.W.D.Yardley c Tallon b Johnson 25 b McCool 35 8 T.P.B.Smith lbw b Johnson 4 c Hassett b Johnson 2 9 †T.G.Evans b Johnson 5 st Tallon b McCool 9 10 A.V.Bedser b Johnson 14 not out 3 11 D.V.P.Wright not out 15 c Tallon b McCool 0 Extras b 4, lb 11 15 b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 17 —— —— 255 371 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-88 (1), 3-97 (4), 4-99 (5), 5-148 (3), 6-187 (7), 7-197 (8), 8-205 (9), 9-234 (6), 10-255 (10) FoW (2): 1-49 (1), 2-118 (2), 3-220 (4), 4-280 (5), 5-309 (6), 6-327 (3), 7-346 (8), 8-366 (7), 9-369 (9), 10-371 (11) AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes c Ikin b Bedser 234 2 A.R.Morris b Edrich 5 3 I.W.G.Johnson c Washbrook b Edrich 7 4 A.L.Hassett c Compton b Edrich 34 5 K.R.Miller c Evans b Smith 40 6 *D.G.Bradman lbw b Yardley 234 7 C.L.McCool c Hammond b Smith 12 8 †D.Tallon c and b Wright 30 9 F.A.W.Freer not out 28 10 G.E.Tribe not out 25 11 E.R.H.Toshack Extras lb 7, w 1, nb 2 10 —— (8 wickets, declared) 659 FoW (1): 1-24 (2), 2-37 (3), 3-96 (4), 4-159 (5), 5-564 (6), 6-564 (1), 7-595 (7), 8-617 (8) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 9 2 24 0 (2) 11 3 37 1 Freer 7 1 25 1 (1) 13 2 49 2 Toshack 7 2 6 0 (6) 6 1 16 0 Tribe 20 3 70 0 (5) 12 0 40 0 Johnson 30.1 12 42 6 (4) 29 7 92 2 McCool 23 2 73 3 (3) 32.4 4 109 5 Barnes (7) 3 0 11 0 England Bowling O M R W Bedser 46 7 153 1 Edrich 26 3 79 3 Wright 46 8 169 1 Smith 37 1 172 2 Ikin 3 0 15 0 Compton 6 0 38 0 Yardley 9 0 23 1 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and J.D.Scott. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 219-8 (Ikin 52*, Bedser 1*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 27-1 (Barnes 21*, Johnson 0*); 3rd day: Australia (1) 252-4 (Barnes 109*, Bradman 52*); 4th day: Australia (1) 571-6 (McCool 3*, Tallon 4*); 5th day: England (2) 247-3 (Edrich 86*, Hammond 15*). S.G.Barnes’s 234 took 667 balls in 649 minutes and included 17 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 234 took 396 balls in 397 minutes and included 24 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 119 took 379 balls in 314 minutes and included 7 fours. 28