First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1947. Match drawn. AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes lbw b Bedser 45 c Evans b Yardley 32 2 A.R.Morris lbw b Bedser 21 b Bedser 155 3 *D.G.Bradman b Yardley 79 c and b Yardley 49 4 A.L.Hassett c Hammond b Wright 12 b Wright 9 5 K.R.Miller c Evans b Wright 33 c Hammond b Yardley 34 6 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Yardley 0 (7) run out 0 7 C.L.McCool not out 104 (6) c Evans b Bedser 43 8 †D.Tallon c Evans b Edrich 35 c and b Wright 92 9 R.R.Lindwall b Bedser 9 c Washbrook b Bedser 100 10 B.Dooland c Hammond b Edrich 19 c Compton b Wright 1 11 E.R.H.Toshack c Hutton b Edrich 6 not out 2 Extras nb 2 2 b 14, lb 2, nb 3 19 —— —— 365 536 FoW (1): 1-32 (2), 2-108 (1), 3-143 (4), 4-188 (3), 5-188 (6), 6-192 (5), 7-255 (8), 8-272 (9), 9-355 (10), 10-365 (11) FoW (2): 1-68 (1), 2-159 (3), 3-177 (4), 4-242 (5), 5-333 (2), 6-335 (7), 7-341 (6), 8-495 (8), 9-511 (10), 10-536 (9) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c McCool b Lindwall 2 c Bradman b Toshack 40 2 C.Washbrook c Tallon b Dooland 62 b Dooland 112 3 W.J.Edrich lbw b Lindwall 89 lbw b McCool 13 4 D.C.S.Compton lbw b Toshack 11 run out 14 5 *W.R.Hammond c and b Dooland 9 b Lindwall 26 6 J.T.Ikin c Miller b Dooland 48 c Hassett b Miller 5 7 N.W.D.Yardley b McCool 61 not out 53 8 †T.G.Evans b McCool 17 (9) not out 0 9 W.Voce lbw b Dooland 0 10 A.V.Bedser not out 27 (8) lbw b Miller 25 11 D.V.P.Wright b Johnson 10 Extras b 1, lb 12, nb 2 15 b 15, lb 6, w 1 22 —— —— 351 (7 wickets) 310 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2-155 (3), 3-167 (4), 4-176 (5), 5-179 (2), 6-292 (7), 7-298 (6), 8-298 (9), 9-324 (8), 10-351 (11) FoW (2): 1-138 (1), 2-163 (3), 3-186 (4), 4-197 (2), 5-221 (6), 6-249 (5), 7-294 (8) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Voce 10 2 40 0 (6) 6 1 29 0 Bedser 31 4 99 3 34.3 4 176 3 Wright 26 2 124 2 32 3 131 3 Yardley 20 4 50 2 20 0 67 3 Edrich 10.3 2 50 3 (1) 18 1 86 0 Hutton (5) 3 0 28 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 20 1 64 2 16 2 59 1 Miller 10 0 34 0 11 0 41 2 Toshack 26 5 88 1 (4) 16 5 39 1 McCool 19 3 53 2 (5) 24 9 41 1 Dooland 27 5 69 4 (3) 21 1 84 1 Johnson 6.5 1 28 1 12 4 24 0 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and J.D.Scott. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 253-6 (McCool 28*, Tallon 35*); 2nd day: England (1) 147-1 (Washbrook 54*, Edrich 83*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 33-0 (Barnes 19*, Morris 14*); 4th day: Australia (2) 293-4 (Morris 132*, McCool 25*); 5th day: England (2) 91-0 (Hutton 25*, Washbrook 60*). C.L.McCool’s 104 took 174 balls in 183 minutes and included 8 fours. A.R.Morris’s 155 took 317 balls in 364 minutes and included 8 fours. R.R.Lindwall’s 100 took 90 balls in 113 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. C.Washbrook’s 112 took 299 balls in 245 minutes and included 8 fours and 1 six. 58