First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Adelaide Oval, January 31, February 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1947. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton lbw b McCool 94 b Johnson 76 2 C.Washbrook c Tallon b Dooland 65 c Tallon b Lindwall 39 3 W.J.Edrich c and b Dooland 17 c Bradman b Toshack 46 4 *W.R.Hammond b Toshack 18 c Lindwall b Toshack 22 5 D.C.S.Compton c and b Lindwall 147 not out 103 6 J.Hardstaff b Miller 67 b Toshack 9 7 J.T.Ikin c Toshack b Dooland 21 lbw b Toshack 1 8 N.W.D.Yardley not out 18 c Tallon b Lindwall 18 9 A.V.Bedser b Lindwall 2 c Tallon b Miller 3 10 †T.G.Evans b Lindwall 0 not out 10 11 D.V.P.Wright b Lindwall 0 Extras b 4, lb 5, w 2 11 b 5, lb 3, w 2, nb 3 13 —— —— 460 (8 wickets, declared) 340 FoW (1): 1-137 (2), 2-173 (3), 3-196 (1), 4-202 (4), 5-320 (6), 6-381 (7), 7-455 (5), 8-460 (9), 9-460 (10), 10-460 (11) FoW (2): 1-100 (2), 2-137 (1), 3-178 (3), 4-188 (4), 5-207 (6), 6-215 (7), 7-250 (8), 8-255 (9) AUSTRALIA 1 M.R.Harvey b Bedser 12 b Yardley 31 2 A.R.Morris c Evans b Bedser 122 not out 124 3 *D.G.Bradman b Bedser 0 not out 56 4 A.L.Hassett c Hammond b Wright 78 5 K.R.Miller not out 141 6 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Wright 52 7 C.L.McCool c Bedser b Yardley 2 8 †D.Tallon b Wright 3 9 R.R.Lindwall c Evans b Yardley 20 10 B.Dooland c Bedser b Yardley 29 11 E.R.H.Toshack run out 0 Extras b 16, lb 6, w 2, nb 4 28 lb 2, nb 2 4 —— —— 487 (1 wicket) 215 FoW (1): 1-18 (1), 2-18 (3), 3-207 (4), 4-222 (2), 5-372 (6), 6-389 (7), 7-396 (8), 8-423 (9), 9-486 (10), 10-487 (11) FoW (2): 1-116 (1) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 23 5 52 4 17.1 4 60 2 Miller 16 0 45 1 11 0 34 1 Toshack 30 13 59 1 36 6 76 4 McCool 29 1 91 1 (5) 19 3 41 0 Johnson 22 3 69 0 (6) 25 8 51 1 Dooland 33 1 133 3 (4) 17 2 65 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 30 6 97 3 15 1 68 0 Edrich 20 3 88 0 7 2 25 0 Wright 32.4 1 152 3 (4) 9 0 49 0 Yardley 31 7 101 3 (3) 13 0 69 1 Ikin 2 0 9 0 Compton 3 0 12 0 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and J.D.Scott. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 239-4 (Compton 15*, Hardstaff 22*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 24-2 (Morris 11*, Hassett 0*); 3rd day: Australia (1) 293-4 (Miller 33*, Johnson 35*); 4th day: England (2) 96-0 (Hutton 58*, Washbrook 38*); 5th day: England (2) 274-8 (Compton 52*, Evans 0*). D.C.S.Compton’s 147 took 350 balls in 286 minutes and included 15 fours. A.R.Morris’s 122 took 255 balls in 268 minutes and included 12 fours and 2 sixes. K.R.Miller’s 141 took 198 balls in 270 minutes and included 9 fours and 1 six. D.C.S.Compton’s 103 took 353 balls in 284 minutes and included 10 fours. A.R.Morris’s 124 took 171 balls in 193 minutes and included 12 fours. 80