First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, February 28, March 1, 3, 4, 5, 1947. Australia won by five wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton retired ill 122 absent ill 0 2 C.Washbrook b Lindwall 0 b McCool 24 3 W.J.Edrich c Tallon b Lindwall 60 st Tallon b McCool 24 4 L.B.Fishlock b McCool 14 (1) lbw b Lindwall 0 5 D.C.S.Compton hit wkt b Lindwall 17 (4) c Miller b Toshack 76 6 *N.W.D.Yardley c Miller b Lindwall 2 b McCool 11 7 J.T.Ikin b Lindwall 0 (5) st Tallon b McCool 0 8 †T.G.Evans b Lindwall 29 (7) b Miller 20 9 T.P.B.Smith b Lindwall 2 (8) c Tallon b Lindwall 24 10 A.V.Bedser not out 10 (9) st Tallon b McCool 4 11 D.V.P.Wright c Tallon b Miller 7 (10) not out 1 Extras b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 17 b 1, lb 1 2 —— —— 280 186 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-151 (3), 3-188 (4), 4-215 (5), 5-225 (6), 6-225 (7), 7-244 (9), 8-269 (8), 9-280 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-42 (2), 3-65 (3), 4-65 (5), 5-85 (6), 6-120 (7), 7-157 (8), 8-184 (4), 9-186 (9) AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes c Evans b Bedser 71 c Evans b Bedser 30 2 A.R.Morris lbw b Bedser 57 run out 17 3 *D.G.Bradman b Wright 12 c Compton b Bedser 63 4 A.L.Hassett c Ikin b Wright 24 c Ikin b Wright 47 5 K.R.Miller c Ikin b Wright 23 not out 34 6 R.A.Hamence not out 30 c Edrich b Wright 1 7 C.L.McCool c Yardley b Wright 3 not out 13 8 †D.Tallon c Compton b Wright 0 9 R.R.Lindwall c Smith b Wright 0 10 G.E.Tribe c Fishlock b Wright 9 11 E.R.H.Toshack run out 5 Extras b 7, lb 6, nb 6 19 b 4, lb 1, nb 4 9 —— —— 253 (5 wickets) 214 FoW (1): 1-126 (1), 2-146 (2), 3-146 (3), 4-187 (5), 5-218 (4), 6-230 (7), 7-230 (8), 8-233 (9), 9-245 (10), 10-253 (11) FoW (2): 1-45 (2), 2-51 (1), 3-149 (3), 4-173 (4), 5-180 (6) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 22 3 63 7 12 1 46 2 Miller 15.3 2 31 1 6 1 11 1 Tribe 28 2 95 0 (4) 14 0 58 0 Toshack 16 4 40 0 (5) 4 1 14 1 McCool 13 0 34 1 (3) 21.4 5 44 5 Barnes (6) 3 0 11 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 27 7 49 2 22 4 75 2 Edrich 7 0 34 0 2 0 14 0 Smith 8 0 38 0 (4) 2 0 8 0 Wright 29 4 105 7 (3) 22 1 93 2 Yardley 5 2 8 0 3 1 7 0 Compton (6) 1.2 0 8 0 Umpires: G.E.Borwick and J.D.Scott. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 237-6 (Hutton 122*, Evans 0*); 2nd day: No play; 3rd day: Australia (1) 189-4 (Hassett 12*, Hamence 0*); 4th day: England (2) 144-6 (Compton 51*, Smith 14*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five. L.Hutton’s 122 took 356 balls in 300 minutes and included 5 fours. L.Hutton retired ill in the England first innings having scored 122 (team score 237-6). 95