First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, June 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 1948. Australia won by eight wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Miller 3 b Miller 74 2 C.Washbrook c Brown b Lindwall 6 c Tallon b Miller 1 3 W.J.Edrich b Johnston 18 c Tallon b Johnson 13 4 D.C.S.Compton b Miller 19 hit wkt b Miller 184 5 J.Hardstaff c Miller b Johnston 0 c Hassett b Toshack 43 6 C.J.Barnett b Johnston 8 c Miller b Johnston 6 7 *N.W.D.Yardley lbw b Toshack 3 c and b Johnston 22 8 †T.G.Evans c Morris b Johnston 12 c Tallon b Johnston 50 9 J.C.Laker c Tallon b Miller 63 b Miller 4 10 A.V.Bedser c Brown b Johnston 22 not out 3 11 J.A.Young not out 1 b Johnston 9 Extras b 5, lb 5 10 b 12, lb 17, nb 3 32 —— —— 165 441 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-15 (2), 3-46 (3), 4-46 (5), 5-48 (4), 6-60 (6), 7-74 (8), 8-74 (7), 9-163 (10), 10-165 (9) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-39 (3), 3-150 (1), 4-243 (5), 5-264 (6), 6-321 (7), 7-405 (4), 8-413 (9), 9-423 (8), 10-441 (11) AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes c Evans b Laker 62 not out 64 2 A.R.Morris b Laker 31 b Bedser 9 3 *D.G.Bradman c Hutton b Bedser 138 c Hutton b Bedser 0 4 K.R.Miller c Edrich b Laker 0 5 W.A.Brown lbw b Yardley 17 6 A.L.Hassett b Bedser 137 (4) not out 21 7 I.W.G.Johnson b Laker 21 8 †D.Tallon c and b Young 10 9 R.R.Lindwall c Evans b Yardley 42 10 W.A.Johnston not out 17 11 E.R.H.Toshack lbw b Bedser 19 Extras b 9, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 15 lb 2, w 1, nb 1 4 —— —— 509 (2 wickets) 98 FoW (1): 1-73 (2), 2-121 (1), 3-121 (4), 4-185 (5), 5-305 (3), 6-338 (7), 7-365 (8), 8-472 (6), 9-476 (9), 10-509 (11) FoW (2): 1-38 (2), 2-48 (3) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 13 5 30 1 Miller 19 8 38 3 (1) 44 10 125 4 Johnston 25 11 36 5 (2) 59 12 147 4 Toshack 14 8 28 1 (3) 33 14 60 1 3w Johnson 5 1 19 0 42 15 66 1 Morris 3 1 4 0 Barnes (4) 5 2 11 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Edrich 18 1 72 0 (2) 4 0 20 0 1w Bedser 44.2 12 113 3 (1) 14.3 4 46 2 1nb Barnett 17 5 36 0 Young 60 28 79 1 (3) 10 3 28 0 Laker 55 14 138 4 Compton 5 0 24 0 Yardley 17 6 32 2 Umpires: F.Chester and E.Cooke. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 17-0 (Barnes 6*, Morris 10*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 293-4 (Bradman 130*, Hassett 41*); 3rd day: England (2) 121-2 (Hutton 63*, Compton 36*); 4th day: England (2) 345-6 (Compton 154*, Evans 10*). D.G.Bradman’s 138 took 321 balls in 290 minutes and included 10 fours. A.L.Hassett’s 137 took 354 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. D.C.S.Compton’s 184 took 413 minutes and included 19 fours. 205