First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 1948. Australia won by 409 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes c Hutton b Coxon 0 c Washbrook b Yardley 141 2 A.R.Morris c Hutton b Coxon 105 b Wright 62 3 *D.G.Bradman c Hutton b Bedser 38 c Edrich b Bedser 89 4 A.L.Hassett b Yardley 47 b Yardley 0 5 K.R.Miller lbw b Bedser 4 c Bedser b Laker 74 6 W.A.Brown lbw b Yardley 24 c Evans b Coxon 32 7 I.W.G.Johnson c Evans b Edrich 4 (8) not out 9 8 †D.Tallon c Yardley b Bedser 53 9 R.R.Lindwall b Bedser 15 (7) st Evans b Laker 25 10 W.A.Johnston st Evans b Wright 29 11 E.R.H.Toshack not out 20 Extras b 3, lb 7, nb 1 11 b 22, lb 5, nb 1 28 —— —— 350 (7 wickets, declared) 460 FoW (1): 1-3 (1), 2-87 (3), 3-166 (2), 4-173 (5), 5-216 (4), 6-225 (6), 7-246 (7), 8-275 (9), 9-320 (8), 10-350 (10) FoW (2): 1-122 (2), 2-296 (1), 3-296 (4), 4-329 (3), 5-416 (6), 6-445 (5), 7-460 (7) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Johnson 20 c Johnson b Lindwall 13 2 C.Washbrook c Tallon b Lindwall 8 c Tallon b Toshack 37 3 W.J.Edrich b Lindwall 5 c Johnson b Toshack 2 4 D.C.S.Compton c Miller b Johnston 53 c Miller b Johnston 29 5 H.E.Dollery b Lindwall 0 b Lindwall 37 6 *N.W.D.Yardley b Lindwall 44 b Toshack 11 7 A.Coxon c and b Johnson 19 lbw b Toshack 0 8 †T.G.Evans c Miller b Johnston 9 not out 24 9 J.C.Laker c Tallon b Johnson 28 b Lindwall 0 10 A.V.Bedser b Lindwall 9 c Hassett b Johnston 9 11 D.V.P.Wright not out 13 c Lindwall b Toshack 4 Extras lb 3, nb 4 7 b 16, lb 4 20 —— —— 215 186 FoW (1): 1-17 (2), 2-32 (1), 3-46 (3), 4-46 (5), 5-133 (4), 6-134 (6), 7-145 (8), 8-186 (7), 9-197 (9), 10-215 (10) FoW (2): 1-42 (1), 2-52 (3), 3-65 (2), 4-106 (4), 5-133 (6), 6-133 (7), 7-141 (5), 8-141 (9), 9-158 (10), 10-186 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 43 14 100 4 34 6 112 1 Coxon 35 10 90 2 28 3 82 1 1nb Edrich 8 0 43 1 2 0 11 0 Wright 21.3 8 54 1 1nb 19 4 69 1 Laker 7 3 17 0 31.2 6 111 2 Yardley 15 4 35 2 13 4 36 2 Compton (7) 3 0 11 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 27.4 7 70 5 2nb 23 9 61 3 Johnston 22 4 43 2 2nb 33 15 62 2 Johnson 35 13 72 3 (4) 2 1 3 0 Toshack 18 11 23 0 (3) 20.1 6 40 5 Umpires: D.Davies and C.N.Woolley. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 258-7 (Tallon 25*, Lindwall 3*); 2nd day: England (1) 207-9 (Bedser 6*, Wright 8*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 343-4 (Miller 22*, Brown 7*); 4th day: England (2) 106-3 (Compton 29*, Dollery 21*). A.R.Morris’s 105 took 209 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. S.G.Barnes’s 141 took 277 minutes and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 238