First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 1948. Match drawn. ENGLAND 1 C.Washbrook b Johnston 11 not out 85 2 G.M.Emmett c Barnes b Lindwall 10 c Tallon b Lindwall 0 3 W.J.Edrich c Tallon b Lindwall 32 run out 53 4 D.C.S.Compton not out 145 c Miller b Toshack 0 5 J.F.Crapp lbw b Lindwall 37 not out 19 6 H.E.Dollery b Johnston 1 7 *N.W.D.Yardley c Johnson b Toshack 22 8 †T.G.Evans c Johnston b Lindwall 34 9 A.V.Bedser run out 37 10 R.Pollard b Toshack 3 11 J.A.Young c Bradman b Johnston 4 Extras b 7, lb 17, nb 3 27 b 9, lb 7, w 1 17 —— —— 363 (3 wickets, declared) 174 FoW (1): 1-22 (1), 2-28 (2), 3-96 (5), 4-97 (6), 5-119 (3), 6-141 (7), 7-216 (8), 8-337 (9), 9-352 (10), 10-363 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-125 (3), 3-129 (4) AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Compton b Bedser 51 not out 54 2 I.W.G.Johnson c Evans b Bedser 1 c Crapp b Young 6 3 *D.G.Bradman lbw b Pollard 7 not out 30 4 A.L.Hassett c Washbrook b Young 38 5 K.R.Miller lbw b Pollard 31 6 S.G.Barnes retired hurt 1 7 S.J.E.Loxton b Pollard 36 8 †D.Tallon c Evans b Edrich 18 9 R.R.Lindwall c Washbrook b Bedser 23 10 W.A.Johnston c Crapp b Bedser 3 11 E.R.H.Toshack not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 3 12 nb 2 2 —— —— 221 (1 wicket) 92 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-13 (3), 3-82 (4), 4-135 (5), 5-139 (1), 6-172 (8), 7-208 (7), 8-219 (10), 9-221 (9) FoW (2): 1-10 (2) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 40 8 99 4 3nb 14 4 37 1 Johnston 45.5 13 67 3 (3) 14 3 34 0 Loxton 7 0 18 0 (4) 8 2 29 0 Toshack 41 20 75 2 (5) 12 5 26 1 Johnson 38 16 77 0 (6) 7 3 16 0 Miller (2) 14 7 15 0 1w England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 36 12 81 4 2nb 19 12 27 0 1nb Pollard 32 9 53 3 1nb 10 8 6 0 Edrich 7 3 27 1 (5) 2 0 8 0 Yardley 4 0 12 0 Young 14 5 36 1 (3) 21 12 31 1 Compton (4) 9 3 18 0 1nb Umpires: F.Chester and D.Davies. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 231-7 (Compton 64*, Bedser 4*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 126-3 (Morris 48*, Miller 23*); 3rd day: England (2) 174-3 (Washbrook 85*, Crapp 19*); 4th day: No play. D.C.S.Compton’s 145 took 324 minutes and included 16 fours. D.C.S.Compton retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 4 (team score 33-2) - he returned when the score was 119-5. S.G.Barnes retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 1 (team score 139-5). 272