First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Headingley, Leeds, July 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 1948. Australia won by seven wickets. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Lindwall 81 c Bradman b Johnson 57 2 C.Washbrook c Lindwall b Johnston 143 c Harvey b Johnston 65 3 W.J.Edrich c Morris b Johnson 111 lbw b Lindwall 54 4 A.V.Bedser c and b Johnson 79 (9) c Hassett b Miller 17 5 D.C.S.Compton c Saggers b Lindwall 23 (4) c Miller b Johnston 66 6 J.F.Crapp b Toshack 5 (5) b Lindwall 18 7 *N.W.D.Yardley b Miller 25 (6) c Harvey b Johnston 7 8 K.Cranston b Loxton 10 (7) c Saggers b Johnston 0 9 †T.G.Evans c Hassett b Loxton 3 (8) not out 47 10 J.C.Laker c Saggers b Loxton 4 not out 15 11 R.Pollard not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 12 b 4, lb 12, nb 3 19 —— —— 496 (8 wickets, declared) 365 FoW (1): 1-168 (1), 2-268 (2), 3-423 (4), 4-426 (3), 5-447 (6), 6-473 (5), 7-486 (8), 8-490 (9), 9-496 (10), 10-496 (7) FoW (2): 1-129 (2), 2-129 (1), 3-232 (3), 4-260 (5), 5-277 (6), 6-278 (7), 7-293 (4), 8-330 (9) AUSTRALIA 1 A.R.Morris c Cranston b Bedser 6 c Pollard b Yardley 182 2 A.L.Hassett c Crapp b Pollard 13 c and b Compton 17 3 *D.G.Bradman b Pollard 33 not out 173 4 K.R.Miller c Edrich b Yardley 58 lbw b Cranston 12 5 R.N.Harvey b Laker 112 not out 4 6 S.J.E.Loxton b Yardley 93 7 I.W.G.Johnson c Cranston b Laker 10 8 R.R.Lindwall c Crapp b Bedser 77 9 †R.A.Saggers st Evans b Laker 5 10 W.A.Johnston c Edrich b Bedser 13 11 E.R.H.Toshack not out 12 Extras b 9, lb 14, nb 3 26 b 6, lb 9, nb 1 16 —— —— 458 (3 wickets) 404 FoW (1): 1-13 (1), 2-65 (2), 3-68 (3), 4-189 (4), 5-294 (5), 6-329 (7), 7-344 (6), 8-355 (9), 9-403 (10), 10-458 (8) FoW (2): 1-57 (2), 2-358 (1), 3-396 (4) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 38 10 79 2 26 6 84 2 Miller 17.1 2 43 1 21 5 53 1 Johnston 38 12 86 1 1w,1nb 29 5 95 4 3nb Toshack 35 6 112 1 Loxton 26 4 55 3 (4) 10 2 29 0 Johnson 33 9 89 2 (5) 21 2 85 1 Morris 5 0 20 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 31.2 4 92 3 2nb 21 2 56 0 1nb Pollard 38 6 104 2 1nb 22 6 55 0 Cranston 14 1 51 0 (7) 7.1 0 28 1 Edrich 3 0 19 0 Laker 30 8 113 3 (3) 32 11 93 0 Yardley 17 6 38 2 13 1 44 1 Compton 3 0 15 0 (4) 15 3 82 1 Hutton (5) 4 1 30 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and F.Chester. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 268-2 (Edrich 41*, Bedser 0*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 63-1 (Hassett 13*, Bradman 31*); 3rd day: Australia (1) 457-9 (Lindwall 76*, Toshack 12*); 4th day: England (2) 362-8 (Evans 47*, Laker 14*). C.Washbrook’s 143 took 317 minutes and included 22 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 111 took 314 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. R.N.Harvey’s 112 took 188 minutes and included 17 fours. A.R.Morris’s 182 took 291 minutes and included 33 fours. D.G.Bradman’s 173 took 292 balls in 255 minutes and included 29 fours. 306