First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Kennington Oval, August 14, 16, 17, 18, 1948. Australia won by an innings and 149 runs. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Tallon b Lindwall 30 (2) c Tallon b Miller 64 2 J.G.Dewes b Miller 1 (1) b Lindwall 10 3 W.J.Edrich c Hassett b Johnston 3 b Lindwall 28 4 D.C.S.Compton c Morris b Lindwall 4 c Lindwall b Johnston 39 5 J.F.Crapp c Tallon b Miller 0 b Miller 9 6 *N.W.D.Yardley b Lindwall 7 c Miller b Johnston 9 7 A.J.Watkins lbw b Johnston 0 c Hassett b Ring 2 8 †T.G.Evans b Lindwall 1 b Lindwall 8 9 A.V.Bedser b Lindwall 0 b Johnston 0 10 J.A.Young b Lindwall 0 not out 3 11 W.E.Hollies not out 0 c Morris b Johnston 0 Extras b 6 6 b 9, lb 4, nb 3 16 —— —— 52 188 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-10 (3), 3-17 (4), 4-23 (5), 5-35 (6), 6-42 (7), 7-45 (8), 8-45 (9), 9-47 (10), 10-52 (1) FoW (2): 1-20 (1), 2-64 (3), 3-125 (4), 4-153 (2), 5-164 (5), 6-167 (7), 7-178 (8), 8-181 (9), 9-188 (6), 10-188 (11) AUSTRALIA 1 S.G.Barnes c Evans b Hollies 61 2 A.R.Morris run out 196 3 *D.G.Bradman b Hollies 0 4 A.L.Hassett lbw b Young 37 5 K.R.Miller st Evans b Hollies 5 6 R.N.Harvey c Young b Hollies 17 7 S.J.E.Loxton c Evans b Edrich 15 8 R.R.Lindwall c Edrich b Young 9 9 †D.Tallon c Crapp b Hollies 31 10 D.T.Ring c Crapp b Bedser 9 11 W.A.Johnston not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 2, nb 3 9 —— 389 FoW (1): 1-117 (1), 2-117 (3), 3-226 (4), 4-243 (5), 5-265 (6), 6-304 (7), 7-332 (8), 8-359 (2), 9-389 (9), 10-389 (10) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 16.1 5 20 6 25 3 50 3 Miller 8 5 5 2 15 6 22 2 1nb Johnston 16 4 20 2 (4) 27.3 12 40 4 Loxton 2 1 1 0 (3) 10 2 16 0 Ring (5) 28 13 44 1 2nb England Bowling O M R W Bedser 31.2 9 61 1 1nb Watkins 4 1 19 0 Young 51 16 118 2 Hollies 56 14 131 5 1nb Compton 2 0 6 0 1nb Edrich 9 1 38 1 Yardley 5 1 7 0 Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and D.Davies. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 153-2 (Morris 77*, Hassett 10*); 2nd day: England (2) 54-1 (Hutton 19*, Edrich 23*); 3rd day: England (2) 178-7 (Yardley 2*). The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four. A.R.Morris’s 196 took 406 minutes and included 16 fours. 355