First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Adelaide Oval, February 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1951. Australia won by 274 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 K.A.Archer c Compton b Bedser 0 c Bedser b Tattersall 32 2 A.R.Morris b Tattersall 206 run out 16 3 *A.L.Hassett c Evans b Wright 43 lbw b Wright 31 4 R.N.Harvey b Bedser 43 b Brown 68 5 K.R.Miller c Brown b Wright 44 b Wright 99 6 J.W.Burke b Tattersall 12 not out 101 7 I.W.G.Johnson c Evans b Bedser 16 c Evans b Warr 3 8 R.R.Lindwall lbw b Wright 1 run out 31 9 †D.Tallon b Tattersall 1 c Hutton b Compton 5 10 W.A.Johnston c Hutton b Wright 0 not out 9 11 J.B.Iverson not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 5 b 7, lb 1 8 —— —— 371 (8 wickets, declared) 403 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-95 (3), 3-205 (4), 4-281 (5), 5-310 (6), 6-357 (7), 7-363 (8), 8-366 (9), 9-367 (10), 10-371 (2) FoW (2): 1-26 (2), 2-79 (1), 3-95 (3), 4-194 (4), 5-281 (5), 6-297 (7), 7-367 (8), 8-378 (9) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton not out 156 c sub (S.J.E.Loxton) b Johnston 45 2 C.Washbrook c Iverson b Lindwall 2 lbw b Johnston 31 3 R.T.Simpson b Johnston 29 c Burke b Johnston 61 4 D.C.S.Compton c Tallon b Lindwall 5 c sub (S.J.E.Loxton) b Johnston 0 5 D.S.Sheppard b Iverson 9 lbw b Miller 41 6 *F.R.Brown b Miller 16 absent hurt 0 7 †T.G.Evans c Burke b Johnston 13 (6) c Johnson b Miller 21 8 A.V.Bedser lbw b Iverson 7 (7) c Morris b Miller 0 9 R.Tattersall c Harvey b Iverson 0 (8) c Morris b Johnson 6 10 J.J.Warr b Johnston 0 (9) b Johnson 0 11 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Lindwall 14 (10) not out 0 Extras b 15, lb 5, nb 1 21 b 15, lb 3, w 2, nb 3 23 —— —— 272 228 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-80 (3), 3-96 (4), 4-132 (5), 5-161 (6), 6-195 (7), 7-206 (8), 8-214 (9), 9-219 (10), 10-272 (11) FoW (2): 1-74 (1), 2-90 (2), 3-90 (4), 4-181 (3), 5-221 (6), 6-221 (7), 7-228 (5), 8-228 (8), 9-228 (9) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 26 4 74 3 25 6 62 0 Warr 16 2 63 0 21 0 76 1 Wright 25 1 99 4 21 2 109 2 Tattersall 25.5 5 95 3 27 2 116 1 Brown 3 0 24 0 3 1 14 1 Compton 1 0 11 0 4.6 1 18 1 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 13.3 0 51 3 10 2 35 0 Miller 13 2 36 1 13 4 27 3 Johnson 15 2 38 0 (4) 25.6 6 63 2 Iverson 26 4 68 3 Johnston 25 4 58 3 (3) 27 4 73 4 Burke (5) 3 1 7 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and A.F.Cocks. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 254-3 (Morris 140*, Miller 24*); 2nd day: England (1) 96-2 (Hutton 56*, Compton 5*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 34-1 (Archer 12*, Hassett 5*); 4th day: Australia (2) 285-5 (Burke 37*, Johnson 1*); 5th day: England (2) 114-3 (Simpson 23*, Sheppard 6*). A.R.Morris’s 206 took 462 minutes and included 23 fours. L.Hutton’s 156 took 370 minutes and included 11 fours. J.W.Burke’s 101 took 245 minutes and included 9 fours. 103