First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 1951. England won by eight wickets. AUSTRALIA 1 J.W.Burke c Tattersall b Bedser 11 c Hutton b Bedser 1 2 A.R.Morris lbw b Brown 50 lbw b Bedser 4 3 *A.L.Hassett c Hutton b Brown 92 b Wright 48 4 R.N.Harvey c Evans b Brown 1 lbw b Wright 52 5 K.R.Miller c and b Brown 7 c and b Brown 0 6 G.B.Hole b Bedser 18 b Bailey 63 7 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Bedser 1 c Brown b Wright 0 8 R.R.Lindwall c Compton b Bedser 21 b Bedser 14 9 †D.Tallon c Hutton b Bedser 1 not out 2 10 W.A.Johnston not out 12 b Bedser 1 11 J.B.Iverson c Washbrook b Brown 0 c Compton b Bedser 0 Extras b 2, lb 1 3 b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 12 —— —— 217 197 FoW (1): 1-23 (1), 2-111 (2), 3-115 (4), 4-123 (5), 5-156 (6), 6-166 (7), 7-184 (3), 8-187 (9), 9-216 (8), 10-217 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-6 (1), 3-87 (4), 4-89 (5), 5-142 (3), 6-142 (7), 7-192 (8), 8-196 (6), 9-197 (10), 10-197 (11) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Hole 79 not out 60 2 C.Washbrook c Tallon b Miller 27 c Lindwall b Johnston 7 3 R.T.Simpson not out 156 run out 15 4 D.C.S.Compton c Miller b Lindwall 11 not out 11 5 D.S.Sheppard c Tallon b Miller 1 6 *F.R.Brown b Lindwall 6 7 †T.G.Evans b Miller 1 8 A.V.Bedser b Lindwall 11 9 T.E.Bailey c Johnson b Iverson 5 10 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Iverson 3 11 R.Tattersall b Miller 10 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 lb 2 2 —— —— 320 (2 wickets) 95 FoW (1): 1-40 (2), 2-171 (1), 3-204 (4), 4-204 (5), 5-212 (6), 6-213 (7), 7-228 (8), 8-236 (9), 9-246 (10), 10-320 (11) FoW (2): 1-32 (2), 2-62 (3) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 22 5 46 5 20.3 4 59 5 Bailey 9 1 29 0 15 3 32 1 Brown 18 4 49 5 (4) 9 1 32 1 Wright 9 1 50 0 (3) 15 2 56 3 Tattersall 11 3 40 0 5 2 6 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 21 1 77 3 2 0 12 0 Miller 21.7 5 76 4 2 0 5 0 Johnston 12 1 55 0 (4) 11 3 36 1 Iverson 20 4 52 2 (3) 12 2 32 0 Johnson 11 1 40 0 1 0 1 0 Hole 5 0 10 1 1 0 3 0 Hassett (7) 0.6 0 4 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and H.A.R.Elphinstone. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 206-8 (Lindwall 18*, Johnston 4*); 2nd day: No play; 3rd day: England (1) 218-6 (Simpson 80*, Bedser 3*); 4th day: Australia (2) 129-4 (Hassett 44*, Hole 18*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five. R.T.Simpson’s 156 took 338 minutes and included 12 fours. 113