First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 22, 23, 26, 27, 1950. Australia won by 28 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 K.A.Archer c Bedser b Bailey 26 c Bailey b Bedser 46 2 A.R.Morris c Hutton b Bedser 2 lbw b Wright 18 3 R.N.Harvey c Evans b Bedser 42 run out 31 4 K.R.Miller lbw b Brown 18 b Bailey 14 5 *A.L.Hassett b Bailey 52 c Bailey b Brown 19 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Evans b Close 32 c Evans b Brown 2 7 R.R.Lindwall lbw b Bailey 8 c Evans b Brown 7 8 †D.Tallon not out 7 lbw b Brown 0 9 I.W.G.Johnson c Parkhouse b Bedser 0 c Close b Bedser 23 10 W.A.Johnston c Hutton b Bedser 0 b Bailey 6 11 J.B.Iverson b Bailey 1 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 b 10, lb 5 15 —— —— 194 181 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-67 (3), 3-89 (1), 4-93 (4), 5-177 (6), 6-177 (5), 7-192 (7), 8-193 (9), 9-193 (10), 10-194 (11) FoW (2): 1-43 (2), 2-99 (1), 3-100 (3), 4-126 (4), 5-131 (6), 6-151 (7), 7-151 (8), 8-156 (5), 9-181 (10), 10-181 (9) ENGLAND 1 R.T.Simpson c Johnson b Miller 4 b Lindwall 23 2 C.Washbrook lbw b Lindwall 21 b Iverson 8 3 J.G.Dewes c Miller b Johnston 8 (5) c Harvey b Iverson 5 4 L.Hutton c Tallon b Iverson 12 c Lindwall b Johnston 40 5 W.G.A.Parkhouse c Hassett b Miller 9 (6) lbw b Johnston 28 6 D.B.Close c Loxton b Iverson 0 (7) lbw b Johnston 1 7 *F.R.Brown c Johnson b Iverson 62 (8) b Lindwall 8 8 T.E.Bailey b Lindwall 12 (3) b Johnson 0 9 †T.G.Evans c Johnson b Iverson 49 b Lindwall 2 10 A.V.Bedser not out 4 not out 14 11 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Johnston 2 lbw b Johnston 2 Extras b 8, lb 6 14 b 17, lb 2 19 —— —— 197 150 FoW (1): 1-11 (1), 2-33 (3), 3-37 (2), 4-54 (4), 5-54 (6), 6-61 (5), 7-126 (8), 8-153 (7), 9-194 (9), 10-197 (11) FoW (2): 1-21 (2), 2-22 (3), 3-52 (1), 4-82 (5), 5-92 (4), 6-95 (7), 7-122 (8), 8-124 (9), 9-134 (6), 10-150 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 17.1 5 40 4 (2) 15 3 47 2 Bedser 19 3 37 4 (1) 16.3 2 43 2 Wright 8 0 63 0 9 0 42 1 Brown 9 0 28 1 12 2 26 4 Close 6 1 20 1 1 0 8 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 13 2 46 2 12 1 29 3 Miller 13 0 39 2 5 2 16 0 Johnston 9 1 28 2 (5) 13.7 1 26 4 Iverson 18 3 37 4 20 4 36 2 Johnson 5 1 19 0 (3) 13 3 24 1 Loxton 4 1 14 0 Umpires: G.S.Cooper and R.J.J.Wright. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 194 all out; 2nd day: Australia (2) 25-0 (Archer 15*, Morris 10*); 3rd day: England (2) 28-2 (Simpson 10*, Hutton 2*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four. 54