First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, January 5, 6, 8, 9, 1951. Australia won by an innings and 13 runs. ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton lbw b Miller 62 c Tallon b Iverson 9 2 C.Washbrook c Miller b Johnson 18 b Iverson 34 3 R.T.Simpson c Loxton b Miller 49 c Tallon b Iverson 0 4 D.C.S.Compton b Miller 0 c Johnson b Johnston 23 5 W.G.A.Parkhouse c Morris b Johnson 25 run out 15 6 *F.R.Brown b Lindwall 79 b Iverson 18 7 T.E.Bailey c Tallon b Johnson 15 (8) not out 0 8 †T.G.Evans not out 23 (7) b Johnson 14 9 A.V.Bedser b Lindwall 3 b Iverson 4 10 J.J.Warr b Miller 4 b Iverson 0 11 D.V.P.Wright run out 0 absent hurt 0 Extras lb 10, nb 2 12 b 1, lb 5 6 —— —— 290 123 FoW (1): 1-34 (2), 2-128 (1), 3-128 (4), 4-137 (3), 5-187 (5), 6-258 (6), 7-267 (9), 8-281 (10), 9-286 (7), 10-290 (11) FoW (2): 1-32 (1), 2-40 (3), 3-45 (2), 4-74 (5), 5-91 (4), 6-119 (7), 7-119 (6), 8-123 (9), 9-123 (10) AUSTRALIA 1 K.A.Archer c Evans b Bedser 48 2 A.R.Morris b Bedser 0 3 *A.L.Hassett c Bedser b Brown 70 4 R.N.Harvey b Bedser 39 5 K.R.Miller not out 145 6 S.J.E.Loxton c Bedser b Brown 17 7 †D.Tallon lbw b Bedser 18 8 I.W.G.Johnson b Brown 77 9 R.R.Lindwall lbw b Brown 1 10 W.A.Johnston run out 0 11 J.B.Iverson run out 1 Extras b 3, lb 7 10 —— 426 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-122 (1), 3-122 (3), 4-190 (4), 5-223 (6), 6-252 (7), 7-402 (8), 8-406 (9), 9-418 (10), 10-426 (11) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 16 0 60 2 4 1 12 0 Miller 15.7 4 37 4 6 2 15 0 Johnson 31 8 94 3 (5) 10 2 32 1 Johnston 21 5 50 0 (3) 13 6 31 1 Iverson 10 1 25 0 (4) 19.4 8 27 6 Loxton 5 0 12 0 England Bowling O M R W Bedser 43 4 107 4 Warr 36 4 142 0 Brown 44 4 153 4 Compton 6 1 14 0 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and H.A.R.Elphinstone. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 211-5 (Brown 36*, Bailey 9*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 110-1 (Archer 44*, Hassett 62*); 3rd day: Australia (1) 362-6 (Miller 96*, Johnson 64*). The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four. K.R.Miller’s 145 took 354 minutes and included 6 fours and 1 six. T.E.Bailey retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 13 (team score 263-6) - he returned when the score was 281-8. 76