RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 13 December, 1946, Sydney Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

659/8 (173.0 ov)

ENG

255/10 (96.1 ov) & 371/10 (106.4 ov)

Australia won by an innings and 33 runs

England 1st Innings

255/10 (96.1 ov)

RR 2.65

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton c †Tallon b Johnson	39	128	2	0	30.47
Cyril Washbrook b Freer	1	10	0	0	10.00
William Edrich lbw b McCool	71	236	6	0	30.08
Denis Compton c †Tallon b McCool	5	23	1	0	21.74
Wally Hammond c †Tallon b McCool	1	15	0	0	6.67
John Ikin c Hassett b Johnson	60	214	3	0	28.04
Norman Yardley c †Tallon b Johnson	25	52	3	0	48.08
Thomas Smith lbw b Johnson	4	4	0	0	100.00
Godfrey Evans b Johnson	5	14	0	0	35.71
Alec Bedser b Johnson	14	51	0	0	27.45
Douglas Wright not out	15	23	2	0	65.22
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 11, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	15
TOTAL (2.65 RUNS PER OVER)	255/10 (96.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 88-2 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 10-1 (Cyril Washbrook, 0 ov), 148-5 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 97-3 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 99-4 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 234-9 (John Ikin, 0 ov), 187-6 (Norman Yardley, 0 ov), 197-7 (Thomas Smith, 0 ov), 205-8 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 255-10 (Alec Bedser, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Keith Miller	9	2	24	0	2.67
Frederick Freer	7	1	25	1	3.57
Ernest Toshack	7	2	6	0	0.86
George Tribe	20	3	70	0	3.50
Ian Johnson	30.1	12	42	6	1.39
Colin McCool	23	2	73	3	3.17

Australia 1st Innings

659/8 (173.0 ov)

RR 3.81

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sidney Barnes c Ikin b Bedser	234	667	17	0	35.08
Arthur Morris b Edrich	5	29	0	0	17.24
Ian Johnson c Washbrook b Edrich	7	27	0	0	25.93
Lindsay Hassett c Compton b Edrich	34	74	3	0	45.95
Keith Miller c †Evans b Smith	40	79	7	0	50.63
Donald Bradman lbw b Yardley	234	396	24	0	59.09
Colin McCool c Hammond b Smith	12	36	1	0	33.33
Donald Tallon c & b Wright	30	46	1	0	65.22
Frederick Freer not out	28	21	3	1	133.33
George Tribe not out	25	16	5	0	156.25
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 2, p 0)	10
TOTAL (3.81 RUNS PER OVER)	659/8 (173.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 564-6 (Sidney Barnes, 0 ov), 24-1 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 37-2 (Ian Johnson, 0 ov), 96-3 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 159-4 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 564-5 (Donald Bradman, 0 ov), 595-7 (Colin McCool, 0 ov), 617-8 (Donald Tallon, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Ernest Toshack

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alec Bedser	46	7	153	1	3.33
William Edrich	26	3	79	3	3.04
Douglas Wright	46	8	169	1	3.67
Thomas Smith	37	1	172	2	4.65
John Ikin	3	0	15	0	5.00
Denis Compton	6	0	38	0	6.33
Norman Yardley	9	0	23	1	2.56

England 2nd Innings

371/10 (106.4 ov)

RR 3.49

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton hit wicket b Miller	37	39	6	0	94.87
Cyril Washbrook c McCool b Johnson	41	72	1	0	56.94
William Edrich b McCool	119	379	7	0	31.40
Denis Compton c Bradman b Freer	54	125	5	0	43.20
Wally Hammond c Toshack b McCool	37	96	2	1	38.54
John Ikin b Freer	17	45	2	0	37.78
Norman Yardley b McCool	35	56	4	0	62.50
Thomas Smith c Hassett b Johnson	2	12	0	0	16.67
Godfrey Evans st †Tallon b McCool	9	12	0	0	75.00
Alec Bedser not out	3	7	0	0	42.86
Douglas Wright c †Tallon b McCool	0	9	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 2, p 0)	17
TOTAL (3.49 RUNS PER OVER)	371/10 (106.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 49-1 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 118-2 (Cyril Washbrook, 0 ov), 327-6 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 220-3 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 280-4 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 309-5 (John Ikin, 0 ov), 366-8 (Norman Yardley, 0 ov), 346-7 (Thomas Smith, 0 ov), 369-9 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 371-10 (Douglas Wright, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Keith Miller	11	3	37	1	3.36
Frederick Freer	13	2	49	2	3.77
Ernest Toshack	6	1	16	0	2.67
George Tribe	12	0	40	0	3.33
Ian Johnson	29	7	92	2	3.17
Colin McCool	32.4	4	109	5	3.34
Sidney Barnes	3	0	11	0	3.67

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 13, 1946 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney