RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 22 December, 1950, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

194/10 (59.1 ov) & 181/10 (53.3 ov)

ENG

197/10 (62.0 ov) & 150/10 (63.7 ov)

Australia won by 28 runs

Australia 1st Innings

194/10 (59.1 ov)

RR 3.28

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ken Archer c Bedser b Bailey	26	0	1	0	0.00
Arthur Morris c Hutton b Bedser	2	0	0	0	0.00
Neil Harvey c †Evans b Bedser	42	0	6	0	0.00
Keith Miller lbw b Brown	18	0	4	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett b Bailey	52	0	4	0	0.00
Samuel Loxton c †Evans b Close	32	0	1	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall lbw b Bailey	8	0	1	0	0.00
Donald Tallon not out	7	0	0	0	0.00
Ian Johnson c Parkhouse b Bedser	0	0	0	0	0.00
William Johnston c Hutton b Bedser	0	0	0	0	0.00
John Iverson b Bailey	1	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	6
TOTAL (3.28 RUNS PER OVER)	194/10 (59.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 89-3 (Ken Archer, 0 ov), 6-1 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 67-2 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 93-4 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 177-6 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 177-5 (Samuel Loxton, 0 ov), 192-7 (Ray Lindwall, 0 ov), 193-8 (Ian Johnson, 0 ov), 193-9 (William Johnston, 0 ov), 194-10 (John Iverson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Trevor Bailey	17.1	5	40	4	2.33
Alec Bedser	19	3	37	4	1.95
Douglas Wright	8	0	63	0	7.88
Frederick Brown	9	0	28	1	3.11
Brian Close	6	1	20	1	3.33

England 1st Innings

197/10 (62.0 ov)

RR 3.18

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Reginald Simpson c Johnson b Miller	4	0	0	0	0.00
Cyril Washbrook lbw b Lindwall	21	0	1	0	0.00
John Dewes c Miller b Johnston	8	0	0	0	0.00
Leonard Hutton c †Tallon b Iverson	12	0	1	0	0.00
Gilbert Parkhouse c Hassett b Miller	9	0	0	0	0.00
Brian Close c Loxton b Iverson	0	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick Brown c Johnson b Iverson	62	0	4	1	0.00
Trevor Bailey b Lindwall	12	0	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans c Johnson b Iverson	49	0	4	0	0.00
Alec Bedser not out	4	0	0	0	0.00
Douglas Wright lbw b Johnston	2	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 6, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	14
TOTAL (3.18 RUNS PER OVER)	197/10 (62.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 11-1 (Reginald Simpson, 0 ov), 37-3 (Cyril Washbrook, 0 ov), 33-2 (John Dewes, 0 ov), 54-4 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 61-6 (Gilbert Parkhouse, 0 ov), 54-5 (Brian Close, 0 ov), 153-8 (Frederick Brown, 0 ov), 126-7 (Trevor Bailey, 0 ov), 194-9 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 197-10 (Douglas Wright, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	13	2	46	2	3.54
Keith Miller	13	0	39	2	3.00
William Johnston	9	1	28	2	3.11
John Iverson	18	3	37	4	2.06
Ian Johnson	5	1	19	0	3.80
Samuel Loxton	4	1	14	0	3.50

Australia 2nd Innings

181/10 (53.3 ov)

RR 3.40

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ken Archer c Bailey b Bedser	46	0	4	0	0.00
Arthur Morris lbw b Wright	18	0	2	0	0.00
Neil Harvey run out	31	0	2	0	0.00
Keith Miller b Bailey	14	0	2	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett c Bailey b Brown	19	0	2	0	0.00
Samuel Loxton c †Evans b Brown	2	0	0	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall c †Evans b Brown	7	0	1	0	0.00
Donald Tallon lbw b Brown	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ian Johnson c Close b Bedser	23	0	3	0	0.00
William Johnston b Bailey	6	0	0	0	0.00
John Iverson not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 10, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	15
TOTAL (3.40 RUNS PER OVER)	181/10 (53.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 99-2 (Ken Archer, 0 ov), 43-1 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 100-3 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 126-4 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 156-8 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 131-5 (Samuel Loxton, 0 ov), 151-6 (Ray Lindwall, 0 ov), 151-7 (Donald Tallon, 0 ov), 181-10 (Ian Johnson, 0 ov), 181-9 (William Johnston, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Trevor Bailey	15	3	47	2	3.13
Alec Bedser	16.3	2	43	2	2.61
Douglas Wright	9	0	42	1	4.67
Frederick Brown	12	2	26	4	2.17
Brian Close	1	0	8	0	8.00

England 2nd Innings (target 179)

150/10 (63.7 ov)

RR 2.35

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Reginald Simpson b Lindwall	23	0	0	0	0.00
Cyril Washbrook b Iverson	8	0	0	0	0.00
Trevor Bailey b Johnson	0	0	0	0	0.00
Leonard Hutton c Lindwall b Johnston	40	0	4	0	0.00
John Dewes c Harvey b Iverson	5	0	1	0	0.00
Gilbert Parkhouse lbw b Johnston	28	0	2	0	0.00
Brian Close lbw b Johnston	1	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick Brown b Lindwall	8	0	1	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans b Lindwall	2	0	0	0	0.00
Alec Bedser not out	14	0	1	0	0.00
Douglas Wright lbw b Johnston	2	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 17, lb 2, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	19
TOTAL (2.35 RUNS PER OVER)	150/10 (63.7 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 52-3 (Reginald Simpson, 0 ov), 21-1 (Cyril Washbrook, 0 ov), 22-2 (Trevor Bailey, 0 ov), 92-5 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 82-4 (John Dewes, 0 ov), 134-9 (Gilbert Parkhouse, 0 ov), 95-6 (Brian Close, 0 ov), 122-7 (Frederick Brown, 0 ov), 124-8 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 150-10 (Douglas Wright, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	12	1	29	3	2.42
Keith Miller	5	2	16	0	3.20
William Johnston	13.7	1	26	4	1.84
John Iverson	20	4	36	2	1.80
Ian Johnson	13	3	24	1	1.85

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 22, 1950 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne