RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 29 December, 1962, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

ENG

331/10 (88.1 ov) & 237/3 (64.2 ov)

AUS

316/10 (92.0 ov) & 248/10 (96.0 ov)

England won by 7 wickets

Australia 1st Innings

316/10 (92.0 ov)

RR 3.43

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry b Trueman	52	108	4	0	48.15
Bob Simpson c †Smith b Coldwell	38	69	4	0	55.07
Norman O'Neill c Graveney b Statham	19	44	0	0	43.18
Neil Harvey b Coldwell	0	4	0	0	0.00
Peter Burge lbw b Titmus	23	64	2	0	35.94
Brian Booth c Barrington b Titmus	27	76	1	0	35.53
Alan Davidson c †Smith b Trueman	40	104	3	0	38.46
Kenneth Mackay lbw b Titmus	49	137	2	0	35.77
Richie Benaud c Barrington b Titmus	36	82	3	0	43.90
Graham McKenzie b Trueman	16	24	1	0	66.67
Barry Jarman not out	10	24	0	0	41.67
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	6
TOTAL (3.43 RUNS PER OVER)	316/10 (92.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 112-4 (Bill Lawry, 0 ov), 62-1 (Bob Simpson, 0 ov), 111-2 (Norman O'Neill, 0 ov), 112-3 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 155-5 (Peter Burge, 0 ov), 164-6 (Brian Booth, 0 ov), 237-7 (Alan Davidson, 0 ov), 294-9 (Kenneth Mackay, 0 ov), 289-8 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 316-10 (Graham McKenzie, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Fred Trueman	23	1	83	3	3.61
Brian Statham	22	2	83	1	3.77
Leonard Coldwell	17	2	58	2	3.41
Ken Barrington	6	0	23	0	3.83
Edward Ted Dexter	6	1	10	0	1.67
Fred Titmus	15	2	43	4	2.87
Tom Graveney	3	1	10	0	3.33

England 1st Innings

331/10 (88.1 ov)

RR 3.76

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Sheppard lbw b Davidson	0	4	0	0	0.00
Geoffrey Pullar b Davidson	11	26	2	0	42.31
Edward Ted Dexter c Simpson b Benaud	93	198	11	0	46.97
Colin Cowdrey c Burge b McKenzie	113	231	7	0	48.92
Ken Barrington lbw b McKenzie	35	72	3	0	48.61
Tom Graveney run out	41	52	4	0	78.85
Fred Titmus c †Jarman b Davidson	15	45	3	0	33.33
Alan Smith not out	6	42	0	0	14.29
Fred Trueman c O'Neill b Davidson	6	19	0	0	31.58
Brian Statham b Davidson	1	13	0	0	7.69
Leonard Coldwell c Benaud b Davidson	1	4	0	0	25.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 4, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	9
TOTAL (3.76 RUNS PER OVER)	331/10 (88.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (David Sheppard, 0 ov), 19-2 (Geoffrey Pullar, 0 ov), 194-3 (Edward Ted Dexter, 0 ov), 254-4 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 255-5 (Ken Barrington, 0 ov), 315-7 (Tom Graveney, 0 ov), 292-6 (Fred Titmus, 0 ov), 324-8 (Fred Trueman, 0 ov), 327-9 (Brian Statham, 0 ov), 331-10 (Leonard Coldwell, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alan Davidson	23.1	4	75	6	3.24
Graham McKenzie	29	3	95	2	3.28
Kenneth Mackay	6	2	17	0	2.83
Richie Benaud	18	3	82	1	4.56
Bob Simpson	7	1	34	0	4.86
Norman O'Neill	5	1	19	0	3.80

Australia 2nd Innings

248/10 (96.0 ov)

RR 2.58

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry b Dexter	57	239	3	0	23.85
Bob Simpson b Trueman	14	37	1	0	37.84
Norman O'Neill c Cowdrey b Trueman	0	1	0	0	0.00
Neil Harvey run out	10	20	0	0	50.00
Peter Burge b Statham	14	45	1	0	31.11
Brian Booth c Trueman b Statham	103	274	5	0	37.59
Alan Davidson c †Smith b Titmus	17	59	2	0	28.81
Kenneth Mackay lbw b Trueman	9	30	1	0	30.00
Richie Benaud c Cowdrey b Trueman	4	18	0	0	22.22
Graham McKenzie b Trueman	0	4	0	0	0.00
Barry Jarman not out	11	41	1	0	26.83
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	9
TOTAL (2.58 RUNS PER OVER)	248/10 (96.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 161-5 (Bill Lawry, 0 ov), 30-1 (Bob Simpson, 0 ov), 30-2 (Norman O'Neill, 0 ov), 46-3 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 69-4 (Peter Burge, 0 ov), 248-10 (Brian Booth, 0 ov), 193-6 (Alan Davidson, 0 ov), 212-7 (Kenneth Mackay, 0 ov), 228-8 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 228-9 (Graham McKenzie, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Fred Trueman	20	1	62	5	3.10
Brian Statham	23	1	52	2	2.26
Leonard Coldwell	25	2	60	0	2.40
Ken Barrington	5	0	22	0	4.40
Edward Ted Dexter	9	2	18	1	2.00
Fred Titmus	14	4	25	1	1.79

England 2nd Innings (target 234)

237/3 (64.2 ov)

RR 3.69

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Sheppard run out	113	218	5	0	51.83
Geoffrey Pullar c †Jarman b McKenzie	5	9	0	0	55.56
Edward Ted Dexter run out	52	164	5	0	31.71
Colin Cowdrey not out	58	123	5	0	47.15
Ken Barrington not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 3, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	9
TOTAL (3.69 RUNS PER OVER)	237/3 (64.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 233-3 (David Sheppard, 0 ov), 5-1 (Geoffrey Pullar, 0 ov), 129-2 (Edward Ted Dexter, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Tom Graveney, Fred Titmus, Alan Smith, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Leonard Coldwell

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alan Davidson	19	2	53	0	2.79
Graham McKenzie	20	3	58	1	2.90
Kenneth Mackay	9	0	34	0	3.78
Richie Benaud	14	1	69	0	4.93
Bob Simpson	2	0	10	0	5.00
Brian Booth	0.2	0	4	0	12.00

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Saturday, December 29, 1962 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne