RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 14 August, 1948, Kennington Oval & Match Stats

AUS

389/10 (158.2 ov)

ENG

52/10 (42.1 ov) & 188/10 (105.3 ov)

Australia won by an innings and 149 runs

England 1st Innings

52/10 (42.1 ov)

RR 1.24

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton c †Tallon b Lindwall	30	147	1	0	20.41
John Dewes b Miller	1	5	0	0	20.00
William Edrich c Hassett b Johnston	3	20	0	0	15.00
Denis Compton c Morris b Lindwall	4	11	0	0	36.36
John Crapp c †Tallon b Miller	0	23	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley b Lindwall	7	33	0	0	21.21
Allan Watkins lbw b Johnston	0	16	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans b Lindwall	1	4	0	0	25.00
Alec Bedser b Lindwall	0	5	0	0	0.00
John Young b Lindwall	0	5	0	0	0.00
Eric Hollies not out	0	8	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	6
TOTAL (1.24 RUNS PER OVER)	52/10 (42.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 52-10 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 2-1 (John Dewes, 0 ov), 10-2 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 17-3 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 23-4 (John Crapp, 0 ov), 35-5 (Norman Yardley, 0 ov), 42-6 (Allan Watkins, 0 ov), 45-7 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 45-8 (Alec Bedser, 0 ov), 47-9 (John Young, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	16.1	5	20	6	1.24
Keith Miller	8	5	5	2	0.63
William Johnston	16	4	20	2	1.25
Samuel Loxton	2	1	1	0	0.50

Australia 1st Innings

389/10 (158.2 ov)

RR 2.46

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sidney Barnes c †Evans b Hollies	61	0	0	0	0.00
Arthur Morris run out	196	0	16	0	0.00
Donald Bradman b Hollies	0	2	0	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett lbw b Young	37	0	0	0	0.00
Keith Miller st †Evans b Hollies	5	0	0	0	0.00
Neil Harvey c Young b Hollies	17	0	0	0	0.00
Samuel Loxton c †Evans b Edrich	15	0	0	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall c Edrich b Young	9	0	0	0	0.00
Donald Tallon c Crapp b Hollies	31	0	0	0	0.00
Douglas Ring c Crapp b Bedser	9	0	0	0	0.00
William Johnston not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	9
TOTAL (2.46 RUNS PER OVER)	389/10 (158.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 117-1 (Sidney Barnes, 0 ov), 359-8 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 117-2 (Donald Bradman, 0 ov), 226-3 (Lindsay Hassett, 0 ov), 243-4 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 265-5 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 304-6 (Samuel Loxton, 0 ov), 332-7 (Ray Lindwall, 0 ov), 389-9 (Donald Tallon, 0 ov), 389-10 (Douglas Ring, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alec Bedser	31.2	9	61	1	1.95
Allan Watkins	4	1	19	0	4.75
John Young	51	16	118	2	2.31
Eric Hollies	56	14	131	5	2.34
Denis Compton	2	0	6	0	3.00
William Edrich	9	1	38	1	4.22
Norman Yardley	5	1	7	0	1.40

England 2nd Innings

188/10 (105.3 ov)

RR 1.79

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton c †Tallon b Miller	64	0	0	0	0.00
John Dewes b Lindwall	10	0	0	0	0.00
William Edrich b Lindwall	28	0	0	0	0.00
Denis Compton c Lindwall b Johnston	39	0	0	0	0.00
John Crapp b Miller	9	0	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley c Miller b Johnston	9	0	0	0	0.00
Allan Watkins c Hassett b Ring	2	0	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans b Lindwall	8	0	0	0	0.00
Alec Bedser b Johnston	0	5	0	0	0.00
John Young not out	3	7	0	0	42.86
Eric Hollies c Morris b Johnston	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 9, lb 4, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	16
TOTAL (1.79 RUNS PER OVER)	188/10 (105.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 153-4 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 20-1 (John Dewes, 0 ov), 64-2 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 125-3 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 164-5 (John Crapp, 0 ov), 188-9 (Norman Yardley, 0 ov), 167-6 (Allan Watkins, 0 ov), 178-7 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 181-8 (Alec Bedser, 0 ov), 188-10 (Eric Hollies, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	25	3	50	3	2.00
Keith Miller	15	6	22	2	1.47
William Johnston	27.3	12	40	4	1.45
Samuel Loxton	10	2	16	0	1.60
Douglas Ring	28	13	44	1	1.57

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

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Saturday, August 14, 1948 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Kennington Oval, London