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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 280 (280/145)
The Ashes, 1946/47, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
13,14,16,17,18,19 December 1946 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 33 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: GE Borwick and JD Scott
Test Debuts: FAW Freer (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 219/8 (Ikin 52*, Bedser 1*)
  • Day 2: England 255, Australia 27/1 (Barnes 21*, Johnson 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 252/4 (Barnes 109*, Bradman 52*)
  • Day 4: Australia 571/6 (McCool 3*, Tallon 4*)
  • Day 5: Australia 659/8d, England 247/3 (Edrich 86*, Hammond 15*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    L Hutton              c Tallon           b Johnson             39 112 128  2 0
    C Washbrook                              b Freer                1   8  10  0 0
    WJ Edrich             lbw                b McCool              71 202 236  6 0
    DCS Compton           c Tallon           b McCool               5  15  23  1 0
    *WR Hammond           c Tallon           b McCool               1   7  15  0 0
    JT Ikin               c Hassett          b Johnson             60 174 214  3 0
    NWD Yardley           c Tallon           b Johnson             25  48  52  3 0
    TPB Smith             lbw                b Johnson              4   5   4  0 0
    +TG Evans                                b Johnson              5   8  14  0 0
    AV Bedser                                b Johnson             14  46  51  0 0
    DVP Wright            not out                                  15  15  23  2 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 11)                             15
    Total                 (all out, 96.1 overs)                   255
    
    FoW: 1-10 (Washbrook), 2-88 (Hutton), 3-97 (Compton),
         4-99 (Hammond), 5-148 (Edrich), 6-187 (Yardley),
         7-197 (Smith), 8-205 (Evans), 9-234 (Ikin), 10-255 (Bedser).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                       9      2     24      0
    Freer                        7      1     25      1
    Toshack                      7      2      6      0
    Tribe                       20      3     70      0
    Johnson                     30.1   12     42      6
    McCool                      23      2     73      3
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    SG Barnes             c Ikin             b Bedser             234 649 667 17 0
    AR Morris                                b Edrich               5  48  29  0 0
    IWG Johnson           c Washbrook        b Edrich               7  35  27  0 0
    AL Hassett            c Compton          b Edrich              34  81  74  3 0
    KR Miller             c Evans            b Smith               40  73  79  7 0
    *DG Bradman           lbw                b Yardley            234 397 396 24 0
    CL McCool             c Hammond          b Smith               12  34  36  1 0
    +D Tallon                            c & b Wright              30  44  46  1 0
    FAW Freer             not out                                  28  30  21  3 1
    GE Tribe              not out                                  25  16  16  5 0
    Extras                (lb 7, w 1, nb 2)                        10
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 173 overs)         659
    
    DNB: ERH Toshack.
    
    FoW: 1-24 (Morris), 2-37 (Johnson), 3-96 (Hassett),
         4-159 (Miller), 5-564 (Bradman), 6-564 (Barnes),
         7-595 (McCool), 8-617 (Tallon).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bedser                      46      7    153      1
    Edrich                      26      3     79      3
    Wright                      46      8    169      1
    Smith                       37      1    172      2
    Ikin                         3      0     15      0
    Compton                      6      0     38      0
    Yardley                      9      0     23      1
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    L Hutton              hit wicket         b Miller              37  24  39  6 0
    C Washbrook           c McCool           b Johnson             41  87  72  1 0
    WJ Edrich                                b McCool             119 314 379  7 0
    DCS Compton           c Bradman          b Freer               54 120 125  5 0
    *WR Hammond           c Toshack          b McCool              37  64  96  2 1
    JT Ikin                                  b Freer               17  34  45  2 0
    NWD Yardley                              b McCool              35  50  56  4 0
    TPB Smith             c Hassett          b Johnson              2  11  12  0 0
    +TG Evans             st Tallon          b McCool               9  14  12  0 0
    AV Bedser             not out                                   3  10   7  0 0
    DVP Wright            c Tallon           b McCool               0   3   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 2)                   17
    Total                 (all out, 106.4 overs)                  371
    
    FoW: 1-49 (Hutton), 2-118 (Washbrook), 3-220 (Compton),
         4-280 (Hammond), 5-309 (Ikin), 6-327 (Edrich),
         7-346 (Smith), 8-366 (Yardley), 9-369 (Evans),
         10-371 (Wright).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                      11      3     37      1
    Freer                       13      2     49      2
    Toshack                      6      1     16      0
    Tribe                       12      0     40      0
    Johnson                     29      7     92      2
    McCool                      32.4    4    109      5
    Barnes                       3      0     11      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: L Hutton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DCS Compton, WR Hammond, JT Ikin, NWD Yardley, TPB Smith, TG Evans, AV Bedser, DVP Wright.

    Australia Player Pages: SG Barnes, AR Morris, IWG Johnson, AL Hassett, KR Miller, DG Bradman, CL McCool, D Tallon, FAW Freer, GE Tribe, ERH Toshack.

    Match Officials' Pages: GE Borwick, JD Scott.

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