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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 392 (392/165)
The Ashes, 1954/55, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
17,18,20,21,22 December 1954 (6-day match)

Result: England won by 38 runs
5-Test series level 1-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 154, Australia 18/1 (Favell 6*)
  • Day 2: Australia 228
  • Day 3: England 204/4 (May 98*, Edrich 16*)
  • Day 4: England 296, Australia 72/2 (Burke 13*, Harvey 26*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *L Hutton             c Davidson         b Johnston            30 132 109  3 0
    TE Bailey                                b Lindwall             0  37  28  0 0
    PBH May               c Johnston         b Archer               5  12  18  0 0
    TW Graveney           c Favell           b Johnston            21  88  73  1 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Langley          b Davidson            23  78  72  1 0
    WJ Edrich             c Benaud           b Archer              10  21  23  1 0
    FH Tyson                                 b Lindwall             0  14  13  0 0
    +TG Evans             c Langley          b Archer               3   3   3  0 0
    JH Wardle             c Burke            b Johnston            35  70  62  5 0
    R Appleyard           c Hole             b Davidson             8  18  17  0 0
    JB Statham            not out                                  14  23  18  0 0
    Extras                (lb 5)                                    5
    Total                 (all out, 54.3 overs)                   154
    
    FoW: 1-14 (Bailey), 2-19 (May), 3-58 (Hutton), 4-63 (Graveney),
         5-84 (Edrich), 6-85 (Tyson), 7-88 (Evans), 8-99 (Cowdrey),
         9-111 (Appleyard), 10-154 (Wardle).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    17      3     47      2
    Archer                      12      7     12      3
    Davidson                    12      3     34      2
    Johnston                    13.3    1     56      3
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    LE Favell             c Graveney         b Bailey              26  58  44  2 0
    *AR Morris            c Hutton           b Bailey              12  18  15  2 0
    JW Burke              c Graveney         b Bailey              44 103  85  1 0
    RN Harvey             c Cowdrey          b Tyson               12  67  42  0 0
    GB Hole                                  b Tyson               12  30  26  1 0
    R Benaud              lbw                b Statham             20  65  51  2 0
    RG Archer             c Hutton           b Tyson               49 127  89  6 1
    AK Davidson                              b Statham             20  59  54  2 0
    RR Lindwall           c Evans            b Tyson               19  37  24  2 0
    +GRA Langley                             b Bailey               5  31  12  1 0
    WA Johnston           not out                                   0   8   6  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 2, nb 2)                         9
    Total                 (all out, 55.4 overs)                   228
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Morris), 2-65 (Favell), 3-100 (Burke), 4-104 (Harvey),
         5-122 (Hole), 6-141 (Benaud), 7-193 (Davidson),
         8-213 (Archer), 9-224 (Lindwall), 10-228 (Langley).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     18      1     83      2
    Bailey                      17.4    3     59      4
    Tyson                       13      2     45      4
    Appleyard                    7      1     32      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *L Hutton             c Benaud           b Johnston            28  77  53  4 0
    TE Bailey             c Langley          b Archer               6  36  33  1 0
    PBH May                                  b Lindwall           104 298 280 10 0
    TW Graveney           c Langley          b Johnston             0   3   3  0 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Archer           b Benaud              54 193 189  6 0
    WJ Edrich                                b Archer              29  96 113  4 0
    FH Tyson                                 b Lindwall             9  43  39  1 0
    +TG Evans             c Lindwall         b Archer               4  23  10  0 0
    JH Wardle             lbw                b Lindwall             8  25  17  0 0
    R Appleyard           not out                                  19  63  64  1 0
    JB Statham            c Langley          b Johnston            25  53  39  3 0
    Extras                (lb 6, nb 4)                             10
    Total                 (all out, 104.3 overs)                  296
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Bailey), 2-55 (Hutton), 3-55 (Graveney),
         4-171 (Cowdrey), 5-222 (May), 6-232 (Edrich), 7-239 (Tyson),
         8-249 (Evans), 9-250 (Wardle), 10-296 (Statham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    31     10     69      3
    Archer                      22      9     53      3
    Davidson                    13      2     52      0
    Johnston                    19.3    2     70      3
    Benaud                      19      3     42      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 223 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    LE Favell             c Edrich           b Tyson               16  33  27  1 0
    *AR Morris            lbw                b Statham             10  26  17  1 0
    JW Burke                                 b Tyson               14 102  88  1 0
    RN Harvey             not out                                  92 259 191  9 0
    GB Hole                                  b Tyson                0   3   4  0 0
    R Benaud              c Tyson            b Appleyard           12  53  47  0 0
    RG Archer                                b Tyson                6  27  19  0 0
    AK Davidson           c Evans            b Statham              5   5   6  0 0
    RR Lindwall                              b Tyson                8   9   8  1 0
    +GRA Langley                             b Statham              0  16   8  0 0
    WA Johnston           c Evans            b Tyson               11  40  16  2 0
    Extras                (lb 7, nb 3)                             10
    Total                 (all out, 53.4 overs)                   184
    
    FoW: 1-27 (Morris), 2-34 (Favell), 3-77 (Burke), 4-77 (Hole),
         5-102 (Benaud), 6-122 (Archer), 7-127 (Davidson),
         8-136 (Lindwall), 9-145 (Langley), 10-184 (Johnston).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     19      6     45      3
    Bailey                       6      0     21      0
    Tyson                       18.4    1     85      6
    Appleyard                    6      1     12      1
    Wardle                       4      2     11      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: L Hutton, TE Bailey, PBH May, TW Graveney, MC Cowdrey, WJ Edrich, FH Tyson, TG Evans, JH Wardle, R Appleyard, JB Statham.

    Australia Player Pages: LE Favell, AR Morris, JW Burke, RN Harvey, GB Hole, R Benaud, RG Archer, AK Davidson, RR Lindwall, GRA Langley, WA Johnston.

    Match Officials' Pages: MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright.

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