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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 396 (394/167)
The Ashes, 1954/55, 4th Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
28,29,31 January, 1,2 February 1955 (6-day match)

Result: England won by 5 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 3-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 161/4 (Miller 26*, Benaud 11*)
  • Day 2: Australia 323, England 57/0 (Hutton 34*, Edrich 21*)
  • Day 3: England 230/3 (Cowdrey 77*, Compton 44*)
  • Day 4: England 341, Australia 69/3 (McDonald 29*, Miller 12*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    CC McDonald           c May              b Appleyard           48 168   5  0
    AR Morris             c Evans            b Tyson               25 110   1  0
    JW Burke              c May              b Tyson               18  81   1  0
    RN Harvey             c Edrich           b Bailey              25  62   3  0
    KR Miller             c Bailey           b Appleyard           44 149   4  0
    R Benaud              c May              b Appleyard           15 104   2  0
    +LV Maddocks          run out                                  69 169   7  0
    RG Archer             c May              b Tyson               21  37   3  1
    AK Davidson           c Evans            b Bailey               5  17   0  0
    *IWG Johnson          c Statham          b Bailey              41  94   5  0
    WA Johnston           not out                                   0   1   0  0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 7, nb 2)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 99.1 overs)                   323
    
    FoW: 1-59 (Morris), 2-86 (McDonald), 3-115 (Burke),
         4-129 (Harvey), 5-175 (Benaud), 6-182 (Miller),
         7-212 (Archer), 8-229 (Davidson), 9-321 (Johnson),
         10-323 (Maddocks).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tyson                       26.1    4     85      3
    Statham                     19      4     70      0
    Bailey                      12      3     39      3
    Appleyard                   23      7     58      3
    Wardle                      19      5     59      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    *L Hutton             c Davidson         b Johnston            80 270   5  0
    WJ Edrich                                b Johnson             21  92   2  0
    PBH May               c Archer           b Benaud               1   9   0  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Maddocks         b Davidson            79 296   9  0
    DCS Compton           lbw                b Miller              44 124   5  0
    TE Bailey             c Davidson         b Johnston            38 145   2  0
    +TG Evans             c Maddocks         b Benaud              37  36   5  0
    JH Wardle                            c & b Johnson             23  67   2  1
    FH Tyson              c Burke            b Benaud               1  22   0  0
    R Appleyard           not out                                  10  18   2  0
    JB Statham            c Maddocks         b Benaud               0   7   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 2, nb 4)                         7
    Total                 (all out, 140.6 overs)                  341
    
    FoW: 1-60 (Edrich), 2-63 (May), 3-162 (Hutton), 4-232 (Compton),
         5-232 (Cowdrey), 6-283 (Evans), 7-321 (Wardle),
         8-323 (Tyson), 9-336 (Bailey), 10-341 (Statham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                      11      4     34      1
    Archer                       3      0     12      0
    Johnson                     36     17     46      2
    Davidson                    25      8     55      1
    Johnston                    27     11     60      2
    Benaud                      36.6    6    120      4
    Burke                        2      0      7      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   4  6
    CC McDonald                              b Statham             29 126   1  0
    AR Morris                            c & b Appleyard           16  29   1  0
    JW Burke                                 b Appleyard            5  27   1  0
    RN Harvey                                b Appleyard            7  21   0  0
    KR Miller                                b Statham             14  47   1  0
    +LV Maddocks          lbw                b Statham              2  28   0  0
    R Benaud              lbw                b Tyson                1   5   0  0
    RG Archer             c Evans            b Tyson                3  17   0  0
    AK Davidson           lbw                b Wardle              23  76   1  0
    WA Johnston           c Appleyard        b Tyson                3  35   0  0
    *IWG Johnson          not out                                   3  31   0  0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
    Total                 (all out, 43.2 overs)                   111
    
    FoW: 1-24 (Morris), 2-40 (Burke), 3-54 (Harvey), 4-69 (McDonald),
         5-76 (Miller), 6-77 (Benaud), 7-79 (Maddocks),
         8-83 (Archer), 9-101 (Johnston), 10-111 (Davidson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tyson                       15      2     47      3
    Statham                     12      1     38      3
    Appleyard                   12      7     13      3
    Wardle                       4.2    1      8      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 94 runs)                           R   M   4  6
    *L Hutton             c Davidson         b Miller               5  11   0  0
    WJ Edrich                                b Miller               0   2   0  0
    PBH May               c Miller           b Johnston            26  71   2  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Archer           b Miller               4   9   1  0
    DCS Compton           not out                                  34 115   1  0
    TE Bailey             lbw                b Johnston            15  57   2  0
    +TG Evans             not out                                   6   3   1  0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 4)                               7
    Total                 (5 wickets, 30.4 overs)                  97
    
    DNB: JH Wardle, FH Tyson, R Appleyard, JB Statham.
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Edrich), 2-10 (Hutton), 3-18 (Cowdrey), 4-49 (May),
         5-90 (Bailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Miller                      10.4    2     40      3
    Archer                       4      0     13      0
    Davidson                     2      0      7      0
    Johnston                     8      2     20      2
    Benaud                       6      2     10      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: CC McDonald, AR Morris, JW Burke, RN Harvey, KR Miller, R Benaud, LV Maddocks, RG Archer, AK Davidson, IWG Johnson, WA Johnston.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright.

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