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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 399 (395/168)
The Ashes, 1954/55, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
25,26,28 February, 1,2,3 March 1955 (6-day match)

Result: Match drawn
England wins the 5-Test series 3-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright
Test Debuts: PJP Burge, WJ Watson (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: No play
  • Day 2: No play
  • Day 3: No play
  • Day 4: England 196/4 (Compton 0*)
  • Day 5: England 371/7d, Australia 82/2 (McDonald 45*, Harvey 12*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *L Hutton             c Burge            b Lindwall             6   3   4  1 0
    TW Graveney                          c & b Johnson            111 166 157 14 0
    PBH May               c Davidson         b Benaud              79 184 188  8 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Maddocks         b Johnson              0   1   1  0 0
    DCS Compton                          c & b Johnson             84 188 200  8 0
    TE Bailey                                b Lindwall            72 198 182  4 0
    +TG Evans             c McDonald         b Lindwall            10  16  13  0 0
    JH Wardle             not out                                   5   8   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 3)                               4
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 94.6 overs)        371
    
    DNB: FH Tyson, R Appleyard, JB Statham.
    
    FoW: 1-6 (Hutton), 2-188 (Graveney), 3-188 (Cowdrey),
         4-196 (May), 5-330 (Compton), 6-359 (Evans), 7-371 (Bailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    20.6    5     77      3
    Miller                      15      1     71      0
    Davidson                    19      3     72      0
    Johnson                     20      5     68      3
    Benaud                      20      4     79      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    WJ Watson                                b Wardle              18  62  56  1 0
    CC McDonald           c May              b Appleyard           72 170 149  5 1
    LE Favell                                b Tyson                1   2   3  0 0
    RN Harvey                            c & b Tyson               13  37  33  1 0
    KR Miller             run out                                  19  54  34  2 0
    PJP Burge             c Appleyard        b Wardle              17  32  31  2 0
    R Benaud                                 b Wardle               7   5  12  1 0
    +LV Maddocks          c Appleyard        b Wardle              32  64  62  4 0
    AK Davidson           c Evans            b Wardle              18  70  69  2 0
    *IWG Johnson          run out                                  11  32  30  1 0
    RR Lindwall           not out                                   2  10   5  0 0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 1)                             11
    Total                 (all out, 60.4 overs)                   221
    
    FoW: 1-52 (Watson), 2-53 (Favell), 3-85 (Harvey), 4-129 (Miller),
         5-138 (McDonald), 6-147 (Benaud), 7-157 (Burge),
         8-202 (Maddocks), 9-217 (Davidson), 10-221 (Johnson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tyson                       11      1     46      2
    Statham                      9      1     31      0
    Appleyard                   16      2     54      1
    Wardle                      24.4    6     79      5
    
    Australia 2nd innings (following on)                            R   M   B  4 6
    WJ Watson             c Graveney         b Statham              3  27  20  0 0
    CC McDonald           c Evans            b Graveney            37  81  69  3 0
    LE Favell             c Graveney         b Wardle               9  11  15  2 0
    RN Harvey                            c & b Wardle               1   7   9  0 0
    KR Miller                                b Wardle              28  42  46  4 0
    PJP Burge             not out                                  18  31  36  2 0
    R Benaud                                 b Hutton              22  22  35  4 0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (6 wickets, 28.6 overs)                 118
    
    DNB: +LV Maddocks, AK Davidson, *IWG Johnson, RR Lindwall.
    
    FoW: 1-14 (Watson), 2-27 (Favell), 3-29 (Harvey),
         4-67 (McDonald), 5-87 (Miller), 6-118 (Benaud).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tyson                        5      2     20      0
    Statham                      5      0     11      1
    Wardle                      12      1     51      3
    Graveney                     6      0     34      1
    Hutton                       0.6    0      2      1
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

    Australia Player Pages: WJ Watson, CC McDonald, LE Favell, RN Harvey, KR Miller, PJP Burge, R Benaud, LV Maddocks, AK Davidson, IWG Johnson, RR Lindwall.

    Match Officials' Pages: MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright.

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