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Test # 466 (467/177)
The Ashes, 1958/59, 4th Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
30,31 January, 2,3,4,5 February 1959 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-0

Toss: England
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright
Test Debuts: GF Rorke (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 200/1 (McDonald 112*, Harvey 1*)
  • Day 2: Australia 403/6 (Davidson 16*, Grout 7*)
  • Day 3: Australia 476, England 115/3 (Cowdrey 53*, Graveney 16*)
  • Day 4: England 240 and 43/0 (Richardson 28*, Watson 10*)
  • Day 5: England 198/5 (Graveney 28*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    CC McDonald                              b Trueman            170 487 315 12 0
    JW Burke              c Cowdrey          b Bailey              66 247 191  2 0
    RN Harvey             run out                                  41 159 126  3 0
    NC O'Neill                               b Statham             56 150 112  4 0
    LE Favell                                b Statham              4  15   4  0 0
    KD Mackay             c Evans            b Statham              4  27  18  0 0
    *R Benaud                                b Trueman             46 113  86  7 0
    AK Davidson           c Bailey           b Tyson               43 134  98  5 0
    +ATW Grout            lbw                b Trueman              9  47  35  1 0
    RR Lindwall                              b Trueman             19  38  40  0 0
    GF Rorke              not out                                   2  10   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 8, w 4, nb 2)                   16
    Total                 (all out, 128.1 overs)                  476
    
    FoW: 1-171 (Burke), 2-276 (Harvey), 3-286 (Favell),
         4-294 (Mackay), 5-369 (O'Neill), 6-388 (Benaud),
         7-407 (Grout), 8-445 (Davidson), 9-473 (McDonald),
         10-476 (Lindwall).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                     23      0     83      3
    Trueman                     30.1    6     90      4
    Tyson                       28      1    100      1
    Bailey                      22      2     91      1
    Lock                        25      0     96      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    PE Richardson         lbw                b Lindwall             4   8   8  0 0
    TE Bailey                                b Davidson             4  15   5  0 0
    *PBH May                                 b Benaud              37  75  50  3 0
    MC Cowdrey                               b Rorke               84 234 198  9 0
    TW Graveney           c Benaud           b Rorke               41 174 167  1 0
    W Watson                                 b Rorke               25 122  78  1 0
    FS Trueman            c Grout            b Benaud               0  16  11  0 0
    GAR Lock              c Grout            b Benaud               2   8   7  0 0
    FH Tyson                             c & b Benaud               0   2   4  0 0
    +TG Evans             c Burke            b Benaud               4   6   2  1 0
    JB Statham            not out                                  36  70  68  6 0
    Extras                (lb 2, nb 1)                              3
    Total                 (all out, 74.1 overs)                   240
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Richardson), 2-11 (Bailey), 3-74 (May),
         4-170 (Cowdrey), 5-173 (Graveney), 6-180 (Trueman),
         7-184 (Lock), 8-184 (Tyson), 9-188 (Evans), 10-240 (Watson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    12      0     49      1
    Lindwall                    15      0     66      1
    Rorke                       18.1    7     23      3
    Benaud                      27      6     91      5
    O'Neill                      2      1      8      0
    
    England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   B  4 6
    PE Richardson         lbw                b Benaud              43 203 151  5 0
    W Watson              c Favell           b Benaud              40 172 135  4 0
    *PBH May              lbw                b Rorke               59 130 116  8 0
    MC Cowdrey                               b Lindwall             8  28  19  0 0
    TW Graveney           not out                                  53 308 231  5 0
    TE Bailey             c Grout            b Lindwall             6  58  38  0 0
    FS Trueman            c Grout            b Davidson             0   4   3  0 0
    GAR Lock                                 b Rorke                9  72  46  0 0
    FH Tyson              c Grout            b Benaud              33  71  71  2 0
    JB Statham            c O'Neill          b Benaud               2  10   6  0 0
    +TG Evans             c Benaud           b Davidson             0   5   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 5, w 3, nb 4)                   17
    Total                 (all out, 101.3 overs)                  270
    
    FoW: 1-89 (Watson), 2-110 (Richardson), 3-125 (Cowdrey),
         4-177 (May), 5-198 (Bailey), 6-199 (Trueman), 7-222 (Lock),
         8-268 (Tyson), 9-270 (Statham), 10-270 (Evans).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                     8.3    3     17      2
    Lindwall                    26      6     70      2
    Rorke                       34      7     78      2
    Benaud                      29     10     82      4
    Burke                        4      2      6      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 35 runs)                         R   M   B  4 6
    LE Favell             not out                                  15  46  36  2 0
    JW Burke              not out                                  16  46  47  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 1)                               5
    Total                 (0 wickets, 10.3 overs)                  36
    
    DNB: CC McDonald, RN Harvey, NC O'Neill, KD Mackay, *R Benaud,
         AK Davidson, +ATW Grout, RR Lindwall, GF Rorke.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Statham                      4      0     11      0
    Trueman                      3      1      3      0
    Lock                         2      0      8      0
    Cowdrey                      1.3    0      9      0
    

    • CC McDonald (1) retired hurt on 149* from 268/1 to 407/7




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: CC McDonald, JW Burke, RN Harvey, NC O'Neill, LE Favell, KD Mackay, R Benaud, AK Davidson, ATW Grout, RR Lindwall, GF Rorke.

    England Player Pages: PE Richardson, TE Bailey, PBH May, MC Cowdrey, TW Graveney, W Watson, FS Trueman, GAR Lock, FH Tyson, TG Evans, JB Statham.

    Match Officials' Pages: MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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