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Test # 468 (468/178)
The Ashes, 1958/59, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
13,14,16,17,18 February 1959 (6-day match)
Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: LH Townsend and RJJ Wright
Test Debuts: JB Mortimore (Eng).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 191/7 (Mortimore 41*, Trueman 21*)
Day 2: England 205, Australia 150/3 (McDonald 98*, Mackay 22*)
Day 3: Australia 351, England 22/2 (Richardson 6*, Cowdrey 4*)
Day 4: England 214, Australia 15/0 (McDonald 15*, Burke 0*)
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
PE Richardson c & b Benaud 68 219 159 4 0
TE Bailey c Davidson b Lindwall 0 8 1 0 0
*PBH May c Benaud b Meckiff 11 28 18 1 0
MC Cowdrey c Lindwall b Davidson 22 61 45 3 0
TW Graveney c McDonald b Benaud 19 81 72 2 0
ER Dexter c Lindwall b Meckiff 0 4 1 0 0
+R Swetman c Grout b Davidson 1 25 33 0 0
JB Mortimore not out 44 116 105 6 0
FS Trueman c & b Benaud 21 80 56 1 0
FH Tyson c Grout b Benaud 9 10 16 0 0
JC Laker c Harvey b Davidson 2 17 15 0 0
Extras (b 4, w 4) 8
Total (all out, 64.5 overs) 205
FoW: 1-0 (Bailey), 2-13 (May), 3-61 (Cowdrey), 4-109 (Graveney),
5-112 (Dexter), 6-124 (Swetman), 7-128 (Richardson),
8-191 (Trueman), 9-203 (Tyson), 10-205 (Laker).
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 12.5 2 38 3
Lindwall 14 2 36 1
Meckiff 15 2 57 2
Rorke 6 1 23 0
Benaud 17 5 43 4
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
CC McDonald c Cowdrey b Laker 133 339 249 7 0
JW Burke c Trueman b Tyson 16 79 60 0 0
RN Harvey c Swetman b Trueman 13 61 42 1 0
NC O'Neill c Cowdrey b Trueman 0 1 1 0 0
KD Mackay c Graveney b Laker 23 124 125 1 0
AK Davidson b Mortimore 17 62 41 1 0
*R Benaud c Swetman b Laker 64 184 139 7 0
+ATW Grout c Trueman b Laker 74 131 133 8 0
RR Lindwall c Cowdrey b Trueman 0 14 12 0 0
I Meckiff c & b Trueman 2 3 2 0 0
GF Rorke not out 0 27 1 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 4) 9
Total (all out, 100.5 overs) 351
FoW: 1-41 (Burke), 2-83 (Harvey), 3-83 (O'Neill), 4-154 (Mackay),
5-207 (Davidson), 6-209 (McDonald), 7-324 (Grout),
8-327 (Lindwall), 9-329 (Meckiff), 10-351 (Benaud).
Bowling O M R W
Trueman 25 0 92 4
Tyson 20 1 73 1
Bailey 14 2 43 0
Laker 30.5 4 93 4
Mortimore 11 1 41 1
England 2nd innings R M B 4 6
PE Richardson lbw b Benaud 23 123 83 2 0
TE Bailey b Lindwall 0 8 5 0 0
*PBH May c Harvey b Lindwall 4 10 6 1 0
MC Cowdrey run out 46 55 52 7 0
TW Graveney c Harvey b Davidson 54 137 102 4 0
ER Dexter c Grout b Davidson 6 33 33 0 0
+R Swetman lbw b Lindwall 9 15 15 0 0
JB Mortimore b Rorke 11 63 51 0 0
FS Trueman b Rorke 36 80 59 5 0
FH Tyson c Grout b Rorke 6 25 16 0 0
JC Laker not out 5 24 16 0 0
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 2) 14
Total (all out, 54.4 overs) 214
FoW: 1-0 (Bailey), 2-12 (May), 3-78 (Cowdrey),
4-105 (Richardson), 5-131 (Dexter), 6-142 (Swetman),
7-158 (Graveney), 8-172 (Mortimore), 9-182 (Tyson),
10-214 (Trueman).
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 21 1 95 2
Lindwall 11 2 37 3
Meckiff 4 0 13 0
Rorke 12.4 2 41 3
Benaud 6 1 14 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 69 runs) R M B 4 6
CC McDonald not out 51 71 54 7 0
JW Burke lbw b Tyson 13 65 47 1 0
RN Harvey not out 1 4 2 0 0
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (1 wicket, 12.7 overs) 69
DNB: NC O'Neill, KD Mackay, AK Davidson, *R Benaud, +ATW Grout,
RR Lindwall, I Meckiff, GF Rorke.
FoW: 1-66 (Burke).
Bowling O M R W
Trueman 6.7 0 45 0
Tyson 6 0 20 1
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Tour Index
Team Pages:
Australia,
England.
Ground Page:
Melbourne Cricket Ground
England Player Pages:
PE Richardson,
TE Bailey,
PBH May,
MC Cowdrey,
TW Graveney,
ER Dexter,
R Swetman,
JB Mortimore,
FS Trueman,
FH Tyson,
JC Laker.
Australia Player Pages:
CC McDonald,
JW Burke,
RN Harvey,
NC O'Neill,
KD Mackay,
AK Davidson,
R Benaud,
ATW Grout,
RR Lindwall,
I Meckiff,
GF Rorke.
Match Officials' Pages:
LH Townsend,
RJJ Wright.
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