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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 539 (539/188)
The Ashes, 1962/63, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
15,16,18,19,20 February 1963 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series drawn 1-1

Toss: England
Umpires: CJ Egar and LP Rowan
Test Debuts: NJN Hawke (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 195/5 (Illingworth 10*, Titmus 0*)
  • Day 2: England 321, Australia 74/3 (O'Neill 18*, Burge 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 285/6 (Burge 98*, Benaud 13*)
  • Day 4: Australia 349, England 165/3 (Barrington 57*, Cowdrey 12*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    Rev.DS Sheppard                      c & b Hawke               19 105   1  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Harvey           b Davidson             2  28   0  0
    KF Barrington         c Harvey           b Benaud             101 320   4  0
    *ER Dexter            c Simpson          b O'Neill             47 134   4  0
    TW Graveney           c Harvey           b McKenzie            14  77   0  0
    R Illingworth         c Grout            b Davidson            27  78   2  0
    FJ Titmus             c Grout            b Hawke               34 141   0  0
    FS Trueman            c Harvey           b Benaud              30  50   0  0
    +AC Smith                                b Simpson              6  37   0  0
    DA Allen              c Benaud           b Davidson            14  55   1  0
    JB Statham            not out                                  17  35   0  0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6)                              10
    Total                 (all out, 134.6 overs)                  321
    
    FoW: 1-5 (Cowdrey), 2-39 (Sheppard), 3-129 (Dexter),
         4-177 (Graveney), 5-189 (Barrington), 6-224 (Illingworth),
         7-276 (Trueman), 8-286 (Titmus), 9-293 (Smith),
         10-321 (Allen).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    25.6    4     43      3
    McKenzie                    27      4     57      1
    Hawke                       20      1     51      2
    Benaud                      34      9     71      2
    Simpson                     18      4     51      1
    O'Neill                     10      0     38      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    WM Lawry              c Smith            b Trueman             11  34      0 0
    RB Simpson            c Trueman          b Titmus              32 115      0 0
    BC Booth                                 b Titmus              11  39      0 0
    NC O'Neill            c Graveney         b Allen               73 194      7 0
    PJP Burge             lbw                b Titmus             103 332 291  9 0
    RN Harvey             c sub              b Statham             22  91      0 0
    AK Davidson           c Allen            b Dexter              15  41      2 0
    *R Benaud             c Graveney         b Allen               57 110      7 0
    GD McKenzie                          c & b Titmus               0  12      0 0
    NJN Hawke             c Graveney         b Titmus              14  62      1 0
    +ATW Grout            not out                                   0   9      0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 5)                              11
    Total                 (all out, 131.2 overs)                  349
    
    FoW: 1-28 (Lawry), 2-50 (Booth), 3-71 (Simpson), 4-180 (O'Neill),
         5-231 (Harvey), 6-271 (Davidson), 7-299 (Burge),
         8-303 (McKenzie), 9-347 (Benaud), 10-349 (Hawke).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trueman                     11      0     33      1
    Statham                     18      1     76      1
    Dexter                       7      1     24      1
    Titmus                      47.2    9    103      5
    Allen                       43     15     87      2
    Illingworth                  5      1     15      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   4  6
    Rev.DS Sheppard       c Harvey           b Benaud              68 189   3  0
    R Illingworth         c Hawke            b Benaud              18  75   0  0
    KF Barrington         c Grout            b McKenzie            94 266   2  0
    *ER Dexter            st Grout           b Benaud               6   9   1  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Benaud           b Davidson            53 125   2  0
    TW Graveney                          c & b Davidson             3  11   0  0
    FJ Titmus             not out                                  12  14   1  0
    FS Trueman            c Harvey           b McKenzie             8   2   2  0
    +AC Smith             c Simpson          b Davidson             1   6   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4)                               5
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 82 overs)          268
    
    DNB: DA Allen, JB Statham.
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Illingworth), 2-137 (Sheppard), 3-145 (Dexter),
         4-239 (Cowdrey), 5-247 (Graveney), 6-249 (Barrington),
         7-257 (Trueman), 8-268 (Smith).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    28      1     80      3
    McKenzie                     8      0     39      2
    Hawke                        9      0     38      0
    Benaud                      30      8     71      3
    Simpson                      4      0     22      0
    Harvey                       3      0     13      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 241 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    WM Lawry              not out                                  45 240      5 0
    RB Simpson                               b Trueman              0   3   5  0 0
    RN Harvey                                b Allen               28  60      3 0
    NC O'Neill            c Smith            b Allen               17  42      3 0
    BC Booth                                 b Allen                0   1   3  0 0
    PJP Burge             not out                                  52 127      5 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6)                              10
    Total                 (4 wickets, 72 overs)                   152
    
    DNB: AK Davidson, *R Benaud, GD McKenzie, NJN Hawke, +ATW Grout.
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Simpson), 2-39 (Harvey), 3-70 (O'Neill), 4-70 (Booth).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trueman                      3      0      6      1
    Statham                      4      1      8      0
    Dexter                       4      1     11      0
    Allen                       19     11     26      3
    Titmus                      20      7     37      0
    Barrington                   8      3     22      0
    Graveney                     4      0     24      0
    Illingworth                 10      5      8      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: Rev.DS Sheppard, MC Cowdrey, KF Barrington, ER Dexter, TW Graveney, R Illingworth, FJ Titmus, FS Trueman, AC Smith, DA Allen, JB Statham.

    Australia Player Pages: WM Lawry, RB Simpson, BC Booth, NC O'Neill, PJP Burge, RN Harvey, AK Davidson, R Benaud, GD McKenzie, NJN Hawke, ATW Grout.

    Match Officials' Pages: CJ Egar, LP Rowan.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Phil Shead (drinnen@deakin.edu.au)  
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