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3rd Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1946

TESTMelbourne Cricket GroundWed, 01 Jan - Tue, 07 Jan 1947

AUS

Australia

645/10 (20.00)

England

659/3 (20.00)

ENG

Match drawn

AUSAustralia innings

645/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Sid Barnes lbw b Bedser	45	124	117	3	0	36.29	In 1947	342	24	0	Career	470	33	0
Arthur Morris lbw b Bedser	21	40	50	2	0	52.50	In 1947	183	10	0	Career	183	10	0
Donald Bradman (c) b Yardley	79	162	169	2	0	48.76	In 1947	549	49	0	Career	5642	544	5
Lindsay Hassett c Hammond b Wright	12	48	53	0	0	25.00	In 1947	183	14	1	Career	401	39	2
Keith Miller c (wk)Evans b Wright	33	68	61	3	0	48.52	In 1947	186	19	1	Career	216	19	1
Ian Johnson lbw b Yardley	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1947	54	3	0	Career	61	3	0
Colin McCool not out	104	174	183	8	0	59.77	In 1947	254	26	0	Career	261	26	0
Don Tallon (WK) c (wk)Evans b Edrich	35	71	59	3	0	49.29	In 1947	171	17	0	Career	176	17	0
Ray Lindwall b Bedser	9	30	23	1	0	30.00	In 1947	140	17	3	Career	140	17	3
Bruce Dooland c Hammond b Edrich	19	68	78	0	0	27.94	In 1947	20	0	0	Career	20	0	0
Ernie Toshack c Hutton b Edrich	6	6	8	1	0	100.00	In 1947	9	1	0	Career	9	1	0
Extras (nb 2)	2
Total 365 97.3 Ov (RR: 3.74)	365

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Bill Voce	10.00	2	40	0	3.00	In 1947	0	7/79	Career	98
Alec Bedser	31.00	4	99	3	2.39	In 1947	9	7/41	Career	33
Doug Wright	26.00	2	124	2	3.57	In 1947	11	5/167	Career	42
Norman Yardley	20.00	4	50	2	1.87	In 1947	6	3/50	Career	6
Bill Edrich	10.30	2	50	3	3.61	In 1947	9	4/68	Career	19

ENGEngland innings

659/3 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Leonard Hutton c McCool b Lindwall	2	10	15	0	0	20.00	In 1947	125	11	0	Career	1593	117	1
Cyril Washbrook c (wk)Tallon b Dooland	62	207	235	1	1	29.95	In 1947	235	11	2	Career	398	11	2
Bill Edrich lbw b Lindwall	89	237	173	10	0	37.55	In 1947	315	26	0	Career	622	58	0
Denis Compton lbw b Toshack	11	23	19	1	0	47.82	In 1947	116	11	0	Career	730	69	0
Wally Hammond (c) c & b Dooland	9	13	11	1	0	69.23	In 1947	128	10	3	Career	7130	499	27
Jack Ikin c Miller b Dooland	48	144	142	2	0	33.33	In 1947	162	12	0	Career	209	12	0
Norman Yardley b McCool	61	122	122	3	0	50.00	In 1947	203	20	0	Career	210	20	0
Godfrey Evans (WK) b McCool	17	40	32	1	0	42.50	In 1947	31	1	0	Career	31	1	0
Bill Voce lbw b Dooland	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1947	19	1	1	Career	308	7	8
Alec Bedser not out	27	52	54	2	0	51.92	In 1947	87	7	0	Career	125	7	0
Doug Wright b Johnson	10	28	30	1	0	35.71	In 1947	39	6	0	Career	147	12	0
Extras (b 1, lb 12, nb 2)	15
Total 351 108.5 Ov (RR: 3.23)	351

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Ray Lindwall	20.00	1	64	2	2.40	In 1947	3	2/64	Career	5
Keith Miller	10.00	0	34	0	2.55	In 1947	12	7/60	Career	14
Ernie Toshack	26.00	5	88	1	2.53	In 1947	11	6/17	Career	17
Colin McCool	19.00	3	53	2	2.09	In 1947	11	5/73	Career	12
Bruce Dooland	27.00	5	69	4	1.91	In 1947	5	4/69	Career	5
Ian Johnson	6.50	1	28	1	3.16	In 1947	9	6/42	Career	9

AUSAustralia innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Sid Barnes c (wk)Evans b Yardley	32	84	73	0	0	38.09	In 1947	342	24	0	Career	470	33	0
Arthur Morris b Bedser	155	317	364	8	0	48.89	In 1947	183	10	0	Career	183	10	0
Donald Bradman (c) c & b Yardley	49	95	99	4	0	51.57	In 1947	549	49	0	Career	5642	544	5
Lindsay Hassett b Wright	9	21	22	1	0	42.85	In 1947	183	14	1	Career	401	39	2
Keith Miller c Hammond b Yardley	34	84	80	3	0	40.47	In 1947	186	19	1	Career	216	19	1
Colin McCool c (wk)Evans b Bedser	43	106	108	3	0	40.56	In 1947	254	26	0	Career	261	26	0
Ian Johnson run out	0	4	6	0	0	0.00	In 1947	54	3	0	Career	61	3	0
Don Tallon (WK) c & b Wright	92	108	105	10	0	85.18	In 1947	171	17	0	Career	176	17	0
Ray Lindwall c Washbrook b Bedser	100	90	113	13	1	111.11	In 1947	140	17	3	Career	140	17	3
Bruce Dooland c Compton b Wright	1	4	8	0	0	25.00	In 1947	20	0	0	Career	20	0	0
Ernie Toshack not out	2	8	14	0	0	25.00	In 1947	9	1	0	Career	9	1	0
Extras (b 14, lb 2, nb 3)	19
Total 536 113.3 Ov (RR: 4.72)	536

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Bill Voce	6.00	1	29	0	3.62	In 1947	0	7/79	Career	98
Alec Bedser	34.30	4	176	3	3.84	In 1947	9	7/41	Career	33
Doug Wright	32.00	3	131	3	3.07	In 1947	11	5/167	Career	42
Norman Yardley	20.00	0	67	3	2.51	In 1947	6	3/50	Career	6
Bill Edrich	18.00	1	86	0	3.58	In 1947	9	4/68	Career	19
Leonard Hutton	3.00	0	28	0	7.00	In 1947	0	1/7	Career	2

ENGEngland innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Leonard Hutton c Bradman b Toshack	40	168	178	3	0	23.80	In 1947	125	11	0	Career	1593	117	1
Cyril Washbrook b Dooland	112	299	245	8	1	37.45	In 1947	235	11	2	Career	398	11	2
Bill Edrich lbw b McCool	13	34	22	1	0	38.23	In 1947	315	26	0	Career	622	58	0
Denis Compton run out	14	27	22	2	0	51.85	In 1947	116	11	0	Career	730	69	0
Wally Hammond (c) b Lindwall	26	80	77	3	0	32.50	In 1947	128	10	3	Career	7130	499	27
Jack Ikin c Hassett b Miller	5	34	33	0	0	14.70	In 1947	162	12	0	Career	209	12	0
Norman Yardley not out	53	106	89	6	0	50.00	In 1947	203	20	0	Career	210	20	0
Alec Bedser lbw b Miller	25	50	49	3	0	50.00	In 1947	87	7	0	Career	125	7	0
Godfrey Evans (WK) not out	0	3	15	0	0	0.00	In 1947	31	1	0	Career	31	1	0
Extras (b 15, lb 6, w 1)	22
Total 310/7 100 Ov (RR: 3.10)	310

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Ray Lindwall	16.00	2	59	1	2.76	In 1947	3	2/64	Career	5
Keith Miller	11.00	0	41	2	2.79	In 1947	12	7/60	Career	14
Ernie Toshack	16.00	5	39	1	1.82	In 1947	11	6/17	Career	17
Colin McCool	24.00	9	41	1	1.28	In 1947	11	5/73	Career	12
Bruce Dooland	21.00	1	84	1	3.00	In 1947	5	4/69	Career	5
Ian Johnson	12.00	4	24	0	1.50	In 1947	9	6/42	Career	9