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2nd Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1946

RESULTTESTSydney Cricket GroundFri, 13 Dec - Thu, 19 Dec 1946

AUS

Australia

645/10 (20.00)

England

659/3 (20.00) & 371/10 (106.4)

ENG

Australia won by an innings and 33 runs

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 (wk)Tallon b Johnson	39	128	112	2	0	30.46	In 1946	83	8	0	Career	1551	114	1
Cyril Washbrook b Freer	1	10	8	0	0	10.00	In 1946	61	2	0	Career	224	2	0
Bill Edrich lbw b McCool	71	236	202	6	0	30.08	In 1946	213	15	0	Career	520	47	0
Denis Compton c (wk)Tallon b McCool	5	23	15	1	0	21.73	In 1946	91	8	0	Career	705	66	0
Wally Hammond (c) c (wk)Tallon b McCool	1	15	7	0	0	6.66	In 1946	93	6	3	Career	7095	495	27
Jack Ikin c Hassett b Johnson	60	214	174	3	0	28.03	In 1946	109	10	0	Career	156	10	0
Norman Yardley c (wk)Tallon b Johnson	25	52	48	3	0	48.07	In 1946	89	11	0	Career	96	11	0
Peter Smith lbw b Johnson	4	4	5	0	0	100.00	In 1946	6	0	0	Career	6	0	0
Godfrey Evans (WK) b Johnson	5	14	8	0	0	35.71	In 1946	14	0	0	Career	14	0	0
Alec Bedser b Johnson	14	51	46	0	0	27.45	In 1946	35	2	0	Career	73	2	0
Doug Wright not out	15	23	15	2	0	65.21	In 1946	29	5	0	Career	137	11	0
Extras (b 4, lb 11)	15
Total 255 96.1 Ov (RR: 2.65)	255	770		17	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Keith Miller	9.00	2	24	0	2.00	In 1946	10	7/60	Career	12
Fred Freer	7.00	1	25	1	2.67	In 1946	3	2/25	Career	3
Ernie Toshack	7.00	2	6	0	0.64	In 1946	9	6/17	Career	15
George Tribe	20.00	3	70	0	2.62	In 1946	2	2/19	Career	2
Ian Johnson	30.10	12	42	6	1.04	In 1946	8	6/42	Career	8
Colin McCool	23.00	2	73	3	2.38	In 1946	8	5/73	Career	9

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 c Ikin b Bedser	234	667	649	17	0	35.08	In 1946	265	21	0	Career	393	30	0
Arthur Morris b Edrich	5	29	48	0	0	17.24	In 1946	7	0	0	Career	7	0	0
Ian Johnson c Washbrook b Edrich	7	27	35	0	0	25.92	In 1946	54	3	0	Career	61	3	0
Lindsay Hassett c Compton b Edrich	34	74	81	3	0	45.94	In 1946	162	13	1	Career	380	38	2
Keith Miller c (wk)Evans b Smith	40	79	73	7	0	50.63	In 1946	119	13	1	Career	149	13	1
Donald Bradman (c) lbw b Yardley	234	396	397	24	0	59.09	In 1946	421	43	0	Career	5514	538	5
Colin McCool c Hammond b Smith	12	36	34	1	0	33.33	In 1946	107	15	0	Career	114	15	0
Don Tallon (WK) c & b Wright	30	46	44	1	0	65.21	In 1946	44	4	0	Career	49	4	0
Fred Freer not out	28	21	30	3	1	133.33	In 1946	28	3	1	Career	28	3	1
George Tribe not out	25	16	16	5	0	156.25	In 1946	26	5	0	Career	26	5	0
Extras (lb 7, nb 2, w 1)	10
Total 659/8d 173 Ov (RR: 3.80)	659	1391		61	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Alec Bedser	46.00	7	153	1	2.49	In 1946	3	7/41	Career	27
Bill Edrich	26.00	3	79	3	2.27	In 1946	6	4/68	Career	16
Doug Wright	46.00	8	169	1	2.75	In 1946	6	5/167	Career	37
Peter Smith	37.00	1	172	2	3.48	In 1946	2	2/172	Career	3
Jack Ikin	3.00	0	15	0	3.75	In 1946	0	1/43	Career	1
Denis Compton	6.00	0	38	0	4.75	In 1946	0	2/34	Career	2
Norman Yardley	9.00	0	23	1	1.91	In 1946	1	1/23	Career	1

ENGEngland innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Leonard Hutton hit wicket b Miller	37	39	24	6	0	94.87	In 1946	83	8	0	Career	1551	114	1
Cyril Washbrook c McCool b Johnson	41	72	87	1	0	56.94	In 1946	61	2	0	Career	224	2	0
Bill Edrich b McCool	119	379	314	7	0	31.39	In 1946	213	15	0	Career	520	47	0
Denis Compton c Bradman b Freer	54	125	120	5	0	43.20	In 1946	91	8	0	Career	705	66	0
Wally Hammond (c) c Toshack b McCool	37	96	64	2	1	38.54	In 1946	93	6	3	Career	7095	495	27
Jack Ikin b Freer	17	45	34	2	0	37.77	In 1946	109	10	0	Career	156	10	0
Norman Yardley b McCool	35	56	50	4	0	62.50	In 1946	89	11	0	Career	96	11	0
Peter Smith c Hassett b Johnson	2	12	11	0	0	16.66	In 1946	6	0	0	Career	6	0	0
Godfrey Evans (WK) st (wk)Tallon b McCool	9	12	14	0	0	75.00	In 1946	14	0	0	Career	14	0	0
Alec Bedser not out	3	7	10	0	0	42.85	In 1946	35	2	0	Career	73	2	0
Doug Wright c (wk)Tallon b McCool	0	9	3	0	0	0.00	In 1946	29	5	0	Career	137	11	0
Extras (b 8, lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	17
Total 371 106.4 Ov (RR: 3.48)	371	852		27	1