5th Test - Australia vs England 1958 Full Scorecard: Result, Stats & Top Performers

Fri, 13 Feb - Fri, 13 Feb 1959 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia

Australia

470/10 (20.00) & 69/1 (12.7)

England

England

644/7 (20.00) & 214/10 (54.4)

England innigs

644/7 (20.00)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Peter Richardson c & b Benaud	68	159	219	4	0	42.76	In 1959				Career
Trevor Bailey c Davidson b Lindwall	0	1	8	0	0	0.00	In 1959				Career
Peter May (c) c Benaud b Meckiff	11	18	28	1	0	61.11	In 1959				Career
Colin Cowdrey c Lindwall b Davidson	22	45	61	3	0	48.88	In 1959				Career
Tom Graveney c McDonald b Benaud	19	72	81	2	0	26.38	In 1959				Career
Ted Dexter c Lindwall b Meckiff	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	In 1959				Career
Roy Swetman (WK) c (wk)Grout b Davidson	1	33	25	0	0	3.03	In 1959				Career
John Mortimore not out	44	105	116	6	0	41.90	In 1959				Career
Fred Trueman c & b Benaud	21	56	80	1	0	37.50	In 1959				Career
Frank Tyson c (wk)Grout b Benaud	9	16	10	0	0	56.25	In 1959				Career
Jim Laker c Harvey b Davidson	2	15	17	0	0	13.33	In 1959				Career
Extras (b 4, w 4)	8
Total 205 64.5 Ov (RR: 3.17)	205	521		17	0

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Alan Davidson	12.50	2	38	3	2.25	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Ray Lindwall	14.00	2	36	1	1.92	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Ian Meckiff	15.00	2	57	2	2.85	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Gordon Rorke	6.00	1	23	0	2.87	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Richie Benaud	17.00	5	43	4	1.89	0	0	0	In 1959				Career

Australia innigs

470/10 (20.00)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Colin McDonald c Cowdrey b Laker	133	249	339	7	0	53.41	In 1959				Career
Jim Burke c Trueman b Tyson	16	60	79	0	0	26.66	In 1959				Career
Neil Harvey c (wk)Swetman b Trueman	13	42	61	1	0	30.95	In 1959				Career
Norm O'Neill c Cowdrey b Trueman	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	In 1959				Career
Ken Mackay c Graveney b Laker	23	125	124	1	0	18.40	In 1959				Career
Alan Davidson b Mortimore	17	41	62	1	0	41.46	In 1959				Career
Richie Benaud (c) c (wk)Swetman b Laker	64	139	184	7	0	46.04	In 1959				Career
Wally Grout (WK) c Trueman b Laker	74	133	131	8	0	55.63	In 1959				Career
Ray Lindwall c Cowdrey b Trueman	0	12	14	0	0	0.00	In 1959				Career
Ian Meckiff c & b Trueman	2	2	3	0	0	100.00	In 1959				Career
Gordon Rorke not out	0	1	27	0	0	0.00	In 1959				Career
Extras (b 5, lb 4)	9
Total 351 100.5 Ov (RR: 3.48)	351	805		25	0

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Fred Trueman	25.00	0	92	4	2.76	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Frank Tyson	20.00	1	73	1	2.73	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Trevor Bailey	14.00	2	43	0	2.30	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Jim Laker	30.50	4	93	4	2.27	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
John Mortimore	11.00	1	41	1	2.79	0	0	0	In 1959				Career

England innigs

69/1 (12.7)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Peter Richardson lbw b Benaud	23	83	123	2	0	27.71	In 1959				Career
Trevor Bailey b Lindwall	0	5	8	0	0	0.00	In 1959				Career
Peter May (c) c Harvey b Lindwall	4	6	10	1	0	66.66	In 1959				Career
Colin Cowdrey run out	46	52	55	7	0	88.46	In 1959				Career
Tom Graveney c Harvey b Davidson	54	102	137	4	0	52.94	In 1959				Career
Ted Dexter c (wk)Grout b Davidson	6	33	33	0	0	18.18	In 1959				Career
Roy Swetman (WK) lbw b Lindwall	9	15	15	0	0	60.00	In 1959				Career
John Mortimore b Rorke	11	51	63	0	0	21.56	In 1959				Career
Fred Trueman b Rorke	36	59	80	5	0	61.01	In 1959				Career
Frank Tyson c (wk)Grout b Rorke	6	16	25	0	0	37.50	In 1959				Career
Jim Laker not out	5	16	24	0	0	31.25	In 1959				Career
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 2)	14
Total 214 54.4 Ov (RR: 3.92)	214	438		19	0

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Alan Davidson	21.00	1	95	2	3.39	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Ray Lindwall	11.00	2	37	3	2.52	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Ian Meckiff	4.00	0	13	0	2.43	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Gordon Rorke	12.40	2	41	3	2.46	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Richie Benaud	6.00	1	14	1	1.75	0	0	0	In 1959				Career

Australia innigs

214/10 (54.4)

Batsmen	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	Season	R	4s	6s	All time	R	4s	6s
Colin McDonald not out	51	54	71	7	0	94.44	In 1959				Career
Jim Burke lbw b Tyson	13	47	65	1	0	27.65	In 1959				Career
Neil Harvey not out	1	2	4	0	0	50.00	In 1959				Career
Extras (lb 4)	4
Total 69/1 12.7 Ov (RR: 5.35)	69	103		8	0

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	Season	W	0s	Best	All time	W	0s	Best
Fred Trueman	6.70	0	45	0	4.90	0	0	0	In 1959				Career
Frank Tyson	6.00	0	20	1	2.50	0	0	0	In 1959				Career

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