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3rd Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1954 Performance

RESULTTESTMelbourne Cricket GroundFri, 31 Dec - Wed, 05 Jan 1955

AUS

Australia

601/10 (20.00) & 111/10 (31.3)

England

558/7 (20.00) & 279/10 (100.5)

ENG

England won by 128 runs

PREVIEW SUMMARY SCORECARD MATCH STATS PERFORMANCE

Impact leaderboard

Everyone, ranked

Runs, strike rate against the match average, wickets and economy, dot balls and catches, in one score.

PMPeter May91 (0)

111#2 · pts

MVPFTFrank Tyson6 (0) · 7/27

174#1 · pts

RARon Archer15 (0) · 2/50

80#3 · pts

1FTFrank TysonENG · 6 (0) · 7/27174

2PMPeter MayENG · 91 (0)111

3RARon ArcherAUS · 15 (0) · 2/5080

4BJBill JohnstonAUS · 0 (0) · 5/8576

5KMKeith MillerAUS · 6 (0) · 1/3549

6LHLeonard HuttonENG · 42 (0)46

7JWJohnny WardleENG · 38 (0) · 0/145

8RBRichie BenaudAUS · 22 (0) · 1/25 · 1 ct42

9LFLes FavellAUS · 30 (0) · 1 ct34

10BSBrian StathamENG · 0 (0) · 2/3832

11DCDenis ComptonENG · 23 (0)25

BatBallField

Who carried the team

Share of the runs

ENGEngland · 272

Peter May91 (0)33%

Leonard Hutton42 (0)15%

Johnny Wardle38 (0)14%

Trevor Bailey24* (0)9%

Denis Compton23 (0)8%

Godfrey Evans22 (0)8%

Bill Edrich13 (0)5%

Colin Cowdrey7 (0)3%

Frank Tyson6 (0)2%

Bob Appleyard6 (0)2%

AUSAustralia · 97

Les Favell30 (0)31%

Richie Benaud22 (0)23%

Ron Archer15 (0)15%

Neil Harvey11 (0)11%

Keith Miller6 (0)6%

Graeme Hole5 (0)5%

Arthur Morris4 (0)4%

Ian Johnson4* (0)4%

Beat their average?

4 of 22 did

Each batter's score today against their own career average in this format.

Peter May91 today · avg 46.8+44

Johnny Wardle38 today · avg 19.8+18

Les Favell30 today · avg 27+3

Godfrey Evans22 today · avg 20.5+2

Richie Benaud22 today · avg 24.5-2

Frank Tyson6 today · avg 11-5

Trevor Bailey24* today · avg 29.7-6

Ron Archer15 today · avg 24.6-10

Bob Appleyard6 today · avg 17-11

Bill Johnston0 today · avg 11.4-11

Brian Statham0 today · avg 11.4-11

Leonard Hutton42 today · avg 56.2-14

Ian Johnson4* today · avg 18.5-15

Len Maddocks0 today · avg 17.7-18

Graeme Hole5 today · avg 25.5-20

Ray Lindwall0 today · avg 21.2-21

Bill Edrich13 today · avg 40-27

Denis Compton23 today · avg 50.1-27

Keith Miller6 today · avg 37-31

Colin Cowdrey7 today · avg 44.1-37

Neil Harvey11 today · avg 48.4-37

Arthur Morris4 today · avg 46.5-42