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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th January 1947 (6-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | GE Borwick, JD Scott |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 253/6 (McCool 28*, Tallon 35*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 147/1 (Washbrook 54*, Edrich 83*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 33/0 (Barnes 19*, Morris 14*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 293/4 (Morris 132*, McCool 25*) |
| Close of play day 5 | England (2) 91/0 (Hutton 25*, Washbrook 60*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Barnes | lbw b Bedser | 45 | 124 | 117 | 3 | - | |
| AR Morris | lbw b Bedser | 21 | 40 | 50 | 2 | - | |
| *DG Bradman | b Yardley | 79 | 162 | 169 | 2 | - | |
| AL Hassett | c Hammond b Wright | 12 | 48 | 53 | - | - | |
| KR Miller | c Evans b Wright | 33 | 68 | 61 | 3 | - | |
| IWG Johnson | lbw b Yardley | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CL McCool | not out | 104 | 174 | 183 | 8 | - | |
| +D Tallon | c Evans b Edrich | 35 | 71 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| RR Lindwall | b Bedser | 9 | 30 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| B Dooland | c Hammond b Edrich | 19 | 68 | 78 | - | - | |
| ERH Toshack | c Hutton b Edrich | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.3 overs) | 365 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Morris), 2-108 (Barnes), 3-143 (Hassett), 4-188 (Bradman), 5-188 (Johnson), 6-192 (Miller), 7-255 (Tallon), 8-272 (Lindwall), 9-355 (Dooland), 10-365 (Toshack, 97.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Voce | 10 | 2 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 31 | 4 | 99 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wright | 26 | 2 | 124 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 20 | 4 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Edrich | 10.3 | 2 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | c McCool b Lindwall | 2 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| C Washbrook | c Tallon b Dooland | 62 | 207 | 235 | 1 | 1 | |
| WJ Edrich | lbw b Lindwall | 89 | 237 | 173 | 10 | - | |
| DCS Compton | lbw b Toshack | 11 | 23 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| *WR Hammond | c and b Dooland | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | - | |
| JT Ikin | c Miller b Dooland | 48 | 144 | 142 | 2 | - | |
| NWD Yardley | b McCool | 61 | 122 | 122 | 3 | - | |
| +TG Evans | b McCool | 17 | 40 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| W Voce | lbw b Dooland | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| AV Bedser | not out | 27 | 52 | 54 | 2 | - | |
| DVP Wright | b Johnson | 10 | 28 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 12 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.5 overs) | 351 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Hutton), 2-155 (Edrich), 3-167 (Compton), 4-176 (Hammond), 5-179 (Washbrook), 6-292 (Yardley), 7-298 (Ikin), 8-298 (Voce), 9-324 (Evans), 10-351 (Wright, 108.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 20 | 1 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Toshack | 26 | 5 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 19 | 3 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dooland | 27 | 5 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 6.5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Barnes | c Evans b Yardley | 32 | 84 | 73 | - | - | |
| AR Morris | b Bedser | 155 | 317 | 364 | 8 | - | |
| *DG Bradman | c and b Yardley | 49 | 95 | 99 | 4 | - | |
| AL Hassett | b Wright | 9 | 21 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| KR Miller | c Hammond b Yardley | 34 | 84 | 80 | 3 | - | |
| CL McCool | c Evans b Bedser | 43 | 106 | 108 | 3 | - | |
| IWG Johnson | run out | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| +D Tallon | c and b Wright | 92 | 108 | 105 | 10 | - | |
| RR Lindwall | c Washbrook b Bedser | 100 | 90 | 113 | 13 | 1 | |
| B Dooland | c Compton b Wright | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| ERH Toshack | not out | 2 | 8 | 14 | - | - | |
| Extras | (14 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.3 overs) | 536 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-68 (Barnes), 2-159 (Bradman), 3-177 (Hassett), 4-242 (Miller), 5-333 (Morris), 6-335 (Johnson), 7-341 (McCool), 8-495 (Tallon), 9-511 (Dooland), 10-536 (Lindwall, 113.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Edrich | 18 | 1 | 86 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 34.3 | 4 | 176 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wright | 32 | 3 | 131 | 3 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 20 | 0 | 67 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hutton | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Voce | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Hutton | c Bradman b Toshack | 40 | 168 | 178 | 3 | - | |
| C Washbrook | b Dooland | 112 | 299 | 245 | 8 | 1 | |
| WJ Edrich | lbw b McCool | 13 | 34 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| DCS Compton | run out | 14 | 27 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| *WR Hammond | b Lindwall | 26 | 80 | 77 | 3 | - | |
| JT Ikin | c Hassett b Miller | 5 | 34 | 33 | - | - | |
| NWD Yardley | not out | 53 | 106 | 89 | 6 | - | |
| AV Bedser | lbw b Miller | 25 | 50 | 49 | 3 | - | |
| +TG Evans | not out | 0 | 3 | 15 | - | - | |
| W Voce | did not bat | ||||||
| DVP Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (15 b, 6 lb, 1 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 100 overs) | 310 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-138 (Hutton), 2-163 (Edrich), 3-186 (Compton), 4-197 (Washbrook), 5-221 (Ikin), 6-249 (Hammond), 7-294 (Bedser) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 16 | 2 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 11 | 0 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dooland | 21 | 1 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Toshack | 16 | 5 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| McCool | 24 | 9 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 12 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> B Dooland made his debut in Test matches
--> W Voce made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DG Bradman (1) 50 in 66 balls, 79 minutes with 2 fours
--> CL McCool (1) 50 in 99 balls, 121 minutes with 3 fours
--> CL McCool (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in Test matches
--> CL McCool (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> CL McCool (1) 100 in 165 balls, 172 minutes with 8 fours
--> D Tallon (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Test matches
--> C Washbrook (1) 50 in 144 balls, 155 minutes with 1 four
--> C Washbrook (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Test matches
--> WJ Edrich (1) 50 in 109 balls, 85 minutes with 8 fours
--> NWD Yardley (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Test matches
--> NWD Yardley (1) 50 in 95 balls, 97 minutes with 3 fours
--> AR Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Test matches
--> AR Morris (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> AR Morris (2) 50 in 106 balls, 113 minutes with 4 fours
--> AR Morris (2) 100 in 238 balls, 265 minutes with 4 fours
--> AR Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 148 in First-Class matches
--> AR Morris (2) 150 in 296 balls with 8 fours
--> AR Morris (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> D Tallon (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Test matches
--> D Tallon (2) 50 in 67 balls, 64 minutes with 7 fours
--> RR Lindwall (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Test matches
--> RR Lindwall (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> RR Lindwall (2) 50 in 53 balls, 76 minutes with 7 fours
--> RR Lindwall (2) 100 in 88 balls, 109 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> C Washbrook (2) 50 in 116 balls, 84 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> C Washbrook (2) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Test matches
--> C Washbrook (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> C Washbrook (2) 100 in 246 balls, 193 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> NWD Yardley (2) 50 in 103 balls, 87 minutes with 6 fours
--> B Dooland made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> IWG Johnson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DVP Wright, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> NWD Yardley achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed KR Miller in the Australia second innings (previous best was 2-50)
--> NWD Yardley reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SG Barnes, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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