f17436 t283	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1946/47 (5th Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 28th February, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th March 1947 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 5 wickets
Umpires	GE Borwick, JD Scott
Close of play day 1	England (1) 237/6 (Hutton 122*, Evans 0*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 189/4 (Hassett 12*, Hamence 0*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 144/6 (Compton 51*, Smith 14*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	retired ill	122	356	300	5	-
C Washbrook	b Lindwall	0	2	4	-	-
WJ Edrich	c Tallon b Lindwall	60	174	179	8	-
LB Fishlock	b McCool	14	40	42	1	-
DCS Compton	hit wkt b Lindwall	17	41	48	1	-
*NWD Yardley	c Miller b Lindwall	2	14	5	-	-
JT Ikin	b Lindwall	0	4	6	-	-
+TG Evans	b Lindwall	29	49	54	2	-
TPB Smith	b Lindwall	2	19	15	-	-
AV Bedser	not out	10	37	38	-	-
DVP Wright	c Tallon b Miller	7	18	22	1	-
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 94.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Washbrook), 2-151 (Edrich), 3-188 (Fishlock), 4-215 (Compton), 5-225 (Yardley), 6-225 (Ikin), 7-244 (Smith), 8-269 (Evans), 9-280 (Wright, 94.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	22	3	63	7	-	-
Miller	15.3	2	31	1	-	-
Tribe	28	2	95	0	-	-
Toshack	16	4	40	0	-	-
McCool	13	0	34	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Barnes	c Evans b Bedser	71	166	137	6	-
AR Morris	lbw b Bedser	57	139	162	6	-
*DG Bradman	b Wright	12	23	27	-	-
AL Hassett	c Ikin b Wright	24	104	115	3	-
KR Miller	c Ikin b Wright	23	48	54	-	-
RA Hamence	not out	30	96	106	2	-
CL McCool	c Yardley b Wright	3	15	9	-	-
+D Tallon	c Compton b Wright	0	3	5	-	-
RR Lindwall	c Smith b Wright	0	2	3	-	-
GE Tribe	c Fishlock b Wright	9	5	8	1	-
ERH Toshack	run out	5	15	13	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 76 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-126 (Barnes), 2-146 (Morris), 3-146 (Bradman), 4-187 (Miller), 5-218 (Hassett), 6-230 (McCool), 7-230 (Tallon), 8-233 (Lindwall), 9-245 (Tribe), 10-253 (Toshack, 76 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	27	7	49	2	-	-
Edrich	7	0	34	0	-	-
Smith	8	0	38	0	-	-
Wright	29	4	105	7	-	-
Yardley	5	2	8	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Fishlock	lbw b Lindwall	0	1	1	-	-
C Washbrook	b McCool	24	49	50	2	-
WJ Edrich	st Tallon b McCool	24	65	71	2	-
DCS Compton	c Miller b Toshack	76	178	175	5	-
JT Ikin	st Tallon b McCool	0	2	3	-	-
*NWD Yardley	b McCool	11	43	32	-	-
+TG Evans	b Miller	20	71	42	-	-
TPB Smith	c Tallon b Lindwall	24	58	48	2	-
AV Bedser	st Tallon b McCool	4	13	25	-	-
DVP Wright	not out	1	5	4	-	-
L Hutton	absent ill
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Fishlock), 2-42 (Washbrook), 3-65 (Edrich), 4-65 (Ikin), 5-85 (Yardley), 6-120 (Evans), 7-157 (Smith), 8-184 (Compton), 9-186 (Bedser, 60.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	12	1	46	2	-	-
Miller	6	1	11	1	-	-
McCool	21.4	5	44	5	-	-
Tribe	14	0	58	0	-	-
Toshack	4	1	14	1	-	-
Barnes	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Barnes	c Evans b Bedser	30	73	70	2	-
AR Morris	run out	17	41	60	2	-
*DG Bradman	c Compton b Bedser	63	117	117	7	-
AL Hassett	c Ikin b Wright	47	122	133	5	-
KR Miller	not out	34	44	58	6	-
RA Hamence	c Edrich b Wright	1	10	10	-	-
CL McCool	not out	13	18	21	-	-
+D Tallon	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
GE Tribe	did not bat
ERH Toshack	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, 52.2 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Morris), 2-51 (Barnes), 3-149 (Bradman), 4-173 (Hassett), 5-180 (Hamence)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	22	4	75	2	-	-
Edrich	2	0	14	0	-	-
Wright	22	1	93	2	-	-
Smith	2	0	8	0	-	-
Yardley	3	1	7	0	-	-
Compton	1.2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> WJ Edrich (1) passed 12500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40
--> TG Evans (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Test matches
--> SG Barnes (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 30
--> SG Barnes (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 17
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> RA Hamence made his debut in Test matches
--> DCS Compton (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> TG Evans (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> AR Morris (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 14
--> DG Bradman (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 31
--> RR Lindwall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed TPB Smith in the England first innings (previous best was 5-18)
--> RR Lindwall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JT Ikin in the England first innings (previous best was 4-52)
--> DVP Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RR Lindwall in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-167)
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed D Tallon, his 5th wicket in the Australia first innings
--> CL McCool achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England second innings (previous best was 5-109)
--> DVP Wright reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed AL Hassett, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> L Hutton retired ill in the England first innings having scored 122 (team score 237/6)

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