f20693 t391	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55 (1st Test)
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th November, 1st December 1954 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by an innings and 154 runs
Umpires	C Hoy, MJ McInnes
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 208/2 (Morris 82*, Harvey 41*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 503/6 (Benaud 14*, Lindwall 27*)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 107/5 (Bailey 38*, Tyson 0*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 130/2 (Edrich 68*, May 39*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Cowdrey b Statham	23	62	80	3	-
AR Morris	c Cowdrey b Bailey	153	321	419	18	2
KR Miller	b Bailey	49	88	86	4	1
RN Harvey	c Bailey b Bedser	162	282	380	17	-
GB Hole	run out	57	87	120	4	-
R Benaud	c May b Tyson	34	51	93	1	1
RG Archer	c Bedser b Statham	0	8	5	-	-
RR Lindwall	not out	64	95	131	11	-
+GRA Langley	b Bailey	16	21	29	2	-
*IWG Johnson	not out	24	23	20	2	1
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 129 overs)	601
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Favell), 2-123 (Miller), 3-325 (Morris), 4-456 (Hole), 5-463 (Harvey), 6-464 (Archer), 7-545 (Benaud), 8-572 (Langley)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	37	4	131	1	-	-
Statham	34	2	123	2	-	-
Tyson	29	1	160	1	-	-
Bailey	26	1	140	3	-	-
Edrich	3	0	28	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Langley b Lindwall	4	7	4	1	-
RT Simpson	b Miller	2	5	10	-	-
WJ Edrich	c Langley b Archer	15	28	42	3	-
PBH May	b Lindwall	1	7	5	-	-
MC Cowdrey	c Hole b Johnston	40	183	190	7	-
TE Bailey	b Johnston	88	283	264	11	1
FH Tyson	b Johnson	7	23	23	-	-
AV Bedser	b Johnson	5	10	8	1	-
+KV Andrew	b Lindwall	6	15	13	-	-
JB Statham	b Johnson	11	33	37	2	-
DCS Compton	not out	2	15	15	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 76.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hutton), 2-10 (Simpson), 3-11 (May), 4-25 (Edrich), 5-107 (Cowdrey), 6-132 (Tyson), 7-141 (Bedser), 8-156 (Andrew), 9-181 (Statham), 10-190 (Bailey, 76.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	14	4	27	3	-	-
Miller	11	5	19	1	-	-
Archer	4	1	14	1	-	-
Johnson	19	5	46	3	-	-
Benaud	12	5	28	0	-	-
Johnston	16.1	5	47	2	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	lbw b Miller	13	61	60	2	-
RT Simpson	run out	9	27	40	-	-
WJ Edrich	b Johnston	88	212	193	13	1
PBH May	lbw b Lindwall	44	126	145	6	-
MC Cowdrey	b Benaud	10	83	68	2	-
TE Bailey	c Langley b Lindwall	23	91	95	4	-
FH Tyson	not out	37	81	95	1	-
AV Bedser	c Archer b Johnson	5	13	19	-	-
+KV Andrew	b Johnson	5	12	7	1	-
DCS Compton	c Langley b Benaud	0	3	2	-	-
JB Statham	c Harvey b Benaud	14	13	6	2	-
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 90.1 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Simpson), 2-23 (Hutton), 3-147 (May), 4-163 (Edrich), 5-181 (Cowdrey), 6-220 (Bailey), 7-231 (Bedser), 8-242 (Andrew), 9-243 (Compton), 10-257 (Statham, 90.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	17	3	50	2	-	-
Miller	12	2	30	1	-	-
Archer	15	4	28	0	-	-
Johnston	21	8	59	1	-	-
Johnson	17	5	38	2	-	-
Benaud	8.1	1	43	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> LE Favell made his debut in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey made his debut in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> KV Andrew made his debut in Test matches
--> RT Simpson (2) passed 20000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> WJ Edrich (2) passed 31500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 80
--> PBH May (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> RR Lindwall reached 550 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed PBH May, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> IWG Johnson reached 500 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed AV Bedser, his 1st wicket in the England second innings

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