f22486 t460	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1958/59 (1st Test)
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th December 1958 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 8 wickets
Umpires	C Hoy, MJ McInnes
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 8/0 (McDonald 5*, Burke 3*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 156/6 (Benaud 15*, Davidson 7*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 92/2 (Bailey 27*, Graveney 33*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 198 all out

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Mackay b Davidson	11	28	31	1	-
CA Milton	b Meckiff	5	18	26	1	-
TW Graveney	c Grout b Davidson	19	85	99	1	-
*PBH May	c Grout b Meckiff	26	97	122	2	-
MC Cowdrey	c Kline b Meckiff	13	42	43	2	-
TE Bailey	st Grout b Benaud	27	116	121	2	-
+TG Evans	c Burge b Davidson	4	22	19	1	-
GAR Lock	c Davidson b Benaud	5	30	36	1	-
JC Laker	c Burke b Benaud	13	24	25	1	-
JB Statham	c Grout b Mackay	2	8	9	-	-
PJ Loader	not out	6	8	12	1	-
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Milton), 2-16 (Richardson), 3-62 (Graveney), 4-75 (May), 5-79 (Cowdrey), 6-83 (Evans), 7-92 (Lock), 8-112 (Laker), 9-116 (Statham), 10-134 (Bailey, 59.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	16	4	36	3	-	-
Meckiff	17	5	33	3	-	-
Mackay	8	1	16	1	-	-
Benaud	18.4	9	46	3	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Graveney b Bailey	42	80	120	6	-
JW Burke	c Evans b Loader	20	81	102	2	-
RN Harvey	lbw b Loader	14	40	58	-	-
NCL O'Neill	c Graveney b Bailey	34	112	151	2	-
PJP Burge	c Cowdrey b Bailey	2	12	19	-	-
KD Mackay	c Evans b Laker	16	65	63	3	-
*R Benaud	lbw b Loader	16	58	81	1	-
AK Davidson	lbw b Laker	25	94	120	3	-
+ATW Grout	b Statham	2	15	18	-	-
I Meckiff	b Loader	5	7	16	-	-
LF Kline	not out	4	21	35	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Burke), 2-65 (McDonald), 3-88 (Harvey), 4-94 (Burge), 5-122 (Mackay), 6-136 (O'Neill), 7-162 (Benaud), 8-165 (Grout), 9-178 (Meckiff), 10-186 (Davidson, 72.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	20	2	57	1	-	-
Loader	19	4	56	4	-	-
Bailey	13	2	35	3	-	-
Laker	10.1	3	15	2	-	-
Lock	10	4	17	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c and b Benaud	8	43	50	1	-
CA Milton	c Grout b Davidson	17	61	71	2	-
TE Bailey	b Mackay	68	427	458	4	-
TW Graveney	run out	36	169	163	3	-
*PBH May	lbw b Benaud	4	12	9	1	-
MC Cowdrey	c Kline b Meckiff	28	138	149	2	-
+TG Evans	lbw b Davidson	4	21	21	-	-
GAR Lock	b Meckiff	1	34	37	-	-
JC Laker	b Benaud	15	34	33	2	-
JB Statham	c McDonald b Benaud	3	13	14	-	-
PJ Loader	not out	0	2	2	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 119.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Richardson), 2-34 (Milton), 3-96 (Graveney), 4-102 (May), 5-153 (Cowdrey), 6-161 (Evans), 7-169 (Lock), 8-190 (Laker), 9-198 (Bailey), 10-198 (Statham, 119.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	28	12	30	2	-	-
Meckiff	19	7	30	2	-	-
Mackay	9	6	7	1	-	-
Benaud	39.2	10	66	4	-	-
Kline	14	4	34	0	-	-
Burke	10	5	17	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Statham b Laker	15	50	51	1	-
JW Burke	not out	28	173	250	1	-
RN Harvey	c Milton b Lock	23	76	84	1	-
NCL O'Neill	not out	71	122	113	7	-
PJP Burge	did not bat
KD Mackay	did not bat
*R Benaud	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
+ATW Grout	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 51.7 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (McDonald), 2-58 (Harvey)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	6	1	13	0	-	-
Loader	9	1	27	0	-	-
Laker	17	3	39	1	-	-
Lock	14.7	5	37	1	-	-
Bailey	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> NCL O'Neill made his debut in Test matches
--> JW Burke (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> AK Davidson (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 25500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> TE Bailey (2) 50 in 350 balls, 357 minutes with 3 fours
--> NCL O'Neill (2) 50 in 95 balls
--> PE Richardson made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> KD Mackay made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> ATW Grout made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> LF Kline made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> I Meckiff made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> CA Milton made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JC Laker made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> GAR Lock made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> PJ Loader made his debut in Australia in Test matches

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