f22541 t462	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1958/59 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1958, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th January 1959 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 8 wickets
Umpires	MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	England (1) 173/4 (May 89*, Cowdrey 28*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 96/1 (McDonald 32*, Harvey 60*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 282/6 (Mackay 14*, Davidson 12*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 9/1 (Burke 2*, Grout 2*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Grout b Davidson	3	8	11	-	-
TE Bailey	c Benaud b Meckiff	48	114	151	6	-
W Watson	b Davidson	0	4	2	-	-
TW Graveney	lbw b Davidson	0	1	1	-	-
*PBH May	b Meckiff	113	298	315	11	-
MC Cowdrey	c Grout b Davidson	44	208	200	5	-
+TG Evans	c Davidson b Meckiff	4	8	11	1	-
GAR Lock	st Grout b Benaud	5	29	36	-	-
JC Laker	not out	22	85	86	-	-
JB Statham	b Davidson	13	34	45	1	-
PJ Loader	b Davidson	1	3	11	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	6
Total	(all out, 98.5 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Richardson), 2-7 (Watson), 3-7 (Graveney), 4-92 (Bailey), 5-210 (May), 6-218 (Evans), 7-218 (Cowdrey), 8-233 (Lock), 9-253 (Statham), 10-259 (Loader, 98.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	25.5	7	64	6	-	-
Meckiff	24	4	69	3	-	-
Mackay	9	2	16	0	-	-
Benaud	29	7	61	1	-	-
Kline	11	2	43	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Graveney b Statham	47	169	248	-	-
JW Burke	b Statham	3	20	27	-	-
RN Harvey	b Loader	167	325	370	16	-
NCL O'Neill	c Evans b Statham	37	109	142	2	-
KD Mackay	c Evans b Statham	18	60	88	1	-
RB Simpson	lbw b Loader	0	7	14	-	-
*R Benaud	lbw b Statham	0	5	6	-	-
AK Davidson	b Statham	24	64	74	2	-
+ATW Grout	c May b Loader	8	26	47	1	-
I Meckiff	b Statham	0	2	2	-	-
LF Kline	not out	1	15	25	-	-
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 100.2 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Burke), 2-137 (McDonald), 3-255 (O'Neill), 4-257 (Harvey), 5-261 (Simpson), 6-262 (Benaud), 7-295 (Mackay), 8-300 (Davidson), 9-300 (Meckiff), 10-308 (Grout, 100.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	28	6	57	7	-	-
Loader	27.2	4	97	3	-	-
Bailey	16	0	50	0	-	-
Laker	12	1	47	0	-	-
Lock	17	2	54	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Harvey b Meckiff	2	11	8	-	-
TE Bailey	c Burke b Meckiff	14	34	56	1	-
W Watson	b Davidson	7	21	23	-	-
TW Graveney	c Davidson b Meckiff	3	7	8	-	-
*PBH May	c Davidson b Meckiff	17	68	98	1	-
MC Cowdrey	c Grout b Meckiff	12	12	19	2	-
+TG Evans	run out	11	27	26	-	-
GAR Lock	c and b Davidson	6	38	43	1	-
JC Laker	c Harvey b Davidson	3	10	18	-	-
JB Statham	not out	8	19	25	-	-
PJ Loader	b Meckiff	0	5	12	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 31.2 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Richardson), 2-14 (Watson), 3-21 (Graveney), 4-27 (Bailey), 5-44 (Cowdrey), 6-57 (Evans), 7-71 (May), 8-75 (Lock), 9-80 (Laker), 10-87 (Loader, 31.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	15	2	41	3	-	-
Meckiff	15.2	3	38	6	-	-
Benaud	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Statham	5	13	12	-	-
JW Burke	not out	18	55	76	1	-
+ATW Grout	st Evans b Laker	12	44	38	-	-
RN Harvey	not out	7	25	22	-	-
NCL O'Neill	did not bat
KD Mackay	did not bat
RB Simpson	did not bat
*R Benaud	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 17.1 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (McDonald), 2-26 (Grout)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	5	1	11	1	-	-
Loader	5	1	13	0	-	-
Laker	4	1	7	1	-	-
Lock	3.1	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> PJ Loader made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 135 balls, 156 minutes
--> PBH May (1) 100 in 281 balls, 304 minutes with 9 fours
--> PBH May (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 38
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 96 balls, 103 minutes
--> RN Harvey (1) 100 in 237 balls, 266 minutes with 12 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) 150 in 305 balls with 15 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 110
--> RB Simpson made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> W Watson made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> I Meckiff reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed TG Evans, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> AK Davidson reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed MC Cowdrey, his 4th wicket in the England first innings
--> AK Davidson reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JB Statham, his 5th wicket in the England first innings
--> I Meckiff achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed PJ Loader in the England second innings (previous best was 5-125)

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