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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*) |
| 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 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 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) |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
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PBH May (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 38
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MC Cowdrey (1) passed 15000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
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RN Harvey (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 110
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I Meckiff reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
TG Evans, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
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AK Davidson reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed
MC Cowdrey, his 4th wicket in the England first innings
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AK Davidson reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
JB Statham, his 5th wicket in the England first innings
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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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