f18012 t301	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1948 (3rd Test)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th July 1948 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Chester, D Davies
Close of play day 1	England (1) 231/7 (Compton 64*, Bedser 4*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 126/3 (Morris 48*, Miller 23*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 174/3 (Washbrook 85*, Crapp 19*)
Close of play day 4	No play

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	b Johnston	11		30	1	-
GM Emmett	c Barnes b Lindwall	10		47	-	-
WJ Edrich	c Tallon b Lindwall	32		170	5	-
DCS Compton	not out	145		324	16	-
JF Crapp	lbw b Lindwall	37		115	4	1
HE Dollery	b Johnston	1		5	-	-
*NWD Yardley	c Johnson b Toshack	22		83	3	-
+TG Evans	c Johnston b Lindwall	34		76	4	-
AV Bedser	run out	37		145	7	-
R Pollard	b Toshack	3		26	-	-
JA Young	c Bradman b Johnston	4		10	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 17 lb, 3 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 171.5 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Washbrook), 2-28 (Emmett), 3-96 (Crapp), 4-97 (Dollery), 5-119 (Edrich), 6-141 (Yardley), 7-216 (Evans), 8-337 (Bedser), 9-352 (Pollard), 10-363 (Young, 171.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	40	8	99	4	-	3
Johnston	45.5	13	67	3	-	-
Loxton	7	0	18	0	-	-
Toshack	41	20	75	2	-	-
Johnson	38	16	77	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Morris	c Compton b Bedser	51		218	6	-
IWG Johnson	c Evans b Bedser	1		7	-	-
*DG Bradman	lbw b Pollard	7	7	9	1	-
AL Hassett	c Washbrook b Young	38		101	5	-
KR Miller	lbw b Pollard	31		75	4	-
SG Barnes	retired hurt	1		25	-	-
SJE Loxton	b Pollard	36		77	6	-
+D Tallon	c Evans b Edrich	18		30	1	-
RR Lindwall	c Washbrook b Bedser	23		106	3	-
WA Johnston	c Crapp b Bedser	3		13	-	-
ERH Toshack	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Johnson), 2-13 (Bradman), 3-82 (Hassett), 4-135 (Miller), 5-139 (Morris), 6-172 (Tallon), 7-208 (Loxton), 8-219 (Johnston), 9-221 (Lindwall, 93 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	36	12	81	4	-	2
Pollard	32	9	53	3	-	1
Edrich	7	3	27	1	-	-
Yardley	4	0	12	0	-	-
Young	14	5	36	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	not out	85		208	11	-
GM Emmett	c Tallon b Lindwall	0		3	-	-
WJ Edrich	run out	53		138	8	1
DCS Compton	c Miller b Toshack	0		6	-	-
JF Crapp	not out	19		55	2	-
HE Dollery	did not bat
*NWD Yardley	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
R Pollard	did not bat
JA Young	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Emmett), 2-125 (Edrich), 3-129 (Compton)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	14	4	37	1	-	-
Miller	14	7	15	0	1	-
Johnston	14	3	34	0	-	-
Loxton	8	2	29	0	-	-
Toshack	12	5	26	1	-	-
Johnson	7	3	16	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Morris	not out	54		156	9	-
IWG Johnson	c Crapp b Young	6		32	1	-
*DG Bradman	not out	30	146	122	6	-
AL Hassett	did not bat
KR Miller	did not bat
SG Barnes	did not bat
SJE Loxton	did not bat
+D Tallon	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
ERH Toshack	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 61 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Johnson)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	19	12	27	0	-	1
Pollard	10	8	6	0	-	-
Young	21	12	31	1	-	-
Compton	9	3	18	0	-	1
Edrich	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GM Emmett made his debut in Test matches
--> JF Crapp made his debut in Test matches
--> GM Emmett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DCS Compton (1) 50 in 134 balls, 90 minutes with 5 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) 100 in 250 balls, 235 minutes with 10 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> AV Bedser (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Test matches
--> R Pollard (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AR Morris (1) 50 in 203 balls with 6 fours
--> SJE Loxton (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> C Washbrook (2) 50 in 70 balls with 8 fours
--> C Washbrook (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 13
--> WJ Edrich (2) 50 in 154 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> AR Morris (2) 50 in 161 balls with 8 fours
--> AR Morris (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 30
--> GM Emmett made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> SJE Loxton made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RR Lindwall reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed WJ Edrich, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> DCS Compton retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 4 (team score 33/2) - he returned when the score was 119/5
--> SG Barnes retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 1 (team score 139/5)

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