f20708 t392	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55 (2nd Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd December 1954 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 38 runs
Umpires	MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 18/1 (Favell 6*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 228 all out
Close of play day 3	England (2) 204/4 (May 98*, Edrich 16*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 72/2 (Burke 13*, Harvey 26*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Davidson b Johnston	30	109	132	3	-
TE Bailey	b Lindwall	0	28	37	-	-
PBH May	c Johnston b Archer	5	18	12	-	-
TW Graveney	c Favell b Johnston	21	73	88	1	-
MC Cowdrey	c Langley b Davidson	23	72	78	1	-
WJ Edrich	c Benaud b Archer	10	23	21	1	-
FH Tyson	b Lindwall	0	13	14	-	-
+TG Evans	c Langley b Archer	3	3	3	-	-
JH Wardle	c Burke b Johnston	35	62	70	5	-
R Appleyard	c Hole b Davidson	8	17	18	-	-
JB Statham	not out	14	18	23	-	-
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Bailey), 2-19 (May), 3-58 (Hutton), 4-63 (Graveney), 5-84 (Edrich), 6-85 (Tyson), 7-88 (Evans), 8-99 (Cowdrey), 9-111 (Appleyard), 10-154 (Wardle, 54.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	17	3	47	2	-	-
Archer	12	7	12	3	-	-
Davidson	12	3	34	2	-	-
Johnston	13.3	1	56	3	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Graveney b Bailey	26	44	58	2	-
*AR Morris	c Hutton b Bailey	12	15	18	2	-
JW Burke	c Graveney b Bailey	44	85	103	1	-
RN Harvey	c Cowdrey b Tyson	12	42	67	-	-
GB Hole	b Tyson	12	26	30	1	-
R Benaud	lbw b Statham	20	51	65	2	-
RG Archer	c Hutton b Tyson	49	89	127	6	1
AK Davidson	b Statham	20	54	59	2	-
RR Lindwall	c Evans b Tyson	19	24	37	2	-
+GRA Langley	b Bailey	5	12	31	1	-
WA Johnston	not out	0	6	8	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Morris), 2-65 (Favell), 3-100 (Burke), 4-104 (Harvey), 5-122 (Hole), 6-141 (Benaud), 7-193 (Davidson), 8-213 (Archer), 9-224 (Lindwall), 10-228 (Langley, 55.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	18	1	83	2	-	-
Bailey	17.4	3	59	4	-	-
Tyson	13	2	45	4	-	-
Appleyard	7	1	32	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Benaud b Johnston	28	53	77	4	-
TE Bailey	c Langley b Archer	6	33	36	1	-
PBH May	b Lindwall	104	280	298	10	-
TW Graveney	c Langley b Johnston	0	3	3	-	-
MC Cowdrey	c Archer b Benaud	54	189	193	6	-
WJ Edrich	b Archer	29	113	96	4	-
FH Tyson	b Lindwall	9	39	43	1	-
+TG Evans	c Lindwall b Archer	4	10	23	-	-
JH Wardle	lbw b Lindwall	8	17	25	-	-
R Appleyard	not out	19	64	63	1	-
JB Statham	c Langley b Johnston	25	39	53	3	-
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Bailey), 2-55 (Hutton), 3-55 (Graveney), 4-171 (Cowdrey), 5-222 (May), 6-232 (Edrich), 7-239 (Tyson), 8-249 (Evans), 9-250 (Wardle), 10-296 (Statham, 104.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	31	10	69	3	-	-
Archer	22	9	53	3	-	-
Johnston	19.3	2	70	3	-	-
Davidson	13	2	52	0	-	-
Benaud	19	3	42	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Edrich b Tyson	16	27	33	1	-
*AR Morris	lbw b Statham	10	17	26	1	-
JW Burke	b Tyson	14	88	102	1	-
RN Harvey	not out	92	191	259	9	-
GB Hole	b Tyson	0	4	3	-	-
R Benaud	c Tyson b Appleyard	12	47	53	-	-
RG Archer	b Tyson	6	19	27	-	-
AK Davidson	c Evans b Statham	5	6	5	-	-
RR Lindwall	b Tyson	8	8	9	1	-
+GRA Langley	b Statham	0	8	16	-	-
WA Johnston	c Evans b Tyson	11	16	40	2	-
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 53.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (Morris), 2-34 (Favell), 3-77 (Burke), 4-77 (Hole), 5-102 (Benaud), 6-122 (Archer), 7-127 (Davidson), 8-136 (Lindwall), 9-145 (Langley), 10-184 (Johnston, 53.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	19	6	45	3	-	-
Tyson	18.4	1	85	6	-	-
Bailey	6	0	21	0	-	-
Appleyard	6	1	12	1	-	-
Wardle	4	2	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> LE Favell (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Test matches
--> JW Burke (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> RG Archer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 49 in Test matches
--> PBH May (2) 50 in 127 balls, 144 minutes with 8 fours
--> PBH May (2) 100 in 253 balls, 263 minutes with 10 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 50 in 149 balls with 6 fours
--> RN Harvey (2) 50 in 115 balls with 4 fours
--> RN Harvey (2) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 64
--> JH Wardle made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> TW Graveney made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> AK Davidson made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> R Appleyard made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> RG Archer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WJ Edrich in the England first innings (previous best was 1-12)
--> FH Tyson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RR Lindwall in the Australia second innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> FH Tyson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia second innings

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