Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 3rd Test, 31 December, 1954, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia vs England | December 31, 1954, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

England

*191/10 (67.6 ov) & *279/10 (100.5 ov)

Australia

*231/10 (63.3 ov) & *111/10 (31.3 ov)

England won by 128 runs

Commentary Scorecard Squad

England 1st Innings Inning

191/10 (67.6 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton c Hole b Miller	12	32	1	0	37.50
William Edrich c Lindwall b Miller	4	11	1	0	36.36
Peter May c Benaud b Lindwall	0	6	0	0	0.00
Colin Cowdrey b Johnson	102	247	14	0	41.30
Denis Compton c Harvey b Miller	4	9	0	0	44.44
Trevor Bailey c †Maddocks b Johnston	30	118	3	0	25.42
Godfrey Evans lbw b Archer	20	63	2	0	31.75
John Wardle b Archer	0	9	0	0	0.00
Frank Tyson b Archer	6	28	0	0	21.43
Brian Statham b Archer	3	17	0	0	17.65
Robert Appleyard not out	1	2	0	0	50.00
EXTRAS ( b 9, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	9
TOTAL (2.83 RUNS PER OVER)	191/10 (67.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

29-3 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 14-1 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 21-2 (Peter May, 0 ov), 181-8 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 41-4 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 115-5 (Trevor Bailey, 0 ov), 169-6 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 181-7 (John Wardle, 0 ov), 191-10 (Frank Tyson, 0 ov), 190-9 (Brian Statham, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	13	0	59	1	4.54
Keith Miller	11	8	14	3	1.27
Ronald Archer	13.6	4	33	4	2.36
Richie Benaud	7	0	30	0	4.29
William Johnston	12	6	26	1	2.17
Ian Johnson	11	3	20	1	1.82

Australia 1st Innings Inning

231/10 (63.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leslie Favell lbw b Statham	25	35	4	0	71.43
Arthur Morris lbw b Tyson	3	10	0	0	30.00
Keith Miller c †Evans b Statham	7	7	1	0	100.00
Neil Harvey b Appleyard	31	71	4	0	43.66
Graeme Hole b Tyson	11	24	1	0	45.83
Richie Benaud c sub b Appleyard	15	54	0	0	27.78
Ronald Archer b Wardle	23	53	2	0	43.40
Leonard Maddocks c †Evans b Statham	47	140	2	0	33.57
Ray Lindwall b Statham	13	15	1	0	86.67
Ian Johnson not out	33	85	3	0	38.82
William Johnston b Statham	11	15	1	0	73.33
EXTRAS ( b 7, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	12
TOTAL (3.65 RUNS PER OVER)	231/10 (63.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

43-3 (Leslie Favell, 0 ov), 15-1 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 38-2 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 92-5 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 65-4 (Graeme Hole, 0 ov), 115-6 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 134-7 (Ronald Archer, 0 ov), 205-9 (Leonard Maddocks, 0 ov), 151-8 (Ray Lindwall, 0 ov), 231-10 (William Johnston, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Frank Tyson	21	2	68	2	3.24
Brian Statham	16.3	0	60	5	3.64
Trevor Bailey	9	1	33	0	3.67
Robert Appleyard	11	3	38	2	3.45
John Wardle	6	0	20	1	3.33

England 2nd Innings Inning

279/10 (100.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton lbw b Archer	42	141	3	0	29.79
William Edrich b Johnston	13	52	1	0	25.00
Peter May b Johnston	91	183	8	0	49.73
Colin Cowdrey b Benaud	7	55	0	0	12.73
Denis Compton c †Maddocks b Archer	23	101	2	0	22.77
Trevor Bailey not out	24	144	2	0	16.67
Godfrey Evans c †Maddocks b Miller	22	41	2	0	53.66
John Wardle b Johnson	38	45	7	0	84.44
Frank Tyson c Harvey b Johnston	6	27	1	0	22.22
Brian Statham c Favell b Johnston	0	6	0	0	0.00
Robert Appleyard b Johnston	6	10	1	0	60.00
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	7
TOTAL (2.78 RUNS PER OVER)	279/10 (100.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

96-2 (Leonard Hutton, 0 ov), 40-1 (William Edrich, 0 ov), 173-4 (Peter May, 0 ov), 128-3 (Colin Cowdrey, 0 ov), 185-5 (Denis Compton, 0 ov), 211-6 (Godfrey Evans, 0 ov), 257-7 (John Wardle, 0 ov), 273-8 (Frank Tyson, 0 ov), 273-9 (Brian Statham, 0 ov), 279-10 (Robert Appleyard, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ray Lindwall	18	3	52	0	2.89
Keith Miller	18	6	35	1	1.94
Ronald Archer	24	7	50	2	2.08
Richie Benaud	8	2	25	1	3.13
William Johnston	24.5	2	85	5	3.42
Ian Johnson	8	2	25	1	3.13

Australia 2nd Innings (target 240) Inning

111/10 (31.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Leslie Favell b Appleyard	30	61	2	0	49.18
Arthur Morris c Cowdrey b Tyson	4	14	0	0	28.57
Richie Benaud b Tyson	22	63	3	0	34.92
Neil Harvey c †Evans b Tyson	11	31	1	0	35.48
Keith Miller c Edrich b Tyson	6	17	1	0	35.29
Graeme Hole c †Evans b Statham	5	24	0	0	20.83
Ronald Archer b Statham	15	22	1	0	68.18
Leonard Maddocks b Tyson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Ray Lindwall lbw b Tyson	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ian Johnson not out	4	13	0	0	30.77
William Johnston c †Evans b Tyson	0	3	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 13, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	14
TOTAL (3.55 RUNS PER OVER)	111/10 (31.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

57-2 (Leslie Favell, 0 ov), 23-1 (Arthur Morris, 0 ov), 86-4 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 77-3 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 87-5 (Keith Miller, 0 ov), 97-6 (Graeme Hole, 0 ov), 110-9 (Ronald Archer, 0 ov), 98-7 (Leonard Maddocks, 0 ov), 98-8 (Ray Lindwall, 0 ov), 111-10 (William Johnston, 0 ov)