Test Match #295 Standard Scorecard     
1947-1948 Australia v India - 5th Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
6th February, 1948
 
Australia 575/8 dec
India 331 & 67
Australia won by an innings and 177 runs

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sidney Barnes run out 33  58  3  0 56.90 5.74%
William Brown run out 99  216  8  0 45.83 17.22%
Donald Bradman* retired hurt 57  97  4  0 58.76 9.91%
Keith Miller c †Sen b Phadkar 14  54  1  0 25.93 2.43%
Neil Harvey c †Sen b Mankad 153  251  12  0 60.96 26.61%
Samuel Loxton c †Sen b Amarnath 80  155  6  0 51.61 13.91%
Ray Lindwall c Phadkar b Mankad 35  47  2  0 74.47 6.09%
Donald Tallon c †Sen b Sarwate 37  53  3  0 69.81 6.43%
Leonard Johnson not out 25  51  1  0 49.02 4.35%
Douglas Ring c Kischenchand b Hazare 11  26  0  0 42.31 1.91%
William Johnston not out 23  15  2  0 153.33 4.00%
Extras (b 4, lb 4) 8  
Total 8 wickets declared   (128.0 overs @ 4.49 rpo) 575
Fall of Wickets
 
1-48 Barnes, 2-182 Miller, 3-219 Brown, 4-378 Loxton, 5-457 Lindwall, 6-497 Harvey,
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7-527 Tallon, 8-544 Ring
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Dattaray Phadkar 9.0 0 58 1 6.44 10.00
Lala Amarnath 23.0 1 79 1 3.43 10.00
Commandur Rangachari 17.0 1 97 0 5.71
Vijay Hazare 14.0 1 63 1 4.50 10.00
Mulvantrai Mankad 33.0 2 107 2 3.24 20.00
Chandrasekhar Sarwate 18.0 1 82 1 4.56 10.00
Cottari Nayudu 13.0 0 77 0 5.92
Hemu Adhikari 1.0 0 4 0 4.00
 
 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mulvantrai Mankad c †Tallon b Loxton 111  309  6  0 35.92 33.53%
Chandrasekhar Sarwate b Lindwall 0  8  0  0 0.00
Hemu Adhikari c †Tallon b Loxton 38  202  1  0 18.81 11.48%
Vijay Hazare lbw b Lindwall 74  179  7  0 41.34 22.36%
Lala Amarnath* c Barnes b Ring 12  26  1  0 46.15 3.63%
Dattaray Phadkar not out 56  168  5  0 33.33 16.92%
Gul Mahomed c Lindwall b Johnson 1  8  0  0 12.50 0.30%
Harisinghani Kischenchand b Ring 14  36  2  0 38.89 4.23%
Cottari Nayudu c Bradman b Ring 2  6  0  0 33.33 0.60%
Probir Sen b Johnson 13  40  2  0 32.50 3.93%
Commandur Rangachari b Johnson 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 2) 10  
Total All Out   (123.0 overs @ 2.69 rpo) 331
Fall of Wickets
 
1-3 Sarwate, 2-127 Adhikari, 3-206 Mankad, 4-231 Amarnath, 5-257 Hazare,
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6-260 Phadkar, 7-284 Kischenchand, 8-286 Nayudu, 9-331 Sen, 10-331 Rangachari
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Ray Lindwall 25.0 5 66 2 2.64 20.00
Leonard Johnson 30.0 8 66 3 2.20 30.00
Samuel Loxton 19.0 1 61 2 3.21 20.00
William Johnston 8.0 4 14 0 1.75
Douglas Ring 36.0 8 103 3 2.86 30.00
Keith Miller 3.0 0 10 0 3.33
Sidney Barnes 2.0 1 1 0 0.50
 
 
India   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mulvantrai Mankad c †Tallon b Lindwall 0  2  0  0 0.00
Chandrasekhar Sarwate lbw b Johnston 10  34  1  0 29.41 14.93%
Hemu Adhikari c Bradman b Loxton 17  44  1  0 38.64 25.37%
Vijay Hazare c & b Johnson 10  41  1  0 24.39 14.93%
Dattaray Phadkar lbw b Johnston 0  9  0  0 0.00
Lala Amarnath* c Johnson b Ring 8  22  1  0 36.36 11.94%
Gul Mahomed c Barnes b Ring 4  10  0  0 40.00 5.97%
Harisinghani Kischenchand c Barnes b Johnson 0  6  0  0 0.00
Cottari Nayudu c Brown b Ring 0  13  0  0 0.00
Probir Sen b Johnson 10  14  2  0 71.43 14.93%
Commandur Rangachari not out 0  0  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 1, nb 1) 8  
Total All Out   (24.2 overs @ 2.75 rpo) 67
Fall of Wickets
 
1-0 Mankad, 2-22 Sarwate, 3-28 Adhikari, 4-35 Phadkar, 5-51 Hazare, 6-51 Amarnath,
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7-56 Kischenchand, 8-56 Gul Mahomed, 9-66 Nayudu, 10-67 Sen
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Ray Lindwall 3.0 0 9 1 3.00 10.00
Leonard Johnson 5.2 2 8 3 1.50 30.00
Samuel Loxton 4.0 1 10 1 2.50 10.00
William Johnston 7.0 0 15 2 2.14 20.00
Douglas Ring 5.0 1 17 3 3.40 30.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1947-1948 Australia v India - 5th Test
Match No. Test #295
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
Partnerships View
 
END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 336/3 (RN Harvey 78*, SJE Loxton 48*)
Day 2 - India 1st innings 43/1 (MH Mankad 30*, HR Adhikari 10*)
Day 3 - India 1st innings 251/4 (VS Hazare 72*, DG Phadkar 8*)
Day 4 - India 2nd Innings 67, 24.2 overs - end of match
 
NOTES
 
 
Australia 1st innings - Donald Bradman retired hurt/ill at 140/1