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Test Match #280 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1946-1947 Australia v England - 2nd Test
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
13th December, 1946
 
 Australia 659/8 dec
England 255 & 371
Australia won by an innings and 33 runs

 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Leonard Hutton c †Tallon b Johnson 39  128  2  0 30.47 15.29%
Cyril Washbrook b Freer 1  10  0  0 10.00 0.39%
William Edrich lbw b McCool 71  236  6  0 30.08 27.84%
Denis Compton c †Tallon b McCool 5  23  1  0 21.74 1.96%
Wally Hammond* c †Tallon b McCool 1  15  0  0 6.67 0.39%
John Ikin c Hassett b Johnson 60  214  3  0 28.04 23.53%
Norman Yardley c †Tallon b Johnson 25  52  3  0 48.08 9.80%
Thomas Smith lbw b Johnson 4  4  0  0 100.00 1.57%
Godfrey Evans† b Johnson 5  14  0  0 35.71 1.96%
Alec Bedser b Johnson 14  51  0  0 27.45 5.49%
Douglas Wright not out 15  23  2  0 65.22 5.88%
Extras (b 4, lb 11) 15  
Total All Out   (96.1 overs @ 2.65 rpo) 255
Fall of Wickets
 
1-10 Cyril Washbrook, 2-88 Leonard Hutton, 3-97 Denis Compton, 4-99 Wally Hammond,
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5-148 William Edrich, 6-187 Norman Yardley, 7-197 Thomas Smith, 8-205 Godfrey Evans,
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9-234 John Ikin, 10-255 Alec Bedser
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Keith Miller 9.0 2 24 0 2.67
Frederick Freer 7.0 1 25 1 3.57 10.00
Ernest Toshack 7.0 2 6 0 0.86
George Tribe 20.0 3 70 0 3.50
Ian Johnson 30.1 12 42 6 1.39 60.00
Colin McCool 23.0 2 73 3 3.17 30.00
 
 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sidney Barnes c Ikin b Bedser 234  667  17  0 35.08 35.51%
Arthur Morris b Edrich 5  29  0  0 17.24 0.76%
Ian Johnson c Washbrook b Edrich 7  27  0  0 25.93 1.06%
Arthur Hassett c Compton b Edrich 34  74  3  0 45.95 5.16%
Keith Miller c †Evans b Smith 40  79  7  0 50.63 6.07%
Donald Bradman* lbw b Yardley 234  396  24  0 59.09 35.51%
Colin McCool c Hammond b Smith 12  36  1  0 33.33 1.82%
Donald Tallon† c & b Wright 30  46  1  0 65.22 4.55%
Frederick Freer not out 28  21  3  1 133.33 4.25%
George Tribe not out 25  16  5  0 156.25 3.79%
Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 10  
Total 8 wickets declared   (173.0 overs @ 3.81 rpo) 659
 
Did not Bat
 
Ernest Toshack
Fall of Wickets
 
1-24 Arthur Morris, 2-37 Ian Johnson, 3-96 Arthur Hassett, 4-159 Keith Miller,
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5-564 Donald Bradman, 6-564 Sidney Barnes, 7-595 Colin McCool, 8-617 Donald Tallon
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Alec Bedser 46.0 7 153 1 3.33 10.00
William Edrich 26.0 3 79 3 3.04 30.00
Douglas Wright 46.0 8 169 1 3.67 10.00
Thomas Smith 37.0 1 172 2 4.65 20.00
John Ikin 3.0 0 15 0 5.00
Denis Compton 6.0 0 38 0 6.33
Norman Yardley 9.0 0 23 1 2.56 10.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Leonard Hutton hit wicket b Miller 37  39  6  0 94.87 9.97%
Cyril Washbrook c McCool b Johnson 41  72  1  0 56.94 11.05%
William Edrich b McCool 119  379  7  0 31.40 32.08%
Denis Compton c Bradman b Freer 54  125  5  0 43.20 14.56%
Wally Hammond* c Toshack b McCool 37  96  2  1 38.54 9.97%
John Ikin b Freer 17  45  2  0 37.78 4.58%
Norman Yardley b McCool 35  56  4  0 62.50 9.43%
Thomas Smith c Hassett b Johnson 2  12  0  0 16.67 0.54%
Godfrey Evans† st †Tallon b McCool 9  12  0  0 75.00 2.43%
Alec Bedser not out 3  7  0  0 42.86 0.81%
Douglas Wright c †Tallon b McCool 0  9  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 8, lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 17  
Total All Out   (106.4 overs @ 3.48 rpo) 371
Fall of Wickets
 
1-49 Leonard Hutton, 2-118 Cyril Washbrook, 3-220 Denis Compton,
nbsp;
4-280 Wally Hammond, 5-309 John Ikin, 6-327 William Edrich, 7-346 Thomas Smith,
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8-366 Norman Yardley, 9-369 Godfrey Evans, 10-371 Douglas Wright
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Keith Miller 11.0 3 37 1 3.36 10.00
Frederick Freer 13.0 2 49 2 3.77 20.00
Ernest Toshack 6.0 1 16 0 2.67
George Tribe 12.0 0 40 0 3.33
Ian Johnson 29.0 7 92 2 3.17 20.00
Colin McCool 32.4 4 109 5 3.34 50.00
Sidney Barnes 3.0 0 11 0 3.67
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1946-1947 Australia v England  (The Ashes) - 2nd Test
Match No. Test #280
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 219/8 (JT Ikin 52*, AV Bedser 1*)
Day 2 - Australia 1st innings 27/1 (SG Barnes 21*, IWG Johnson 0*)
Day 3 - Australia 1st innings 252/4 (SG Barnes 109*, DG Bradman 52*)
Day 4 - Australia 1st innings 571/6 (CL McCool 3*, D Tallon 4*)
Day 5 - England 2nd innings 247/3 (WJ Edrich 86*, WR Hammond 15*)
Day 6 - England 2nd Innings 371, 106.4 overs - end of match

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