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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
52 & 188
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389
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Overs: 105.3 RR: 1.78 vs spin: 1.57
vs seam: 1.76
Overs: 158.2 RR: 2.46 vs spin: 2.34
vs seam: 2.16
Sat 14/08/48 England v Australia, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 149 runs
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England - 1st Inns 52 (42.1; RR: 1.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Tallon b Lindwall 30 124 1 0 24.19
JG Dewes b Miller 1 6 0 0 16.67
WJ Edrich c Hassett b Johnston 3 20 0 0 15.00
DCS Compton c Morris b Lindwall 4 9 0 0 44.44
JF Crapp c Tallon b Miller 0 19 0 0 0.00
NWD Yardley b Lindwall 7 31 0 0 22.58
AJ Watkins lbw b Johnston 0 16 0 0 0.00
TG Evans b Lindwall 1 9 0 0 11.11
AV Bedser b Lindwall 0 3 0 0 0.00
JA Young b Lindwall 0 4 0 0 0.00
WE Hollies not out 0 12 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 52 all out (42.1 overs; RR: 1.23)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (JG Dewes 0.0 ov), 10-2 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 17-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 23-4 (JF Crapp 0.0 ov), 35-5 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 42-6 (AJ Watkins 0.0 ov), 45-7 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 45-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 47-9 (JA Young 0.0 ov), 52-10 (L Hutton 42.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 16.1 5 20 6 1.25 0 0
KR Miller 8.0 5 5 2 0.63 0 0
WA Johnston 16.0 4 20 2 1.25 0 0
SJE Loxton 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 389 (158.2; RR: 2.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SG Barnes c Evans b Hollies 61 0 0 0
AR Morris run out 196 0 16 0
DG Bradman b Hollies 0 2 0 0 0.00
AL Hassett lbw b Young 37 0 0 0
KR Miller st Evans b Hollies 5 0 0 0
RN Harvey c Young b Hollies 17 0 0 0
SJE Loxton c Evans b Edrich 15 0 0 0
RR Lindwall c Edrich b Young 9 0 0 0
D Tallon c Crapp b Hollies 31 0 0 0
DT Ring c Crapp b Bedser 9 0 0 0
WA Johnston not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb) 9  
TOTAL 389 all out (158.2 overs; RR: 2.46)

Fall of wickets

117-1 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 117-2 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 226-3 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 243-4 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 265-5 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 304-6 (SJE Loxton 0.0 ov), 332-7 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 359-8 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 389-9 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 389-10 (DT Ring 158.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 31.2 9 61 1 1.97 0 1
AJ Watkins 4.0 1 19 0 4.75 0 0
JA Young 51.0 16 118 2 2.31 0 0
WE Hollies 56.0 14 131 5 2.34 0 1
DCS Compton 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 1
WJ Edrich 9.0 1 38 1 4.22 0 0
NWD Yardley 5.0 1 7 0 1.40 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 188 (105.3; RR: 1.78)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Dewes b Lindwall 10 0 0 0
L Hutton c Tallon b Miller 64 0 0 0
WJ Edrich b Lindwall 28 0 0 0
DCS Compton c Lindwall b Johnston 39 0 0 0
JF Crapp b Miller 9 0 0 0
NWD Yardley c Miller b Johnston 9 0 0 0
AJ Watkins c Hassett b Ring 2 0 0 0
TG Evans b Lindwall 8 0 0 0
AV Bedser b Johnston 0 5 0 0 0.00
JA Young not out 3 7 0 0 42.86
WE Hollies c Morris b Johnston 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (9b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb) 16  
TOTAL 188 all out (105.3 overs; RR: 1.78)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (JG Dewes 0.0 ov), 64-2 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 125-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 153-4 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 164-5 (JF Crapp 0.0 ov), 167-6 (AJ Watkins 0.0 ov), 178-7 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 181-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 188-9 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 188-10 (WE Hollies 105.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 25.0 3 50 3 2.00 0 0
KR Miller 15.0 6 22 2 1.47 0 1
SJE Loxton 10.0 2 16 0 1.60 0 0
WA Johnston 27.3 12 40 4 1.48 0 0
DT Ring 28.0 13 44 1 1.57 0 2

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Saturday August 14, 1948

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

D Davies, HG Baldwin

England Team

Playing XI

WE Hollies, L Hutton, DCS Compton, WJ Edrich, NWD Yardley, AV Bedser, TG Evans, JA Young, JF Crapp, JG Dewes, AJ Watkins

Australia Team

Playing XI

DG Bradman, AL Hassett, SG Barnes, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, D Tallon, AR Morris, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, SJE Loxton, DT Ring