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487 & 215-1
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
460 & 340-8d
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Overs: 44.0 RR: 4.89 vs spin: 3.15
vs seam: 3.67
Overs: 125.1 RR: 2.72 vs spin: 1.93
vs seam: 1.99
Fri 31/01/47 Australia v England, 4th Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 460 (153.0; RR: 3.01)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton lbw b McCool 94 274 7 0 34.31
C Washbrook c Tallon b Dooland 65 188 5 0 34.57
WJ Edrich c & b Dooland 17 38 1 0 44.74
WR Hammond b Toshack 18 42 2 0 42.86
DCS Compton c & b Lindwall 147 350 15 0 42.00
J Hardstaff b Miller 67 191 5 0 35.08
JT Ikin c Toshack b Dooland 21 42 2 0 50.00
NWD Yardley not out 18 83 1 0 21.69
AV Bedser b Lindwall 2 16 0 0 12.50
TG Evans b Lindwall 0 1 0 0 0.00
DVP Wright b Lindwall 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 5lb, 2w, 0nb) 11  
TOTAL 460 all out (153.0 overs; RR: 3.01)

Fall of wickets

137-1 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 173-2 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 196-3 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 202-4 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 320-5 (J Hardstaff 0.0 ov), 381-6 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov), 455-7 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 460-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 460-9 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 460-10 (DVP Wright 153.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 23.0 5 52 4 2.26 0 0
KR Miller 16.0 0 45 1 2.81 0 0
ERH Toshack 30.0 13 59 1 1.97 0 0
CL McCool 29.0 1 91 1 3.14 0 0
IWG Johnson 22.0 3 69 0 3.14 0 0
B Dooland 33.0 1 133 3 4.03 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 487 (118.4; RR: 4.10)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MR Harvey b Bedser 12 24 2 0 50.00
AR Morris c Evans b Bedser 122 255 12 2 47.84
DG Bradman b Bedser 0 9 0 0 0.00
AL Hassett c Hammond b Wright 78 227 5 1 34.36
KR Miller not out 141 198 9 1 71.21
IWG Johnson lbw b Wright 52 127 5 0 40.94
CL McCool c Bedser b Yardley 2 20 0 0 10.00
D Tallon b Wright 3 9 0 0 33.33
RR Lindwall c Evans b Yardley 20 34 2 0 58.82
B Dooland c Bedser b Yardley 29 61 3 0 47.54
ERH Toshack run out 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (16b, 6lb, 2w, 4nb) 28  
TOTAL 487 all out (118.4 overs; RR: 4.10)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (MR Harvey 0.0 ov), 18-2 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 207-3 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 222-4 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 372-5 (IWG Johnson 0.0 ov), 389-6 (CL McCool 0.0 ov), 396-7 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 423-8 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 486-9 (B Dooland 0.0 ov), 487-10 (ERH Toshack 118.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 30.0 6 97 3 3.23 0 0
WJ Edrich 20.0 3 88 0 4.40 0 0
DVP Wright 32.4 1 152 3 4.75 0 0
NWD Yardley 31.0 7 101 3 3.26 0 0
JT Ikin 2.0 0 9 0 4.50 0 0
DCS Compton 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 340-8 (125.1; RR: 2.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton b Johnson 76 161 7 0 47.20
C Washbrook c Tallon b Lindwall 39 78 2 1 50.00
WJ Edrich c Bradman b Toshack 46 98 6 0 46.94
WR Hammond c Lindwall b Toshack 22 64 1 0 34.38
DCS Compton not out 103 353 10 0 29.18
J Hardstaff b Toshack 9 53 0 0 16.98
JT Ikin lbw b Toshack 1 28 0 0 3.57
NWD Yardley c Tallon b Lindwall 18 55 0 0 32.73
AV Bedser c Tallon b Miller 3 19 0 0 15.79
TG Evans not out 10 96 1 0 10.42
DVP Wright  
Extras (5b, 3lb, 2w, 3nb) 13  
TOTAL 340-8 (125.1 overs; RR: 2.72)

Fall of wickets

100-1 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 137-2 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 178-3 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 188-4 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 207-5 (J Hardstaff 0.0 ov), 215-6 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov), 250-7 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 255-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 17.1 4 60 2 3.53 0 0
KR Miller 11.0 0 34 1 3.09 0 0
ERH Toshack 36.0 6 76 4 2.11 0 0
B Dooland 17.0 2 65 0 3.82 0 0
CL McCool 19.0 3 41 0 2.16 0 0
IWG Johnson 25.0 8 51 1 2.04 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 215-1 (44.0; RR: 4.89)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MR Harvey b Yardley 31 83 3 0 37.35
AR Morris not out 124 171 12 0 72.51
DG Bradman not out 56 102 4 0 54.90
AL Hassett  
KR Miller  
IWG Johnson  
CL McCool  
D Tallon  
RR Lindwall  
B Dooland  
ERH Toshack  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb) 4  
TOTAL 215-1 (44.0 overs; RR: 4.89)

Fall of wickets

116-1 (MR Harvey 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 15.0 1 68 0 4.53 0 0
WJ Edrich 7.0 2 25 0 3.57 0 0
NWD Yardley 13.0 0 69 1 5.31 0 0
DVP Wright 9.0 0 49 0 5.44 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Adelaide, 4th Test

Date

Friday January 31, 1947

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:30am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

GE Borwick, JD Scott

Australia Team

Playing XI

DG Bradman, AL Hassett, IWG Johnson, RR Lindwall, CL McCool, KR Miller, D Tallon, ERH Toshack, AR Morris, B Dooland, MR Harvey

England Team

Playing XI

WR Hammond, J Hardstaff, L Hutton, DCS Compton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, NWD Yardley, AV Bedser, JT Ikin, TG Evans