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253 & 214-5 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
280-9 & 186-9 ENG flag
Overs: 52.2 RR: 4.09 vs spin: 3.69
vs seam: 2.46
 Overs: 60.4 RR: 3.07 vs spin: 2.20
vs seam: 2.42
Fri 28/02/47 Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 5 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 280-9 (94.3; RR: 2.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton retired not out (hurt) 122 356 5 0 34.27
C Washbrook b Lindwall 0 2 0 0 0.00
WJ Edrich c Tallon b Lindwall 60 174 8 0 34.48
LB Fishlock b McCool 14 40 1 0 35.00
DCS Compton hit wicket b Lindwall 17 41 1 0 41.46
NWD Yardley c Miller b Lindwall 2 14 0 0 14.29
JT Ikin b Lindwall 0 4 0 0 0.00
TG Evans b Lindwall 29 49 2 0 59.18
TPB Smith b Lindwall 2 19 0 0 10.53
AV Bedser not out 10 37 0 0 27.03
DVP Wright c Tallon b Miller 7 18 1 0 38.89
Extras (7b, 8lb, 1w, 1nb) 17  
TOTAL 280-9 (94.3 overs; RR: 2.96)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 151-2 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 188-3 (LB Fishlock 0.0 ov), 215-4 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 225-5 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 225-6 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov), 244-7 (TPB Smith 0.0 ov), 269-8 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 280-9 (DVP Wright 94.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 22.0 3 63 7 2.86 0 0
KR Miller 15.3 2 31 1 2.07 0 0
GE Tribe 28.0 2 95 0 3.39 0 0
ERH Toshack 16.0 4 40 0 2.50 0 0
CL McCool 13.0 0 34 1 2.62 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 253 (76.0; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SG Barnes c Evans b Bedser 71 166 6 0 42.77
AR Morris lbw b Bedser 57 139 6 0 41.01
DG Bradman b Wright 12 23 0 0 52.17
AL Hassett c Ikin b Wright 24 104 3 0 23.08
KR Miller c Ikin b Wright 23 48 0 0 47.92
RA Hamence not out 30 96 2 0 31.25
CL McCool c Yardley b Wright 3 15 0 0 20.00
D Tallon c Compton b Wright 0 3 0 0 0.00
RR Lindwall c Smith b Wright 0 2 0 0 0.00
GE Tribe c Fishlock b Wright 9 5 1 0 180.00
ERH Toshack run out 5 15 0 0 33.33
Extras (7b, 6lb, 0w, 6nb) 19  
TOTAL 253 all out (76.0 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

126-1 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 146-2 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 146-3 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 187-4 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 218-5 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 230-6 (CL McCool 0.0 ov), 230-7 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 233-8 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 245-9 (GE Tribe 0.0 ov), 253-10 (ERH Toshack 76.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 27.0 7 49 2 1.81 0 0
WJ Edrich 7.0 0 34 0 4.86 0 0
TPB Smith 8.0 0 38 0 4.75 0 0
DVP Wright 29.0 4 105 7 3.62 0 0
NWD Yardley 5.0 2 8 0 1.60 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 186-9 (60.4; RR: 3.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LB Fishlock lbw b Lindwall 0 1 0 0 0.00
C Washbrook b McCool 24 49 2 0 48.98
WJ Edrich st Tallon b McCool 24 65 2 0 36.92
DCS Compton c Miller b Toshack 76 178 5 0 42.70
JT Ikin st Tallon b McCool 0 2 0 0 0.00
NWD Yardley b McCool 11 43 0 0 25.58
TG Evans b Miller 20 71 0 0 28.17
TPB Smith c Tallon b Lindwall 24 58 2 0 41.38
AV Bedser st Tallon b McCool 4 13 0 0 30.77
DVP Wright not out 1 5 0 0 20.00
L Hutton  
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 186-9 (60.4 overs; RR: 3.07)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (LB Fishlock 0.0 ov), 42-2 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 65-3 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 65-4 (JT Ikin 0.0 ov), 85-5 (NWD Yardley 0.0 ov), 120-6 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 157-7 (TPB Smith 0.0 ov), 184-8 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 186-9 (AV Bedser 60.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 12.0 1 46 2 3.83 0 0
KR Miller 6.0 1 11 1 1.83 0 0
CL McCool 21.4 5 44 5 2.10 0 0
GE Tribe 14.0 0 58 0 4.14 0 0
ERH Toshack 4.0 1 14 1 3.50 0 0
SG Barnes 3.0 0 11 0 3.67 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 214-5 (52.2; RR: 4.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SG Barnes c Evans b Bedser 30 73 2 0 41.10
AR Morris run out 17 41 2 0 41.46
DG Bradman c Compton b Bedser 63 117 7 0 53.85
AL Hassett c Ikin b Wright 47 122 5 0 38.52
KR Miller not out 34 44 6 0 77.27
RA Hamence c Edrich b Wright 1 10 0 0 10.00
CL McCool not out 13 18 0 0 72.22
D Tallon  
RR Lindwall  
GE Tribe  
ERH Toshack  
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 4nb) 9  
TOTAL 214-5 (52.2 overs; RR: 4.09)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 51-2 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 149-3 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 173-4 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 180-5 (RA Hamence 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 22.0 4 75 2 3.41 0 0
WJ Edrich 2.0 0 14 0 7.00 0 0
DVP Wright 22.0 1 93 2 4.23 0 0
TPB Smith 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
NWD Yardley 3.0 1 7 0 2.33 0 0
DCS Compton 1.2 0 8 0 8.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Sydney, 5th Test

Date

Friday February 28, 1947

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

GE Borwick, JD Scott

Australia Team

Playing XI

DG Bradman, AL Hassett, SG Barnes, RR Lindwall, CL McCool, KR Miller, D Tallon, ERH Toshack, AR Morris, GE Tribe, RA Hamence

England Team

Playing XI

LB Fishlock, L Hutton, DCS Compton, C Washbrook, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, NWD Yardley, AV Bedser, JT Ikin, TG Evans, TPB Smith