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Australia v England |
| Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55 (4th Test) |
| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 28th, 29th, 31st January, 1st, 2nd February 1955 (6-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 5 wickets |
| Umpires | MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 161/4 (Miller 26*, Benaud 11*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 57/0 (Hutton 34*, Edrich 21*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 230/3 (Cowdrey 77*, Compton 44*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 69/3 (McDonald 29*, Miller 12*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| CC McDonald | c May b Appleyard | 48 | 117 | 160 | 5 | - | |
| AR Morris | c Evans b Tyson | 25 | 90 | 110 | 1 | - | |
| JW Burke | c May b Tyson | 18 | 74 | 81 | 1 | - | |
| RN Harvey | c Edrich b Bailey | 25 | 42 | 62 | 3 | - | |
| KR Miller | c Bailey b Appleyard | 44 | 142 | 151 | 4 | - | |
| R Benaud | c May b Appleyard | 15 | 66 | 104 | 2 | - | |
| +LV Maddocks | run out | 69 | 165 | 169 | 7 | - | |
| RG Archer | c May b Tyson | 21 | 27 | 37 | 2 | 1 | |
| AK Davidson | c Evans b Bailey | 5 | 11 | 17 | - | - | |
| *IWG Johnson | c Statham b Bailey | 41 | 62 | 94 | 5 | - | |
| WA Johnston | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 12 |
| Total | (all out, 99.1 overs) | 323 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-59 (Morris), 2-86 (McDonald), 3-115 (Burke), 4-129 (Harvey), 5-175 (Benaud), 6-182 (Miller), 7-212 (Archer), 8-229 (Davidson), 9-321 (Johnson), 10-323 (Maddocks, 99.1 ov) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| *L Hutton | c Davidson b Johnston | 80 | 294 | 270 | 5 | - | |
| WJ Edrich | b Johnson | 21 | 88 | 92 | 2 | - | |
| PBH May | c Archer b Benaud | 1 | 10 | 9 | - | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Maddocks b Davidson | 79 | 315 | 296 | 9 | - | |
| DCS Compton | lbw b Miller | 44 | 140 | 124 | 5 | - | |
| TE Bailey | c Davidson b Johnston | 38 | 136 | 145 | 2 | - | |
| +TG Evans | c Maddocks b Benaud | 37 | 28 | 36 | 5 | - | |
| JH Wardle | c and b Johnson | 23 | 68 | 67 | 2 | 1 | |
| FH Tyson | c Burke b Benaud | 1 | 29 | 22 | - | - | |
| R Appleyard | not out | 10 | 12 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| JB Statham | c Maddocks b Benaud | 0 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 7 |
| Total | (all out, 140.6 overs) | 341 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-60 (Edrich), 2-63 (May), 3-162 (Hutton), 4-232 (Compton), 5-232 (Cowdrey), 6-283 (Evans), 7-321 (Wardle), 8-323 (Tyson), 9-336 (Bailey), 10-341 (Statham, 140.6 ov) |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| CC McDonald | b Statham | 29 | 95 | 126 | 1 | - | |
| AR Morris | c and b Appleyard | 16 | 27 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| JW Burke | b Appleyard | 5 | 19 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| RN Harvey | b Appleyard | 7 | 21 | 21 | - | - | |
| KR Miller | b Statham | 14 | 50 | 47 | 1 | - | |
| +LV Maddocks | lbw b Statham | 2 | 20 | 28 | - | - | |
| R Benaud | lbw b Tyson | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| RG Archer | c Evans b Tyson | 3 | 7 | 17 | - | - | |
| AK Davidson | lbw b Wardle | 23 | 56 | 76 | 4 | - | |
| WA Johnston | c Appleyard b Tyson | 3 | 19 | 35 | - | - | |
| *IWG Johnson | not out | 3 | 30 | 31 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 |
| Total | (all out, 43.2 overs) | 111 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-24 (Morris), 2-40 (Burke), 3-54 (Harvey), 4-69 (McDonald), 5-76 (Miller), 6-77 (Benaud), 7-79 (Maddocks), 8-83 (Archer), 9-101 (Johnston), 10-111 (Davidson, 43.2 ov) |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
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LV Maddocks (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Test matches
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LV Maddocks (1) equalled his previous highest score of 69 in first-class matches
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MC Cowdrey (1) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 60
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FH Tyson reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed
R Benaud, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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