f20728 t393	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55 (3rd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1954, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1955 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 128 runs
Umpires	C Hoy, MJ McInnes
Close of play day 1	England (1) 191 all out
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 188/8 (Maddocks 36*, Johnson 12*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 159/3 (May 83*, Compton 10*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 75/2 (Benaud 19*, Harvey 9*)
Articles	Tyson The Typhoon

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Hole b Miller	12	32	37	1	-
WJ Edrich	c Lindwall b Miller	4	11	17	1	-
PBH May	c Benaud b Lindwall	0	6	7	-	-
MC Cowdrey	b Johnson	102	247	239	15	-
DCS Compton	c Harvey b Miller	4	9	11	-	-
TE Bailey	c Maddocks b Johnston	30	118	118	3	-
+TG Evans	lbw b Archer	20	63	72	2	-
JH Wardle	b Archer	0	9	15	-	-
FH Tyson	b Archer	6	28	32	-	-
JB Statham	b Archer	3	17	23	-	-
R Appleyard	not out	1	2	2	-	-
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 67.6 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Edrich), 2-21 (May), 3-29 (Hutton), 4-41 (Compton), 5-115 (Bailey), 6-169 (Evans), 7-181 (Wardle), 8-181 (Cowdrey), 9-190 (Statham), 10-191 (Tyson, 67.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	13	0	59	1	-	-
Miller	11	8	14	3	-	-
Archer	13.6	4	33	4	-	-
Benaud	7	0	30	0	-	-
Johnston	12	6	26	1	-	-
Johnson	11	3	20	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	lbw b Statham	25	35	53	4	-
AR Morris	lbw b Tyson	3	10	17	-	-
KR Miller	c Evans b Statham	7	7	21	1	-
RN Harvey	b Appleyard	31	71	100	4	-
GB Hole	b Tyson	11	24	32	1	-
R Benaud	c sub (JV Wilson) b Appleyard	15	54	78	-	-
RG Archer	b Wardle	23	53	70	2	-
+LV Maddocks	c Evans b Statham	47	140	162	2	-
RR Lindwall	b Statham	13	15	20	1	-
*IWG Johnson	not out	33	85	117	3	-
WA Johnston	b Statham	11	15	22	1	-
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Morris), 2-38 (Miller), 3-43 (Favell), 4-65 (Hole), 5-92 (Harvey), 6-115 (Benaud), 7-134 (Archer), 8-151 (Lindwall), 9-205 (Maddocks), 10-231 (Johnston, 63.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	21	2	68	2	-	-
Statham	16.3	0	60	5	-	-
Bailey	9	1	33	0	-	-
Appleyard	11	3	38	2	-	-
Wardle	6	0	20	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	lbw b Archer	42	141	146	3	-
WJ Edrich	b Johnston	13	52	65	1	-
PBH May	b Johnston	91	183	199	8	-
MC Cowdrey	b Benaud	7	55	51	-	-
DCS Compton	c Maddocks b Archer	23	101	89	2	-
TE Bailey	not out	24	144	163	2	-
+TG Evans	c Maddocks b Miller	22	41	41	2	-
JH Wardle	b Johnson	38	45	41	7	-
FH Tyson	c Harvey b Johnston	6	27	33	1	-
JB Statham	c Favell b Johnston	0	6	8	-	-
R Appleyard	b Johnston	6	10	8	1	-
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 100.5 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Edrich), 2-96 (Hutton), 3-128 (Cowdrey), 4-173 (May), 5-185 (Compton), 6-211 (Evans), 7-257 (Wardle), 8-273 (Tyson), 9-273 (Statham), 10-279 (Appleyard, 100.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	18	3	52	0	-	-
Miller	18	6	35	1	-	-
Archer	24	7	50	2	-	-
Johnston	24.5	2	85	5	-	-
Benaud	8	2	25	1	-	-
Johnson	8	2	25	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	b Appleyard	30	61	76	2	-
AR Morris	c Cowdrey b Tyson	4	14	36	-	-
R Benaud	b Tyson	22	63	91	3	-
RN Harvey	c Evans b Tyson	11	31	32	1	-
KR Miller	c Edrich b Tyson	6	17	22	1	-
GB Hole	c Evans b Statham	5	24	17	-	-
RG Archer	b Statham	15	22	43	1	-
+LV Maddocks	b Tyson	0	1	4	-	-
RR Lindwall	lbw b Tyson	0	2	1	-	-
*IWG Johnson	not out	4	13	21	-	-
WA Johnston	c Evans b Tyson	0	3	4	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 31.3 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Morris), 2-57 (Favell), 3-77 (Harvey), 4-86 (Benaud), 5-87 (Miller), 6-97 (Hole), 7-98 (Maddocks), 8-98 (Lindwall), 9-110 (Archer), 10-111 (Johnston, 31.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	12.3	1	27	7	-	-
Statham	11	1	38	2	-	-
Bailey	3	0	14	0	-	-
Appleyard	4	1	17	1	-	-
Wardle	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> LV Maddocks made his debut in Test matches
--> GB Hole made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 89 balls, 103 minutes with 7 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 100 in 230 balls, 227 minutes with 15 fours
--> L Hutton (2) passed 39000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> PBH May (2) 50 in 118 balls with 5 fours
--> LE Favell (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Test matches
--> LV Maddocks made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> RG Archer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed FH Tyson in the England first innings (previous best was 3-12)
--> JB Statham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WA Johnston in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-18)
--> JB Statham achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> JB Statham reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed KR Miller, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> WA Johnston reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed WJ Edrich, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> FH Tyson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WA Johnston in the Australia second innings (previous best was 6-68)
--> FH Tyson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WA Johnston in the Australia second innings (previous best was 6-85)

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