f20761 t396	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*)

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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 bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	26.1	4	85	3	-	-
Statham	19	4	70	0	-	-
Bailey	12	3	39	3	-	-
Appleyard	23	7	58	3	-	-
Wardle	19	5	59	0	-	-

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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 bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	11	4	34	1	-	-
Archer	3	0	12	0	-	-
Johnson	36	17	46	2	-	-
Davidson	25	8	55	1	-	-
Johnston	27	11	60	2	-	-
Benaud	36.6	6	120	4	-	-
Burke	2	0	7	0	-	-

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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)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	15	2	47	3	-	-
Statham	12	1	38	3	-	-
Appleyard	12	7	13	3	-	-
Wardle	4.2	1	8	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Davidson b Miller	5	6	11	-	-
WJ Edrich	b Miller	0	2	2	-	-
PBH May	c Miller b Johnston	26	75	71	1	-
MC Cowdrey	c Archer b Miller	4	10	9	1	-
DCS Compton	not out	34	97	115	1	-
TE Bailey	lbw b Johnston	15	49	57	2	-
+TG Evans	not out	6	5	3	1	-
JH Wardle	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
R Appleyard	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 30.4 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Edrich), 2-10 (Hutton), 3-18 (Cowdrey), 4-49 (May), 5-90 (Bailey)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	10.4	2	40	3	-	-
Davidson	2	0	7	0	-	-
Archer	4	0	13	0	-	-
Benaud	6	2	10	0	-	-
Johnston	8	2	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> WJ Edrich made his last appearance in Test matches
--> LV Maddocks (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Test matches
--> LV Maddocks (1) 50 in 129 balls with 4 fours
--> LV Maddocks (1) equalled his previous highest score of 69 in First-Class matches
--> L Hutton (1) 50 in 168 balls with 2 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 180 balls with 7 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> 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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