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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th February 1959 (6-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australia won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | LH Townsend, RJJ Wright |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 191/7 (Mortimore 41*, Trueman 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 150/3 (McDonald 98*, Mackay 22*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 22/2 (Richardson 6*, Cowdrey 4*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 15/0 (McDonald 15*, Burke 0*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c and b Benaud | 68 | 159 | 219 | 4 | - | |
| TE Bailey | c Davidson b Lindwall | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - | |
| *PBH May | c Benaud b Meckiff | 11 | 18 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Lindwall b Davidson | 22 | 45 | 61 | 3 | - | |
| TW Graveney | c McDonald b Benaud | 19 | 72 | 81 | 2 | - | |
| ER Dexter | c Lindwall b Meckiff | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| +R Swetman | c Grout b Davidson | 1 | 33 | 25 | - | - | |
| JB Mortimore | not out | 44 | 105 | 116 | 6 | - | |
| FS Trueman | c and b Benaud | 21 | 56 | 80 | 1 | - | |
| FH Tyson | c Grout b Benaud | 9 | 16 | 10 | - | - | |
| JC Laker | c Harvey b Davidson | 2 | 15 | 17 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 4 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.5 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bailey), 2-13 (May), 3-61 (Cowdrey), 4-109 (Graveney), 5-112 (Dexter), 6-124 (Swetman), 7-128 (Richardson), 8-191 (Trueman), 9-203 (Tyson), 10-205 (Laker, 64.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 12.5 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lindwall | 14 | 2 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Meckiff | 15 | 2 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rorke | 6 | 1 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 17 | 5 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Cowdrey b Laker | 133 | 249 | 339 | 7 | - | |
| JW Burke | c Trueman b Tyson | 16 | 60 | 79 | - | - | |
| RN Harvey | c Swetman b Trueman | 13 | 42 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| NCL O'Neill | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| KD Mackay | c Graveney b Laker | 23 | 125 | 124 | 1 | - | |
| AK Davidson | b Mortimore | 17 | 41 | 62 | 1 | - | |
| *R Benaud | c Swetman b Laker | 64 | 139 | 184 | 7 | - | |
| +ATW Grout | c Trueman b Laker | 74 | 133 | 131 | 8 | - | |
| RR Lindwall | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 0 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| I Meckiff | c and b Trueman | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| GF Rorke | not out | 0 | 1 | 27 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 100.5 overs) | 351 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Burke), 2-83 (Harvey), 3-83 (O'Neill), 4-154 (Mackay), 5-207 (Davidson), 6-209 (McDonald), 7-324 (Grout), 8-327 (Lindwall), 9-329 (Meckiff), 10-351 (Benaud, 100.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 25 | 0 | 92 | 4 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 20 | 1 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 14 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 30.5 | 4 | 93 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 11 | 1 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | lbw b Benaud | 23 | 83 | 123 | 2 | - | |
| TE Bailey | b Lindwall | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| *PBH May | c Harvey b Lindwall | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | run out | 46 | 52 | 55 | 7 | - | |
| TW Graveney | c Harvey b Davidson | 54 | 102 | 137 | 4 | - | |
| ER Dexter | c Grout b Davidson | 6 | 33 | 33 | - | - | |
| +R Swetman | lbw b Lindwall | 9 | 15 | 15 | - | - | |
| JB Mortimore | b Rorke | 11 | 51 | 63 | - | - | |
| FS Trueman | b Rorke | 36 | 59 | 80 | 5 | - | |
| FH Tyson | c Grout b Rorke | 6 | 16 | 25 | - | - | |
| JC Laker | not out | 5 | 16 | 24 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 3 lb, 2 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.4 overs) | 214 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bailey), 2-12 (May), 3-78 (Cowdrey), 4-105 (Richardson), 5-131 (Dexter), 6-142 (Swetman), 7-158 (Graveney), 8-172 (Mortimore), 9-182 (Tyson), 10-214 (Trueman, 54.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 21 | 1 | 95 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lindwall | 11 | 2 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Meckiff | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rorke | 12.4 | 2 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | not out | 51 | 54 | 71 | 7 | - | |
| JW Burke | lbw b Tyson | 13 | 47 | 65 | 1 | - | |
| RN Harvey | not out | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| NCL O'Neill | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| AK Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Benaud | did not bat | ||||||
| +ATW Grout | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Lindwall | did not bat | ||||||
| I Meckiff | did not bat | ||||||
| GF Rorke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 12.7 overs) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Burke) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 6.7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tyson | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> JB Mortimore made his debut in Test matches
--> TE Bailey made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JC Laker made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JW Burke made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) 50 in 122 balls
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 43
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 101 balls, 128 minutes
--> CC McDonald (1) 100 in 182 balls, 264 minutes with 4 fours
--> R Benaud (1) 50 in 115 balls
--> ATW Grout (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Test matches
--> ATW Grout (1) 50 in 77 balls
--> PE Richardson (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> TW Graveney (2) 50 in 92 balls
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 52
--> CC McDonald (2) 50 in 54 balls with 6 fours
--> JB Mortimore made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> GF Rorke reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JB Mortimore, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
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