The Ashes, 1948, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
8,9,10,12,13 July 1948 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0
Toss: England
Umpires: F Chester and D Davies
Test Debuts: JF Crapp, GM Emmett (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 231/7 (Compton 64*, Bedser 4*)
Day 2: England 363, Australia 126/3 (Morris 48*, Miller 23*)
Day 3: Australia 221, England 174/3 (Washbrook 85*, Crapp 19*)
Day 4: No play
England 1st innings
C Washbrook b Johnston 11
GM Emmett c Barnes b Lindwall 10
WJ Edrich c Tallon b Lindwall 32
DCS Compton not out 145
JF Crapp lbw b Lindwall 37
HE Dollery b Johnston 1
*NWD Yardley c Johnson b Toshack 22
+TG Evans c Johnston b Lindwall 34
AV Bedser run out 37
R Pollard b Toshack 3
JA Young c Bradman b Johnston 4
Extras (b 7, lb 17, nb 3) 27
Total (all out, 171.5 overs) 363
FoW: 1-22, 2-28, 3-96, 4-97, 5-119,
6-141, 7-216, 8-337, 9-352, 10-363.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 40 8 99 4
Johnston 45.5 13 67 3
Loxton 7 0 18 0
Toshack 41 20 75 2
Johnson 38 16 77 0
Australia 1st innings
AR Morris c Compton b Bedser 51
IW Johnson c Evans b Bedser 1
*DG Bradman lbw b Pollard 7
AL Hassett c Washbrook b Young 38
KR Miller lbw b Pollard 31
SG Barnes retired hurt 1
SJE Loxton b Pollard 36
+D Tallon c Evans b Edrich 18
RR Lindwall c Washbrook b Bedser 23
WA Johnston c Crapp b Bedser 3
ERH Toshack not out 0
Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 3) 12
Total (all out, 93 overs) 221
FoW: 1-3, 2-13, 3-82, 4-135, 5-139, 6-172, 7-208, 8-219, 9-221.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 36 12 81 4
Pollard 32 9 53 3
Edrich 7 3 27 1
Yardley 4 0 12 0
Young 14 5 36 1
England 2nd innings
C Washbrook not out 85
GM Emmett c Tallon b Lindwall 0
WJ Edrich run out 53
DCS Compton c Miller b Toshack 0
JF Crapp not out 19
Extras (b 9, lb 7, w 1) 17
Total (3 wickets declared, 69 overs) 174
DNB: HE Dollery, *NWD Yardley, +TG Evans, AV Bedser, R Pollard,
JA Young.
FoW: 1-1, 2-125, 3-129.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 14 4 37 1
Johnston 14 3 34 0
Loxton 8 2 29 0
Toshack 12 5 26 1
Johnson 7 3 16 0
Miller 14 7 15 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 317 runs)
AR Morris not out 54
IW Johnson c Crapp b Young 6
*DG Bradman not out 30
Extras (nb 2) 2
Total (1 wicket, 61 overs) 92
DNB: AL Hassett, KR Miller, SG Barnes, SJE Loxton, +D Tallon,
RR Lindwall, WA Johnston, ERH Toshack.
FoW: 1-0.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 19 12 27 0
Pollard 10 8 6 0
Edrich 2 0 8 0
Young 21 12 31 1
Compton 9 3 18 0
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