The Ashes, 1948, 4th Test
England v Australia
Headingley, Leeds
22,23,24,26,27 July 1948 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-0
Toss: England
Umpires: HG Baldwin and F Chester
Test Debuts: RA Saggers (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 268/2 (Edrich 41*, Bedser 0*)
Day 2: England 496, Australia 63/1 (Hassett 13*, Bradman 31*)
Day 3: Australia 457/9 (Lindwall 76*, Toshack 12*)
Day 4: Australia 458, England 362/8 (Evans 47*, Laker 14*)
England 1st innings
L Hutton b Lindwall 81
C Washbrook c Lindwall b Johnston 143
WJ Edrich c Morris b Johnson 111
AV Bedser c & b Johnson 79
DCS Compton c Saggers b Lindwall 23
JF Crapp b Toshack 5
*NWD Yardley b Miller 25
K Cranston b Loxton 10
+TG Evans c Hassett b Loxton 3
JC Laker c Saggers b Loxton 4
R Pollard not out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1) 12
Total (all out, 192.1 overs) 496
FoW: 1-168, 2-268, 3-423, 4-426, 5-447,
6-473, 7-486, 8-490, 9-496, 10-496.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 38 10 79 2
Miller 17.1 2 43 1
Johnston 38 12 86 1
Toshack 35 6 112 1
Loxton 26 4 55 3
Johnson 33 9 89 2
Morris 5 0 20 0
Australia 1st innings
AR Morris c Cranston b Bedser 6
AL Hassett c Crapp b Pollard 13
*DG Bradman b Pollard 33
KR Miller c Edrich b Yardley 58
RN Harvey b Laker 112
SJE Loxton b Yardley 93
IW Johnson c Cranston b Laker 10
RR Lindwall c Crapp b Bedser 77
+RA Saggers st Evans b Laker 5
WA Johnston c Edrich b Bedser 13
ERH Toshack not out 12
Extras (b 9, lb 14, nb 3) 26
Total (all out, 136.2 overs) 458
FoW: 1-13, 2-65, 3-68, 4-189, 5-294,
6-329, 7-344, 8-355, 9-403, 10-458.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 31.2 4 92 3
Pollard 38 6 104 2
Cranston 14 1 51 0
Edrich 3 0 19 0
Laker 30 8 113 3
Yardley 17 6 38 2
Compton 3 0 15 0
England 2nd innings
L Hutton c Bradman b Johnson 57
C Washbrook c Harvey b Johnston 65
WJ Edrich lbw b Lindwall 54
DCS Compton c Miller b Johnston 66
JF Crapp b Lindwall 18
*NWD Yardley c Harvey b Johnston 7
K Cranston c Saggers b Johnston 0
+TG Evans not out 47
AV Bedser c Hassett b Miller 17
JC Laker not out 15
Extras (b 4, lb 12, nb 3) 19
Total (8 wickets declared, 107 overs) 365
DNB: R Pollard.
FoW: 1-129, 2-129, 3-232, 4-260, 5-277, 6-278, 7-293, 8-330.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 26 6 84 2
Miller 21 5 53 1
Johnston 29 5 95 4
Loxton 10 2 29 0
Johnson 21 2 85 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 404 runs)
AR Morris c Pollard b Yardley 182
AL Hassett c & b Compton 17
*DG Bradman not out 173
KR Miller lbw b Cranston 12
RN Harvey not out 4
Extras (b 6, lb 9, nb 1) 16
Total (3 wickets, 114.1 overs) 404
DNB: SJE Loxton, IW Johnson, RR Lindwall, +RA Saggers,
WA Johnston, ERH Toshack.
FoW: 1-57, 2-358, 3-396.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 21 2 56 0
Pollard 22 6 55 0
Cranston 7.1 0 28 1
Laker 32 11 93 0
Yardley 13 1 44 1
Compton 15 3 82 1
Hutton 4 1 30 0
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