The Ashes, 1948, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
14,16,17,18 August 1948 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by an innings and 149 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-0
Toss: England
Umpires: HG Baldwin and D Davies
Test Debuts: JG Dewes, AJ Watkins (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 52, Australia 153/2 (Morris 77*, Hassett 10*)
Day 2: Australia 389, England 54/1 (Hutton 19*, Edrich 23*)
Day 3: England 178/7 (Yardley 2*)
England 1st innings
L Hutton c Tallon b Lindwall 30
JG Dewes b Miller 1
WJ Edrich c Hassett b Johnston 3
DCS Compton c Morris b Lindwall 4
JF Crapp c Tallon b Miller 0
*NWD Yardley b Lindwall 7
AJ Watkins lbw b Johnston 0
+TG Evans b Lindwall 1
AV Bedser b Lindwall 0
JA Young b Lindwall 0
WE Hollies not out 0
Extras (b 6) 6
Total (all out, 42.1 overs) 52
FoW: 1-2, 2-10, 3-17, 4-23, 5-35, 6-42, 7-45, 8-45, 9-47, 10-52.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 16.1 5 20 6
Miller 8 5 5 2
Johnston 16 4 20 2
Loxton 2 1 1 0
Australia 1st innings
SG Barnes c Evans b Hollies 61
AR Morris run out 196
*DG Bradman b Hollies 0
AL Hassett lbw b Young 37
KR Miller st Evans b Hollies 5
RN Harvey c Young b Hollies 17
SJE Loxton c Evans b Edrich 15
RR Lindwall c Edrich b Young 9
+D Tallon c Crapp b Hollies 31
DT Ring c Crapp b Bedser 9
WA Johnston not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, nb 3) 9
Total (all out, 158.2 overs) 389
FoW: 1-117, 2-117, 3-226, 4-243, 5-265,
6-304, 7-332, 8-359, 9-389, 10-389.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 31.2 9 61 1
Watkins 4 1 19 0
Young 51 16 118 2
Hollies 56 14 131 5
Compton 2 0 6 0
Edrich 9 1 38 1
Yardley 5 1 7 0
England 2nd innings
L Hutton c Tallon b Miller 64
JG Dewes b Lindwall 10
WJ Edrich b Lindwall 28
DCS Compton c Lindwall b Johnston 39
JF Crapp b Miller 9
*NWD Yardley c Miller b Johnston 9
AJ Watkins c Hassett b Ring 2
+TG Evans b Lindwall 8
AV Bedser b Johnston 0
JA Young not out 3
WE Hollies c Morris b Johnston 0
Extras (b 9, lb 4, nb 3) 16
Total (all out, 105.3 overs) 188
FoW: 1-20, 2-64, 3-125, 4-153, 5-164,
6-167, 7-178, 8-181, 9-188, 10-188.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 25 3 50 3
Miller 15 6 22 2
Johnston 27.3 12 40 4
Loxton 10 2 16 0
Ring 28 13 44 1
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