The Ashes, 1950/51, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
23,24,26,27,28 February 1951 (6-day match)
Result: England won by 8 wickets
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: AN Barlow and HAR Elphinstone
Test Debuts: GB Hole (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 206/8 (Lindwall 18*, Johnston 4*)
Day 2: No play
Day 3: Australia 217, England 218/6 (Simpson 80*, Bedser 3*)
Day 4: England 320, Australia 129/4 (Hassett 44*, Hole 18*)
Australia 1st innings
JW Burke c Tattersall b Bedser 11
AR Morris lbw b Brown 50
*AL Hassett c Hutton b Brown 92
RN Harvey c Evans b Brown 1
KR Miller c & b Brown 7
GB Hole b Bedser 18
IW Johnson lbw b Bedser 1
RR Lindwall c Compton b Bedser 21
+D Tallon c Hutton b Bedser 1
WA Johnston not out 12
JB Iverson c Washbrook b Brown 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1) 3
Total (all out, 69 overs) 217
FoW: 1-23, 2-111, 3-115, 4-123, 5-156,
6-166, 7-184, 8-187, 9-216, 10-217.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 22 5 46 5
Bailey 9 1 29 0
Brown 18 4 49 5
Wright 9 1 50 0
Tattersall 11 3 40 0
England 1st innings
L Hutton b Hole 79
C Washbrook c Tallon b Miller 27
RT Simpson not out 156
DCS Compton c Miller b Lindwall 11
DS Sheppard c Tallon b Miller 1
*FR Brown b Lindwall 6
+TG Evans b Miller 1
AV Bedser b Lindwall 11
TE Bailey c Johnson b Iverson 5
DVP Wright lbw b Iverson 3
R Tattersall b Miller 10
Extras (b 9, lb 1) 10
Total (all out, 90.7 overs) 320
FoW: 1-40, 2-171, 3-204, 4-204, 5-212,
6-213, 7-228, 8-236, 9-246, 10-320.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 21 1 77 3
Miller 21.7 5 76 4
Johnston 12 1 55 0
Iverson 20 4 52 2
Johnson 11 1 40 0
Hole 5 0 10 1
Australia 2nd innings
JW Burke c Hutton b Bedser 1
AR Morris lbw b Bedser 4
*AL Hassett b Wright 48
RN Harvey lbw b Wright 52
KR Miller c & b Brown 0
GB Hole b Bailey 63
IW Johnson c Brown b Wright 0
RR Lindwall b Bedser 14
+D Tallon not out 2
WA Johnston b Bedser 1
JB Iverson c Compton b Bedser 0
Extras (b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 1) 12
Total (all out, 64.3 overs) 197
FoW: 1-5, 2-6, 3-87, 4-89, 5-142,
6-142, 7-192, 8-196, 9-197, 10-197.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 20.3 4 59 5
Bailey 15 3 32 1
Brown 9 1 32 1
Wright 15 2 56 3
Tattersall 5 2 6 0
England 2nd innings (target: 95 runs)
L Hutton not out 60
C Washbrook c Lindwall b Johnston 7
RT Simpson run out 15
DCS Compton not out 11
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (2 wickets, 29.6 overs) 95
DNB: DS Sheppard, *FR Brown, +TG Evans, AV Bedser, TE Bailey,
DVP Wright, R Tattersall.
FoW: 1-32, 2-62.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 2 0 12 0
Miller 2 0 5 0
Johnston 11 3 36 1
Iverson 12 2 32 0
Johnson 1 0 1 0
Hole 1 0 3 0
Hassett 0.6 0 4 0
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