The Ashes, 1954/55, 1st Test
Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
26,27,29,30 November, 1 December 1954 (6-day match)
Result: Australia won by an innings and 154 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: C Hoy and MJ McInnes
Test Debuts: LE Favell (Aus); KV Andrew, MC Cowdrey (Eng).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 208/2 (Morris 82*, Harvey 41*)
Day 2: Australia 503/6 (Benaud 14*, Lindwall 27*)
Day 3: Australia 601/8d, England 107/5 (Bailey 38*, Tyson 0*)
Day 4: England 190 and 130/2 (Edrich 68*, May 39*)
Australia 1st innings
LE Favell c Cowdrey b Statham 23
AR Morris c Cowdrey b Bailey 153
KR Miller b Bailey 49
RN Harvey c Bailey b Bedser 162
GB Hole run out 57
R Benaud c May b Tyson 34
RG Archer c Bedser b Statham 0
RR Lindwall not out 64
+GRA Langley b Bailey 16
*IW Johnson not out 24
Extras (b 11, lb 7, nb 1) 19
Total (8 wickets declared, 129 overs) 601
DNB: WA Johnston.
FoW: 1-51, 2-123, 3-325, 4-456, 5-463, 6-464, 7-545, 8-572.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 37 4 131 1
Statham 34 2 123 2
Tyson 29 1 160 1
Bailey 26 1 140 3
Edrich 3 0 28 0
England 1st innings
*L Hutton c Langley b Lindwall 4
RT Simpson b Miller 2
WJ Edrich c Langley b Archer 15
PBH May b Lindwall 1
MC Cowdrey c Hole b Johnston 40
TE Bailey b Johnston 88
FH Tyson b Johnson 7
AV Bedser b Johnson 5
+KV Andrew b Lindwall 6
JB Statham b Johnson 11
DCS Compton not out 2
Extras (b 3, lb 6) 9
Total (all out, 76.1 overs) 190
FoW: 1-4, 2-10, 3-11, 4-25, 5-107,
6-132, 7-141, 8-156, 9-181, 10-190.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 14 4 27 3
Miller 11 5 19 1
Archer 4 1 14 1
Johnson 19 5 46 3
Benaud 12 5 28 0
Johnston 16.1 5 47 2
England 2nd innings (following on)
*L Hutton lbw b Miller 13
RT Simpson run out 9
WJ Edrich b Johnston 88
PBH May lbw b Lindwall 44
MC Cowdrey b Benaud 10
TE Bailey c Langley b Lindwall 23
FH Tyson not out 37
AV Bedser c Archer b Johnson 5
+KV Andrew b Johnson 5
DCS Compton c Langley b Benaud 0
JB Statham c Harvey b Benaud 14
Extras (b 7, lb 2) 9
Total (all out, 90.1 overs) 257
FoW: 1-22, 2-23, 3-147, 4-163, 5-181,
6-220, 7-231, 8-242, 9-243, 10-257.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 17 3 50 2
Miller 12 2 30 1
Archer 15 4 28 0
Johnson 17 5 38 2
Benaud 8.1 1 43 3
Johnston 21 8 59 1
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