The Ashes, 1954/55, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
31 December 1954, 1,3,4,5 January 1955 (6-day match)
Result: England won by 128 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 2-1
Toss: England
Umpires: C Hoy and MJ McInnes
Test Debuts: LV Maddocks (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 191
Day 2: Australia 188/8 (Maddocks 36*, Johnson 12*)
Day 3: Australia 231, England 159/3 (May 83*, Compton 10*)
Day 4: England 279, Australia 75/2 (Benaud 19*, Harvey 9*)
England 1st innings
*L Hutton c Hole b Miller 12
WJ Edrich c Lindwall b Miller 4
PBH May c Benaud b Lindwall 0
MC Cowdrey b Johnson 102
DCS Compton c Harvey b Miller 4
TE Bailey c Maddocks b Johnston 30
+TG Evans lbw b Archer 20
JH Wardle b Archer 0
FH Tyson b Archer 6
JB Statham b Archer 3
R Appleyard not out 1
Extras (b 9) 9
Total (all out, 67.6 overs) 191
FoW: 1-14, 2-21, 3-29, 4-41, 5-115,
6-169, 7-181, 8-181, 9-190, 10-191.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 13 0 59 1
Miller 11 8 14 3
Archer 13.6 4 33 4
Benaud 7 0 30 0
Johnston 12 6 26 1
Johnson 11 3 20 1
Australia 1st innings
LE Favell lbw b Statham 25
AR Morris lbw b Tyson 3
KR Miller c Evans b Statham 7
RN Harvey b Appleyard 31
GB Hole b Tyson 11
R Benaud c sub b Appleyard 15
RG Archer b Wardle 23
+LV Maddocks c Evans b Statham 47
RR Lindwall b Statham 13
*IW Johnson not out 33
WA Johnston b Statham 11
Extras (b 7, lb 3, nb 2) 12
Total (all out, 63.3 overs) 231
FoW: 1-15, 2-38, 3-43, 4-65, 5-92,
6-115, 7-134, 8-151, 9-205, 10-231.
Bowling O M R W
Tyson 21 2 68 2
Statham 16.3 0 60 5
Bailey 9 1 33 0
Appleyard 11 3 38 2
Wardle 6 0 20 1
England 2nd innings
*L Hutton lbw b Archer 42
WJ Edrich b Johnston 13
PBH May b Johnston 91
MC Cowdrey b Benaud 7
DCS Compton c Maddocks b Archer 23
TE Bailey not out 24
+TG Evans c Maddocks b Miller 22
JH Wardle b Johnson 38
FH Tyson c Harvey b Johnston 6
JB Statham c Favell b Johnston 0
R Appleyard b Johnston 6
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 1) 7
Total (all out, 100.5 overs) 279
FoW: 1-40, 2-96, 3-128, 4-173, 5-185,
6-211, 7-257, 8-273, 9-273, 10-279.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 18 3 52 0
Miller 18 6 35 1
Archer 24 7 50 2
Benaud 8 2 25 1
Johnston 24.5 2 85 5
Johnson 8 2 25 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 240 runs)
LE Favell b Appleyard 30
AR Morris c Cowdrey b Tyson 4
R Benaud b Tyson 22
RN Harvey c Evans b Tyson 11
KR Miller c Edrich b Tyson 6
GB Hole c Evans b Statham 5
RG Archer b Statham 15
+LV Maddocks b Tyson 0
RR Lindwall lbw b Tyson 0
*IW Johnson not out 4
WA Johnston c Evans b Tyson 0
Extras (b 1, lb 13) 14
Total (all out, 31.3 overs) 111
FoW: 1-23, 2-57, 3-77, 4-86, 5-87,
6-97, 7-98, 8-98, 9-110, 10-111.
Bowling O M R W
Tyson 12.3 1 27 7
Statham 11 1 38 2
Bailey 3 0 14 0
Appleyard 4 1 17 1
Wardle 1 0 1 0
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