The Ashes, 1954/55, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
25,26,28 February, 1,2,3 March 1955 (6-day match)
Result: Match drawn
England wins the 5-Test series 3-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright
Test Debuts: PJP Burge, WJ Watson (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: No play
Day 2: No play
Day 3: No play
Day 4: England 196/4 (Compton 0*)
Day 5: England 371/7d, Australia 82/2 (McDonald 45*, Harvey 12*)
England 1st innings
*L Hutton c Burge b Lindwall 6
TW Graveney c & b Johnson 111
PBH May c Davidson b Benaud 79
MC Cowdrey c Maddocks b Johnson 0
DCS Compton c & b Johnson 84
TE Bailey b Lindwall 72
+TG Evans c McDonald b Lindwall 10
JH Wardle not out 5
Extras (b 1, lb 3) 4
Total (7 wickets declared, 94.6 overs) 371
DNB: FH Tyson, R Appleyard, JB Statham.
FoW: 1-6, 2-188, 3-188, 4-196, 5-330, 6-359, 7-371.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 20.6 5 77 3
Miller 15 1 71 0
Davidson 19 3 72 0
Johnson 20 5 68 3
Benaud 20 4 79 1
Australia 1st innings
WJ Watson b Wardle 18
CC McDonald c May b Appleyard 72
LE Favell b Tyson 1
RN Harvey c & b Tyson 13
KR Miller run out 19
PJP Burge c Appleyard b Wardle 17
R Benaud b Wardle 7
+LV Maddocks c Appleyard b Wardle 32
AK Davidson c Evans b Wardle 18
*IW Johnson run out 11
RR Lindwall not out 2
Extras (b 10, lb 1) 11
Total (all out, 60.4 overs) 221
FoW: 1-52, 2-53, 3-85, 4-129, 5-138,
6-147, 7-157, 8-202, 9-217, 10-221.
Bowling O M R W
Tyson 11 1 46 2
Statham 9 1 31 0
Appleyard 16 2 54 1
Wardle 24.4 6 79 5
Australia 2nd innings (following on)
WJ Watson c Graveney b Statham 3
CC McDonald c Evans b Graveney 37
LE Favell c Graveney b Wardle 9
RN Harvey c & b Wardle 1
KR Miller b Wardle 28
PJP Burge not out 18
R Benaud b Hutton 22
Extras 0
Total (6 wickets, 28.6 overs) 118
DNB: +LV Maddocks, AK Davidson, *IW Johnson, RR Lindwall.
FoW: 1-14, 2-27, 3-29, 4-67, 5-87, 6-118.
Bowling O M R W
Tyson 5 2 20 0
Statham 5 0 11 1
Wardle 12 1 51 3
Graveney 6 0 34 1
Hutton 0.6 0 2 1
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