The Ashes, 1958/59, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
31 December 1958, 1,2,3,5 January 1959 (6-day match)
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0
Toss: England
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 173/4 (May 89*, Cowdrey 28*)
Day 2: England 259, Australia 96/1 (McDonald 32*, Harvey 60*)
Day 3: Australia 282/6 (Mackay 14*, Davidson 12*)
Day 4: Australia 308, England 87, Australia 9/1 (Burke 2*,Grout 2*)
England 1st innings
PE Richardson c Grout b Davidson 3
TE Bailey c Benaud b Meckiff 48
W Watson b Davidson 0
TW Graveney lbw b Davidson 0
*PBH May b Meckiff 113
MC Cowdrey c Grout b Davidson 44
+TG Evans c Davidson b Meckiff 4
GAR Lock st Grout b Benaud 5
JC Laker not out 22
JB Statham b Davidson 13
PJ Loader b Davidson 1
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 3) 6
Total (all out, 98.5 overs) 259
FoW: 1-7, 2-7, 3-7, 4-92, 5-210,
6-218, 7-218, 8-233, 9-253, 10-259.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 25.5 7 64 6
Meckiff 24 4 69 3
Mackay 9 2 16 0
Benaud 29 7 61 1
Kline 11 2 43 0
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald c Graveney b Statham 47
JW Burke b Statham 3
RN Harvey b Loader 167
NC O'Neill c Evans b Statham 37
KD Mackay c Evans b Statham 18
RB Simpson lbw b Loader 0
*R Benaud lbw b Statham 0
AK Davidson b Statham 24
+ATW Grout c May b Loader 8
I Meckiff b Statham 0
LF Kline not out 1
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (all out, 100.2 overs) 308
FoW: 1-11, 2-137, 3-255, 4-257, 5-261,
6-262, 7-295, 8-300, 9-300, 10-308.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 28 6 57 7
Loader 27.2 4 97 3
Bailey 16 0 50 0
Laker 12 1 47 0
Lock 17 2 54 0
England 2nd innings
PE Richardson c Harvey b Meckiff 2
TE Bailey c Burke b Meckiff 14
W Watson b Davidson 7
TW Graveney c Davidson b Meckiff 3
*PBH May c Davidson b Meckiff 17
MC Cowdrey c Grout b Meckiff 12
+TG Evans run out 11
GAR Lock c & b Davidson 6
JC Laker c Harvey b Davidson 3
JB Statham not out 8
PJ Loader b Meckiff 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 2) 4
Total (all out, 31.2 overs) 87
FoW: 1-3, 2-14, 3-21, 4-27, 5-44, 6-57, 7-71, 8-75, 9-80, 10-87.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 15 2 41 3
Meckiff 15.2 3 38 6
Benaud 1 0 4 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 39 runs)
CC McDonald lbw b Statham 5
JW Burke not out 18
+ATW Grout st Evans b Laker 12
RN Harvey not out 7
Extras 0
Total (2 wickets, 17.1 overs) 42
DNB: NC O'Neill, KD Mackay, RB Simpson, *R Benaud, AK Davidson,
I Meckiff, LF Kline.
FoW: 1-6, 2-26.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 5 1 11 1
Loader 5 1 13 0
Laker 4 1 7 1
Lock 3.1 1 11 0
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