The Ashes, 1958/59, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
9,10,12,13,14,15 January 1959 (6-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0
Toss: England
Umpires: C Hoy and MJ McInnes
Test Debuts: KN Slater (Aus); R Swetman (Eng).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 190/6 (Swetman 36*, Lock 17*)
Day 2: England 219, Australia 3/0 (McDonald 1*, Burke 2*)
Day 3: Australia 184/3 (O'Neill 66*, Favell 50*)
Day 4: Australia 357, England 1/0 (Bailey 1*, Milton 0*)
Day 5: England 178/3 (May 63*, Cowdrey 50*)
England 1st innings
TE Bailey lbw b Meckiff 8
CA Milton c Meckiff b Davidson 8
TW Graveney c Harvey b Benaud 33
*PBH May c Mackay b Slater 42
MC Cowdrey c Harvey b Benaud 34
ER Dexter lbw b Slater 1
+R Swetman c Mackay b Benaud 41
GAR Lock lbw b Mackay 21
FS Trueman c Burke b Benaud 18
JC Laker c Harvey b Benaud 2
JB Statham not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2) 11
Total (all out, 82.4 overs) 219
FoW: 1-19, 2-23, 3-91, 4-97, 5-98,
6-155, 7-194, 8-200, 9-202, 10-219.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 12 3 21 1
Meckiff 15 2 45 1
Benaud 33.4 10 83 5
Slater 14 4 40 2
Mackay 8 3 19 1
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald c Graveney b Lock 40
JW Burke c Lock b Laker 12
RN Harvey b Laker 7
NC O'Neill c Swetman b Laker 77
LE Favell c Cowdrey b Lock 54
KD Mackay b Trueman 57
*R Benaud b Laker 6
AK Davidson lbw b Lock 71
+ATW Grout c Statham b Laker 14
KN Slater not out 1
I Meckiff b Lock 2
Extras (b 5, lb 10, nb 1) 16
Total (all out, 128.2 overs) 357
FoW: 1-26, 2-52, 3-87, 4-197, 5-199,
6-208, 7-323, 8-353, 9-355, 10-357.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 16 2 48 0
Trueman 18 3 37 1
Lock 43.2 9 130 4
Laker 46 9 107 5
Bailey 5 0 19 0
England 2nd innings
TE Bailey c sub b Benaud 25
CA Milton c Davidson b Benaud 8
TW Graveney lbw b Davidson 22
*PBH May b Burke 92
MC Cowdrey not out 100
ER Dexter c Grout b Benaud 11
+R Swetman lbw b Burke 5
FS Trueman st Grout b Benaud 0
GAR Lock not out 11
Extras (b 11, lb 1, w 1) 13
Total (7 wickets declared, 109 overs) 287
DNB: JC Laker, JB Statham.
FoW: 1-30, 2-37, 3-64, 4-246, 5-262, 6-269, 7-270.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 33 11 65 1
Meckiff 3 1 7 0
Benaud 33 7 94 4
Slater 18 5 61 0
Mackay 11 2 21 0
Burke 11 3 26 2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 150 runs)
CC McDonald b Laker 16
JW Burke b Laker 7
RN Harvey not out 18
NC O'Neill not out 7
Extras (b 6) 6
Total (2 wickets, 25 overs) 54
DNB: LE Favell, KD Mackay, *R Benaud, AK Davidson, +ATW Grout,
KN Slater, I Meckiff.
FoW: 1-22, 2-33.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 2 0 6 0
Trueman 4 1 9 0
Lock 11 4 23 0
Laker 8 3 10 2
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