The Ashes, 1958/59, 4th Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
30,31 January, 2,3,4,5 February 1959 (6-day match)
Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-0
Toss: England
Umpires: MJ McInnes and RJJ Wright
Test Debuts: GF Rorke (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 200/1 (McDonald 112*, Harvey 1*)
Day 2: Australia 403/6 (Davidson 16*, Grout 7*)
Day 3: Australia 476, England 115/3 (Cowdrey 53*, Graveney 16*)
Day 4: England 240 and 43/0 (Richardson 28*, Watson 10*)
Day 5: England 198/5 (Graveney 28*)
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald b Trueman 170
JW Burke c Cowdrey b Bailey 66
RN Harvey run out 41
NC O'Neill b Statham 56
LE Favell b Statham 4
KD Mackay c Evans b Statham 4
*R Benaud b Trueman 46
AK Davidson c Bailey b Tyson 43
+ATW Grout lbw b Trueman 9
RR Lindwall b Trueman 19
GF Rorke not out 2
Extras (b 2, lb 8, w 4, nb 2) 16
Total (all out, 128.1 overs) 476
FoW: 1-171, 2-276, 3-286, 4-294, 5-369,
6-388, 7-407, 8-445, 9-473, 10-476.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 23 0 83 3
Trueman 30.1 6 90 4
Tyson 28 1 100 1
Bailey 22 2 91 1
Lock 25 0 96 0
England 1st innings
PE Richardson lbw b Lindwall 4
TE Bailey b Davidson 4
*PBH May b Benaud 37
MC Cowdrey b Rorke 84
TW Graveney c Benaud b Rorke 41
W Watson b Rorke 25
FS Trueman c Grout b Benaud 0
GAR Lock c Grout b Benaud 2
FH Tyson c & b Benaud 0
+TG Evans c Burke b Benaud 4
JB Statham not out 36
Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3
Total (all out, 74.1 overs) 240
FoW: 1-7, 2-11, 3-74, 4-170, 5-173,
6-180, 7-184, 8-184, 9-188, 10-240.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 12 0 49 1
Lindwall 15 0 66 1
Rorke 18.1 7 23 3
Benaud 27 6 91 5
O'Neill 2 1 8 0
England 2nd innings (following on)
PE Richardson lbw b Benaud 43
W Watson c Favell b Benaud 40
*PBH May lbw b Rorke 59
MC Cowdrey b Lindwall 8
TW Graveney not out 53
TE Bailey c Grout b Lindwall 6
FS Trueman c Grout b Davidson 0
GAR Lock b Rorke 9
FH Tyson c Grout b Benaud 33
JB Statham c O'Neill b Benaud 2
+TG Evans c Benaud b Davidson 0
Extras (b 5, lb 5, w 3, nb 4) 17
Total (all out, 101.3 overs) 270
FoW: 1-89, 2-110, 3-125, 4-177, 5-198,
6-199, 7-222, 8-268, 9-270, 10-270.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 8.3 3 17 2
Lindwall 26 6 70 2
Rorke 34 7 78 2
Benaud 29 10 82 4
Burke 4 2 6 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 35 runs)
LE Favell not out 15
JW Burke not out 16
Extras (b 4, lb 1) 5
Total (0 wickets, 10.3 overs) 36
DNB: CC McDonald, RN Harvey, NC O'Neill, KD Mackay, *R Benaud,
AK Davidson, +ATW Grout, RR Lindwall, GF Rorke.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 4 0 11 0
Trueman 3 1 3 0
Lock 2 0 8 0
Cowdrey 1.3 0 9 0
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