The Ashes, 1962/63, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,31 December 1962, 1,2,3 January 1963 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 7 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: CJ Egar and WJ Smyth
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 263/7 (Mackay 37*, Benaud 21*)
Day 2: Australia 316, England 210/3 (Cowdrey 94*, Barrington 11*)
Day 3: England 331, Australia 105/4 (Lawry 41*, Booth 19*)
Day 4: Australia 248, England 9/1 (Sheppard 1*, Dexter 3*)
Australia 1st innings
WM Lawry b Trueman 52
RB Simpson c Smith b Coldwell 38
NC O'Neill c Graveney b Statham 19
RN Harvey b Coldwell 0
PJP Burge lbw b Titmus 23
BC Booth c Barrington b Titmus 27
AK Davidson c Smith b Trueman 40
KD Mackay lbw b Titmus 49
*R Benaud c Barrington b Titmus 36
GD McKenzie b Trueman 16
+BN Jarman not out 10
Extras (b 2, lb 4) 6
Total (all out, 92 overs) 316
FoW: 1-62, 2-111, 3-112, 4-112, 5-155,
6-164, 7-237, 8-289, 9-294, 10-316.
Bowling O M R W
Trueman 23 1 83 3
Statham 22 2 83 1
Coldwell 17 2 58 2
Barrington 6 0 23 0
Dexter 6 1 10 0
Titmus 15 2 43 4
Graveney 3 1 10 0
England 1st innings
Rev.DS Sheppard lbw b Davidson 0
G Pullar b Davidson 11
*ER Dexter c Simpson b Benaud 93
MC Cowdrey c Burge b McKenzie 113
KF Barrington lbw b McKenzie 35
TW Graveney run out 41
FJ Titmus c Jarman b Davidson 15
+AC Smith not out 6
FS Trueman c O'Neill b Davidson 6
JB Statham b Davidson 1
LJ Coldwell c Benaud b Davidson 1
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 1) 9
Total (all out, 88.1 overs) 331
FoW: 1-0, 2-19, 3-194, 4-254, 5-255,
6-292, 7-315, 8-324, 9-327, 10-331.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 23.1 4 75 6
McKenzie 29 3 95 2
Mackay 6 2 17 0
Benaud 18 3 82 1
Simpson 7 1 34 0
O'Neill 5 1 19 0
Australia 2nd innings
WM Lawry b Dexter 57
RB Simpson b Trueman 14
NC O'Neill c Cowdrey b Trueman 0
RN Harvey run out 10
PJP Burge b Statham 14
BC Booth c Trueman b Statham 103
AK Davidson c Smith b Titmus 17
KD Mackay lbw b Trueman 9
*R Benaud c Cowdrey b Trueman 4
GD McKenzie b Trueman 0
+BN Jarman not out 11
Extras (b 4, lb 5) 9
Total (all out, 96 overs) 248
FoW: 1-30, 2-30, 3-46, 4-69, 5-161,
6-193, 7-212, 8-228, 9-228, 10-248.
Bowling O M R W
Trueman 20 1 62 5
Statham 23 1 52 2
Coldwell 25 2 60 0
Barrington 5 0 22 0
Dexter 9 2 18 1
Titmus 14 4 25 1
England 2nd innings (target: 234 runs)
Rev.DS Sheppard run out 113
G Pullar c Jarman b McKenzie 5
*ER Dexter run out 52
MC Cowdrey not out 58
KF Barrington not out 0
Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 1) 9
Total (3 wickets, 64.2 overs) 237
DNB: TW Graveney, FJ Titmus, +AC Smith, FS Trueman, JB Statham,
LJ Coldwell.
FoW: 1-5, 2-129, 3-233.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 19 2 53 0
McKenzie 20 3 58 1
Mackay 9 0 34 0
Benaud 14 1 69 0
Simpson 2 0 10 0
Booth 0.2 0 4 0
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