f18993 t328	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1950/51 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th December 1950 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 28 runs
Umpires	GS Cooper, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 194 all out
Close of play day 2	Australia (2) 25/0 (Archer 15*, Morris 10*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 28/2 (Simpson 10*, Hutton 2*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KA Archer	c Bedser b Bailey	26		131	1	-
AR Morris	c Hutton b Bedser	2		17	-	-
RN Harvey	c Evans b Bedser	42		68	6	-
KR Miller	lbw b Brown	18		57	4	-
*AL Hassett	b Bailey	52		110	4	-
SJE Loxton	c Evans b Close	32		85	1	-
RR Lindwall	lbw b Bailey	8		42	1	-
+D Tallon	not out	7		44	-	-
IWG Johnson	c Parkhouse b Bedser	0		6	-	-
WA Johnston	c Hutton b Bedser	0		2	-	-
JB Iverson	b Bailey	1		3	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Morris), 2-67 (Harvey), 3-89 (Archer), 4-93 (Miller), 5-177 (Loxton), 6-177 (Hassett), 7-192 (Lindwall), 8-193 (Johnson), 9-193 (Johnston), 10-194 (Iverson, 59.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	17.1	5	40	4	-	-
Bedser	19	3	37	4	-	-
Wright	8	0	63	0	-	-
Brown	9	0	28	1	-	-
Close	6	1	20	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Johnson b Miller	4		14	-	-
C Washbrook	lbw b Lindwall	21		52	1	-
JG Dewes	c Miller b Johnston	8		30	-	-
L Hutton	c Tallon b Iverson	12		39	1	-
WGA Parkhouse	c Hassett b Miller	9		45	-	-
DB Close	c Loxton b Iverson	0		2	-	-
*FR Brown	c Johnson b Iverson	62		123	4	1
TE Bailey	b Lindwall	12		71	-	-
+TG Evans	c Johnson b Iverson	49		84	4	-
AV Bedser	not out	4		50	-	-
DVP Wright	lbw b Johnston	2		4	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Simpson), 2-33 (Dewes), 3-37 (Washbrook), 4-54 (Hutton), 5-54 (Close), 6-61 (Parkhouse), 7-126 (Bailey), 8-153 (Brown), 9-194 (Evans), 10-197 (Wright, 62 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	13	2	46	2	-	-
Miller	13	0	39	2	-	-
Johnston	9	1	28	2	-	-
Iverson	18	3	37	4	-	-
Johnson	5	1	19	0	-	-
Loxton	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KA Archer	c Bailey b Bedser	46		130	4	-
AR Morris	lbw b Wright	18		63	2	-
RN Harvey	run out	31		70	2	-
KR Miller	b Bailey	14		42	2	-
*AL Hassett	c Bailey b Brown	19		93	2	-
SJE Loxton	c Evans b Brown	2		14	-	-
RR Lindwall	c Evans b Brown	7		26	1	-
+D Tallon	lbw b Brown	0		2	-	-
IWG Johnson	c Close b Bedser	23		40	3	-
WA Johnston	b Bailey	6		24	-	-
JB Iverson	not out	0		3	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Morris), 2-99 (Archer), 3-100 (Harvey), 4-126 (Miller), 5-131 (Loxton), 6-151 (Lindwall), 7-151 (Tallon), 8-156 (Hassett), 9-181 (Johnston), 10-181 (Johnson, 53.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	16.3	2	43	2	-	-
Bailey	15	3	47	2	-	-
Wright	9	0	42	1	-	-
Brown	12	2	26	4	-	-
Close	1	0	8	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Lindwall	23		93	-	-
C Washbrook	b Iverson	8		33	-	-
TE Bailey	b Johnson	0		5	-	-
L Hutton	c Lindwall b Johnston	40		121	4	-
JG Dewes	c Harvey b Iverson	5		46	1	-
WGA Parkhouse	lbw b Johnston	28		102	2	-
DB Close	lbw b Johnston	1		8	-	-
*FR Brown	b Lindwall	8		42	1	-
+TG Evans	b Lindwall	2		9	-	-
AV Bedser	not out	14		34	1	-
DVP Wright	lbw b Johnston	2		16	-	-
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 63.7 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Washbrook), 2-22 (Bailey), 3-52 (Simpson), 4-82 (Dewes), 5-92 (Hutton), 6-95 (Close), 7-122 (Brown), 8-124 (Evans), 9-134 (Parkhouse), 10-150 (Wright, 63.7 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	12	1	29	3	-	-
Miller	5	2	16	0	-	-
Johnson	13	3	24	1	-	-
Iverson	20	4	36	2	-	-
Johnston	13.7	1	26	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four.
--> KA Archer made his debut in Test matches
--> JG Dewes made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AL Hassett (1) 50 in 87 balls with 4 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> FR Brown (1) 50 in 89 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> TG Evans (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 9
--> TG Evans (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> L Hutton (2) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> KA Archer made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> DB Close made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> WGA Parkhouse made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JB Iverson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> FR Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AL Hassett in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-81)

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