f19051 t331	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1950/51 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th February 1951 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 8 wickets
Umpires	AN Barlow, HAR Elphinston
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 206/8 (Lindwall 18*, Johnston 4*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	England (1) 218/6 (Simpson 80*, Bedser 3*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 129/4 (Hassett 44*, Hole 18*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	c Tattersall b Bedser	11	43	52	-	-
AR Morris	lbw b Brown	50	159	173	2	-
*AL Hassett	c Hutton b Brown	92	178	212	9	-
RN Harvey	c Evans b Brown	1	11	9	-	-
KR Miller	c and b Brown	7	7	7	1	-
GB Hole	b Bedser	18	51	46	2	-
IWG Johnson	lbw b Bedser	1	6	9	-	-
RR Lindwall	c Compton b Bedser	21	54	62	1	1
+D Tallon	c Hutton b Bedser	1	7	10	-	-
WA Johnston	not out	12	26	43	1	-
JB Iverson	c Washbrook b Brown	0	12	6	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Burke), 2-111 (Morris), 3-115 (Harvey), 4-123 (Miller), 5-156 (Hole), 6-166 (Johnson), 7-184 (Hassett), 8-187 (Tallon), 9-216 (Lindwall), 10-217 (Iverson, 69 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	22	5	46	5	-	-
Bailey	9	1	29	0	-	-
Brown	18	4	49	5	-	-
Wright	9	1	50	0	-	-
Tattersall	11	3	40	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	b Hole	79	163	174	8	-
C Washbrook	c Tallon b Miller	27	41	32	1	-
RT Simpson	not out	156	355	338	12	-
DCS Compton	c Miller b Lindwall	11	41	43	1	-
DS Sheppard	c Tallon b Miller	1	9	6	-	-
*FR Brown	b Lindwall	6	13	12	-	-
+TG Evans	b Miller	1	11	13	-	-
AV Bedser	b Lindwall	11	24	21	1	-
TE Bailey	c Johnson b Iverson	5	29	25	1	-
DVP Wright	lbw b Iverson	3	4	8	-	-
R Tattersall	b Miller	10	37	55	1	-
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 90.7 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Washbrook), 2-171 (Hutton), 3-204 (Compton), 4-205 (Sheppard), 5-212 (Brown), 6-213 (Evans), 7-228 (Bedser), 8-236 (Bailey), 9-246 (Wright), 10-320 (Tattersall, 90.7 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	21	1	77	3	-	-
Miller	21.7	5	76	4	-	-
Johnston	12	1	55	0	-	-
Iverson	20	4	52	2	-	-
Johnson	11	1	40	0	-	-
Hole	5	0	10	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Burke	c Hutton b Bedser	1	12	13	-	-
AR Morris	lbw b Bedser	4	9	10	-	-
*AL Hassett	b Wright	48	166	193	1	-
RN Harvey	lbw b Wright	52	88	94	5	-
KR Miller	c and b Brown	0	12	11	-	-
GB Hole	b Bailey	63	175	162	6	-
IWG Johnson	c Brown b Wright	0	6	3	-	-
RR Lindwall	b Bedser	14	34	58	1	-
+D Tallon	not out	2	8	21	-	-
WA Johnston	b Bedser	1	5	5	-	-
JB Iverson	c Compton b Bedser	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 64.3 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Morris), 2-6 (Burke), 3-87 (Harvey), 4-89 (Miller), 5-142 (Hassett), 6-142 (Johnson), 7-192 (Lindwall), 8-196 (Hole), 9-197 (Johnston), 10-197 (Iverson, 64.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	20.3	4	59	5	-	-
Bailey	15	3	32	1	-	-
Wright	15	2	56	3	-	-
Brown	9	1	32	1	-	-
Tattersall	5	2	6	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	not out	60	121	113	3	-
C Washbrook	c Lindwall b Johnston	7	22	34	1	-
RT Simpson	run out	15	38	35	2	-
DCS Compton	not out	11	57	41	-	-
DS Sheppard	did not bat
*FR Brown	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
DVP Wright	did not bat
R Tattersall	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 29.6 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Washbrook), 2-62 (Simpson)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	2	0	12	0	-	-
Miller	2	0	5	0	-	-
Iverson	12	2	32	0	-	-
Johnston	11	3	36	1	-	-
Johnson	1	0	1	0	-	-
Hole	1	0	3	0	-	-
Hassett	0.6	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in five.
--> GB Hole made his debut in Test matches
--> JB Iverson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AR Morris (1) 50 in 151 balls with 2 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) 50 in 113 balls with 3 fours
--> L Hutton (1) 50 in 116 balls with 5 fours
--> RT Simpson (1) 50 in 157 balls, 133 minutes with 4 fours
--> RT Simpson (1) 100 in 285 balls, 287 minutes with 6 fours
--> RT Simpson (1) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Test matches
--> RT Simpson (1) 150 in 348 balls with 12 fours
--> RN Harvey (2) 50 in 82 balls with 5 fours
--> GB Hole (2) 50 in 122 balls with 6 fours
--> L Hutton (2) 50 in 104 balls with 3 fours
--> FR Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JB Iverson in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-26)
--> FR Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> DVP Wright reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AL Hassett, his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> AV Bedser reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed WA Johnston, his 4th wicket in the Australia second innings

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