f20784 t399	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55 (5th Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 25th, 26th, 28th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd March 1955 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MJ McInnes, RJJ Wright
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	No play
Close of play day 4	England (1) 196/4 (Compton 0*)
Close of play day 5	Australia (1) 82/2 (McDonald 45*, Harvey 12*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	c Burge b Lindwall	6	4	3	1	-
TW Graveney	c and b Johnson	111	157	166	14	-
PBH May	c Davidson b Benaud	79	188	184	8	-
MC Cowdrey	c Maddocks b Johnson	0	1	1	-	-
DCS Compton	c and b Johnson	84	200	188	8	-
TE Bailey	b Lindwall	72	182	198	4	-
+TG Evans	c McDonald b Lindwall	10	13	16	-	-
JH Wardle	not out	5	8	8	-	-
FH Tyson	did not bat
R Appleyard	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 94.6 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Hutton), 2-188 (Graveney), 3-188 (Cowdrey), 4-196 (May), 5-330 (Compton), 6-359 (Evans), 7-371 (Bailey, 94.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	20.6	5	77	3	-	-
Miller	15	1	71	0	-	-
Davidson	19	3	72	0	-	-
Johnson	20	5	68	3	-	-
Benaud	20	4	79	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Watson	b Wardle	18	56	62	1	-
CC McDonald	c May b Appleyard	72	149	170	5	1
LE Favell	b Tyson	1	3	2	-	-
RN Harvey	c and b Tyson	13	33	37	1	-
KR Miller	run out	19	34	54	2	-
PJP Burge	c Appleyard b Wardle	17	31	32	2	-
R Benaud	b Wardle	7	12	5	1	-
+LV Maddocks	c Appleyard b Wardle	32	62	64	4	-
AK Davidson	c Evans b Wardle	18	69	70	2	-
*IWG Johnson	run out	11	30	32	1	-
RR Lindwall	not out	2	5	10	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Watson), 2-53 (Favell), 3-85 (Harvey), 4-129 (Miller), 5-138 (McDonald), 6-147 (Benaud), 7-157 (Burge), 8-202 (Maddocks), 9-217 (Davidson), 10-221 (Johnson, 60.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	11	1	46	2	-	-
Statham	9	1	31	0	-	-
Appleyard	16	2	54	1	-	-
Wardle	24.4	6	79	5	-	-

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Australia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Watson	c Graveney b Statham	3	20	27	-	-
CC McDonald	c Evans b Graveney	37	69	81	3	-
LE Favell	c Graveney b Wardle	9	15	11	2	-
RN Harvey	c and b Wardle	1	9	7	-	-
KR Miller	b Wardle	28	46	42	4	-
PJP Burge	not out	18	36	31	2	-
R Benaud	b Hutton	22	35	22	4	-
+LV Maddocks	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(6 wickets, 28.6 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Watson), 2-27 (Favell), 3-29 (Harvey), 4-67 (McDonald), 5-87 (Miller), 6-118 (Benaud, 28.6 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	5	0	11	1	-	-
Tyson	5	2	20	0	-	-
Wardle	12	1	51	3	-	-
Graveney	6	0	34	1	-	-
Hutton	0.6	0	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Watson made his debut in Test matches
--> PJP Burge made his debut in Test matches
--> TW Graveney (1) 50 in 76 balls, 75 minutes with 6 fours
--> TW Graveney (1) 100 in 149 balls, 150 minutes with 13 fours
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 121 balls with 6 fours
--> PBH May (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> DCS Compton (1) 50 in 138 balls with 4 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 34000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 80
--> TE Bailey (1) 50 in 163 balls with 2 fours
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 106 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 5
--> PJP Burge made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> WJ Watson made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> FH Tyson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed LE Favell, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> JH Wardle reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed LV Maddocks, his 4th wicket in the Australia first innings

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