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Test no. 328

The Ashes - 2nd Test
Australia v England

1950/51 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 22,23,26,27 December 1950 (6-day match)

Result Australia won by 28 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	KA Archer	c Bedser b Bailey	26	131	1	0
	AR Morris	c Hutton b Bedser	2	17	0	0
	RN Harvey	c Evans b Bedser	42	68	6	0
	KR Miller	lbw b Brown	18	57	4	0
	AL Hassett	b Bailey	52	110	4	0
	SJE Loxton	c Evans b Close	32	85	1	0
	RR Lindwall	lbw b Bailey	8	42	1	0
	D Tallon	not out	7	44	0	0
	IWG Johnson	c Parkhouse b Bedser	0	6	0	0
	WA Johnston	c Hutton b Bedser	0	1	0	0
	JB Iverson	b Bailey	1	3	0	0
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6

	Total	(all out; 59.1 overs)	194	(2.46 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-6 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TE Bailey	17.1	5	40	4	1.75
AV Bedser	19	3	37	4	1.46
DVP Wright	8	0	63	0	5.90
FR Brown	9	0	28	1	2.33
DB Close	6	1	20	1	2.50


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	RT Simpson	c Johnson b Miller	4	15	0	0
	C Washbrook	lbw b Lindwall	21	52	1	0
	JG Dewes	c Miller b Johnston	8	30	0	0
	L Hutton	c Tallon b Iverson	12	39	1	0
	WGA Parkhouse	c Hassett b Miller	9	45	0	0
	DB Close	c Loxton b Iverson	0	2	0	0
	FR Brown	c Johnson b Iverson	62	123	4	1
	TE Bailey	b Lindwall	12	71	0	0
	TG Evans	c Johnson b Iverson	49	84	4	0
	AV Bedser	not out	4	50	0	0
	DVP Wright	lbw b Johnston	2	4	0	0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 6)	14

	Total	(all out; 62 overs)	197	(2.38 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-11 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	13	2	46	2	2.65
KR Miller	13	0	39	2	2.25
WA Johnston	9	1	28	2	2.33
JB Iverson	18	3	37	4	1.54
IWG Johnson	5	1	19	0	2.85
SJE Loxton	4	1	14	0	2.62


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	KA Archer	c Bailey b Bedser	46	130	4	0
	AR Morris	lbw b Wright	18	63	2	0
	RN Harvey	run out	31	70	2	0
	KR Miller	b Bailey	14	42	2	0
	AL Hassett	c Bailey b Brown	19	93	2	0
	SJE Loxton	c Evans b Brown	2	14	0	0
	RR Lindwall	c Evans b Brown	7	26	1	0
	D Tallon	lbw b Brown	0	2	0	0
	IWG Johnson	c Close b Bedser	23	40	3	0
	WA Johnston	b Bailey	6	24	0	0
	JB Iverson	not out	0	3	0	0
	Extras	(b 10, lb 5)	15

	Total	(all out; 53.3 overs)	181	(2.54 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-43 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TE Bailey	15	3	47	2	2.35
AV Bedser	16.3	2	43	2	1.96
DVP Wright	9	0	42	1	3.50
FR Brown	12	2	26	4	1.62
DB Close	1	0	8	0	6.00


England 2nd innings (target: 179 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	RT Simpson	b Lindwall	23	93	0	0
	C Washbrook	b Iverson	8	33	0	0
	TE Bailey	b Johnson	0	5	0	0
	L Hutton	c Lindwall b Johnston	40	124	4	0
	JG Dewes	c Harvey b Iverson	5	46	1	0
	WGA Parkhouse	lbw b Johnston	28	102	2	0
	DB Close	lbw b Johnston	1	8	0	0
	FR Brown	b Lindwall	8	42	1	0
	TG Evans	b Lindwall	2	9	0	0
	AV Bedser	not out	14	34	1	0
	DVP Wright	lbw b Johnston	2	16	0	0
	Extras	(b 17, lb 2)	19

	Total	(all out; 63.7 overs)	150	(1.76 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-21 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	12	1	29	3	1.81
KR Miller	5	2	16	0	2.40
WA Johnston	13.7	1	26	4	1.40
JB Iverson	20	4	36	2	1.35
IWG Johnson	13	3	24	1	1.38

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0

Test debut KA Archer (Australia)

Umpires GS Cooper and RJJ Wright

Close of play
22 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 194
23 Dec day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 25/0 (KA Archer 15*, AR Morris 10*)
24 Dec rest day
25 Dec rest day
26 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 28/2 (RT Simpson 10*, L Hutton 2*)
27 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 150 (63.7 ov) - end of match

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