Scorecard - Australia vs England 5th Test Match 1959, Melbourne Cricketwa.com

Australia vs England 5th Test Match 1959 Scorecard

Series: Australia vs England Test Series 1958-1959
Schedule: Australia vs England 5th Test Match 1959
Result: Australia won by 9 wickets	Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Player of the match: -
Toss : Australia, Decided to Field
Start Date: 1959-02-13	End Date: 1959-02-18

England First Innings		R	B	4s	SR
Peter Richardson	c & b Richard Benaud	68	159	4	42.767
Trevor Bailey	c Alan Davidson b Ray Lindwall	0	1	0	0.000
Peter May	c Richard Benaud b Ian Meckiff	11	18	1	61.111
Colin Cowdrey	c Ray Lindwall b Alan Davidson	22	45	3	48.889
Tom Graveney	c Colin McDonald b Richard Benaud	19	72	2	26.389
Ted Dexter	c Ray Lindwall b Ian Meckiff	0	1	0	0.000
Roy Swetman	c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson	1	33	0	3.030
John Mortimore	not out	44	105	6	41.905
Fred Trueman	c & b Richard Benaud	21	56	1	37.500
Frank Tyson	c Wally Grout b Richard Benaud	9	16	0	56.250
Jim Laker	c Neil Harvey b Alan Davidson	2	15	0	13.333
	Total (64.5 overs)	197 + 8 (extra) = 205/10	521	17

Extra : (b 4, lb 0, w 4, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	12.5	2	38	3	2.961
Ray Lindwall	14.0	2	36	1	2.571
Ian Meckiff	15.0	2	57	2	3.800
Gordon Rorke	6.0	1	23	0	3.833
Richard Benaud	17.0	5	43	4	2.529

Fall of Wickets

1 /0( Trevor Bailey, 0.0)

2 /13( Peter May, 0.0)

3 /61( Colin Cowdrey, 0.0)

4 /109( Tom Graveney, 0.0)

5 /112( Ted Dexter, 0.0)

6 /124( Roy Swetman, 0.0)

7 /128( Peter Richardson, 0.0)

8 /191( Fred Trueman, 0.0)

9 /203( Frank Tyson, 0.0)

10 /205( Jim Laker, 0.0)

Australia Second Innings		R	B	4s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Colin Cowdrey b Jim Laker	133	249	7	53.414
Jim Burke	c Fred Trueman b Frank Tyson	16	60	0	26.667
Neil Harvey	c Roy Swetman b Fred Trueman	13	42	1	30.952
Norm O'Neill	c Colin Cowdrey b Fred Trueman	0	1	0	0.000
Ken Mackay	c Tom Graveney b Jim Laker	23	125	1	18.400
Alan Davidson	b John Mortimore	17	41	1	41.463
Alan Davidson	c Roy Swetman b Jim Laker	64	139	7	46.043
Wally Grout	c Fred Trueman b Jim Laker	74	133	8	55.639
Ray Lindwall	c Colin Cowdrey b Fred Trueman	0	12	0	0.000
Ian Meckiff	c & b Fred Trueman	2	2	0	100.000
Gordon Rorke	not out	0	1	0	0.000
	Total (100.5 overs)	342 + 9 (extra) = 351/10	805	25

Extra : (b 5, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fred Trueman	25.0	0	92	4	3.680
Frank Tyson	20.0	1	73	1	3.650
Trevor Bailey	14.0	2	43	0	3.071
Jim Laker	30.5	4	93	4	3.016
John Mortimore	11.0	1	41	1	3.727

Fall of Wickets

1 /41( Jim Burke, 0.0)

2 /83( Neil Harvey, 0.0)

3 /83( Norm O'Neill, 0.0)

4 /154( Ken Mackay, 0.0)

5 /207( Alan Davidson, 0.0)

6 /209( Colin McDonald, 0.0)

7 /324( Wally Grout, 0.0)

8 /327( Ray Lindwall, 0.0)

9 /329( Ian Meckiff, 0.0)

10 /351( Alan Davidson, 0.0)

England Third Innings		R	B	4s	SR
Peter Richardson	lbw b Richard Benaud	23	83	2	27.711
Trevor Bailey	b Ray Lindwall	0	5	0	0.000
Peter May	c Neil Harvey b Ray Lindwall	4	6	1	66.667
Colin Cowdrey	run out	46	52	7	88.462
Tom Graveney	c Neil Harvey b Alan Davidson	54	102	4	52.941
Ted Dexter	c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson	6	33	0	18.182
Roy Swetman	lbw b Ray Lindwall	9	15	0	60.000
John Mortimore	b Gordon Rorke	11	51	0	21.569
Fred Trueman	b Gordon Rorke	36	59	5	61.017
Frank Tyson	c Wally Grout b Gordon Rorke	6	16	0	37.500
Jim Laker	not out	5	16	0	31.250
	Total (54.4 overs)	200 + 14 (extra) = 214/10	438	19

Extra : (b 9, lb 3, w 2, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	21.0	1	95	2	4.524
Ray Lindwall	11.0	2	37	3	3.364
Ian Meckiff	4.0	0	13	0	3.250
Gordon Rorke	12.4	2	41	3	3.237
Richard Benaud	6.0	1	14	1	2.333

Fall of Wickets

1 /0(Trevor Bailey, 0.0)

2 /12(Peter May, 0.0)

3 /78(Colin Cowdrey, 0.0)

4 /105(Peter Richardson, 0.0)

5 /131(Ted Dexter, 0.0)

6 /142(Roy Swetman, 0.0)

7 /158(Tom Graveney, 0.0)

8 /172(John Mortimore, 0.0)

9 /182(Frank Tyson, 0.0)

10 /214(Fred Trueman, 0.0)

Australia Fourth Innings		R	B	4s	SR
Colin McDonald	not out	51	54	7	94.444
Jim Burke	lbw b Frank Tyson	13	47	1	27.660
Neil Harvey	not out	1	2	0	50.000
	Total (14.1 overs)	65 + 4 (extra) = 69/1	103	8

Extra : (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)
Did not bat

Norm O'Neill,	Alan Davidson,	Wally Grout,	Ray Lindwall,	Ian Meckiff,	Gordon Rorke,
Ken Mackay,	Richard Benaud,

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fred Trueman	6.7	0	45	0	6.279
Frank Tyson	6.0	0	20	1	3.333

Fall of Wickets

1 /66(Jim Burke, 0.0)

Match Details

Series Status
(Or Points)

Australia Won the 5 Match The Ashes Test Series By 4-0

Debut Player(s)

John Mortimore(England)

Umpire

Leslie Townsend , Ronald Wright

TV Umpire

Match Referee

Reserve Umpire

Embed Code:

Australia vs England 5th Test Match 1959 Scorecard

Most Runs

Most Wickets

Most Catches