Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c †Tallon b Lindwall	30	124	147	1	0	24.19
John Dewes	b Miller	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Bill Edrich	c Hassett b Johnston	3	20	20	0	0	15.00
Denis Compton	c Morris b Lindwall	4	9	11	0	0	44.44
Jack Crapp	c †Tallon b Miller	0	19	23	0	0	0.00
Norman Yardley (c)	b Lindwall	7	31	33	0	0	22.58
Allan Watkins	lbw b Johnston	0	16	16	0	0	0.00
Godfrey Evans †	b Lindwall	1	9	4	0	0	11.11
Alec Bedser	b Lindwall	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Jack Young	b Lindwall	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Eric Hollies	not out	0	12	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6)	6
Total	42.1 Ov (RR: 1.23)	52
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (John Dewes), 2-10 (Bill Edrich), 3-17 (Denis Compton), 4-23 (Jack Crapp), 5-35 (Norman Yardley), 6-42 (Allan Watkins), 7-45 (Godfrey Evans), 8-45 (Alec Bedser), 9-47 (Jack Young), 10-52 (Leonard Hutton)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	16.1	5	20	6	1.23	-	-	-
Keith Miller	8	5	5	2	0.62	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	16	4	20	2	1.25	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sid Barnes	c †Evans b Hollies	61	-	126	-	0	-
Arthur Morris	run out	196	-	406	16	0	-
Donald Bradman (c)	b Hollies	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Lindsay Hassett	lbw b Young	37	-	134	-	0	-
Keith Miller	st †Evans b Hollies	5	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Harvey	c Young b Hollies	17	-	-	-	0	-
Sam Loxton	c †Evans b Edrich	15	-	-	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c Edrich b Young	9	-	-	-	0	-
Don Tallon †	c Crapp b Hollies	31	-	-	-	0	-
Doug Ring	c Crapp b Bedser	9	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 3)	9
Total	158.2 Ov (RR: 2.45)	389
Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Sid Barnes), 2-117 (Donald Bradman), 3-226 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-243 (Keith Miller), 5-265 (Neil Harvey), 6-304 (Sam Loxton), 7-332 (Ray Lindwall), 8-359 (Arthur Morris), 9-389 (Don Tallon), 10-389 (Doug Ring)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	31.2	9	61	1	1.94	-	-	-
Allan Watkins	4	1	19	0	4.75	-	-	-
Jack Young	51	16	118	2	2.31	-	-	-
Eric Hollies	56	14	131	5	2.33	-	-	-
Denis Compton	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-
Bill Edrich	9	1	38	1	4.22	-	-	-
Norman Yardley	5	1	7	0	1.40	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton	c †Tallon b Miller	64	-	-	-	0	-
John Dewes	b Lindwall	10	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Edrich	b Lindwall	28	-	-	-	0	-
Denis Compton	c Lindwall b Johnston	39	-	-	-	0	-
Jack Crapp	b Miller	9	-	-	-	0	-
Norman Yardley (c)	c Miller b Johnston	9	-	-	-	0	-
Allan Watkins	c Hassett b Ring	2	-	-	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	b Lindwall	8	-	-	-	0	-
Alec Bedser	b Johnston	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Jack Young	not out	3	7	10	0	0	42.85
Eric Hollies	c Morris b Johnston	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 3)	16
Total	105.3 Ov (RR: 1.78)	188
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (John Dewes), 2-64 (Bill Edrich), 3-125 (Denis Compton), 4-153 (Leonard Hutton), 5-164 (Jack Crapp), 6-167 (Allan Watkins), 7-178 (Godfrey Evans), 8-181 (Alec Bedser), 9-188 (Norman Yardley), 10-188 (Eric Hollies)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	25	3	50	3	2.00	-	-	-
Keith Miller	15	6	22	2	1.46	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	27.3	12	40	4	1.45	-	-	-
Sam Loxton	10	2	16	0	1.60	-	-	-
Doug Ring	28	13	44	1	1.57	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 14 Aug - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 153/2 (Arthur Morris 77*, Lindsay Hassett 10*)

Sun, 15 Aug - rest day

Mon, 16 Aug - day 2 - England 2nd innings 54/1 (Leonard Hutton 19*, Bill Edrich 23*)

Tue, 17 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 178/7 (Norman Yardley 2*)

Wed, 18 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 188 (105.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1948
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 4-0
Match number	Test no. 303
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Allan Watkins John Dewes
Umpires	Dai Davies Herbert Baldwin

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	25	3	50	3	2
KR Miller	15	6	22	2	1.46
WA Johnston	27.3	12	40	4	1.45
SJE Loxton	10	2	16	0	1.6
DT Ring	28	13	44	1	1.57

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