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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th December 1950 (6-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 28 runs |
| Umpires | GS Cooper, RJJ Wright |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 194 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (2) 25/0 (Archer 15*, Morris 10*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 28/2 (Simpson 10*, Hutton 2*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KA Archer | c Bedser b Bailey | 26 | 131 | 1 | - | ||
| AR Morris | c Hutton b Bedser | 2 | 17 | - | - | ||
| RN Harvey | c Evans b Bedser | 42 | 68 | 6 | - | ||
| KR Miller | lbw b Brown | 18 | 57 | 4 | - | ||
| *AL Hassett | b Bailey | 52 | 110 | 4 | - | ||
| SJE Loxton | c Evans b Close | 32 | 85 | 1 | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | lbw b Bailey | 8 | 42 | 1 | - | ||
| +D Tallon | not out | 7 | 44 | - | - | ||
| IWG Johnson | c Parkhouse b Bedser | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| WA Johnston | c Hutton b Bedser | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| JB Iverson | b Bailey | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 59.1 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (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, 59.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 17.1 | 5 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bedser | 19 | 3 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wright | 8 | 0 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brown | 9 | 0 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Close | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Simpson | c Johnson b Miller | 4 | 14 | - | - | ||
| C Washbrook | lbw b Lindwall | 21 | 52 | 1 | - | ||
| JG Dewes | c Miller b Johnston | 8 | 30 | - | - | ||
| L Hutton | c Tallon b Iverson | 12 | 39 | 1 | - | ||
| WGA Parkhouse | c Hassett b Miller | 9 | 45 | - | - | ||
| DB Close | c Loxton b Iverson | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| *FR Brown | c Johnson b Iverson | 62 | 123 | 4 | 1 | ||
| TE Bailey | b Lindwall | 12 | 71 | - | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c Johnson b Iverson | 49 | 84 | 4 | - | ||
| AV Bedser | not out | 4 | 50 | - | - | ||
| DVP Wright | lbw b Johnston | 2 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (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, 62 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 13 | 2 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 13 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 9 | 1 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Iverson | 18 | 3 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Loxton | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KA Archer | c Bailey b Bedser | 46 | 130 | 4 | - | ||
| AR Morris | lbw b Wright | 18 | 63 | 2 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | run out | 31 | 70 | 2 | - | ||
| KR Miller | b Bailey | 14 | 42 | 2 | - | ||
| *AL Hassett | c Bailey b Brown | 19 | 93 | 2 | - | ||
| SJE Loxton | c Evans b Brown | 2 | 14 | - | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | c Evans b Brown | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | ||
| +D Tallon | lbw b Brown | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| IWG Johnson | c Close b Bedser | 23 | 40 | 3 | - | ||
| WA Johnston | b Bailey | 6 | 24 | - | - | ||
| JB Iverson | not out | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (10 b, 5 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.3 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (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, 53.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bedser | 16.3 | 2 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 15 | 3 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wright | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 12 | 2 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Close | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Simpson | b Lindwall | 23 | 93 | - | - | ||
| C Washbrook | b Iverson | 8 | 33 | - | - | ||
| TE Bailey | b Johnson | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| L Hutton | c Lindwall b Johnston | 40 | 121 | 4 | - | ||
| JG Dewes | c Harvey b Iverson | 5 | 46 | 1 | - | ||
| WGA Parkhouse | lbw b Johnston | 28 | 102 | 2 | - | ||
| DB Close | lbw b Johnston | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| *FR Brown | b Lindwall | 8 | 42 | 1 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | b Lindwall | 2 | 9 | - | - | ||
| AV Bedser | not out | 14 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| DVP Wright | lbw b Johnston | 2 | 16 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (17 b, 2 lb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.7 overs) | 150 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (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, 63.7 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 12 | 1 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Miller | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 13 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Iverson | 20 | 4 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 13.7 | 1 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four.
--> KA Archer made his debut in Test matches
--> JG Dewes made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AL Hassett (1) 50 in 87 balls with 4 fours
--> AL Hassett (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> FR Brown (1) 50 in 89 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> TG Evans (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 9
--> TG Evans (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> L Hutton (2) passed 28500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> KA Archer made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> DB Close made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> WGA Parkhouse made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JB Iverson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-43)
--> FR Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AL Hassett in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-81)
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