1946–47 Ashes series
The 1946–47 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs. Unlike pre-war Tests in Australia, matches were not timeless and played to a finish. It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1946–47 and England played its matches outside the Tests in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The England team was led by the veteran Wally Hammond and his vice-captain Norman Yardley with the strong batting line up of Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook, Bill Edrich, Denis Compton and Joe Hardstaff, but a weak bowling attack that relied on pre-war bowlers like the 37-year-old Bill Voce of Bodyline fame and the mercurial leg-spinner Doug Wright. The two successes of the tour were the newly capped Alec Bedser, who would carry the
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1946–47 Ashes series
The 1946–47 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs. Unlike pre-war Tests in Australia, matches were not timeless and played to a finish. It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1946–47 and England played its matches outside the Tests in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The England team was led by the veteran Wally Hammond and his vice-captain Norman Yardley with the strong batting line up of Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook, Bill Edrich, Denis Compton and Joe Hardstaff, but a weak bowling attack that relied on pre-war bowlers like the 37-year-old Bill Voce of Bodyline fame and the mercurial leg-spinner Doug Wright. The two successes of the tour were the newly capped Alec Bedser, who would carry the
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Australia retained the Ashes for the third time since 1934.
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1946-12-02
result
Australia won the 5-Test series 3–0
won by 5 wickets
won by an innings and 33 runs
won by an innings and 332 runs
runs
A.L. Hassett (vc) 332
A.R. Morris 503
Compton, D.C.S. 459
D.G. Bradman (c) 680
Edrich, W.J. 462
Hutton, L. – 417
K.R. Miller 384
S.G. Barnes 443
Washbrook, C 363
runs-team1-inns
A.R. Morris 155
C.L. McCool 95
Compton, D.C.S. 147
Compton, D.C.S. 54
Compton, D.C.S. 76
runs-team2-inns
A.L. Hassett (vc) 78
A.R. Morris 122
A.R. Morris 57
D.G. Bradman (c) 234
D.G. Bradman (c) 56*
D.G. Bradman 63
Edrich, W.J. 89
score-team1-inns
score-team2-inns
series
venue
wickets
Bedser, A.V. 16
C.L. McCool 18
E.R.H. Toshack 17
K.R. Miller 16
R.R. Lindwall 18
Wright, D.V.P. 23
wickets-team1-inns
B. Dooland 3/133
Bedser, A.V. 3/176
Bedser, A.V. 3/99
C.L. McCool 5/109
C.L. McCool 5/44
D. Tallon 1 Ct and 3 St
D. Tallon 3 Ct
D. Tallon 4 Ct
E.R.H. Toshack 4/76
Edrich, W.J. 3/107
wickets-team2-inns
B. Dooland 4/69
Bedser, A.V. 2/75
Bedser, A.V. 3/97
D. Tallon (wk) 3 Ct
E.R.H. Toshack 3/17
E.R.H. Toshack 6/82
Edrich, W.J. 3/79
K.R. Miller 2/41
K.R. Miller 7/60
N.W.D. Yardley (vc) 1/69
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