1954–55 Ashes series
The 1954–55 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs. It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1954–55 and the matches outside the Tests were played in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The England team was captained by Len Hutton, the first professional cricketer to lead an MCC tour of Australia. The Australian team under Ian Johnson was confident of victory, but despite losing the First Test by an innings England won the series 3–1 and retained the Ashes. They were the only touring team to win a series in Australia between 1932–33 and 1970–71 and only the second of three touring teams to win a series in Australia from behind (the other two being England in 1911–12 and the West Indies in 1992–93).
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1954–55 Ashes series
The 1954–55 Ashes series consisted of five cricket Test matches, each of six days with five hours play each day and eight ball overs. It formed part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1954–55 and the matches outside the Tests were played in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The England team was captained by Len Hutton, the first professional cricketer to lead an MCC tour of Australia. The Australian team under Ian Johnson was confident of victory, but despite losing the First Test by an innings England won the series 3–1 and retained the Ashes. They were the only touring team to win a series in Australia between 1932–33 and 1970–71 and only the second of three touring teams to win a series in Australia from behind (the other two being England in 1911–12 and the West Indies in 1992–93).
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I.W.G. Johnson and A.R. Morris
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England won the 5-Test series 3–1 and retained the Ashes.
won by 128 runs
won by 38 runs
won by 5 wickets
won by an innings and 154 runs
runs
P.B.H. May 351
R.N. Harvey 354
runs-team1-inns
A.R. Morris 153
C.C. McDonald 29
Compton, D.C.S. 84
Graveney, T.W. 111
L.V. Maddocks (wk) 69
M.C. Cowdrey 102
M.C. Cowdrey 54
P.B.H. May (vc) 104
P.B.H. May (vc) 91
runs-team2-inns
C.C. McDonald 37
C.C. McDonald 72
Compton, D.C.S. 34*
Hutton, L. (c) 80
L.E. Favell 30
L.V. Maddocks 47
M.C. Cowdrey 79
R.G. Archer 49
R.N. Harvey 92*
T.E. Bailey 88
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venue
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
wickets
R.R. Lindwall 14
Statham, J.B. 18
Tyson, F.H. 28
W.A. Johnston 19
wickets-team1-inns
Appleyard, R. 3/13
Appleyard, R. 3/58
I.W.G. Johnson 3/68
K.R. Miller 3/14
R.G. Archer 3/12
R.G. Archer 3/53
R.G. Archer 4/33
R.R. Lindwall 3/69
R.R. Lindwall 3/77
Statham, J.B. 3/38
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Evans, T.G. (wk) 3 Ct
I.W.G. Johnson 3/46
K.R. Miller 3/40
L.V. Maddocks (wk) 3 Ct
R. Benaud 3/43
R. Benaud 4/120
R.R. Lindwall 3/27
Staham, J.B. 2/38
Staham, J.B. 5/60
Statham, J.B. 3/45
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