1954–55 Ashes series (original) (raw)

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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). The tour is best remembered for the bowling of Frank "Typhoon" Tyson, who was at the time regarded as the fastest, most frightening bowler ever seen in Australia. The series saw a phenomenal concentration of bowling prowess on both sides – four of the bowlers had career Test averages under 21, another five under 25 and the remaining four under 30. Unsurprisingly therefore, the ball dominated the bat for most of the series and each side only topped 300 in an innings twice. Unlike the following series in 1958–59 there were rarely any umpiring disputes and Keith Miller wrote "Mel McInnes, Colin Hoy and Ron Wright were our leading umpires in the 1954–55 M.C.C. tour of Australia, and I have no hesitation in saying that McInnes gave the finest exhibition of umpiring in a Test series that I have experienced". (en)

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I.W.G. Johnson and A.R. Morris (en)

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The Ashes were retained by England, who won a Test series in Australia for the first time in twenty years. (en)

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Australia (en)

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won by 5 wickets (en)
England won the 5-Test series 3–1 and retained the Ashes. (en)
won by 128 runs (en)
won by 38 runs (en)
won by an innings and 154 runs (en)

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P.B.H. May 351 (en)
R.N. Harvey 354 (en)

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A.R. Morris 153 (en)
C.C. McDonald 29 (en)
Compton, D.C.S. 84 (en)
G.B. Hole 57 (en)
Graveney, T.W. 111 (en)
L.V. Maddocks (wk) 69 (en)
M.C. Cowdrey 102 (en)
M.C. Cowdrey 54 (en)
P.B.H. May (vc) 104 (en)
P.B.H. May (vc) 91 (en)
P.B.H. May 79 (en)
R.N. Harvey 162 (en)
R.R. Lindwall 62* (en)
T.E. Bailey 72 (en)
Wardle, J.H. 35 (en)

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C.C. McDonald 37 (en)
C.C. McDonald 72 (en)
Compton, D.C.S. 34* (en)
Hutton, L. (c) 80 (en)
L.E. Favell 30 (en)
L.V. Maddocks 47 (en)
M.C. Cowdrey 79 (en)
R.G. Archer 49 (en)
R.N. Harvey 92* (en)
T.E. Bailey 88 (en)
W.J. Edrich 88 (en)

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Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia (en)
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Australia (en)
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia (en)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia (en)

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R.R. Lindwall 14 (en)
Statham, J.B. 18 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 28 (en)
W.A. Johnston 19 (en)

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R.R. Lindwall 3/77 (en)
Appleyard, R. 3/13 (en)
Appleyard, R. 3/58 (en)
I.W.G. Johnson 3/68 (en)
K.R. Miller 3/14 (en)
R.G. Archer 3/12 (en)
R.G. Archer 3/53 (en)
R.G. Archer 4/33 (en)
R.R. Lindwall 3/69 (en)
Statham, J.B. 3/38 (en)
T.E. Bailey 3/140 (en)
T.E. Bailey 3/39 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 3/47 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 3/85 (en)
W.A. Johnston 3/56 (en)
W.A. Johnston 3/70 (en)
W.A. Johnston 5/85 (en)

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Evans, T.G. (wk) 3 Ct (en)
I.W.G. Johnson 3/46 (en)
K.R. Miller 3/40 (en)
L.V. Maddocks (wk) 3 Ct (en)
R. Benaud 3/43 (en)
R. Benaud 4/120 (en)
R.R. Lindwall 3/27 (en)
Staham, J.B. 2/38 (en)
Staham, J.B. 5/60 (en)
Statham, J.B. 3/45 (en)
T.E. Bailey 4/59 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 2/68 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 4/45 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 6/85 (en)
Tyson, F.H. 7/27 (en)
Wardle, J.H. 3/51 (en)
Wardle, J.H. 5/79 (en)

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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). (en)

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1954–55 Ashes series (en)

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