1950-51 Ashes series
| 1950–51 Ashes Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ashes were retained by Australia for
the fifth consecutive time since 1934. |
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| Date | 26 December 1950 – 28 February 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia won the 5-Test series 4–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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 England
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| Captains | |||
| A.L. Hassett | F.R. Brown | ||
| Most runs | |||
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A.L. Hassett – 366 (40.66) R.N. Harvey – 362 (40.22) K.R. Miller – 350 (43.75) |
Hutton, L. – 533 (88.83) | ||
| Most wickets | |||
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W.A. Johnston – 22 (19.18) J.B. Iverson – 21 (15.23) K.R. Miller – 17 (17.70) R.R. Lindwall – 15 (22.93) |
Bedser, A.V. – 30 (16.06) T.E. Bailey – 14 (14.14) |
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The 1950–51 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 1950–51 and the matches outside the Tests were played in the name of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The England team under the captaincy of the big-hearted all-rounder Freddie Brown was regarded as the weakest sent to Australia and "without Bedser and Hutton, England would have been little better than a club side". Few gave them a chance of regaining the Ashes and they lost the series 4–1 to Lindsay Hassett's Australian team, which had far greater reserves of talent. In the Fifth and final Test England beat Australia for the first time since 1938 and ended their unbeaten run of 14 Tests against England, 26 Tests against all teams and 96 games in all cricket since the Second World War. After this victory England would defeat Australia in 1953, 1954–55 and 1956.
It was a great all round team effort from the Australians; the captain Lindsay Hassett made 366 runs (40.66), Neil Harvey 362 runs (40.22), Keith Miller 350 runs (43.75) and Jim Burke 125 runs (41.66). The fast bowler Ray Lindwall took 15 wickets (22.93), his new-ball partner Keith Miller 17 wickets (17.70), Bill Johnston 22 wickets (19.18) and the mystery spin of Jack Iverson 21 wickets (15.23) in his only Test series. This was the first Ashes series to be played since the retirement of Don Bradman and it saw the debut of Ken Archer, Jim Burke, Graeme Hole and Jack Iverson for Australia and John Warr and Roy Tattersall for England.
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