1948 Ashes series

rdf:langString 1948 Ashes series

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rdf:langString DCS Compton 145*

rdf:langString DCS Compton 184

rdf:langString DCS Compton 66

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rdf:langString L Hutton 30

rdf:langString L Hutton 64

rdf:langString SG Barnes 141

rdf:langString AR Morris 182

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rdf:langString AR Morris 51

rdf:langString AR Morris 54*

rdf:langString C Washbrook 37

rdf:langString DCS Compton 53

rdf:langString DG Bradman 138

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rdf:langString RN Harvey 112

rdf:langString SG Barnes 64*

rdf:langString AV Bedser 4/100

rdf:langString ERH Toshack 1/26

rdf:langString KR Miller 4/125

rdf:langString NWD Yardley 2/36

rdf:langString RR Lindwall 4/99

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rdf:langString SJ Loxton 3/55

rdf:langString WA Johnston 4/40

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rdf:langString AV Bedser 2/46

rdf:langString AV Bedser 3/92

rdf:langString AV Bedser 4/81

rdf:langString ERH Toshack 5/40

rdf:langString JA Young 1/31

rdf:langString JC Laker 4/138

rdf:langString K Cranston 1/28

rdf:langString RR Lindwall 5/70

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rdf:langString The Australian captain Don Bradman.

rdf:langString Cricketer Donald Bradman sits on a bench in a sports stadium and displays a cricket bat with his brand name on it. He wears a 1940s-style double-breasted suit and has his hair parted and slicked back with haircream. He is smiling and posing rather awkwardly.

rdf:langString the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

rdf:langString Australia won the 5-Test series 4–0

rdf:langString won by 409 runs

rdf:langString won by 7 wickets

rdf:langString won by 8 wickets

rdf:langString won by an innings and 149 runs

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rdf:langString The 1948 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 10 June 1948, England and Australia played five Tests. Australia had not lost a Test since the Second World War and were strong favourites. Their captain Don Bradman had publicly expressed his ambition of going through the tour without defeat, and Australia won 10 of their 12 lead-up matches, eight by an innings. The England team, however, had several notable players themselves, including Len Hutton, Denis Compton and Alec Bedser. Nevertheless, the final result was a 4–0 series win for Australia, with the Third Test being drawn. They thus retained The Ashes. The Australians remained undefeated for their entire tour of England, earning them the sobriquet of The Invincibles. The First Test set the trend for the series as England's batsmen struggled against the Australian pace attack and, despite attempting to stifle the Australian scoring with leg theory, fell to an eventual defeat. Failure to contain the Australian batsmen, particularly Bradman himself, plagued the English bowlers, while their batsmen were prone to struggling and collapsing on key occasions, with rain petering the Third Test into a draw. The series saw a number of notable cricketing feats, including a 301-run partnership between Bradman and Arthur Morris, aided by many dropped catches and missed stumpings, during the Fourth Test, and Australia's heaviest win of the series in the Fifth Test, where England were bowled out for 52 in half a day. Australia then made 389, with Bradman making a famous duck in his final innings. England were then bowled out for 188 to lose by an innings and 149 runs in less than three days' playing time.