australian cricket team england key member famous australian cricket team toured england australians went undefeated matches english summer unprecedented feat test touring england earned left arm bowler engaged fast bowling ball new orthodox spin ball old australia fast bowler tests reinforcing new ball attack regarded finest pace time typically miller short bursts english batsmen new ball hosts agreed new ball available overs frequently usual allowed australian frequent use shiny ball swung high pace typically delivered pace miller use new ball spin later innings order miller fresh deliver overs bowler equal leading wicket tests australia prolific wicket class matches feat australian century wickets ashes tour recognition achievements chosen year said australian greater personal contribution playing success background australian summer played tests touring indian cricket team major australia series win second highest wicket best bowling average led wicket result selected tour england trip team mate richmond victorian cricket teams ring leg spinner direct competition place playing early tour australia traditionally fielded choice team tour opener omitted opening match appeared test plans australia went win innings setting tone tour brought team second tour match runs man australia ended lower order collapse local spin attack came partnership allowing colleague reach double century bowled overs hosts fell follow lose innings took wicket tour trapping leg wicket end overs played leading role australia victory match yorkshire damp pitch favourable slower bowling match resorted bowling left arm orthodox spin hosts elected bat bowled unchanged sending overs took yorkshire bowled difficult batting conditions wickets included batsmen went match remained finely balanced australia unbeaten second innings bowling overs seven taking victims included leading english batsman watson second time hosts bowled ended match collapsing effectively seven wickets injured unable bat australia home wickets closest australia come defeat tour tourists travelled london play surrey oval amassed batting bowled success innings second innings claimed reduce hosts forced follow returned later innings remove ending surrey defeated innings rested following match cambridge_university australia won innings returned australia crushed essex innings runs largest winning margin summer setting world record number class runs day play contributed men bowled essex enforcing follow managed match total followed innings victory time oxford_university scoring australia bowled overs australian match taking total overs left fixture lord fielded seven players represent england tests basically strength test team australia fielded choice team omitted chance australian gain psychological advantage england batsmen playing australia won innings indication strength county matches remained tests giving players chances press claims selection recalled australia non victory tour lancashire day washed run ninth wicket partnership wicket keeper took australia tourists eventually bowled innings swung hit reply lancashire reached took wickets help dismiss home securing slender lead tourists ended overs australians required bat second innings rested subsequent match drawn returned hampshire played major role australia wicket win home team bat drying pitch vice captain rested match bowled innings sending overs took wickets regular intervals end hampshire bowled unbeaten australia lost collapsed trailing runs time tourists conceded innings lead season second innings bowled unchanged end entire innings providing steady end hampshire bowled left australia target batted second innings win wickets ended match figures rested innings win sussex fixture test test planned test team australian changed mind morning test trent bridge rain forecast played hope exploiting wet wicket taken yorkshire hampshire similar surfaces showed credentials taking match total overs help australia grind victory wickets england elected bat strike bowler broke day burden grew england reached brought attack bowled knocking batsman foot balls later removed junior scoring caught miller slips attempting cut shot catch described dazzling miller balanced spine catching ball leave england journalist australian test leg spinner said trimmed efforts opening swung fortunes game completely australia favour knocked stumps batsman foot inside edged ball stumps brought given lives evans hit hard air cover ball went boundary second catching opportunity went direction traveling hand striking abdomen eventually evans hit ball strongly straight short leg took catch close england reached rearguard action took england total removed end innings finished display characterised accuracy variations pace swing australia batted wicket partnership runs minutes played free manner trapped end home team innings leaving tourists run lead unbeaten took new ball miller delivered overs second innings absence bowled success half innings closest came wicket afternoon putting century partnership aimed square drive flew air wide cover point fourth day england continued steady progress unsuccessful able ball sideways morning cloudy conditions attacked drove forced remove returned remove english captain late fourth day hosts neared caught miller slips took return catch remove english bowled overs bowler day england reached penultimate evening lead run morning removed evans bowled end england innings final day bowled overs player leading wicket match australia took lead australian batsmen reached target wickets hand test leading wicket australia completed innings victory took innings dismissing home batsmen second innings reduce eventually bowled ended followed drawn match yorkshire scored unbeaten bowling unchanged home innings bowled overs ended including wickets test players watson match ended draw bowled overs second innings chose push win declared late second innings exert significant extent test second test second test lord australia batted scored test career best tail performance innings coming score second morning added runs wicket keeper fell joined man having leaning foot trying hit ball bowling end australia innings threw bat ball went vastly different directions compared aimed shots men known batting ability played luck sequence overs taken runs balls unintentionally slips covers injured playing purely batsman took new ball sharing unable wicket initially english uncomfortable taking new ball following tea break returned second new ball run partnership middle order took outside edge miller completed catch slips left claimed evans caught diving miller englishman taken swing bat wide outside left hosts ended overs england bowled early morning australia declared fourth afternoon leave home target troubled english new ball wicket extracted steep bounce new ball english batsmen fielding slips dropped bowling english batsman scored usually moved ball right handed batsmen occasion ball went straight took outside edge bat trouble australian played missed multiple times deteriorating light display played loosely outside missed times dismissed men resumed final day second ball final morning bowled aimed square drive delivery variation ball went away instead batsman ball flew outside edge diving miller knocked ball falling completing catch ball came stood ground waited umpire confirm miller caught ball duly given official reilly described miller effort best slips catch series real match winner removed end australia won runs took series lead days cricket days second test rested matches surrey gloucestershire australia won wickets innings respectively test returned test old home team elected bat effective containing performance took overs innings england looked assured hour taking new ball bowled leave england bowling wicket left arm deliveries generally swinging right handed opening batsman detect variation ball released wide angled sharply played inside line ball hit stumps australia nearly wickets new batsman struggled played loosely outside ball edge delivery survived receiving ball middle leg tried defend straight pitch conventional stroke leg managed edge ball past slips repeatedly pace forcing batsman moment movements hit ball withdraw shot formative stage innings returned second new ball lunch remove leaving england dismissal mirrored failed detect variation ball played swing late day took catch removed evans taken wild slash leave england final minutes play extracted edge dropped catch second morning dropped time bowling eventually ended england innings removing young added dropped bowling end unbeaten bowled overs australians economical reply australia trouble came join runs needed avoid follow unable bat injury australia effectively wickets helped advance australia follow removed brief innings edged delivery direction slip evans trying catch ball stretch right hand wicket keeper hold ball resulting right wrong moving way went past second slip jack left ball landed centimetres fingers edged ball manner caught ball easily australia ended narrowly avoid follow runs second innings taking england declared set australia victory day fourth day completely washed rain match ended draw australia rain played australia match fourth test middlesex dismissed leave hosts ended bowled second innings took early wicket including reduce hosts ending australia bowled middlesex men went win wickets fourth test fourth test england batted pitch regarded ideal australia little success day early day appeared having problems bowled overs bowler tour loss meant heavy workload remaining colleagues apparent discomfort led given rest county matches opening partnership england consolidated reach day removed taste success innings ended overs home team ended highest score series reply australia runs score late day hit scoring innings marked powerful driving pulling dominating stand minutes injured survived minutes stumps running despite lack familiarity having acting runner respectively resulting disorders running wickets able manipulate strike faced balls able survive english relative ease batting leading reilly lament absence leg spinner flight held high regard australians man fourth morning total leaving runs innings australia lost services broke knee injury innings increasing burden remaining england sought extend lead fourth day second time match century opening partnership reaching hooked short ball edged failed catch soon repeated shot bowling fatal results ball went air quickly ran ground bent catch feet height run removing opener said effort catch season harvey turned magnificent aerial performances oval match surrey reilly doubted player distance ball let neat catch said hook beauty catch classic england moved mini collapse occurred seven removed caught harvey attempting big shot removed caught duck leave england removed caught miller cover hosts recognised batsmen remaining having lost england recovered reach close fourth day day declared leaving pick bowling figures overs left tourists target minutes australia went break world record test run chase record scoring lead minutes spare went play match immediately taking australia enforced follow won innings rested game ended rain affected draw reaching second innings returned took innings taking second innings including wickets hosts fell left bowled unchanged second innings sending overs including wickets included batsman indian pakistani dual international australia went win wickets rested consecutive matches lancashire durham rain affected draws rounded ashes series fifth test oval english elected bat rain affected pitch decision regarded surprising precipitation past week rendered play midday impossible australian test batsman leading commentator speculated tourists bowled won toss damp conditions meant required large laid help players grip rain humid conditions assisted australian able ball bounce variable heights miller removed score early bowling change introduced joined played attempted hook short ball failed ball middle bat looped travelled metres caught ball square leg diving sideways getting hands ball left england lunch break dismissed scoring batsman played line trapped leaving england ended overs england unbeaten scoring australia innings wickets england second innings late second day england started second innings deficit runs reached premature end second day bad light following morning slow steady progress bowled finger spin wicket protected men ring work hit ball repeatedly english batsmen progressed confident appeal reached lunch aimed hard cut shot bowling flew edge left hand second slip freak slip catch triggered collapse late afternoon saw hosts lose end day england resumed fourth morning wickets hand needing runs men bat quickly removed wickets seal australian victory innings runs runs added brief morning session fell golden duck ball morris immediately ninth man fall ended overs economical given time lost weather day australia won match days playing time overall finished test wickets average equal higher average later tour matches seven matches remained quest tour england defeat australia batted kent took wickets new ball help reduce hosts ending overs forced follow bowled overs kent reduced early wickets ended home team lost innings victory kent followed match rested australia completed innings victory returned match somerset resulted consecutive innings win australia declared took opening wicket returning innings consecutive balls bowling finger spin ended somerset fell forced follow bowled second second innings taken wickets balls innings delivery hat trick ball negotiated ball safely trapped duck taken wickets balls bowled unchanged innings end overs somerset bowled took final wicket fall trapped duck brought 100th class wicket tour match took wicket australia declared men dismissed hosts rain ended match second innings start australia biggest challenge post test tour matches tour team effectively strength england outfit time insisted current players allowed represent hosts opponents finalised players named strength team rain interrupted match bowled ended hosts folded unbeaten partnership australia replied declared time ran second innings tour ended non class matches scotland australia scored took overs took wickets home team fell bowled overs second innings australia completed victory needing bat second time second match signed tour low key manner taking wicket innings end match total australia completed innings triumph role played left arm fast bowler ball new pace bowling finger spin old lost shine australia fast bowler tests reinforcing new ball pairing regarded finest pace time typically miller short sharp new ball bursts local batsmen england agreed new ball available overs milestone usually came frequently old regulation runs ball allowed australia superior pace attack frequent use shiny ball swung high pace typically bowled pace choice pair finished new ball spell spin ball worn took wickets tests making equal leading wicket averaged australian tally substantially best recorded england took wickets test county matches tour carried heaviest workload bowling nearly overs squad member leading wicket class matches wickets australian century wickets tour england average slightly inferior took wickets roles fulfilled borne economy rate strike rate economical miller took wickets frequently performances prompted australia greatest left hand bowler result ability bowl spin pace teammate thought team effectively players saying worth batsmen worth harvey rated best team man squad praised work ethic bowling long periods miller given best opportunities new ball spin bowling teammate described finest team man tourist cricket valued personality miller described popular man cricket colleagues demonstrating double wrapping feet neck reputed nearly drowned attempted communal bath lord carrying heavy workload early stages tour stages tour progressed improved control restrained england batsmen new ball bursts miller chosen year said australian greater personal contribution playing success wrote australia sent greater left england tour opportunities bat invariably batting alongside tail little batting ability player passed class career australians failed pass tour australia miller scored centuries fifties class career rooted batting order australia won innings declared innings time batting strength innings class fixtures scored runs lowest average aggregate scored runs tests including highest class score second test lord statistical note general notes
Bill Johnston with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948