australian cricket team england member famous australian cricket team toured england went undefeated matches unprecedented feat test touring england earned team reserve wicket keeper played fourth tests injury choice match debut scored innings bat took catches despite second choice conceded lower rate english summer fourth test conceded england amassed match total lowest percentage conceded australia match tour despite remained favoured deemed faster athletic rotated tour played class matches taking catches australia powerful batting line opportunities bat scoring runs average including century class level essex background started tour clear second choice wicket keeper played australia tests resumption cricket second world war test debut class debut shortly start war resumption regarded second line test selection australia substantial tours years immediately end hostilities need reserve trips trip england meant months abroad needed selected national squad early tour australia traditionally fielded choice team tour opener accordingly selected wicket keeper match scored conceded australia crushed hosts innings runs rested took place county match scored took catch innings conceded australia won innings rested matches yorkshire surrey australia home wickets won innings batted steadily conceded taking catches having difficulty bounce movement ball english conditions sustained bruised right finger lost sight morning surrey match hit placing hand face protection ball ran away bruised finger played successive tour matches cambridge_university took catch required bat australia won innings played match essex australia scored runs day set new world record runs scored day class cricket highest class score class century career partnership runs minutes batting fourth century maker innings innings test batsman said reminded times plays strokes took catch australia won innings runs largest winning margin season faced oxford_university scoring runs taking catch innings victory conceded respectively matches point conceded tour matches conceded match lord fielded seven players went represent england tests basically strength test team australia fielded choice team chance players countries gain psychological advantage ahead test matches selected ahead despite conceding higher rate opening tour matches looked conceded australia won innings county fixtures test lancashire hampshire sussex australia drew winning pair wickets innings runs respectively played match lancashire came held end making unbeaten australia reached completed conceded hosts replied rain affected match ended draw went dismissal conceded hampshire innings came australia having scored runs loss seven wickets man players pass australia conceded innings lead time season completed second innings conceded australia recovered win wickets final opportunity stake claim test selection match sussex bye took catch innings required bat australia declared innings closed conceded australia won innings test omission matches test conceded contrast conceded match scored despite averaging innings warm matches retained test team took catches conceded australia won wickets tests australia played yorkshire rested matches won innings second drawn scored yorkshire making dismissal took catches match conceded matches respectively retained second test lord scored took catches conceded australia won runs dive stop leg resulted severely little finger left hand nursing finger injury rested tour matches tests surrey gloucestershire australia won matches wickets innings respectively place scored completed catch conceding surrey match gloucestershire deprived opportunity bat australia amassed highest score tour second highest england took catches completed conceded match retained teams played draw test manchester match conceded dropped times english batsman went little left finger test exacerbated injury tour match middlesex australia won wickets test debut result finger injury test debut fourth test started july england runs innings took catches remove caught leg innings noted maintaining quiet presence stumps known loudly appealing concert bowler playing felt failure appeal morale vocally supported tests australia conceded runs leaked australia replied unable substantial contribution england wicket keeper bowling runs england second innings reached took catch secure wicket conceded left australia needing world record test run chase victory innings runs meant required bat second innings australia defeated england seven wickets set world record highest successful test run chase england match total runs lowest percentage conceded australia match tour completed catches conceded innings victory rested match match injury took catch conceded rain affected draw hosts total highest percentage contribution innings tour returned wicket win struggled making duck took catches conceded total runs second highest percentage contribution match total australia rested australia second match second draw lancashire conceded non class match durham played purely batsman kept wicket came help australia reach conceded hosts reached rain ended match fit fifth test omitted australia won innings runs complete series victory later tour matches seven matches remained quest complete english tour defeat rested consecutive matches kent gentlemen england somerset kept wickets fixtures australia won innings australia scored kent conceded took catches home bat australia amassed gentlemen england took catch conceded australia enforced follow won match somerset similar bat australia declared making conceding total seven conceded innings matches rested returned following match took catches conceded match washed hosts dismissed australia biggest challenge post test tour matches tour team effectively strength england outfit time insisted current test players allowed represent hosts fielded choice team difference fifth test team inclusion expense left match ended draw multiple rain delays tour ended non class matches scotland match played batsman kept wicket scored australia took catches conceded innings victory second match rested australia completed innings win role reserve wicket keeper played class matches scored runs average including career high score essex catches career records season compared choice scored runs matches tour missed australia conceded runs bye percentage contrast conceded runs scored australia stumps percentage book farewell cricket said speed agility relied solid performance polished player tour opportunities bat generally batting australia included likes capable batsmen scored test centuries career scored class centuries tests johnson ring scored fifties class level result batted australia won innings declared innings occasions innings class fixtures times remaining partners dismissed statistical notes general notes
Ron Saggers with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948