| Main Home | Country Home | Players | Records | Matches |
Australia v England @ Sydney Cricket Ground
9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 January 1959 (six-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: C Hoy, MJ McInnes
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Trevor Bailey | lbw b Ian Meckiff | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 2. Arthur Milton | c Ian Meckiff b Alan Davidson | 8 | 23 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 3. Tom Graveney | c Neil Harvey b Richie Benaud | 33 | 0 | 133 | 3 | - |
| *4. Peter May | c Ken Mackay b Keith Slater | 42 | 0 | 114 | 3 | - |
| 5. Colin Cowdrey | c Neil Harvey b Richie Benaud | 34 | 0 | 97 | 5 | - |
| 6. Ted Dexter | lbw b Keith Slater | 1 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| +7. Roy Swetman | c Ken Mackay b Richie Benaud | 41 | 0 | 168 | 1 | - |
| 8. Tony Lock | lbw b Ken Mackay | 21 | 0 | 62 | 3 | - |
| 9. Fred Trueman | c Jim Burke b Richie Benaud | 18 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Jim Laker | c Neil Harvey b Richie Benaud | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Brian Statham | not out | 0 | 2 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-19 (Trevor Bailey), 2-23 (Arthur Milton), 3-91 (Peter May), 4-97 (Tom Graveney), 5-98 (Ted Dexter), 6-155 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-194 (Tony Lock), 8-200 (Roy Swetman), 9-202 (Jim Laker), 219 (Fred Trueman). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82.4 ovs) 219 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 12 | 3 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Meckiff | 15 | 2 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 33.4 | 10 | 83 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keith Slater | 14 | 4 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 8 | 3 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | c Tom Graveney b Tony Lock | 40 | 0 | 192 | 2 | - |
| 2. Jim Burke | c Tony Lock b Jim Laker | 12 | 0 | 74 | - | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | b Jim Laker | 7 | 0 | 47 | 1 | - |
| 4. Norm O'Neill | c Roy Swetman b Jim Laker | 77 | 0 | 222 | 7 | - |
| 5. Les Favell | c Colin Cowdrey b Tony Lock | 54 | 0 | 147 | 4 | - |
| 6. Ken Mackay | b Fred Trueman | 57 | 0 | 199 | 6 | - |
| *7. Richie Benaud | b Jim Laker | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 8. Alan Davidson | lbw b Tony Lock | 71 | 0 | 232 | 8 | - |
| +9. Wally Grout | c Brian Statham b Jim Laker | 14 | 0 | 53 | - | - |
| 10. Keith Slater | not out | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Ian Meckiff | b Tony Lock | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Jim Burke), 2-52 (Neil Harvey), 3-87 (Colin McDonald), 4-197 (Les Favell), 5-199 (Norm O'Neill), 6-208 (Richie Benaud), 7-323 (Ken Mackay), 8-353 (Alan Davidson), 9-355 (Wally Grout), 357 (Ian Meckiff). |
| Extras | 5b, 10lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 128.2 ovs) 357 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 16 | 2 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Trueman | 18 | 3 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 43.2 | 9 | 130 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 46 | 9 | 107 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Bailey | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Trevor Bailey | c sub b Richie Benaud | 25 | 0 | 86 | 3 | - |
| 2. Arthur Milton | c Alan Davidson b Richie Benaud | 8 | 56 | 71 | 1 | - |
| 3. Tom Graveney | lbw b Alan Davidson | 22 | 0 | 53 | 2 | - |
| *4. Peter May | b Jim Burke | 92 | 0 | 318 | 10 | - |
| 5. Colin Cowdrey | not out | 100 | 0 | 365 | 7 | - |
| 6. Ted Dexter | c Wally Grout b Richie Benaud | 11 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - |
| +7. Roy Swetman | lbw b Jim Burke | 5 | 0 | 23 | - | - |
| 8. Fred Trueman | st Wally Grout b Richie Benaud | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Tony Lock | not out | 11 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - |
| 10. Jim Laker | ||||||
| 11. Brian Statham |
| FOW | 1-30 (Arthur Milton), 2-37 (Trevor Bailey), 3-64 (Tom Graveney), 4-246 (Peter May), 5-262 (Ted Dexter), 6-269 (Roy Swetman), 7-270 (Fred Trueman). |
| Extras | 11b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 109 ovs) 287 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 33 | 11 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Meckiff | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 33 | 7 | 94 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keith Slater | 18 | 5 | 61 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Burke | 11 | 3 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | b Jim Laker | 16 | 0 | 73 | 1 | - |
| 2. Jim Burke | b Jim Laker | 7 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | not out | 18 | 0 | 55 | 3 | - |
| 4. Norm O'Neill | not out | 7 | 0 | 35 | - | - |
| 5. Les Favell | ||||||
| 6. Ken Mackay | ||||||
| *7. Richie Benaud | ||||||
| 8. Alan Davidson | ||||||
| +9. Wally Grout | ||||||
| 10. Keith Slater | ||||||
| 11. Ian Meckiff |
| FOW | 1-22 (Jim Burke), 2-33 (Colin McDonald). |
| Extras | 6b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 25 ovs) 54 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fred Trueman | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Colin McDonald, Jim Burke, Neil Harvey, Norm O'Neill, Les Favell, Ken Mackay, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Wally Grout, Keith Slater, Ian Meckiff