this was the first ashes series to be played Action 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 .

their captain don bradman had publicly expressed Expressing_publicly his ambition of going through the tour without defeat , and australia won 10 of their 12 lead-up matches Competition , eight by an innings .

failure to contain the australian batsmen , particularly bradman himself , plagued the english bowlers , while their batsmen were prone to struggling Confronting_problem and collapsing Motion_directional on key occasions , with rain petering the third test into a draw .

the series Competition saw a number of notable cricketing feats , including a unk partnership between bradman and arthur morris , aided Assistance by many dropped Earnings_and_losses catches and missed stumpings , during the fourth test , and australia 's heaviest win of the series in the fifth test , where england were bowled Body_movement out for 52 in half a day .