 In both the Test and county matches during the 1948 tour , Johnston carried the heaviest workload , bowling nearly 200 overs more than any other member of the squad . He was the leading wicket @-@ taker with 102 wickets at 16 @.@ 42 , and the last Australian to take a century of wickets on an Ashes tour . His best performances in the tour games included a match haul of 10 / 40 against Yorkshire at Bradford , bowling finger spin on a wet pitch , 8 / 68 against Somerset and 11 / 117 against Hampshire . After carrying a heavy workload in the early stages of the tour , he was used more sparingly in the latter stages . As the tour progressed Johnston improved his control as he restrained England 's batsmen between the new ball bursts of Lindwall and Miller . Johnston finished the season at the top of the first @-@ class bowling averages and was chosen as one of Wisden 's Five Cricketers of the Year . Wisden opined that " no Australian made a greater personal contribution to the playing success of the 1948 side " . Jack Fingleton wrote that Australia had never sent a greater left @-@ hander to England . 
