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England v Australia @ Old Trafford, Manchester
9, 10, 11, 13, 14 July 1953 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: D Davies, H Elliott
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Lindsay Hassett | b Trevor Bailey | 26 | - | 51 | 4 | - |
| 2. Arthur Morris | b Alec Bedser | 1 | 0 | 34 | - | - |
| 3. Keith Miller | b Alec Bedser | 17 | - | 39 | 1 | - |
| 4. Neil Harvey | c Godfrey Evans b Alec Bedser | 122 | - | 236 | 11 | - |
| 5. Graeme Hole | c Godfrey Evans b Alec Bedser | 66 | - | 205 | 6 | - |
| 6. Jim de Courcy | lbw b Johnny Wardle | 41 | - | 111 | 5 | - |
| 7. Alan Davidson | st Godfrey Evans b Jim Laker | 15 | - | 44 | 3 | - |
| 8. Ron Archer | c Denis Compton b Alec Bedser | 5 | - | 14 | 1 | - |
| 9. Ray Lindwall | c Bill Edrich b Johnny Wardle | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Jack Hill | not out | 8 | - | 26 | 2 | - |
| +11. Gil Langley | c Bill Edrich b Johnny Wardle | 8 | - | 7 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Arthur Morris), 2-48 (Lindsay Hassett), 3-48 (Keith Miller), 4-221 (Graeme Hole), 5-256 (Neil Harvey), 6-285 (Alan Davidson), 7-290 (Ron Archer), 8-291 (Ray Lindwall), 9-302 (Jim de Courcy), 318 (Gil Langley). |
| Extras | 6b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 116.3 ovs) 318 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alec Bedser | 45 | 10 | 115 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Bailey | 26 | 4 | 83 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johnny Wardle | 28.3 | 10 | 70 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 17 | 3 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Len Hutton | lbw b Ray Lindwall | 66 | - | 162 | 10 | - |
| 2. Bill Edrich | c Graeme Hole b Jack Hill | 6 | - | 23 | 1 | - |
| 3. Tom Graveney | c Jim de Courcy b Keith Miller | 5 | - | 18 | 1 | - |
| 4. Denis Compton | c Gil Langley b Ron Archer | 45 | - | 127 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. Johnny Wardle | b Ray Lindwall | 5 | - | 66 | 1 | - |
| 6. Willie Watson | b Alan Davidson | 16 | - | 51 | 2 | - |
| 7. Reg Simpson | c Gil Langley b Alan Davidson | 31 | - | 83 | 5 | - |
| 8. Trevor Bailey | c Graeme Hole b Jack Hill | 27 | - | 115 | 3 | - |
| +9. Godfrey Evans | not out | 44 | - | 39 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. Jim Laker | lbw b Jack Hill | 5 | - | 6 | 1 | - |
| 11. Alec Bedser | b Arthur Morris | 10 | - | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-19 (Bill Edrich), 2-32 (Tom Graveney), 3-126 (Len Hutton), 4-126 (Denis Compton), 5-149 (Willie Watson), 6-149 (Johnny Wardle), 7-209 (Reg Simpson), 8-231 (Trevor Bailey), 9-243 (Jim Laker), 276 (Alec Bedser). |
| Extras | 8b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 120 ovs) 276 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ray Lindwall | 20 | 8 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ron Archer | 15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jack Hill | 35 | 7 | 97 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keith Miller | 24 | 11 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Davidson | 20 | 4 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Harvey | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Hole | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arthur Morris | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Lindsay Hassett | c Trevor Bailey b Alec Bedser | 8 | - | 10 | 2 | - |
| 2. Arthur Morris | c Len Hutton b Jim Laker | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 3. Keith Miller | st Godfrey Evans b Jim Laker | 6 | - | 11 | - | - |
| 4. Graeme Hole | c Godfrey Evans b Alec Bedser | 2 | - | 13 | - | - |
| 5. Jim de Courcy | st Godfrey Evans b Johnny Wardle | 8 | - | 21 | - | 1 |
| 6. Alan Davidson | not out | 4 | - | 33 | - | - |
| 7. Neil Harvey | b Johnny Wardle | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 8. Ron Archer | lbw b Johnny Wardle | 0 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Ray Lindwall | b Johnny Wardle | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| 10. Jack Hill | not out | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| +11. Gil Langley |
| FOW | 1-8 (Arthur Morris), 2-12 (Lindsay Hassett), 3-18 (Keith Miller), 4-18 (Graeme Hole), 5-31 (Jim de Courcy), 6-31 (Neil Harvey), 7-31 (Ron Archer), 8-35 (Ray Lindwall). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 18 ovs) 35 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alec Bedser | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 9 | 5 | 11 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Johnny Wardle | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Len Hutton, Bill Edrich, Tom Graveney, Denis Compton, Johnny Wardle, Willie Watson, Reg Simpson, Trevor Bailey, Godfrey Evans, Jim Laker, Alec Bedser