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England v Australia @ Kennington Oval, London
17, 18, 19, 21, 22 August 1961 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: CS Elliott, FS Lee
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Pullar | b Alan Davidson | 8 | - | 26 | 1 | - |
| 2. Raman Subba Row | lbw b Ron Gaunt | 12 | - | 45 | 1 | - |
| 3. Colin Cowdrey | c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson | 0 | - | 21 | - | - |
| *4. Peter May | c Bill Lawry b Richie Benaud | 71 | - | 183 | 11 | - |
| 5. Ted Dexter | c Wally Grout b Ron Gaunt | 24 | - | 71 | 5 | - |
| 6. Ken Barrington | c Wally Grout b Ron Gaunt | 53 | - | 195 | 5 | - |
| +7. John Murray | c Norm O'Neill b Ken Mackay | 27 | - | 110 | 2 | - |
| 8. Tony Lock | c Wally Grout b Ken Mackay | 3 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 9. David Allen | not out | 22 | - | 79 | 2 | - |
| 10. Brian Statham | b Alan Davidson | 18 | - | 47 | 2 | - |
| 11. Jack Flavell | c Bob Simpson b Alan Davidson | 14 | - | 17 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Geoff Pullar), 2-20 (Raman Subba Row), 3-20 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-67 (Ted Dexter), 5-147 (Peter May), 6-193 (Ken Barrington), 7-199 (Tony Lock), 8-202 (John Murray), 9-238 (Brian Statham), 256 (Jack Flavell). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 118.1 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 34.1 | 8 | 83 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ron Gaunt | 24 | 3 | 53 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 17 | 4 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 39 | 14 | 75 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bill Lawry | c John Murray b Brian Statham | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 2. Bob Simpson | b David Allen | 40 | - | 107 | 4 | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | lbw b Jack Flavell | 13 | - | 18 | 1 | - |
| 4. Norm O'Neill | c sub b David Allen | 117 | - | 200 | 14 | - |
| 5. Peter Burge | b David Allen | 181 | - | 411 | 22 | - |
| 6. Brian Booth | c Raman Subba Row b Tony Lock | 71 | - | 199 | 12 | - |
| 7. Ken Mackay | c John Murray b Jack Flavell | 5 | - | 13 | - | - |
| 8. Alan Davidson | lbw b Brian Statham | 17 | - | 43 | 3 | - |
| *9. Richie Benaud | b David Allen | 6 | - | 26 | 1 | - |
| +10. Wally Grout | not out | 30 | - | 28 | 6 | - |
| 11. Ron Gaunt | b Brian Statham | 3 | - | 18 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Bill Lawry), 2-15 (Neil Harvey), 3-88 (Bob Simpson), 4-211 (Norm O'Neill), 5-396 (Brian Booth), 6-401 (Ken Mackay), 7-441 (Alan Davidson), 8-455 (Richie Benaud), 9-472 (Peter Burge), 494 (Ron Gaunt). |
| Extras | 10b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 165.5 ovs) 494 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brian Statham | 38.5 | 10 | 75 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jack Flavell | 31 | 5 | 105 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ted Dexter | 24 | 2 | 68 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Allen | 30 | 6 | 133 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 42 | 14 | 102 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Pullar | c Wally Grout b Ken Mackay | 13 | - | 52 | - | - |
| 2. Raman Subba Row | c & b Richie Benaud | 137 | - | 385 | 15 | 1 |
| 3. Ted Dexter | c Ron Gaunt b Ken Mackay | 0 | - | 5 | - | - |
| *4. Peter May | c Norm O'Neill b Ken Mackay | 33 | - | 44 | 7 | - |
| 5. Colin Cowdrey | c Richie Benaud b Ken Mackay | 3 | - | 13 | - | - |
| 6. Ken Barrington | c Norm O'Neill b Richie Benaud | 83 | - | 226 | 10 | - |
| +7. John Murray | c Wally Grout b Richie Benaud | 40 | - | 130 | 7 | - |
| 8. Tony Lock | c Richie Benaud b Ken Mackay | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 9. David Allen | not out | 42 | - | 124 | 4 | - |
| 10. Brian Statham | not out | 9 | - | 24 | 2 | - |
| 11. Jack Flavell |
| FOW | 1-33 (Geoff Pullar), 2-33 (Ted Dexter), 3-83 (Peter May), 4-90 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-262 (Ken Barrington), 6-283 (Raman Subba Row), 7-283 (Tony Lock), 8-355 (John Murray). |
| Extras | 6b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 177 ovs) 370 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 29 | 7 | 67 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ron Gaunt | 22 | 7 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 68 | 21 | 121 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 51 | 18 | 113 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norm O'Neill | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Harvey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Geoff Pullar, Raman Subba Row, Ted Dexter, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Ken Barrington, John Murray, Tony Lock, David Allen, Brian Statham, Jack Flavell