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Australia tour of England, 1961 / Scorecard

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The Ashes - 4th Test

England v Australia

Australia won by 54 runs

Australia 1st innings R M 4s 6s
WM Lawry lbw b Statham 74 178 11 0
RB Simpson c †Murray b Statham 4 7 1 0
RN Harvey c Subba Row b Statham 19 38 1 0
NC O'Neill hit wicket b Trueman 11 62 1 0
PJP Burge b Flavell 15 22 2 0
BC Booth c Close b Statham 46 85 5 0
KD Mackay c †Murray b Statham 11 25 0 0
AK Davidson c Barrington b Dexter 0 18 0 0
R Benaud* b Dexter 2 18 0 0
ATW Grout† c †Murray b Dexter 2 13 0 0
GD McKenzie not out 1 2 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 1) 5
Total (all out; 63.4 overs) 190 (2.98 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Simpson), 2-51 (Harvey), 3-89 (O'Neill), 4-106 (Burge), 5-150 (Lawry), 6-174 (Mackay), 7-185 (Booth), 8-185 (Davidson), 9-189 (Grout), 10-190 (Benaud)
Bowling O M R W Econ
FS Trueman 14 1 55 1 3.92
JB Statham 21 3 53 5 2.52
JA Flavell 22 8 61 1 2.77
ER Dexter 6.4 2 16 3 2.40
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Pullar b Davidson 63 218 7 0
R Subba Row c Simpson b Davidson 2 8 0 0
ER Dexter c Davidson b McKenzie 16 46 1 0
PBH May* c Simpson b Davidson 95 228 14 0
DB Close lbw b McKenzie 33 99 4 1
KF Barrington c O'Neill b Simpson 78 218 10 0
JT Murray† c †Grout b Mackay 24 101 4 0
DA Allen c Booth b Simpson 42 104 7 0
FS Trueman c Harvey b Simpson 3 25 0 0
JB Statham c Mackay b Simpson 4 19 0 0
JA Flavell not out 0 1 0 0 0 -
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 1) 7
Total (all out; 163.4 overs) 367 (2.24 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Subba Row), 2-43 (Dexter), 3-154 (Pullar), 4-212 (May), 5-212 (Close), 6-272 (Murray), 7-358 (Barrington), 8-362 (Allen), 9-367 (Trueman), 10-367 (Statham)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AK Davidson 39 11 70 3 1.79
GD McKenzie 38 11 106 2 2.78
KD Mackay 40 9 81 1 2.02
R Benaud 35 15 80 0 2.28
RB Simpson 11.4 4 23 4 1.97
Australia 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
WM Lawry c Trueman b Allen 102 268 13 0
RB Simpson c †Murray b Flavell 51 141 7 0
RN Harvey c †Murray b Dexter 35 82 5 0
NC O'Neill c †Murray b Statham 67 155 9 0
PJP Burge c †Murray b Dexter 23 89 2 0
BC Booth lbw b Dexter 9 24 1 0
KD Mackay c Close b Allen 18 61 3 0
AK Davidson not out 77 174 10 2
R Benaud* lbw b Allen 1 12 0 0
ATW Grout† c Statham b Allen 0 2 0 0
GD McKenzie b Flavell 32 102 3 0
Extras (b 6, lb 9, w 2) 17
Total (all out; 171.4 overs) 432 (2.51 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-113 (Simpson), 2-175 (Harvey), 3-210 (Lawry), 4-274 (Burge), 5-290 (O'Neill), 6-296 (Booth), 7-332 (Mackay), 8-334 (Benaud), 9-334 (Grout), 10-432 (McKenzie)
Bowling O M R W Econ
FS Trueman 32 6 92 0 2.87
JB Statham 44 9 106 1 2.40
JA Flavell 29.4 4 65 2 2.19
ER Dexter 20 4 61 3 3.05
DA Allen 38 25 58 4 1.52
DB Close 8 1 33 0 4.12
England 2nd innings (target: 256 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Pullar c O'Neill b Davidson 26 41 3 0
R Subba Row b Benaud 49 145 8 0
ER Dexter c †Grout b Benaud 76 84 14 1
PBH May* b Benaud 0 4 2 0 0 0.00
DB Close c O'Neill b Benaud 8 8 0 1
KF Barrington lbw b Mackay 5 12 1 0
JT Murray† c Simpson b Benaud 4 5 1 0
DA Allen c Simpson b Benaud 10 28 2 0
FS Trueman c Benaud b Simpson 8 43 2 0
JB Statham b Davidson 8 30 2 0
JA Flavell not out 0 12 0 0
Extras (b 5, w 2) 7
Total (all out; 71.4 overs) 201 (2.80 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-40 (Pullar), 2-150 (Dexter), 3-150 (May), 4-158 (Close), 5-163 (Subba Row), 6-171 (Murray), 7-171 (Barrington), 8-189 (Allen), 9-193 (Trueman), 10-201 (Statham)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AK Davidson 14.4 1 50 2 3.40
GD McKenzie 4 1 20 0 5.00
KD Mackay 13 7 33 1 2.53
R Benaud 32 11 70 6 2.18
RB Simpson 8 4 21 1 2.62
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-1
Test debuts BC Booth (Australia); JA Flavell (England)
Umpires JG Langridge and WE Phillipson
Close of play
Thu, 27 Jul - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 124/4 (WM Lawry 64*, BC Booth 6*)
Fri, 28 Jul - day 2 - England 1st innings 187/3 (PBH May 90*, DB Close 14*)
Sat, 29 Jul - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 63/0 (WM Lawry 33*, RB Simpson 29*)
Sun, 30 Jul - rest day
Mon, 31 Jul - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 331/6 (KD Mackay 18*, AK Davidson 18*)
Tue, 1 Aug - day 5 - England 2nd innings 201 (71.4 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
England v Australia at The Oval - Aug 17-22, 1961
Match drawn
England v Australia at Manchester - Jul 27-Aug 1, 1961
Australia won by 54 runs
England v Australia at Leeds - Jul 6-8, 1961
England won by 8 wickets
England v Australia at Lord's - Jun 22-26, 1961
Australia won by 5 wickets
England v Australia at Birmingham - Jun 8-13, 1961
Match drawn
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