Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lindsay Hassett (c)	b Bailey	26	-	51	4	0	-
Arthur Morris	b Bedser	1	-	34	0	0	-
Keith Miller	b Bedser	17	-	39	1	0	-
Neil Harvey	c †Evans b Bedser	122	-	236	11	0	-
Graeme Hole	c †Evans b Bedser	66	-	205	6	0	-
Jim de Courcy	lbw b Wardle	41	-	111	5	0	-
Alan Davidson	st †Evans b Laker	15	-	44	3	0	-
Ron Archer	c Compton b Bedser	5	-	14	1	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c Edrich b Wardle	1	-	3	0	0	-
Jack Hill	not out	8	-	26	2	0	-
Gil Langley †	c Edrich b Wardle	8	-	7	1	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 1, nb 1)	8
Total	116.3 Ov (RR: 2.72)	318
Fall of wickets: 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), 10-318 (Gil Langley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	45	10	115	5	2.55	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	26	4	83	1	3.19	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	28.3	10	70	3	2.45	-	-	-
Jim Laker	17	3	42	1	2.47	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton (c)	lbw b Lindwall	66	-	162	10	0	-
Bill Edrich	c Hole b Hill	6	-	23	1	0	-
Tom Graveney	c de Courcy b Miller	5	-	18	1	0	-
Denis Compton	c †Langley b Archer	45	-	127	3	1	-
Johnny Wardle	b Lindwall	5	-	66	1	0	-
Willie Watson	b Davidson	16	-	51	2	0	-
Reg Simpson	c †Langley b Davidson	31	-	83	5	0	-
Trevor Bailey	c Hole b Hill	27	-	115	3	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	not out	44	-	39	4	1	-
Jim Laker	lbw b Hill	5	-	6	1	0	-
Alec Bedser	b Morris	10	-	14	1	1	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 8)	16
Total	120 Ov (RR: 2.30)	276
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Bill Edrich), 2-32 (Tom Graveney), 3-126 (Leonard 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), 10-276 (Alec Bedser)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	20	8	30	2	1.50	-	-	-
Ron Archer	15	8	12	1	0.80	-	-	-
Jack Hill	35	7	97	3	2.77	-	-	-
Keith Miller	24	11	38	1	1.58	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	20	4	60	2	3.00	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	3	2	2	0	0.66	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	2	0	16	0	8.00	-	-	-
Arthur Morris	1	0	5	1	5.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lindsay Hassett (c)	c Bailey b Bedser	8	-	10	2	0	-
Arthur Morris	c Hutton b Laker	0	-	7	0	0	-
Keith Miller	st †Evans b Laker	6	-	11	0	0	-
Graeme Hole	c †Evans b Bedser	2	-	13	0	0	-
Jim de Courcy	st †Evans b Wardle	8	-	21	0	1	-
Alan Davidson	not out	4	-	33	0	0	-
Neil Harvey	b Wardle	0	-	3	0	0	-
Ron Archer	lbw b Wardle	0	-	1	0	0	-
Ray Lindwall	b Wardle	4	-	3	1	0	-
Jack Hill	not out	0	-	2	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	18 Ov (RR: 1.94)	35/8
Did not bat: Gil Langley †
Fall of wickets: 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	4	1	14	2	3.50	-	-	-
Jim Laker	9	5	11	2	1.22	-	-	-
Johnny Wardle	5	2	7	4	1.40	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 09 Jul - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 151/3 (Neil Harvey 60*, Graeme Hole 41*)

Fri, 10 Jul - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 221/3 (Neil Harvey 105*, Graeme Hole 66*)

Sat, 11 Jul - day 3 - England 1st innings 126/4 (Johnny Wardle 0*, Willie Watson 0*)

Sun, 12 Jul - rest day

Mon, 13 Jul - day 4 - no play

Tue, 14 Jul - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 35/8 (18 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1953
Series result	5-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 374
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Jim de Courcy
Umpires	Dai Davies Harry Elliott

Match Coverage

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA 1953

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	4	1	14	2	3.5
JC Laker	9	5	11	2	1.22
JH Wardle	5	2	7	4	1.4

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