Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c †Langley b Miller	37	-	110	3	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c †Langley b Lindwall	0	-	3	0	0	-
David Sheppard	c Archer b Miller	24	-	78	0	0	-
Peter May (c)	not out	83	-	286	9	0	-
Denis Compton	c Davidson b Archer	94	-	210	7	0	-
Tony Lock	c †Langley b Archer	0	-	2	0	0	-
Cyril Washbrook	lbw b Archer	0	-	6	0	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	lbw b Miller	0	-	5	0	0	-
Jim Laker	c Archer b Miller	4	-	19	0	0	-
Frank Tyson	c Davidson b Archer	3	-	13	0	0	-
Brian Statham	b Archer	0	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	(w 2)	2
Total	109.2 Ov (RR: 2.25)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Colin Cowdrey), 2-53 (David Sheppard), 3-66 (Peter Richardson), 4-222 (Denis Compton), 5-222 (Tony Lock), 6-222 (Cyril Washbrook), 7-223 (Godfrey Evans), 8-231 (Jim Laker), 9-243 (Frank Tyson), 10-247 (Brian Statham)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	18	5	36	1	2.00	-	-	-
Keith Miller	40	7	91	4	2.27	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	5	1	16	0	3.20	-	-	-
Ron Archer	28.2	7	53	5	1.87	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	9	2	28	0	3.11	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	9	2	21	0	2.33	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Lock b Tyson	3	-	8	0	0	-
Jim Burke	b Laker	8	-	28	2	0	-
Neil Harvey	c May b Lock	39	-	156	2	0	-
Ian Craig	c Statham b Lock	2	-	8	0	0	-
Ian Johnson (c)	b Laker	12	-	42	1	0	-
Alan Davidson	c May b Laker	8	-	20	2	0	-
Keith Miller	c Washbrook b Statham	61	-	217	2	2	-
Ron Archer	c Tyson b Laker	9	-	17	0	1	-
Richie Benaud	b Statham	32	-	39	6	0	-
Ray Lindwall	not out	22	-	100	3	0	-
Gil Langley †	lbw b Statham	0	-	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6)	6
Total	92 Ov (RR: 2.19)	202
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Colin McDonald), 2-17 (Jim Burke), 3-20 (Ian Craig), 4-35 (Ian Johnson), 5-47 (Alan Davidson), 6-90 (Neil Harvey), 7-111 (Ron Archer), 8-154 (Richie Benaud), 9-202 (Keith Miller), 10-202 (Gil Langley)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	21	8	33	3	1.57	-	-	-
Frank Tyson	14	5	34	1	2.42	-	-	-
Jim Laker	32	12	80	4	2.50	-	-	-
Tony Lock	25	10	49	2	1.96	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	c †Langley b Lindwall	34	-	114	4	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c Benaud b Davidson	8	-	30	1	0	-
David Sheppard	c Archer b Miller	62	-	98	9	0	-
Peter May (c)	not out	37	-	93	3	0	-
Denis Compton	not out	35	-	75	4	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 3)	6
Total	61 Ov (RR: 2.98)	182/3d
Did not bat: Tony Lock, Cyril Washbrook, Godfrey Evans †, Jim Laker, Frank Tyson, Brian Statham
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Colin Cowdrey), 2-100 (Peter Richardson), 3-108 (David Sheppard)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	12	3	29	1	2.41	-	-	-
Keith Miller	22	3	56	1	2.54	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	5	0	18	1	3.60	-	-	-
Ron Archer	13	3	42	0	3.23	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	4	1	7	0	1.75	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	1	0	10	0	10.00	-	-	-
Jim Burke	4	2	14	0	3.50	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 228 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	lbw b Statham	0	-	3	0	0	-
Jim Burke	lbw b Laker	1	-	43	0	0	-
Neil Harvey	c May b Lock	1	-	20	0	0	-
Ian Craig	c Lock b Laker	7	-	36	1	0	-
Keith Miller	not out	7	-	66	1	0	-
Ian Johnson (c)	c Lock b Laker	10	-	43	1	0	-
Richie Benaud	not out	0	-	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1)	1
Total	38.1 Ov (RR: 0.70)	27/5
Did not bat: Alan Davidson, Ron Archer, Ray Lindwall, Gil Langley †
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Colin McDonald), 2-1 (Neil Harvey), 3-5 (Jim Burke), 4-10 (Ian Craig), 5-27 (Ian Johnson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	2	1	1	1	0.50	-	-	-
Jim Laker	18	14	8	3	0.44	-	-	-
Tony Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 23 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 223/7 (Peter May 67*, Jim Laker 0*)

Fri, 24 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 198/8 (Keith Miller 57*, Ray Lindwall 22*)

Sat, 25 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 76/1 (Peter Richardson 28*, David Sheppard 40*)

Sun, 26 Aug - rest day

Mon, 27 Aug - day 4 - no play

Tue, 28 Aug - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 27/5 (38.1 ov) - end of match

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	2	1	1	1	0.5
JC Laker	18	14	8	3	0.44
GAR Lock	18.1	11	17	1	0.93

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