OLD TRAFFORD CRICKET GROUND RECORDS Test Matches 1880-1997
Opponent P W L D T AB
v Australia 27 7 7 13 0 0 v South Africa 7 3 1 3 0 0 v West Indies 12 4 5 3 0 0 v New Zealand 5 2 0 3 0 0 v India 8 3 0 5 0 0 v Pakistan 3 0 0 3 0 0 Total England Tests 62 19 13 30 0 0 Australia v South Africa 1 1 0 0 0 0
First Test Match: England v Australia, 10-12 Jul 1884 Last Test Match: England v Australia, 3-7 Jul 1997
Records for the Old Trafford Ground: England Test Matches: Highest Innings Total For: 627-9dec v Australia, 1934 Agt: 658-8dec by Australia, 1964 Lowest Innings Total For: 71 v West Indies, 1976 Agt: 58 by India, 1952 Highest Individual Score For: 256 KF Barrington v Australia, 1964 Agt: 311 RB Simpson for Australia, 1964 Best Bowling Analysis (Inns) For: 10-53 JC Laker v Australia, 1956 Agt: 8-31 F Laver for Australia, 1909 Best Bowling Analysis (Match) For: 19-90 JC Laker v Australia, 1956 Agt: 11-157 L Gibbs for West Indies, 1963
Highest Wicket Partnerships For: 1st 225 GA Gooch and MA Atherton v India, 1990 2nd 134 AE Fagg and WR Hammond v India, 1936 3rd 246 ER Dexter and KF Barrington v Australia, 1964 4th 160 RA Woolmer and AW Grieg v Australia, 1977 5th 191 EH Hendren and M Leyland v Australia, 1934 6th 169 IT Botham and G Miller v India, 1982 7th 142 RC Russell and JE Emburey v Australia, 1989 8th 168 R Illingworth and P Lever v India, 1971 9th 95 GOB Allen and H Verity v Australia, 1934 10th 56 PJW Allott and RGD Willis v Australia, 1981
Against: 1st 203 VM Merchant and Mushtaq Ali for India, 1936 2nd 200 I Barrow and GA Headley for West Indies, 1933 3rd 144 WM Lawry and KD Walters for Australia, 1968 4th 189 SV Manjrekar and M Azharuddin for India, 1990 5th 219 RB Simpson and BC Booth for Australia, 1964 6th 180* SR Waugh and IA Healy for Australia, 1993 7th 160* SR Tendulkar and M Prabhakar for India, 1990 8th 97 SM Patil and S Madan Lal for India, 1982 9th 104 RW Marsh and JW Gleeson for Australia, 1972 10th 98 AK Davidson and GD McKenzie for Australia, 1961
Note: 3rd 202 C Kelleway and W Bardsley Australia v South Africa, 1912
Original Source: The Association of Cricket Statisticians "Cricket Grounds of Lancashire" by Malcolm Lorimer and Don Ambrose