RESULT
2nd Test, Lord's, June 21 - 26, 1956, Australia tour of England
Australia 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin McDonald | c Trueman b Bailey | 78 | - | 230 | 7 | 0 | - | ||
| Jim Burke | st †Evans b Laker | 65 | - | 250 | 6 | 0 | - | ||
| Neil Harvey | c †Evans b Bailey | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Peter Burge | b Statham | 21 | - | 93 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Keith Miller | b Trueman | 28 | - | 110 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Ken Mackay | c Bailey b Laker | 38 | - | 160 | 4 | 0 | - | ||
| Ron Archer | b Wardle | 28 | - | 91 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Richie Benaud | b Statham | 5 | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Ian Johnson (c) | c †Evans b Trueman | 6 | - | 65 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Gil Langley † | c Bailey b Laker | 14 | - | 50 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Pat Crawford | not out | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Extras | (lb 2) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 146.1 Ov (RR: 1.94) | 285 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Colin McDonald), 2-137 (Neil Harvey), 3-151 (Jim Burke), 4-185 (Peter Burge), 5-196 (Keith Miller), 6-249 (Ron Archer), 7-255 (Richie Benaud), 8-265 (Ken Mackay), 9-285 (Ian Johnson), 10-285 (Gil Langley) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Statham | 35 | 9 | 70 | 2 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | 28 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 1.92 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 34 | 12 | 72 | 2 | 2.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 29.1 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 1.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wardle | 20 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Richardson | c †Langley b Miller | 9 | - | 41 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Colin Cowdrey | c Benaud b Mackay | 23 | - | 97 | 5 | 0 | - | ||
| Tom Graveney | b Miller | 5 | - | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Peter May (c) | b Benaud | 63 | - | 150 | 8 | 0 | - | ||
| Willie Watson | c Benaud b Miller | 6 | - | 49 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Trevor Bailey | b Miller | 32 | - | 135 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Godfrey Evans † | st †Langley b Benaud | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Jim Laker | b Archer | 12 | - | 50 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Johnny Wardle | c †Langley b Archer | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Fred Trueman | c †Langley b Miller | 7 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Brian Statham | not out | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Extras | (lb 14) | 14 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 82 Ov (RR: 2.08) | 171 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Peter Richardson), 2-32 (Tom Graveney), 3-60 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-87 (Willie Watson), 5-128 (Peter May), 6-128 (Godfrey Evans), 7-161 (Jim Laker), 8-161 (Johnny Wardle), 9-170 (Fred Trueman), 10-171 (Trevor Bailey) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Miller | 34.1 | 9 | 72 | 5 | 2.10 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Crawford | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.82 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | 23 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 2.04 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mackay | 11 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.36 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 9 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin McDonald | c Cowdrey b Bailey | 26 | - | 49 | 4 | 0 | - | ||
| Jim Burke | c Graveney b Trueman | 16 | - | 95 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Neil Harvey | c Bailey b Trueman | 10 | - | 10 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Peter Burge | b Trueman | 14 | - | 46 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Ken Mackay | c †Evans b Statham | 31 | - | 205 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| Ron Archer | c †Evans b Bailey | 1 | - | 30 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Keith Miller | c †Evans b Trueman | 30 | - | 54 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| Richie Benaud | c †Evans b Trueman | 97 | - | 140 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| Ian Johnson (c) | lbw b Bailey | 17 | - | 45 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Gil Langley † | not out | 7 | - | 23 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Pat Crawford | lbw b Bailey | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, nb 4) | 8 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 92.5 Ov (RR: 2.76) | 257 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Colin McDonald), 2-47 (Neil Harvey), 3-69 (Jim Burke), 4-70 (Peter Burge), 5-79 (Ron Archer), 6-112 (Keith Miller), 7-229 (Ken Mackay), 8-243 (Richie Benaud), 9-257 (Ian Johnson), 10-257 (Pat Crawford) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Statham | 26 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 2.26 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | 28 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 3.21 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 24.5 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 2.57 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wardle | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2.71 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 372 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Richardson | c †Langley b Archer | 21 | - | 60 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| Colin Cowdrey | lbw b Benaud | 27 | - | 195 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Tom Graveney | c †Langley b Miller | 18 | - | 70 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Willie Watson | b Miller | 18 | - | 47 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Peter May (c) | c †Langley b Miller | 53 | - | 125 | 7 | 0 | - | ||
| Trevor Bailey | c Harvey b Archer | 18 | - | 72 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Godfrey Evans † | c †Langley b Miller | 20 | - | 20 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| Jim Laker | c †Langley b Archer | 4 | - | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | ||
| Johnny Wardle | b Miller | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Fred Trueman | b Archer | 2 | - | 15 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Brian Statham | not out | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| Extras | (lb 5) | 5 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 99.2 Ov (RR: 1.87) | 186 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Peter Richardson), 2-59 (Tom Graveney), 3-89 (Willie Watson), 4-91 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-142 (Trevor Bailey), 6-175 (Godfrey Evans), 7-180 (Peter May), 8-184 (Jim Laker), 9-184 (Johnny Wardle), 10-186 (Fred Trueman) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Miller | 36 | 12 | 80 | 5 | 2.22 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | 31.2 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 2.26 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 28 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0.96 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Johnson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 21 Jun - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 180/3 (Peter Burge 18*, Keith Miller 19*)
Fri, 22 Jun - day 2 - England 1st innings 74/3 (Peter May 23*, Willie Watson 4*)
Sat, 23 Jun - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 115/6 (Ken Mackay 9*, Richie Benaud 3*)
Sun, 24 Jun - rest day
Mon, 25 Jun - day 4 - England 2nd innings 72/2 (Colin Cowdrey 21*, Willie Watson 9*)
Tue, 26 Jun - day 5 - England 2nd innings 186 (99.2 ov) - end of match
MATCH DETAILS
| Lord's, London | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1956 |
| Series result | Australia led the 5-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 426 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | Ken Mackay Pat Crawford |
| Umpires | |
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