England vs Australia, 5th Test at London, Aug 15 1953 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 15 - 19, 1953, Australia tour of England

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Australia

275 & 162

England

(T:132) 306 & 132/2

England won by 8 wickets

Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

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Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lindsay Hassett (c)	c †Evans b Bedser	53	-	135	4	0	-
Arthur Morris	lbw b Bedser	16	-	-	-	0	-
Keith Miller	lbw b Bailey	1	-	8	0	0	-
Neil Harvey	c Hutton b Trueman	36	-	79	-	0	-
Graeme Hole	c †Evans b Trueman	37	-	63	2	0	-
Jim de Courcy	c †Evans b Trueman	5	-	-	1	0	-
Ron Archer	c & b Bedser	10	-	-	-	0	-
Alan Davidson	c Edrich b Laker	22	-	52	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c †Evans b Trueman	62	-	115	8	0	-
Gil Langley †	c Edrich b Lock	18	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	9	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(b 4, nb 2)	6
Total	81.3 Ov (RR: 3.37)	275
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Arthur Morris), 2-41 (Keith Miller), 3-107 (Lindsay Hassett), 4-107 (Neil Harvey), 5-118 (Jim de Courcy), 6-160 (Graeme Hole), 7-160 (Ron Archer), 8-207 (Alan Davidson), 9-245 (Gil Langley), 10-275 (Ray Lindwall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	29	3	88	3	3.03	-	-	-
Fred Trueman	24.3	3	86	4	3.51	-	-	-
Trevor Bailey	14	3	42	1	3.00	-	-	-
Tony Lock	9	2	19	1	2.11	-	-	-
Jim Laker	5	0	34	1	6.80	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton (c)	b Johnston	82	-	218	8	0	-
Bill Edrich	lbw b Lindwall	21	-	-	3	0	-
Peter May	c Archer b Johnston	39	-	140	-	0	-
Denis Compton	c †Langley b Lindwall	16	-	68	-	0	-
Tom Graveney	c Miller b Lindwall	4	-	-	0	0	-
Trevor Bailey	b Archer	64	-	222	7	0	-
Godfrey Evans †	run out	28	-	46	-	0	-
Jim Laker	c †Langley b Miller	1	-	-	0	0	-
Tony Lock	c Davidson b Lindwall	4	-	52	-	0	-
Fred Trueman	b Johnston	10	-	35	-	0	-
Alec Bedser	not out	22	-	70	-	0	-
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, w 1)	15
Total	142.3 Ov (RR: 2.14)	306
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Bill Edrich), 2-137 (Peter May), 3-154 (Leonard Hutton), 4-167 (Denis Compton), 5-170 (Tom Graveney), 6-210 (Godfrey Evans), 7-225 (Jim Laker), 8-237 (Tony Lock), 9-262 (Fred Trueman), 10-306 (Trevor Bailey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	32	7	70	4	2.18	-	-	-
Keith Miller	34	12	65	1	1.91	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	45	16	94	3	2.08	-	-	-
Alan Davidson	10	1	26	0	2.60	-	-	-
Ron Archer	10.3	2	25	1	2.38	-	-	-
Graeme Hole	11	6	11	0	1.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lindsay Hassett (c)	lbw b Laker	10	-	-	-	0	-
Arthur Morris	lbw b Lock	26	-	-	-	0	-
Graeme Hole	lbw b Laker	17	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Harvey	b Lock	1	3	-	0	0	33.33
Keith Miller	c Trueman b Laker	0	8	-	0	0	0.00
Jim de Courcy	run out	4	-	-	-	0	-
Ron Archer	c Edrich b Lock	49	-	63	7	1	-
Alan Davidson	b Lock	21	-	41	-	1	-
Ray Lindwall	c Compton b Laker	12	-	-	-	1	-
Gil Langley †	c Trueman b Lock	2	-	-	0	0	-
Bill Johnston	not out	6	-	26	0	0	-
Extras	(b 11, lb 3)	14
Total	50.5 Ov (RR: 3.18)	162
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Lindsay Hassett), 2-59 (Graeme Hole), 3-60 (Neil Harvey), 4-61 (Keith Miller), 5-61 (Arthur Morris), 6-85 (Jim de Courcy), 7-135 (Alan Davidson), 8-140 (Ron Archer), 9-144 (Gil Langley), 10-162 (Ray Lindwall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alec Bedser	11	2	24	0	2.18	-	-	-
Fred Trueman	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	-	-
Tony Lock	21	9	45	5	2.14	-	-	-
Jim Laker	16.5	2	75	4	4.45	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 132 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Leonard Hutton (c)	run out	17	-	-	-	0	-
Bill Edrich	not out	55	-	210	6	0	-
Peter May	c Davidson b Miller	37	-	112	5	0	-
Denis Compton	not out	22	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	63.5 Ov (RR: 2.06)	132/2
Did not bat: Tom Graveney, Trevor Bailey, Godfrey Evans †, Jim Laker, Tony Lock, Fred Trueman, Alec Bedser
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Leonard Hutton), 2-88 (Peter May)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	21	5	46	0	2.19	-	-	-
Keith Miller	11	3	24	1	2.18	-	-	-
Bill Johnston	29	14	52	0	1.79	-	-	-
Ron Archer	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Lindsay Hassett	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-
Arthur Morris	0.5	0	5	0	6.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 15 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 1/0 (Leonard Hutton 0*, Bill Edrich 1*)

Sun, 16 Aug - rest day

Mon, 17 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 235/7 (Trevor Bailey 33*, Tony Lock 4*)

Tue, 18 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 38/1 (Bill Edrich 15*, Peter May 6*)

Wed, 19 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 132/2 (63.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1953
Series result	England won the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 376
Match days	day (6-day match)
Umpires	Dai Davies Frank Lee

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England Innings

Player Name		R
L Hutton	run out	17
WJ Edrich	not out	55
PBH May	caught	37
DCS Compton	not out	22
Extras	(lb 1)
Total	132(2 wkts; 63.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	21	5	46	0	2.19
KR Miller	11	3	24	1	2.18
WA Johnston	29	14	52	0	1.79
RG Archer	1	1	0	0	0
AL Hassett	1	0	4	0	4
AR Morris	0.5	0	5	0	6

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Leonard Hutton	Bill Edrich
2nd	64	Bill Edrich	Peter May
3rd	44	Denis Compton	Bill Edrich

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