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England vs Australia, 5th Test at London, Aug 17 1961 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 17 - 22, 1961, Australia tour of England

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England

256 & 370/8

Australia

494

Match drawn

Summary

Scorecard

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England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Pullar	b Davidson	8	-	26	1	0	-
Raman Subba Row	lbw b Gaunt	12	-	45	1	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c †Grout b Davidson	0	-	21	0	0	-
Peter May (c)	c Lawry b Benaud	71	-	183	11	0	-
Ted Dexter	c †Grout b Gaunt	24	-	71	5	0	-
Ken Barrington	c †Grout b Gaunt	53	-	195	5	0	-
John Murray †	c O'Neill b Mackay	27	-	110	2	0	-
Tony Lock	c †Grout b Mackay	3	-	2	0	0	-
David Allen	not out	22	-	79	2	0	-
Brian Statham	b Davidson	18	-	47	2	0	-
Jack Flavell	c Simpson b Davidson	14	-	17	1	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1)	4
Total	118.1 Ov (RR: 2.16)	256
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Geoff Pullar), 2-20 (Raman Subba Row), 3-20 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-67 (Ted Dexter), 5-147 (Peter May), 6-193 (Ken Barrington), 7-199 (Tony Lock), 8-202 (John Murray), 9-238 (Brian Statham), 10-256 (Jack Flavell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	34.1	8	83	4	2.42	-	-	-
Ron Gaunt	24	3	53	3	2.20	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	17	4	35	1	2.05	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	39	14	75	2	1.92	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	4	2	6	0	1.50	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry	c †Murray b Statham	0	-	2	0	0	-
Bob Simpson	b Allen	40	-	107	4	0	-
Neil Harvey	lbw b Flavell	13	-	18	1	0	-
Norm O'Neill	c sub b Allen	117	-	200	14	0	-
Peter Burge	b Allen	181	-	411	22	0	-
Brian Booth	c Subba Row b Lock	71	-	199	12	0	-
Ken Mackay	c †Murray b Flavell	5	-	13	0	0	-
Alan Davidson	lbw b Statham	17	-	43	3	0	-
Richie Benaud (c)	b Allen	6	-	26	1	0	-
Wally Grout †	not out	30	-	28	6	0	-
Ron Gaunt	b Statham	3	-	18	0	0	-
Extras	(b 10, lb 1)	11
Total	165.5 Ov (RR: 2.97)	494
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bill Lawry), 2-15 (Neil Harvey), 3-88 (Bob Simpson), 4-211 (Norm O'Neill), 5-396 (Brian Booth), 6-401 (Ken Mackay), 7-441 (Alan Davidson), 8-455 (Richie Benaud), 9-472 (Peter Burge), 10-494 (Ron Gaunt)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Brian Statham	38.5	10	75	3	1.93	-	-	-
Jack Flavell	31	5	105	2	3.38	-	-	-
Ted Dexter	24	2	68	0	2.83	-	-	-
David Allen	30	6	133	4	4.43	-	-	-
Tony Lock	42	14	102	1	2.42	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Pullar	c †Grout b Mackay	13	-	52	0	0	-
Raman Subba Row	c & b Benaud	137	-	385	15	1	-
Ted Dexter	c Gaunt b Mackay	0	-	5	0	0	-
Peter May (c)	c O'Neill b Mackay	33	-	44	7	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	c Benaud b Mackay	3	-	13	0	0	-
Ken Barrington	c O'Neill b Benaud	83	-	226	10	0	-
John Murray †	c †Grout b Benaud	40	-	130	7	0	-
Tony Lock	c Benaud b Mackay	0	-	3	0	0	-
David Allen	not out	42	-	124	4	0	-
Brian Statham	not out	9	-	24	2	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, w 1)	10
Total	177 Ov (RR: 2.09)	370/8
Did not bat: Jack Flavell
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Geoff Pullar), 2-33 (Ted Dexter), 3-83 (Peter May), 4-90 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-262 (Ken Barrington), 6-283 (Raman Subba Row), 7-283 (Tony Lock), 8-355 (John Murray)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	29	7	67	0	2.31	-	-	-
Ron Gaunt	22	7	33	0	1.50	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	68	21	121	5	1.77	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	51	18	113	3	2.21	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-
Norm O'Neill	4	1	13	0	3.25	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

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Thu, 17 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 210/8 (David Allen 7*, Brian Statham 2*)

Fri, 18 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 290/4 (Peter Burge 86*, Brian Booth 33*)

Sat, 19 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 32/0 (Geoff Pullar 13*, Raman Subba Row 19*)

Sun, 20 Aug - rest day

Mon, 21 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 155/4 (Raman Subba Row 69*, Ken Barrington 35*)

Tue, 22 Aug - day 5 - England 2nd innings 370/8 (177 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1961
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 511
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Charlie Elliott Frank Lee

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England Innings

Player Name		R
G Pullar	caught	13
R Subba Row	caught	137
ER Dexter	caught	0
PBH May	caught	33
MC Cowdrey	caught	3
KF Barrington	caught	83
JT Murray	caught	40
GAR Lock	caught	0
DA Allen	not out	42
JB Statham	not out	9
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, w 1)
Total	370(8 wkts; 177 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AK Davidson	29	7	67	0	2.31
RA Gaunt	22	7	33	0	1.5
KD Mackay	68	21	121	5	1.77
R Benaud	51	18	113	3	2.21
RB Simpson	2	0	13	0	6.5
NCL O'Neill	4	1	13	0	3.25
RN Harvey	1	1	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	33	Raman Subba Row	Geoff Pullar
2nd	0	Ted Dexter	Raman Subba Row
3rd	50	Peter May	Raman Subba Row
4th	7	Colin Cowdrey	Raman Subba Row
5th	172	Ken Barrington	Raman Subba Row
6th	21	Raman Subba Row	John Murray
7th	0	Tony Lock	John Murray
8th	72	David Allen	John Murray
9th	15	Brian Statham	David Allen

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