- Test no. 376 | 1953 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 15,17,18,19 August 1953 (6-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| AL Hassett* | c †Evans b Bedser | 53 | 135 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AR Morris | lbw b Bedser | 16 | 0 | ||||
| KR Miller | lbw b Bailey | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | c Hutton b Trueman | 36 | 79 | 0 | |||
| GB Hole | c †Evans b Trueman | 37 | 63 | 2 | 0 | ||
| JH de Courcy | c †Evans b Trueman | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| RG Archer | c & b Bedser | 10 | 0 | ||||
| AK Davidson | c Edrich b Laker | 22 | 52 | 0 | |||
| RR Lindwall | c †Evans b Trueman | 62 | 115 | 8 | 0 | ||
| GRA Langley† | c Edrich b Lock | 18 | 0 | ||||
| WA Johnston | not out | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 4, nb 2) | 6 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 81.3 overs) | 275 | (3.37 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-38 (Morris), 2-41 (Miller), 3-107 (Hassett), 4-107 (Harvey), 5-118 (de Courcy), 6-160 (Hole), 7-160 (Archer), 8-207 (Davidson), 9-245 (Langley), 10-275 (Lindwall) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 29 | 3 | 88 | 3 | 3.03 | |||
| FS Trueman | 24.3 | 3 | 86 | 4 | 3.51 | |||
| TE Bailey | 14 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| GAR Lock | 9 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 | |||
| JC Laker | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 6.80 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton* | b Johnston | 82 | 218 | 8 | 0 | ||
| WJ Edrich | lbw b Lindwall | 21 | 3 | 0 | |||
| PBH May | c Archer b Johnston | 39 | 140 | 0 | |||
| DCS Compton | c †Langley b Lindwall | 16 | 68 | 0 | |||
| TW Graveney | c Miller b Lindwall | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TE Bailey | b Archer | 64 | 222 | 7 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | run out | 28 | 46 | 0 | |||
| JC Laker | c †Langley b Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GAR Lock | c Davidson b Lindwall | 4 | 52 | 0 | |||
| FS Trueman | b Johnston | 10 | 35 | 0 | |||
| AV Bedser | not out | 22 | 70 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 5, w 1) | 15 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 142.3 overs) | 306 | (2.14 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-37 (Edrich), 2-137 (May), 3-154 (Hutton), 4-167 (Compton), 5-170 (Graveney), 6-210 (Evans), 7-225 (Laker), 8-237 (Lock), 9-262 (Trueman), 10-306 (Bailey) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 32 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 2.18 | |||
| KR Miller | 34 | 12 | 65 | 1 | 1.91 | |||
| WA Johnston | 45 | 16 | 94 | 3 | 2.08 | |||
| AK Davidson | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.60 | |||
| RG Archer | 10.3 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2.38 | |||
| GB Hole | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AL Hassett* | lbw b Laker | 10 | 0 | |||||
| AR Morris | lbw b Lock | 26 | 0 | |||||
| GB Hole | lbw b Laker | 17 | 0 | |||||
| RN Harvey | b Lock | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| KR Miller | c Trueman b Laker | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| JH de Courcy | run out | 4 | 0 | |||||
| RG Archer | c Edrich b Lock | 49 | 63 | 7 | 1 | |||
| AK Davidson | b Lock | 21 | 41 | 1 | ||||
| RR Lindwall | c Compton b Laker | 12 | 1 | |||||
| GRA Langley† | c Trueman b Lock | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| WA Johnston | not out | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 3) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 50.5 overs) | 162 | (3.18 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-23 (Hassett), 2-59 (Hole), 3-60 (Harvey), 4-61 (Miller), 5-61 (Morris), 6-85 (de Courcy), 7-135 (Davidson), 8-140 (Archer), 9-144 (Langley), 10-162 (Lindwall) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AV Bedser | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2.18 | |||
| FS Trueman | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| GAR Lock | 21 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 2.14 | |||
| JC Laker | 16.5 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 4.45 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 132 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| L Hutton* | run out | 17 | 0 | ||||
| WJ Edrich | not out | 55 | 210 | 6 | 0 | ||
| PBH May | c Davidson b Miller | 37 | 112 | 5 | 0 | ||
| DCS Compton | not out | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 1) | 1 | |||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 63.5 overs) | 132 | (2.06 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat TW Graveney, TE Bailey, TG Evans†, JC Laker, GAR Lock, FS Trueman, AV Bedser |
| Fall of wickets1-24 (Hutton), 2-88 (May) |
| Bowling | 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 | 0.00 | |||
| AL Hassett | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| AR Morris | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Umpires
D Davies and FS Lee |
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Close of play 15 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 1/0 (L Hutton 0*, WJ Edrich 1*) 16 Aug rest day 17 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 235/7 (TE Bailey 33*, GAR Lock 4*) 18 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 38/1 (WJ Edrich 15*, PBH May 6*) 19 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 132/2 (63.5 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 19, 1953 
Spectators invade the pitch after England's win © Getty Images |
Aug 19, 1953 
Denis Compton plays the hook shot © Getty Images |
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