- Test no. 426 | 1956 season
- Played at Lord's, London
- 21,22,23,25,26 June 1956 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| CC McDonald | c Trueman b Bailey | 78 | 230 | 7 | 0 | ||
| JW Burke | st †Evans b Laker | 65 | 250 | 6 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | c †Evans b Bailey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PJP Burge | b Statham | 21 | 93 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | b Trueman | 28 | 110 | 2 | 0 | ||
| KD Mackay | c Bailey b Laker | 38 | 160 | 4 | 0 | ||
| RG Archer | b Wardle | 28 | 91 | 2 | 0 | ||
| R Benaud | b Statham | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IWG Johnson* | c †Evans b Trueman | 6 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GRA Langley† | c Bailey b Laker | 14 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WPA Crawford | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2) | 2 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 146.1 overs) | 285 | (1.94 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-137 (McDonald), 2-137 (Harvey), 3-151 (Burke), 4-185 (Burge), 5-196 (Miller), 6-249 (Archer), 7-255 (Benaud), 8-265 (Mackay), 9-285 (Johnson), 10-285 (Langley) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JB Statham | 35 | 9 | 70 | 2 | 2.00 | |||
| FS Trueman | 28 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 1.92 | |||
| TE Bailey | 34 | 12 | 72 | 2 | 2.11 | |||
| JC Laker | 29.1 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 1.61 | |||
| JH Wardle | 20 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 2.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| PE Richardson | c †Langley b Miller | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Benaud b Mackay | 23 | 97 | 5 | 0 | ||
| TW Graveney | b Miller | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PBH May* | b Benaud | 63 | 150 | 8 | 0 | ||
| W Watson | c Benaud b Miller | 6 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | b Miller | 32 | 135 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | st †Langley b Benaud | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JC Laker | b Archer | 12 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JH Wardle | c †Langley b Archer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FS Trueman | c †Langley b Miller | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 14) | 14 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 82 overs) | 171 | (2.08 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Richardson), 2-32 (Graveney), 3-60 (Cowdrey), 4-87 (Watson), 5-128 (May), 6-128 (Evans), 7-161 (Laker), 8-161 (Wardle), 9-170 (Trueman), 10-171 (Bailey) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KR Miller | 34.1 | 9 | 72 | 5 | 2.10 | |||
| WPA Crawford | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.82 | |||
| RG Archer | 23 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 2.04 | |||
| KD Mackay | 11 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.36 | |||
| R Benaud | 9 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2.11 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| CC McDonald | c Cowdrey b Bailey | 26 | 49 | 4 | 0 | ||
| JW Burke | c Graveney b Trueman | 16 | 95 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RN Harvey | c Bailey b Trueman | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| PJP Burge | b Trueman | 14 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||
| KD Mackay | c †Evans b Statham | 31 | 205 | 3 | 0 | ||
| RG Archer | c †Evans b Bailey | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KR Miller | c †Evans b Trueman | 30 | 54 | 3 | 0 | ||
| R Benaud | c †Evans b Trueman | 97 | 140 | 14 | 1 | ||
| IWG Johnson* | lbw b Bailey | 17 | 45 | 2 | 0 | ||
| GRA Langley† | not out | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||
| WPA Crawford | lbw b Bailey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, nb 4) | 8 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 92.5 overs) | 257 | (2.76 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-36 (McDonald), 2-47 (Harvey), 3-69 (Burke), 4-70 (Burge), 5-79 (Archer), 6-112 (Miller), 7-229 (Mackay), 8-243 (Benaud), 9-257 (Johnson), 10-257 (Crawford) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JB Statham | 26 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 2.26 | |||
| FS Trueman | 28 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 3.21 | |||
| TE Bailey | 24.5 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 2.57 | |||
| JC Laker | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2.42 | |||
| JH Wardle | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2.71 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 372 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| PE Richardson | c †Langley b Archer | 21 | 60 | 3 | 0 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | lbw b Benaud | 27 | 195 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TW Graveney | c †Langley b Miller | 18 | 70 | 1 | 0 | ||
| W Watson | b Miller | 18 | 47 | 2 | 0 | ||
| PBH May* | c †Langley b Miller | 53 | 125 | 7 | 0 | ||
| TE Bailey | c Harvey b Archer | 18 | 72 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TG Evans† | c †Langley b Miller | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | ||
| JC Laker | c †Langley b Archer | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JH Wardle | b Miller | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FS Trueman | b Archer | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JB Statham | not out | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 5) | 5 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 99.2 overs) | 186 | (1.87 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-35 (Richardson), 2-59 (Graveney), 3-89 (Watson), 4-91 (Cowdrey), 5-142 (Bailey), 6-175 (Evans), 7-180 (May), 8-184 (Laker), 9-184 (Wardle), 10-186 (Trueman) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KR Miller | 36 | 12 | 80 | 5 | 2.22 | |||
| RG Archer | 31.2 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 2.26 | |||
| R Benaud | 28 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0.96 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
WPA Crawford and
KD Mackay
(Australia) |
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Umpires
DE Davies and FS Lee |
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Close of play 21 Jun day 1 - Australia 1st innings 180/3 (PJP Burge 18*, KR Miller 19*) 22 Jun day 2 - England 1st innings 74/3 (PBH May 23*, W Watson 4*) 23 Jun day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 115/6 (KD Mackay 9*, R Benaud 3*) 24 Jun rest day 25 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 72/2 (MC Cowdrey 21*, W Watson 9*) 26 Jun day 5 - England 2nd innings 186 (99.2 ov) - end of match |
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