Date-stamped : 17 Aug1999 - 07:55 Format: CricInfo Version 1t Test # 428 (428/172) The Ashes, 1956, 4th Test England v Australia Old Trafford, Manchester 26,27,28,30,31 July 1956 (5-day match) Result: England won by an innings and 170 runs England leads the 5-Test series 2-1 Toss: England Umpires: DE Davies and FS Lee Close of Play: Day 1: England 307/3 (Sheppard 59*, Bailey 14*) Day 2: England 459, Australia 84 and 53/1 (Burke 33*, Craig 8*) Day 3: Australia 59/2 (McDonald 15*, Craig 10*) Day 4: Australia 84/2 (McDonald 25*, Craig 24*) England 1st innings R M 4 6 PE Richardson c Maddocks b Benaud 104 222 11 0 MC Cowdrey c Maddocks b Lindwall 80 190 11 0 Rev.DS Sheppard b Archer 113 295 14 1 *PBH May c Archer b Benaud 43 111 6 0 TE Bailey b Johnson 20 43 2 0 C Washbrook lbw b Johnson 6 8 1 0 ASM Oakman c Archer b Johnson 10 11 1 0 +TG Evans st Maddocks b Johnson 47 29 5 2 JC Laker run out 3 10 0 0 GAR Lock not out 25 44 1 0 JB Statham c Maddocks b Lindwall 0 4 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 1) 8 Total (all out, 158.3 overs) 459 FoW: 1-174 (Cowdrey), 2-195 (Richardson), 3-288 (May), 4-321 (Bailey), 5-327 (Washbrook), 6-339 (Oakman), 7-401 (Evans), 8-417 (Laker), 9-458 (Sheppard), 10-459 (Statham). Bowling O M R W Lindwall 21.3 6 63 2 Miller 21 6 41 0 Archer 22 6 73 1 Johnson 47 10 151 4 Benaud 47 17 123 2 Australia 1st innings R M 4 6 CC McDonald c Lock b Laker 32 80 5 0 JW Burke c Cowdrey b Lock 22 102 2 0 RN Harvey b Laker 0 2 0 0 ID Craig lbw b Laker 8 22 1 0 KR Miller c Oakman b Laker 6 15 0 1 KD Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0 2 0 0 RG Archer st Evans b Laker 6 12 1 0 R Benaud c Statham b Laker 0 2 0 0 RR Lindwall not out 6 14 1 0 +LV Maddocks b Laker 4 7 0 0 *IWG Johnson b Laker 0 2 0 0 Extras 0 Total (all out, 40.4 overs) 84 FoW: 1-48 (McDonald), 2-48 (Harvey), 3-62 (Burke), 4-62 (Craig), 5-62 (Mackay), 6-73 (Miller), 7-73 (Benaud), 8-78 (Archer), 9-84 (Maddocks), 10-84 (Johnson). Bowling O M R W Statham 6 3 6 0 Bailey 4 3 4 0 Laker 16.4 4 37 9 Lock 14 3 37 1 Australia 2nd innings (following on) R M 4 6 CC McDonald c Oakman b Laker 89 337 10 0 JW Burke c Lock b Laker 33 105 4 0 RN Harvey c Cowdrey b Laker 0 1 0 0 ID Craig lbw b Laker 38 259 5 0 KD Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0 6 0 0 KR Miller b Laker 0 15 0 0 RG Archer c Oakman b Laker 0 10 0 0 R Benaud b Laker 18 105 3 0 RR Lindwall c Lock b Laker 8 41 1 0 *IWG Johnson not out 1 25 0 0 +LV Maddocks lbw b Laker 2 6 0 0 Extras (b 12, lb 4) 16 Total (all out, 150.2 overs) 205 FoW: 1-28 (Harvey), 2-55 (Burke), 3-114 (Craig), 4-124 (Mackay), 5-130 (Miller), 6-130 (Archer), 7-181 (McDonald), 8-198 (Benaud), 9-203 (Lindwall), 10-205 (Maddocks). Bowling O M R W Statham 16 10 15 0 Bailey 20 8 31 0 Laker 51.2 23 53 10 Lock 55 30 69 0 Oakman 8 3 21 0 *** Laker ended the Australian first innings with 7 wickets for 8 runs in 22 balls *** CC McDonald (2) retired hurt on 11* from 28/0 to 55/2. (injured with a jarred knee) Thanks: Travis, Vishal Contributed by Uday.Rajan (urajan@*Stanford.EDU)