f20223	Gentlemen of England v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 26th, 27th, 28th August 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 8 wickets
Umpires	D Davies, GS Mobey
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 95/6 (Benaud 21*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of England (2) 237/7 (Cowdrey 46*, Brennan 15*)

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	lbw b Lindwall	5
DS Sheppard	c Langley b Ring	39
WJ Edrich	lbw b Ring	22
PBH May	hit wkt b Johnston	14
MC Cowdrey	c Lindwall b Benaud	50
CH Palmer	lbw b Lindwall	3
*TE Bailey	b Benaud	11
W Wooller	c McDonald b Benaud	0
+DV Brennan	b Archer	6
RG Marlar	b Benaud	0
GH Chesterton	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-51, 3-84, 4-86, 5-95, 6-133, 7-137, 8-157, 9-157, 10-157 (73.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	13	5	33	2	-	-
Johnston	13	5	21	1	-	-
Archer	19	6	34	1	-	-
Ring	24	10	42	2	-	-
Benaud	4.4	1	20	4	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AR Morris	c May b Chesterton	12
CC McDonald	lbw b Chesterton	15
KR Miller	lbw b Bailey	14
RN Harvey	b Bailey	16
ID Craig	b Marlar	14
R Benaud	b Marlar	25
RG Archer	b Marlar	3
RR Lindwall	b Marlar	4
DT Ring	b Bailey	5
+GRA Langley	b Marlar	15
WA Johnston	not out	27
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-36, 3-52, 4-59, 5-91, 6-95, 7-101, 8-108, 9-108, 10-154 (60.4 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	14	1	35	3	-	-
Wooller	13	1	35	0	-	-
Chesterton	13	2	31	2	-	-
Palmer	6	2	8	0	-	-
Marlar	14.4	3	41	5	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Langley b Miller	5
DS Sheppard	c sub b Archer	34
WJ Edrich	lbw b Lindwall	75
PBH May	c Harvey b Johnston	50
MC Cowdrey	c Craig b Johnston	57
CH Palmer	b Lindwall	5
*TE Bailey	lbw b Lindwall	4
W Wooller	c Langley b Miller	1
+DV Brennan	b Lindwall	16
RG Marlar	b Lindwall	0
GH Chesterton	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 100 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-77, 3-150, 4-177, 5-199, 6-211, 7-218, 8-249, 9-249, 10-249 (100 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	30	8	68	5	-	-
Johnston	20	7	46	2	-	-
Archer	12	1	33	1	-	-
Ring	1	0	1	0	-	-
Benaud	11	0	40	0	-	-
Miller	26	6	59	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	b Marlar	25
*AR Morris	not out	126
KR Miller	c Chesterton b Wooller	67
RN Harvey	not out	30
ID Craig	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
DT Ring	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
WA Johnston	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 77.2 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-183

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	19	1	50	0	-	-
Wooller	10	1	40	1	-	-
Chesterton	8.2	1	43	0	-	-
Palmer	10	5	29	0	-	-
Marlar	29	10	80	1	-	-
Edrich	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CC McDonald (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> WA Johnston reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Gentlemen of England first innings
--> RG Marlar reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Australians first innings

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