f21451 t428	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1956 (4th Test)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st July 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by an innings and 170 runs
Umpires	DE Davies, FS Lee
Close of play day 1	England (1) 307/3 (Sheppard 59*, Bailey 14*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (2) 53/1 (Burke 33*, Craig 8*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 59/2 (McDonald 15*, Craig 10*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 84/2 (McDonald 25*, Craig 24*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Maddocks b Benaud	104		222	11	-
MC Cowdrey	c Maddocks b Lindwall	80		190	11	-
DS Sheppard	b Archer	113		295	14	1
*PBH May	c Archer b Benaud	43		111	6	-
TE Bailey	b Johnson	20		43	2	-
C Washbrook	lbw b Johnson	6		8	1	-
ASM Oakman	c Archer b Johnson	10		11	1	-
+TG Evans	st Maddocks b Johnson	47		29	5	2
JC Laker	run out	3		10	-	-
GAR Lock	not out	25		44	1	-
JB Statham	c Maddocks b Lindwall	0		4	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 158.3 overs)	459
Fall of wickets:
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, 158.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	21.3	6	63	2	-	-
Miller	21	6	41	0	-	-
Archer	22	6	73	1	-	-
Johnson	47	10	151	4	1	-
Benaud	47	17	123	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Lock b Laker	32		80	5	-
JW Burke	c Cowdrey b Lock	22		102	2	-
RN Harvey	b Laker	0		2	-	-
ID Craig	lbw b Laker	8		22	1	-
KR Miller	c Oakman b Laker	6		15	-	1
KD Mackay	c Oakman b Laker	0		2	-	-
RG Archer	st Evans b Laker	6		12	1	-
R Benaud	c Statham b Laker	0		2	-	-
RR Lindwall	not out	6		14	1	-
+LV Maddocks	b Laker	4		7	-	-
*IWG Johnson	b Laker	0		2	-	-
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 40.4 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
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, 40.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	6	3	6	0	-	-
Bailey	4	3	4	0	-	-
Laker	16.4	4	37	9	-	-
Lock	14	3	37	1	-	-

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Australia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Oakman b Laker	89		337	10	-
JW Burke	c Lock b Laker	33		105	4	-
RN Harvey	c Cowdrey b Laker	0		1	-	-
ID Craig	lbw b Laker	38		259	5	-
KD Mackay	c Oakman b Laker	0		6	-	-
KR Miller	b Laker	0		15	-	-
RG Archer	c Oakman b Laker	0		10	-	-
R Benaud	b Laker	18		105	3	-
RR Lindwall	c Lock b Laker	8		41	1	-
*IWG Johnson	not out	1		25	-	-
+LV Maddocks	lbw b Laker	2		6	-	-
Extras	(12 b, 4 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 150.2 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
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)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Notes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Test matches
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Test matches
--> IWG Johnson reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed C Washbrook, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LV Maddocks in the Australia first innings (previous best was 7-103)
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Australia second innings (previous best was 10-88)
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LV Maddocks in the Australia second innings (previous best was 9-37)
--> CC McDonald retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 11 (team score 28/0) - he returned when the score was 55/2 (injured with a jarred knee)

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Laker ended the Australian first innings with 7 wickets for 8 runs in 22 balls

 

 

 

 

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