f21520 t429	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1956 (5th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th August 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	TJ Bartley, D Davies
Close of play day 1	England (1) 223/7 (May 67*, Laker 0*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 198/8 (Miller 57*, Lindwall 22*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 76/1 (Richardson 28*, Sheppard 40*)
Close of play day 4	No play

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Langley b Miller	37		110	3	-
MC Cowdrey	c Langley b Lindwall	0		3	-	-
DS Sheppard	c Archer b Miller	24		78	-	-
*PBH May	not out	83		286	9	-
DCS Compton	c Davidson b Archer	94		210	7	-
GAR Lock	c Langley b Archer	0		2	-	-
C Washbrook	lbw b Archer	0		6	-	-
+TG Evans	lbw b Miller	0		5	-	-
JC Laker	c Archer b Miller	4		19	-	-
FH Tyson	c Davidson b Archer	3		13	-	-
JB Statham	b Archer	0		3	-	-
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Cowdrey), 2-53 (Sheppard), 3-66 (Richardson), 4-222 (Compton), 5-222 (Lock), 6-222 (Washbrook), 7-223 (Evans), 8-231 (Laker), 9-243 (Tyson), 10-247 (Statham, 109.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	18	5	36	1	-	-
Miller	40	7	91	4	-	-
Davidson	5	1	16	0	-	-
Archer	28.2	7	53	5	-	-
Johnson	9	2	28	0	-	-
Benaud	9	2	21	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Lock b Tyson	3		8	-	-
JW Burke	b Laker	8		28	2	-
RN Harvey	c May b Lock	39		156	2	-
ID Craig	c Statham b Lock	2		8	-	-
*IWG Johnson	b Laker	12		42	1	-
AK Davidson	c May b Laker	8		20	2	-
KR Miller	c Washbrook b Statham	61		217	2	2
RG Archer	c Tyson b Laker	9		17	-	1
R Benaud	b Statham	32		39	6	-
RR Lindwall	not out	22		100	3	-
+GRA Langley	lbw b Statham	0		2	-	-
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (McDonald), 2-17 (Burke), 3-20 (Craig), 4-35 (Johnson), 5-47 (Davidson), 6-90 (Harvey), 7-111 (Archer), 8-154 (Benaud), 9-202 (Miller), 10-202 (Langley, 92 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	21	8	33	3	-	-
Tyson	14	5	34	1	-	-
Laker	32	12	80	4	-	-
Lock	25	10	49	2	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Langley b Lindwall	34		114	4	-
MC Cowdrey	c Benaud b Davidson	8		30	1	-
DS Sheppard	c Archer b Miller	62		98	9	-
*PBH May	not out	37		93	3	-
DCS Compton	not out	35		75	4	-
GAR Lock	did not bat
C Washbrook	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Cowdrey), 2-100 (Richardson), 3-108 (Sheppard)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	12	3	29	1	-	-
Miller	22	3	56	1	-	-
Davidson	5	0	18	1	-	-
Archer	13	3	42	0	-	-
Johnson	4	1	7	0	-	-
Burke	4	2	14	0	-	-
Benaud	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Statham	0		3	-	-
JW Burke	lbw b Laker	1		43	-	-
RN Harvey	c May b Lock	1		20	-	-
ID Craig	c Lock b Laker	7		36	1	-
KR Miller	not out	7		66	1	-
*IWG Johnson	c Lock b Laker	10		43	1	-
R Benaud	not out	0		1	-	-
AK Davidson	did not bat
RG Archer	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 38.1 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (McDonald), 2-1 (Harvey), 3-5 (Burke), 4-10 (Craig), 5-27 (Johnson)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	2	1	1	1	-	-
Lock	18.1	11	17	1	-	-
Laker	18	14	8	3	-	-

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Notes
--> C Washbrook made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 135 balls
--> DCS Compton (1) 50 in 105 balls
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 64
--> KR Miller (1) 50 in 110 balls
--> R Benaud (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> DS Sheppard (2) 50 in 64 balls
--> DS Sheppard (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 62
--> RG Archer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JB Statham in the England first innings (previous best was 4-33)
--> RG Archer achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> JC Laker bowled 9 consecutive maidens in the Australia second innings

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