f23753 t507	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1961 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th June 1961 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JS Buller, FS Lee
Scorers	GC Austin (England), JD Cameron (Australia)
Close of play day 1	England (1) 180/8 (Allen 11*, Trueman 14*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 359/5 (Simpson 36*, Davidson 16*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 5/0 (Pullar 0*, Subba Row 5*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 106/1 (Subba Row 68*, Dexter 5*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	b Davidson	17		44		-
R Subba Row	c Simpson b Mackay	59		171		-
ER Dexter	c Davidson b Mackay	10
*MC Cowdrey	b Misson	13		65	-	-
KF Barrington	c Misson b Mackay	21
MJK Smith	c Lawry b Mackay	0	2		-	-
R Illingworth	c Grout b Benaud	15
+JT Murray	c Davidson b Benaud	16
DA Allen	run out	11
FS Trueman	c Burge b Benaud	20				1
JB Statham	not out	7
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Pullar), 2-53 (Dexter), 3-88 (Cowdrey), 4-121 (Barrington), 5-121 (Smith), 6-122 (Subba Row), 7-153 (Murray), 8-156 (Illingworth), 9-181 (Allen), 10-195 (Trueman, 84.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	26	6	70	1	-	-
Misson	15	6	47	1	-	-
Mackay	29	10	57	4	-	-
Benaud	14.3	8	15	3	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Murray b Illingworth	57		110	6	-
CC McDonald	c Illingworth b Statham	22		58		-
RN Harvey	lbw b Allen	114		212	15	-
NCL O'Neill	b Statham	82		117	11	-
PJP Burge	lbw b Allen	25
RB Simpson	c and b Trueman	76		210		-
AK Davidson	c and b Illingworth	22
KD Mackay	c Barrington b Statham	64			10	-
*R Benaud	not out	36
+ATW Grout	c Dexter b Trueman	5
FM Misson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 152.5 overs)	516
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (McDonald), 2-106 (Lawry), 3-252 (O'Neill), 4-299 (Harvey), 5-322 (Burge), 6-381 (Davidson), 7-469 (Simpson), 8-501 (Mackay), 9-516 (Grout, 152.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trueman	36.5	1	136	2	-	-
Statham	43	6	147	3	-	-
Illingworth	44	12	110	2	-	-
Allen	24	4	88	2	-	-
Dexter	5	1	22	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Pullar	c Grout b Misson	28		120		-
R Subba Row	b Misson	112		244	14	-
ER Dexter	st Grout b Simpson	180		344	31	-
*MC Cowdrey	b Mackay	14
KF Barrington	not out	48		190		-
MJK Smith	not out	1
R Illingworth	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
DA Allen	did not bat
FS Trueman	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(18 lb)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 154 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-93 (Pullar), 2-202 (Subba Row), 3-239 (Cowdrey), 4-400 (Dexter)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	31	10	60	0	-	-
Misson	28	6	82	2	-	-
Simpson	34	12	87	1	-	-
Mackay	41	13	87	1	-	-
Benaud	20	4	67	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Murray made his debut in Test matches
--> WM Lawry made his debut in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 84
--> NCL O'Neill (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> R Subba Row (2) passed his previous highest score of 100 in Test matches
--> ER Dexter (2) passed his previous highest score of 141 in Test matches
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 20500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9

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