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| Venue | Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th June 1956 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | TJ Bartley, JS Buller |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 134/2 (Richardson 65*, May 31*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (1) 19/2 (Harvey 5*, Burge 2*) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 129/0 (Richardson 56*, Cowdrey 67*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Langley b Miller | 81 | 275 | 6 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Miller b Davidson | 25 | 70 | 3 | - | ||
| TW Graveney | c Archer b Johnson | 8 | 28 | 1 | - | ||
| *PBH May | c Langley b Miller | 73 | 211 | 3 | - | ||
| W Watson | lbw b Archer | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| TE Bailey | c Miller b Archer | 14 | 68 | 1 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c Langley b Miller | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| JC Laker | not out | 9 | 30 | 1 | - | ||
| GAR Lock | lbw b Miller | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| R Appleyard | not out | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| AE Moss | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 103.4 overs) | 217 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53 (Cowdrey), 2-72 (Graveney), 3-180 (Richardson), 4-181 (Watson), 5-201 (May), 6-203 (Evans), 7-213 (Bailey), 8-214 (Lock) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 15 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Miller | 33 | 5 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Davidson | 9.4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Archer | 31 | 10 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 14 | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | lbw b Lock | 1 | 37 | - | - | ||
| JW Burke | c Lock b Laker | 11 | 42 | 1 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | lbw b Lock | 64 | 205 | 8 | - | ||
| PJP Burge | c sub (JM Parks) b Lock | 7 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| KR Miller | lbw b Laker | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| RG Archer | c Lock b Appleyard | 33 | 80 | 6 | 1 | ||
| R Benaud | b Appleyard | 17 | 28 | 2 | 1 | ||
| *IWG Johnson | c Bailey b Laker | 12 | 56 | 2 | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | c Bailey b Laker | 0 | 11 | - | - | ||
| +GRA Langley | not out | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| AK Davidson | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.1 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (McDonald), 2-12 (Burke), 3-33 (Burge), 4-36 (Miller), 5-90 (Archer), 6-110 (Benaud), 7-148 (Harvey), 8-148 (Johnson), 9-148 (Lindwall, 83.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Moss | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 29.1 | 11 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lock | 36 | 16 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 11 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Langley b Archer | 73 | 170 | 10 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Langley b Miller | 81 | 160 | 7 | - | ||
| W Watson | c Langley b Miller | 8 | 22 | - | - | ||
| TW Graveney | not out | 10 | 20 | - | - | ||
| +TG Evans | not out | 8 | 7 | 1 | - | ||
| *PBH May | did not bat | ||||||
| TE Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| GAR Lock | did not bat | ||||||
| R Appleyard | did not bat | ||||||
| AE Moss | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 61 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-151 (Cowdrey), 2-163 (Richardson), 3-178 (Watson) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Miller | 19 | 2 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Archer | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 18 | 4 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 12 | 2 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burke | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Lock b Laker | 6 | 33 | - | - | ||
| JW Burke | not out | 58 | 240 | 7 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | b Lock | 3 | 29 | - | - | ||
| KR Miller | lbw b Laker | 4 | 46 | - | - | ||
| PJP Burge | not out | 35 | 128 | 5 | - | ||
| RG Archer | did not bat | ||||||
| R Benaud | did not bat | ||||||
| *IWG Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Lindwall | did not bat | ||||||
| +GRA Langley | did not bat | ||||||
| AK Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 86 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (McDonald), 2-18 (Harvey), 3-41 (Miller) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bailey | 9 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Appleyard | 19 | 6 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 30 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lock | 22 | 11 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Graveney | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> PE Richardson made his debut in Test matches
--> R Appleyard made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) 50 in 118 balls
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 130 balls
--> JC Laker (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 175 balls
--> PE Richardson (2) 50 in 120 balls
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 50 in 120 balls
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 41
--> JW Burke (2) 50 in 229 balls
--> PJP Burge (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> PE Richardson made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> PJP Burge made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JW Burke made his debut in England in Test matches
--> CC McDonald made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AE Moss made his debut in England in Test matches
--> KR Miller reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed TG Evans, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
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