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WAR flag WARWon toss. Elected to bat
270-8d & 76-3d Series badge AUS
181 & 53-5 AUS flag
Overs: 31.0 RR: 2.45 vs spin: 2.03
vs seam: 1.96
 Overs: 58.0 RR: 0.91 vs spin: 0.65
vs seam: 1.29
Wed 05/08/53 Warwickshire v Australians at Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham
match drawn Match Drawn
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Warwickshire - 1st Inns 270-8 (97.4; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FC Gardner lbw b Lindwall 110 0 0 0
NF Horner lbw b Miller 61 0 0 0
JR Thompson c & b Miller 0 0 0 0
JS Ord b Johnston 15 0 0 0
HE Dollery b Lindwall 18 0 0 0
A Townsend lbw b Lindwall 11 0 0 0
RT Spooner not out 21 0 0 0
AVG Wolton b Lindwall 4 0 0 0
TL Pritchard b Miller 2 0 0 0
KR Dollery  
WE Hollies  
Extras (15b, 13lb, 0w, 0nb) 28  
TOTAL 270-8 (97.4 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

143-1 (0.0 ov), 143-2 (0.0 ov), 176-3 (0.0 ov), 217-4 (0.0 ov), 232-5 (0.0 ov), 255-6 (0.0 ov), 259-7 (0.0 ov), 270-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 18.0 3 47 4 2.61 0 0
WA Johnston 27.0 6 84 1 3.11 0 0
DT Ring 15.0 5 25 0 1.67 0 0
R Benaud 8.0 2 28 0 3.50 0 0
GB Hole 8.0 3 10 0 1.25 0 0
KR Miller 21.4 7 48 3 2.29 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 181 (97.3; RR: 1.86)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett c Hollies b Pritchard 60 0 0 0
CC McDonald st Spooner b Hollies 46 0 0 0
ID Craig c Gardner b Wolton 29 0 0 0
GB Hole lbw b Hollies 12 0 0 0
KR Miller st Spooner b Hollies 0 0 0 0
JH de Courcy lbw b Wolton 13 0 0 0
R Benaud c Gardner b Hollies 7 0 0 0
RR Lindwall b Wolton 1 0 0 0
DT Ring c & b Pritchard 5 0 0 0
D Tallon c Gardner b Hollies 1 0 0 0
WA Johnston not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 6  
TOTAL 181 all out (97.3 overs; RR: 1.86)

Fall of wickets

104-1 (0.0 ov), 112-2 (0.0 ov), 132-3 (0.0 ov), 143-4 (0.0 ov), 157-5 (0.0 ov), 166-6 (0.0 ov), 170-7 (0.0 ov), 179-8 (0.0 ov), 179-9 (0.0 ov), 181-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TL Pritchard 32.0 11 60 2 1.88 0 0
KR Dollery 15.0 3 32 0 2.13 0 0
WE Hollies 33.3 15 45 5 1.36 0 0
A Townsend 5.0 2 18 0 3.60 0 0
AVG Wolton 12.0 2 20 3 1.67 0 0

Warwickshire - 2nd Inns 76-3 (31.0; RR: 2.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
FC Gardner not out 33 0 0 0
NF Horner hit wicket b Miller 12 0 0 0
JR Thompson run out 16 0 0 0
TL Pritchard b Miller 6 0 0 0
JS Ord not out 1 0 0 0
HE Dollery  
A Townsend  
RT Spooner  
AVG Wolton  
KR Dollery  
WE Hollies  
Extras (4b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 76-3 (31.0 overs; RR: 2.45)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (0.0 ov), 61-2 (0.0 ov), 71-3 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 9.0 2 13 0 1.44 0 0
WA Johnston 7.0 3 21 0 3.00 0 0
KR Miller 15.0 4 34 2 2.27 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 53-5 (58.0; RR: 0.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett not out 21 0 0 0
CC McDonald c Townsend b Hollies 5 0 0 0
GB Hole c Townsend b Hollies 4 0 0 0
KR Miller b Dollery 10 0 0 0
JH de Courcy c & b Wolton 11 0 0 0
ID Craig lbw b Wolton 0 0 0 0
R Benaud not out 0 0 0 0
RR Lindwall  
DT Ring  
WA Johnston  
D Tallon  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 53-5 (58.0 overs; RR: 0.91)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (0.0 ov), 24-2 (0.0 ov), 39-3 (0.0 ov), 52-4 (0.0 ov), 52-5 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TL Pritchard 12.0 6 9 0 0.75 0 0
KR Dollery 6.0 0 16 1 2.67 0 0
WE Hollies 22.0 16 14 2 0.64 0 0
A Townsend 3.0 1 2 0 0.67 0 0
AVG Wolton 15.0 8 10 2 0.67 0 0

Match Info

Match

Warwickshire v Australians at Birmingham

Date

Wednesday August 5, 1953

Toss

Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

AE Boulton-Carter, E Cooke

Warwickshire Team

Playing XI

WE Hollies, HE Dollery, RT Spooner, KR Dollery, TL Pritchard, FC Gardner, NF Horner, JS Ord, JR Thompson, A Townsend, AVG Wolton

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, D Tallon, WA Johnston, DT Ring, GB Hole, R Benaud, CC McDonald, ID Craig, JH de Courcy