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144 & 120-1
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
249 & 123
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Overs: 58.0 RR: 2.07 vs spin: 2.42
vs seam: 2.10
Overs: 39.2 RR: 3.13 vs spin: 2.71
vs seam: 3.22
Thu 11/06/53 England v Australia, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
match drawn Match Drawn
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Australia - 1st Inns 249 (140.3; RR: 1.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GB Hole b Bedser 0 7 0 0 0.00
AR Morris lbw b Bedser 67 193 11 0 34.72
AL Hassett b Bedser 115 380 9 0 30.26
RN Harvey c Compton b Bedser 0 9 0 0 0.00
KR Miller c Bailey b Wardle 55 184 3 0 29.89
R Benaud c Evans b Bailey 3 20 0 0 15.00
AK Davidson b Bedser 4 32 0 0 12.50
D Tallon b Bedser 0 11 0 0 0.00
RR Lindwall c Evans b Bailey 0 3 0 0 0.00
JC Hill b Bedser 0 6 0 0 0.00
WA Johnston not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 249 all out (140.3 overs; RR: 1.77)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 124-2 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 128-3 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 237-4 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 244-5 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 244-6 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 246-7 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 247-8 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 248-9 (JC Hill 0.0 ov), 249-10 (AK Davidson 140.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 38.3 16 55 7 1.45 0 0
TE Bailey 44.0 14 75 2 1.70 0 0
JH Wardle 35.0 16 55 1 1.57 0 0
R Tattersall 23.0 5 59 0 2.57 0 0

England - 1st Inns 144 (72.4; RR: 1.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Benaud b Davidson 43 101 3 0 42.57
D Kenyon c Hill b Lindwall 8 13 1 0 61.54
RT Simpson lbw b Lindwall 0 2 0 0 0.00
DCS Compton c Morris b Lindwall 0 4 0 0 0.00
TW Graveney c Benaud b Hill 22 63 3 0 34.92
PBH May c Tallon b Hill 9 40 1 0 22.50
TE Bailey lbw b Hill 13 95 0 0 13.68
TG Evans c Tallon b Davidson 8 32 0 0 25.00
JH Wardle not out 29 57 3 0 50.88
AV Bedser lbw b Lindwall 2 12 0 0 16.67
R Tattersall b Lindwall 2 19 0 0 10.53
Extras (5b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 144 all out (72.4 overs; RR: 1.98)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (D Kenyon 0.0 ov), 17-2 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 17-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 76-4 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 82-5 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 92-6 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 107-7 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 121-8 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 136-9 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 144-10 (R Tattersall 72.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 20.4 2 57 5 2.85 0 0
WA Johnston 18.0 7 22 0 1.22 0 0
JC Hill 19.0 8 35 3 1.84 0 0
AK Davidson 15.0 7 22 2 1.47 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 123 (39.2; RR: 3.13)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GB Hole b Bedser 5 11 1 0 45.45
AR Morris b Tattersall 60 100 7 0 60.00
AL Hassett c Hutton b Bedser 5 21 1 0 23.81
RN Harvey c Graveney b Bedser 2 16 0 0 12.50
KR Miller c Kenyon b Bedser 5 11 0 0 45.45
R Benaud b Bedser 0 2 0 0 0.00
AK Davidson c Graveney b Tattersall 6 33 1 0 18.18
D Tallon c Simpson b Tattersall 15 15 2 0 100.00
RR Lindwall c Tattersall b Bedser 12 10 2 0 120.00
JC Hill c Tattersall b Bedser 4 9 1 0 44.44
WA Johnston not out 4 2 0 0 200.00
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 123 all out (39.2 overs; RR: 3.13)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 44-2 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 50-3 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 64-4 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 68-5 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 81-6 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 92-7 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 106-8 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 115-9 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 123-10 (JC Hill 39.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 17.2 7 44 7 2.59 0 0
TE Bailey 5.0 1 28 0 5.60 0 0
JH Wardle 12.0 3 24 0 2.00 0 0
R Tattersall 5.0 0 22 3 4.40 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 120-1 (58.0; RR: 2.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton not out 60 165 6 0 36.36
D Kenyon c Hassett b Hill 16 39 2 0 41.03
RT Simpson not out 28 148 2 0 18.92
DCS Compton  
TW Graveney  
PBH May  
TE Bailey  
TG Evans  
JH Wardle  
AV Bedser  
R Tattersall  
Extras (8b, 4lb, 2w, 2nb) 16  
TOTAL 120-1 (58.0 overs; RR: 2.07)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (D Kenyon 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 16.0 4 37 0 2.31 0 0
WA Johnston 18.0 9 14 0 0.78 0 0
JC Hill 12.0 3 26 1 2.17 0 0
R Benaud 5.0 0 15 0 3.00 0 0
AK Davidson 5.0 1 7 0 1.40 0 0
AR Morris 2.0 0 5 0 2.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Nottingham, 1st Test

Date

Thursday June 11, 1953

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Umpires

D Davies, H Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

L Hutton, DCS Compton, AV Bedser, TG Evans, JH Wardle, RT Simpson, TE Bailey, R Tattersall, TW Graveney, PBH May, D Kenyon

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, D Tallon, AR Morris, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, GB Hole, R Benaud, AK Davidson, JC Hill