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167 & 275 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
266 & 147-4 AUS flag
Overs: 177.3 RR: 1.55 vs spin: 1.45
vs seam: 1.50
 Overs: 33.0 RR: 4.45 vs spin: 6.50
vs seam: 3.22
Thu 23/07/53 England v Australia, 4th Test, Headingley, Leeds
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 167 (109.4; RR: 1.52)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton b Lindwall 0 2 0 0 0.00
WJ Edrich lbw b Miller 10 56 1 0 17.86
TW Graveney c Benaud b Miller 55 219 3 0 25.11
DCS Compton c Davidson b Lindwall 0 5 0 0 0.00
W Watson b Lindwall 24 137 1 0 17.52
RT Simpson c Langley b Lindwall 15 43 1 0 34.88
TE Bailey run out 7 21 0 0 33.33
TG Evans lbw b Lindwall 25 73 2 0 34.25
JC Laker c Lindwall b Archer 10 36 0 0 27.78
GAR Lock b Davidson 9 66 0 0 13.64
AV Bedser not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (8b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 167 all out (109.4 overs; RR: 1.52)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 33-2 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 36-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 98-4 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 108-5 (W Watson 0.0 ov), 110-6 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 133-7 (JC Laker 0.0 ov), 149-8 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 167-9 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 167-10 (GAR Lock 109.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 35.0 10 54 5 1.54 0 0
KR Miller 28.0 13 39 2 1.39 0 0
AK Davidson 20.4 7 23 1 1.15 0 0
RG Archer 18.0 4 27 1 1.50 0 0
R Benaud 8.0 1 12 0 1.50 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 266 (82.5; RR: 3.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett c Lock b Bedser 37 83 5 0 44.58
AR Morris c Lock b Bedser 10 30 1 0 33.33
RN Harvey lbw b Bailey 71 118 9 0 60.17
KR Miller c Edrich b Bailey 5 20 0 0 25.00
GB Hole c Lock b Bedser 53 107 8 0 49.53
JH de Courcy lbw b Lock 10 12 2 0 83.33
R Benaud b Bailey 7 37 1 0 18.92
AK Davidson c Evans b Bedser 2 8 0 0 25.00
RG Archer not out 31 46 3 0 67.39
RR Lindwall b Bedser 9 12 2 0 75.00
GRA Langley c Hutton b Bedser 17 26 2 0 65.38
Extras (4b, 8lb, 2w, 0nb) 14  
TOTAL 266 all out (82.5 overs; RR: 3.21)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 70-2 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 84-3 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 168-4 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 183-5 (JH de Courcy 0.0 ov), 203-6 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 203-7 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 208-8 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 218-9 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 266-10 (GRA Langley 82.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 28.5 2 95 6 3.39 0 0
TE Bailey 22.0 4 71 3 3.23 0 0
GAR Lock 23.0 9 53 1 2.30 0 0
JC Laker 9.0 1 33 0 3.67 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 275 (177.3; RR: 1.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Langley b Archer 25 70 1 0 35.71
WJ Edrich c Courcy b Lindwall 64 211 10 0 30.33
TW Graveney b Lindwall 3 16 0 0 18.75
DCS Compton lbw b Lindwall 61 217 3 0 28.11
W Watson c Davidson b Miller 15 77 2 0 19.48
RT Simpson c Courcy b Miller 0 1 0 0 0.00
TE Bailey c Hole b Davidson 38 275 4 0 13.82
TG Evans c Lindwall b Miller 1 21 0 0 4.76
JC Laker c Benaud b Davidson 48 104 6 0 46.15
GAR Lock c Morris b Miller 8 44 1 0 18.18
AV Bedser not out 3 29 0 0 10.34
Extras (1b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 275 all out (177.3 overs; RR: 1.55)

Fall of wickets

57-1 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 62-2 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 139-3 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 167-4 (W Watson 0.0 ov), 171-5 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 182-6 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 239-7 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 244-8 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 258-9 (GAR Lock 0.0 ov), 275-10 (JC Laker 177.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 54.0 19 104 3 1.93 0 0
KR Miller 47.0 19 63 4 1.34 0 0
RG Archer 25.0 12 31 1 1.24 0 0
AK Davidson 29.3 15 36 2 1.24 0 0
GB Hole 3.0 1 6 0 2.00 0 0
R Benaud 19.0 8 26 0 1.37 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 147-4 (33.0; RR: 4.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett b Lock 4 10 0 0 40.00
AR Morris st Evans b Laker 38 38 6 0 100.00
GB Hole c Graveney b Bailey 33 48 3 0 68.75
RN Harvey lbw b Bedser 34 39 5 0 87.18
AK Davidson not out 17 28 1 0 60.71
JH de Courcy not out 13 35 0 1 37.14
KR Miller  
R Benaud  
RG Archer  
RR Lindwall  
GRA Langley  
Extras (3b, 4lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 147-4 (33.0 overs; RR: 4.45)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 54-2 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 111-3 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 117-4 (GB Hole 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 17.0 1 65 1 3.82 0 0
GAR Lock 8.0 1 48 1 6.00 0 0
JC Laker 2.0 0 17 1 8.50 0 0
TE Bailey 6.0 1 9 1 1.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Leeds, 4th Test

Date

Thursday July 23, 1953

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Umpires

F Chester, FS Lee

England Team

Playing XI

L Hutton, DCS Compton, WJ Edrich, AV Bedser, TG Evans, JC Laker, RT Simpson, TE Bailey, W Watson, TW Graveney, GAR Lock

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, AR Morris, RN Harvey, GB Hole, GRA Langley, R Benaud, RG Archer, AK Davidson, JH de Courcy