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flag Won toss. Elected to bat
320 & 316-8d Series badge AUS
317 & 325-8 AUS flag
Overs: 66.3 RR: 4.75 vs spin: 5.96
vs seam: 3.27
 Overs: 69.5 RR: 4.65 vs spin: 5.69
vs seam: 3.22
Wed 09/09/53 TN Pearce's XI v Australians at Scarborough, North Marine Road, Scarborough
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 2 wickets
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- 1st Inns 320 (82.2; RR: 3.89)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Langley b Hill 49 0 0 0
RT Simpson c Craig b Johnston 86 0 0 0
TW Graveney run out 24 0 0 0
PBH May lbw b Hill 29 0 0 0
WJ Edrich b Johnston 5 0 0 0
NWD Yardley b Hill 6 0 0 0
TE Bailey lbw b Benaud 35 0 0 0
TG Evans c Hassett b Hill 10 0 0 0
AV Bedser c Craig b Benaud 40 0 0 0
JH Wardle not out 17 0 0 0
R Tattersall lbw b Benaud 4 0 0 0
Extras (13b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 15  
TOTAL 320 all out (82.2 overs; RR: 3.89)

Fall of wickets

71-1 (0.0 ov), 145-2 (0.0 ov), 182-3 (0.0 ov), 188-4 (0.0 ov), 206-5 (0.0 ov), 219-6 (0.0 ov), 243-7 (0.0 ov), 290-8 (0.0 ov), 307-9 (0.0 ov), 320-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WA Johnston 26.0 4 93 2 3.58 0 0
AK Davidson 11.0 3 27 0 2.45 0 0
R Benaud 17.2 1 98 3 5.76 0 0
JC Hill 24.0 6 65 4 2.71 0 0
AL Hassett 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0
AR Morris 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 317 (83.5; RR: 3.78)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
R Benaud c & b Bedser 29 0 0 0
AR Morris b Tattersall 20 0 0 0
GB Hole run out 52 0 0 0
ID Craig lbw b Wardle 9 0 0 0
AL Hassett c Yardley b Bailey 74 0 0 0
RN Harvey b Tattersall 41 0 0 0
JH de Courcy lbw b Tattersall 0 0 0 0
AK Davidson c Wardle b Bedser 39 0 0 0
GRA Langley b Bedser 25 0 0 0
JC Hill c Edrich b Bedser 18 0 0 0
WA Johnston not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 317 all out (83.5 overs; RR: 3.78)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (0.0 ov), 69-2 (0.0 ov), 117-3 (0.0 ov), 123-4 (0.0 ov), 190-5 (0.0 ov), 190-6 (0.0 ov), 274-7 (0.0 ov), 276-8 (0.0 ov), 317-9 (0.0 ov), 317-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 22.5 6 66 4 3.00 0 0
TE Bailey 15.0 2 74 1 4.93 0 0
R Tattersall 24.0 4 70 3 2.92 0 0
JH Wardle 22.0 3 97 1 4.41 0 0

- 2nd Inns 316-8 (66.3; RR: 4.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton st Langley b Hassett 102 0 0 0
RT Simpson c Craig b Johnston 12 0 0 0
TW Graveney c Hassett b Hill 66 0 0 0
PBH May c Hassett b Hill 43 0 0 0
WJ Edrich c Langley b Davidson 33 0 0 0
NWD Yardley c Benaud b Davidson 19 0 0 0
TE Bailey not out 24 0 0 0
TG Evans st Langley b Hill 1 0 0 0
JH Wardle st Langley b Davidson 10 0 0 0
AV Bedser  
R Tattersall  
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 316-8 (66.3 overs; RR: 4.75)

Fall of wickets

24-1 (0.0 ov), 167-2 (0.0 ov), 213-3 (0.0 ov), 258-4 (0.0 ov), 262-5 (0.0 ov), 292-6 (0.0 ov), 293-7 (0.0 ov), 316-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WA Johnston 14.0 1 71 1 5.07 0 0
AK Davidson 22.3 5 72 3 3.27 0 0
R Benaud 8.0 0 41 0 5.13 0 0
JC Hill 15.0 2 94 3 6.27 0 0
AL Hassett 5.0 0 18 1 3.60 0 0
GB Hole 2.0 0 14 0 7.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 325-8 (69.5; RR: 4.65)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
R Benaud c May b Bedser 135 0 9 11
AR Morris b Tattersall 70 0 0 0
GB Hole c & b Bedser 26 0 0 0
ID Craig c Tattersall b Bedser 2 0 0 0
JH de Courcy b Wardle 8 0 0 0
RN Harvey lbw b Wardle 3 0 0 0
AL Hassett c Evans b Bedser 25 0 0 0
AK Davidson not out 27 0 0 0
GRA Langley c Wardle b Bedser 9 0 0 0
JC Hill not out 9 0 0 0
WA Johnston  
Extras (4b, 6lb, 0w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 325-8 (69.5 overs; RR: 4.65)

Fall of wickets

163-1 (0.0 ov), 209-2 (0.0 ov), 218-3 (0.0 ov), 237-4 (0.0 ov), 246-5 (0.0 ov), 278-6 (0.0 ov), 287-7 (0.0 ov), 309-8 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 26.5 3 86 5 3.31 0 0
TE Bailey 7.0 1 23 0 3.29 0 0
R Tattersall 13.0 1 98 1 7.54 0 0
JH Wardle 23.0 2 107 2 4.65 0 0

Match Info

Match

TN Pearce's XI v Australians at Scarborough

Date

Wednesday September 9, 1953

Toss

won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

North Marine Road, Scarborough

Umpires

H Elliott, HG Baldwin

Team

Playing XI

L Hutton, WJ Edrich, NWD Yardley, AV Bedser, TG Evans, JH Wardle, RT Simpson, TE Bailey, R Tattersall, TW Graveney, PBH May

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, AR Morris, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, GB Hole, GRA Langley, R Benaud, ID Craig, AK Davidson, JC Hill, JH de Courcy