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56 & 62 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
289 AUS flag
Overs: 24.0 RR: 2.58 vs spin: 1.86
vs seam: 2.53
 Overs: 99.0 RR: 2.92 vs spin: 3.59
vs seam: 2.10
Sat 23/05/53 Minor Counties v Australians at Stoke-on-Trent, Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 171 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 289 (99.0; RR: 2.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald lbw b Coomb 13 0 0 0
R Benaud b Taylor 20 0 0 0
RN Harvey b Coomb 109 0 0 0
AL Hassett lbw b Taylor 32 0 0 0
ID Craig c Langdale b Taylor 7 0 0 0
JH de Courcy lbw b Taylor 40 0 0 0
RG Archer c & b Taylor 24 0 0 0
AK Davidson run out 29 0 0 0
D Tallon c & b Johns 0 0 0 0
RR Lindwall c Taylor b Langdale 1 0 0 0
WA Johnston not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (8b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 14  
TOTAL 289 all out (99.0 overs; RR: 2.92)

Fall of wickets

25-1 (0.0 ov), 48-2 (0.0 ov), 147-3 (0.0 ov), 165-4 (0.0 ov), 207-5 (0.0 ov), 245-6 (0.0 ov), 268-7 (0.0 ov), 271-8 (0.0 ov), 289-9 (0.0 ov), 289-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
F Taylor 39.0 13 71 5 1.82 0 0
AG Coomb 20.0 2 53 2 2.65 0 0
CA Pickett 13.0 2 54 0 4.15 0 0
GR Langdale 10.0 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
DFV Johns 17.0 2 55 1 3.24 0 0

Minor Counties - 1st Inns 56 (24.4; RR: 2.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GLB August c Lindwall b Johnston 3 0 0 0
JG Keeler c McDonald b Johnston 1 0 0 0
C Lee b Lindwall 0 0 0 0
DFV Johns lbw b Lindwall 0 0 0 0
GWL Courtenay b Lindwall 2 0 0 0
JA Cockett b Lindwall 0 0 0 0
GR Langdale b Johnston 13 0 0 0
BA Barnett b Lindwall 12 0 0 0
AG Coomb b Lindwall 4 0 0 0
CA Pickett not out 7 0 0 0
F Taylor b Lindwall 8 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 56 all out (24.4 overs; RR: 2.27)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (0.0 ov), 8-2 (0.0 ov), 8-3 (0.0 ov), 10-4 (0.0 ov), 10-5 (0.0 ov), 12-6 (0.0 ov), 35-7 (0.0 ov), 39-8 (0.0 ov), 41-9 (0.0 ov), 56-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 10.4 2 20 7 2.00 0 0
WA Johnston 11.0 6 20 3 1.82 0 0
RG Archer 2.0 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
AK Davidson 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

Minor Counties - 2nd Inns 62 (24.0; RR: 2.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GLB August run out 0 0 0 0
JG Keeler b Archer 10 0 0 0
C Lee c de Courcy b Benaud 23 0 0 0
DFV Johns c Hassett b Archer 4 0 0 0
GWL Courtenay st Tallon b Benaud 0 0 0 0
JA Cockett b Archer 0 0 0 0
GR Langdale c Tallon b Archer 1 0 0 0
BA Barnett b Benaud 6 0 0 0
AG Coomb not out 9 0 0 0
CA Pickett b Benaud 3 0 0 0
F Taylor st Tallon b Benaud 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 6  
TOTAL 62 all out (24.0 overs; RR: 2.58)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (0.0 ov), 25-2 (0.0 ov), 43-3 (0.0 ov), 43-4 (0.0 ov), 43-5 (0.0 ov), 43-6 (0.0 ov), 46-7 (0.0 ov), 50-8 (0.0 ov), 62-9 (0.0 ov), 62-10 (0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RG Archer 12.0 5 25 4 2.08 0 0
AK Davidson 5.0 1 18 0 3.60 0 0
R Benaud 7.0 2 13 5 1.86 0 0

Match Info

Match

Minor Counties v Australians at Stoke-on-Trent

Date

Saturday May 23, 1953

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent

Umpires

TS Jennings, C Fairservice

Minor Counties Team

Playing XI

BA Barnett, GWL Courtenay, GR Langdale, GLB August, JA Cockett, AG Coomb, DFV Johns, JG Keeler, C Lee, CA Pickett, F Taylor

Australia Team

Playing XI

AL Hassett, RR Lindwall, D Tallon, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, R Benaud, CC McDonald, RG Archer, ID Craig, AK Davidson, JH de Courcy