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276
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
318 & 35-8
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Overs: 120.0 RR: 2.30 vs spin: 2.93
vs seam: 1.77
Overs: 18.0 RR: 1.94 vs spin: 1.29
vs seam: 3.50
Thu 09/07/53 England v Australia, 3rd Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
match drawn Match Drawn
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Australia - 1st Inns 318 (116.3; RR: 2.73)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett b Bailey 26 48 4 0 54.17
AR Morris b Bedser 1 11 0 0 9.09
KR Miller b Bedser 17 30 1 0 56.67
RN Harvey c Evans b Bedser 122 246 11 0 49.59
GB Hole c Evans b Bedser 66 179 6 0 36.87
JH de Courcy lbw b Wardle 41 87 4 0 47.13
AK Davidson st Evans b Laker 15 51 3 0 29.41
RG Archer c Compton b Bedser 5 16 1 0 31.25
RR Lindwall c Edrich b Wardle 1 4 0 0 25.00
JC Hill not out 8 22 2 0 36.36
GRA Langley c Edrich b Wardle 8 7 1 0 114.29
Extras (6b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 318 all out (116.3 overs; RR: 2.73)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 48-2 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 48-3 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 221-4 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 256-5 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 285-6 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 290-7 (RG Archer 0.0 ov), 291-8 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 302-9 (JH de Courcy 0.0 ov), 318-10 (GRA Langley 116.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 45.0 10 115 5 2.56 0 0
TE Bailey 26.0 4 83 1 3.19 0 0
JH Wardle 28.3 10 70 3 2.50 0 0
JC Laker 17.0 3 42 1 2.47 0 0

England - 1st Inns 276 (120.0; RR: 2.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton lbw b Lindwall 66 208 10 0 31.73
WJ Edrich c Hole b Hill 6 24 1 0 25.00
TW Graveney c Courcy b Miller 5 18 1 0 27.78
DCS Compton c Langley b Archer 45 115 3 1 39.13
JH Wardle b Lindwall 5 58 1 0 8.62
W Watson b Davidson 16 51 2 0 31.37
RT Simpson c Langley b Davidson 31 66 5 0 46.97
TE Bailey c Hole b Hill 27 106 3 0 25.47
TG Evans not out 44 57 3 1 77.19
JC Laker lbw b Hill 5 7 1 0 71.43
AV Bedser b Morris 10 10 1 1 100.00
Extras (8b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 16  
TOTAL 276 all out (120.0 overs; RR: 2.30)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 32-2 (TW Graveney 0.0 ov), 126-3 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 126-4 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 149-5 (W Watson 0.0 ov), 149-6 (JH Wardle 0.0 ov), 209-7 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 231-8 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 243-9 (JC Laker 0.0 ov), 276-10 (AV Bedser 120.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 20.0 8 30 2 1.50 0 0
RG Archer 15.0 8 12 1 0.80 0 0
JC Hill 35.0 7 97 3 2.77 0 0
KR Miller 24.0 11 38 1 1.58 0 0
AK Davidson 20.0 4 60 2 3.00 0 0
RN Harvey 3.0 2 2 0 0.67 0 0
GB Hole 2.0 0 16 0 8.00 0 0
AR Morris 1.0 0 5 1 5.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 35-8 (18.0; RR: 1.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AL Hassett c Bailey b Bedser 8 9 2 0 88.89
AR Morris c Hutton b Laker 0 4 0 0 0.00
KR Miller st Evans b Laker 6 10 0 0 60.00
GB Hole c Evans b Bedser 2 14 0 0 14.29
JH de Courcy st Evans b Wardle 8 17 0 1 47.06
AK Davidson not out 4 42 0 0 9.52
RN Harvey b Wardle 0 4 0 0 0.00
RG Archer lbw b Wardle 0 2 0 0 0.00
RR Lindwall b Wardle 4 4 1 0 100.00
JC Hill not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
GRA Langley  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 35-8 (18.0 overs; RR: 1.94)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (AR Morris 0.0 ov), 12-2 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 18-3 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 18-4 (GB Hole 0.0 ov), 31-5 (JH de Courcy 0.0 ov), 31-6 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 31-7 (RG Archer 0.0 ov), 35-8 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AV Bedser 4.0 1 14 2 3.50 0 0
JC Laker 9.0 5 11 2 1.22 0 0
JH Wardle 5.0 2 7 4 1.40 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Manchester, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday July 9, 1953

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

D Davies, H Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

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

Australia Team

Playing XI

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