f20112 t374	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1953 (3rd Test)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th July 1953 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Davies, H Elliott
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 151/3 (Harvey 60*, Hole 41*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 221/3 (Harvey 105*, Hole 66*)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 126/4 (Wardle 0*, Watson 0*)
Close of play day 4	No play

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AL Hassett	b Bailey	26	48	51	4	-
AR Morris	b Bedser	1	11	14	-	-
KR Miller	b Bedser	17	30	39	1	-
RN Harvey	c Evans b Bedser	122	246	240	11	-
GB Hole	c Evans b Bedser	66	179	209	6	-
JH de Courcy	lbw b Wardle	41	87	111	4	-
AK Davidson	st Evans b Laker	15	51	45	3	-
RG Archer	c Compton b Bedser	5	16	14	1	-
RR Lindwall	c Edrich b Wardle	1	4	3	-	-
JC Hill	not out	8	22	26	2	-
+GRA Langley	c Edrich b Wardle	8	7	7	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Morris), 2-48 (Hassett), 3-48 (Miller), 4-221 (Hole), 5-256 (Harvey), 6-285 (Davidson), 7-290 (Archer), 8-291 (Lindwall), 9-302 (de Courcy), 10-318 (Langley, 116.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	45	10	115	5	-	-
Bailey	26	4	83	1	-	-
Wardle	28.3	10	70	3	-	-
Laker	17	3	42	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*L Hutton	lbw b Lindwall	66	208	182	10	-
WJ Edrich	c Hole b Hill	6	24	23	1	-
TW Graveney	c de Courcy b Miller	5	18	18	1	-
DCS Compton	c Langley b Archer	45	115	127	3	1
JH Wardle	b Lindwall	5	58	66	1	-
W Watson	b Davidson	16	51	51	2	-
RT Simpson	c Langley b Davidson	31	66	84	5	-
TE Bailey	c Hole b Hill	27	106	96	3	-
+TG Evans	not out	44	57	39	3	1
JC Laker	lbw b Hill	5	7	6	1	-
AV Bedser	b Morris	10	10	14	1	1
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 120 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Edrich), 2-32 (Graveney), 3-126 (Hutton), 4-126 (Compton), 5-149 (Watson), 6-149 (Wardle), 7-209 (Simpson), 8-231 (Bailey), 9-243 (Laker), 10-276 (Bedser, 120 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	20	8	30	2	-	-
Archer	15	8	12	1	-	-
Hill	35	7	97	3	-	-
Miller	24	11	38	1	-	-
Davidson	20	4	60	2	-	-
Harvey	3	2	2	0	-	-
Hole	2	0	16	0	-	-
Morris	1	0	5	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AL Hassett	c Bailey b Bedser	8	9	10	2	-
AR Morris	c Hutton b Laker	0	4	7	-	-
KR Miller	st Evans b Laker	6	10	11	-	-
GB Hole	c Evans b Bedser	2	14	13	-	-
JH de Courcy	st Evans b Wardle	8	17	13	-	1
AK Davidson	not out	4	42	33	-	-
RN Harvey	b Wardle	0	4	3	-	-
RG Archer	lbw b Wardle	0	2	1	-	-
RR Lindwall	b Wardle	4	4	3	1	-
JC Hill	not out	0	2	2	-	-
+GRA Langley	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, 18 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Morris), 2-12 (Hassett), 3-18 (Miller), 4-18 (Hole), 5-31 (de Courcy), 6-31 (Harvey), 7-31 (Archer), 8-35 (Lindwall)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	4	1	14	2	-	-
Laker	9	5	11	2	-	-
Wardle	5	2	7	4	-	-

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Notes
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> GB Hole (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Test matches
--> GB Hole (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> JH de Courcy made his debut in Test matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> JC Hill reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed TE Bailey, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> JH Wardle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Australia second innings (previous best was 4-77)
--> AV Bedser reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed GB Hole, his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings

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