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| 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 |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JH de Courcy made his debut in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 104 balls, 101 minutes with 5 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) 100 in 208 balls, 194 minutes with 10 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> GB Hole (1) 50 in 141 balls with 5 fours
--> 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
--> L Hutton (1) 50 in 162 balls with 6 fours
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> JH de Courcy made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> RG Archer made his debut in England in Test matches
--> 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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