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| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st July 1956 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 170 runs |
| Umpires | DE Davies, FS Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 307/3 (Sheppard 59*, Bailey 14*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (2) 53/1 (Burke 33*, Craig 8*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 59/2 (McDonald 15*, Craig 10*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 84/2 (McDonald 25*, Craig 24*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Maddocks b Benaud | 104 | 222 | 11 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Maddocks b Lindwall | 80 | 190 | 11 | - | ||
| DS Sheppard | b Archer | 113 | 295 | 14 | 1 | ||
| *PBH May | c Archer b Benaud | 43 | 111 | 6 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | b Johnson | 20 | 43 | 2 | - | ||
| C Washbrook | lbw b Johnson | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Archer b Johnson | 10 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | st Maddocks b Johnson | 47 | 29 | 5 | 2 | ||
| JC Laker | run out | 3 | 10 | - | - | ||
| GAR Lock | not out | 25 | 44 | 1 | - | ||
| JB Statham | c Maddocks b Lindwall | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 158.3 overs) | 459 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-174 (Cowdrey), 2-195 (Richardson), 3-288 (May), 4-321 (Bailey), 5-327 (Washbrook), 6-339 (Oakman), 7-401 (Evans), 8-417 (Laker), 9-458 (Sheppard), 10-459 (Statham, 158.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 21.3 | 6 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 21 | 6 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Archer | 22 | 6 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 47 | 10 | 151 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Benaud | 47 | 17 | 123 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Lock b Laker | 32 | 80 | 5 | - | ||
| JW Burke | c Cowdrey b Lock | 22 | 102 | 2 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | b Laker | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| ID Craig | lbw b Laker | 8 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| KR Miller | c Oakman b Laker | 6 | 15 | - | 1 | ||
| KD Mackay | c Oakman b Laker | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| RG Archer | st Evans b Laker | 6 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| R Benaud | c Statham b Laker | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | not out | 6 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| +LV Maddocks | b Laker | 4 | 7 | - | - | ||
| *IWG Johnson | b Laker | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 40.4 overs) | 84 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48 (McDonald), 2-48 (Harvey), 3-62 (Burke), 4-62 (Craig), 5-62 (Mackay), 6-73 (Miller), 7-73 (Benaud), 8-78 (Archer), 9-84 (Maddocks), 10-84 (Johnson, 40.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 16.4 | 4 | 37 | 9 | - | - | |
| Lock | 14 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Oakman b Laker | 89 | 337 | 10 | - | ||
| JW Burke | c Lock b Laker | 33 | 105 | 4 | - | ||
| RN Harvey | c Cowdrey b Laker | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| ID Craig | lbw b Laker | 38 | 259 | 5 | - | ||
| KD Mackay | c Oakman b Laker | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| KR Miller | b Laker | 0 | 15 | - | - | ||
| RG Archer | c Oakman b Laker | 0 | 10 | - | - | ||
| R Benaud | b Laker | 18 | 105 | 3 | - | ||
| RR Lindwall | c Lock b Laker | 8 | 41 | 1 | - | ||
| *IWG Johnson | not out | 1 | 25 | - | - | ||
| +LV Maddocks | lbw b Laker | 2 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 150.2 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Harvey), 2-55 (Burke), 3-114 (Craig), 4-124 (Mackay), 5-130 (Miller), 6-130 (Archer), 7-181 (McDonald), 8-198 (Benaud), 9-203 (Lindwall), 10-205 (Maddocks) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 16 | 10 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 20 | 8 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 51.2 | 23 | 53 | 10 | - | - | |
| Lock | 55 | 30 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 8 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> ASM Oakman made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) 50 in 109 balls, 112 minutes
--> PE Richardson (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) 100 in 229 balls, 218 minutes with 10 fours
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 78 balls
--> DS Sheppard (1) 50 in 109 balls, 128 minutes
--> DS Sheppard (1) 100 in 225 balls, 265 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (2) 50 in 209 balls
--> ID Craig made his debut in England in Test matches
--> IWG Johnson reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed C Washbrook, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LV Maddocks in the Australia first innings (previous best was 7-103)
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australia second innings (previous best was 10-88)
--> JC Laker achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LV Maddocks in the Australia second innings (previous best was 9-37)
--> JC Laker completed 7 wickets in 22 balls for England
--> CC McDonald retired hurt in the Australia second innings having scored 11 (team score 28/0) - he returned when the score was 55/2 (injured with a jarred knee)
Laker ended the Australian first innings with 7 wickets for 8 runs in 22 balls
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