Scorecard - 1956 England v Australia - 26/07/1956


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1956 England v Australia - 4th Test

Old Trafford, Manchester

26th July, 1956

	England	459
	Australia	84 & 205

England won by an innings and 170 runs

England 1st Innings

R

BF

4s

6s

SR

% of Total

Peter Richardson

c †Maddocks b Benaud

104

11

0

22.66%

Colin Cowdrey

c †Maddocks b Lindwall

80

11

0

17.43%

David Sheppard

b Archer

113

14

1

24.62%

Peter May*

c Archer b Benaud

43

6

0

9.37%

Trevor Bailey

b Johnson

20

2

0

4.36%

Cyril Washbrook

lbw b Johnson

6

1

0

1.31%

Alan Oakman

c Archer b Johnson

10

1

0

2.18%

Godfrey Evans†

st †Maddocks b Johnson

47

5

2

10.24%

James Laker

run out

3

0

0

0.65%

Tony Lock

not out

25

1

0

5.45%

Brian Statham

c †Maddocks b Lindwall

0

0

0

Extras

(b 2, lb 5, w 1)

8

Total

All Out (158.3 overs @ 2.90 rpo)

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

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ER	% of Wickets
Ray Lindwall	21.3	6	63	2	2.93	20.00%
Keith Miller	21.0	6	41	0	1.95
Ronald Archer	22.0	6	73	1	3.32	10.00%
Ian Johnson	47.0	10	151	4	3.21	40.00%
Richie Benaud	47.0	17	123	2	2.62	20.00%

Australia 1st Innings

R

BF

4s

6s

SR

% of Total

Colin McDonald

c Lock b Laker

32

5

0

38.10%

James Burke

c Cowdrey b Lock

22

2

0

26.19%

Neil Harvey

b Laker

0

0

0

Ian Craig

lbw b Laker

8

0

0

9.52%

Keith Miller

c Oakman b Laker

6

0

1

7.14%

Kenneth Mackay

c Oakman b Laker

0

0

0

Ronald Archer

st †Evans b Laker

6

1

0

7.14%

Richie Benaud

c Statham b Laker

0

0

0

Ray Lindwall

not out

6

1

0

7.14%

Leonard Maddocks†

b Laker

4

0

0

4.76%

Ian Johnson*

b Laker

0

0

0

Extras

0

Total

All Out (40.4 overs @ 2.07 rpo)

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

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ER	% of Wickets
Brian Statham	6.0	3	6	0	1.00
Trevor Bailey	4.0	3	4	0	1.00
James Laker	16.4	4	37	9	2.22	90.00%
Tony Lock	14.0	3	37	1	2.64	10.00%

Australia 2nd Innings

R

BF

4s

6s

SR

% of Total

Colin McDonald

c Oakman b Laker

89

10

0

43.41%

James Burke

c Lock b Laker

33

4

0

16.10%

Neil Harvey

c Cowdrey b Laker

0

0

0

Ian Craig

lbw b Laker

38

5

0

18.54%

Kenneth Mackay

c Oakman b Laker

0

0

0

Keith Miller

b Laker

0

0

0

Ronald Archer

c Oakman b Laker

0

0

0

Richie Benaud

b Laker

18

3

0

8.78%

Ray Lindwall

c Lock b Laker

8

1

0

3.90%

Ian Johnson*

not out

1

0

0

0.49%

Leonard Maddocks†

lbw b Laker

2

0

0

0.98%

Extras

(b 12, lb 4)

16

Total

All Out (150.2 overs @ 1.36 rpo)

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

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ER	% of Wickets
Brian Statham	16.0	10	15	0	0.94
Trevor Bailey	20.0	8	31	0	1.55
James Laker	51.2	23	53	10	1.03	100.00%
Tony Lock	55.0	30	69	0	1.25
Alan Oakman	8.0	3	21	0	2.63

MATCH INFORMATION
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss	England won the toss and elected to bat
Series	1956 England v Australia (The Ashes) - 4th Test
Match No.	Test #428
Match Conditions	Day Match
Player of Match	No Award
Partnerships	View

END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 307/3 (Rev.DS Sheppard 59, TE Bailey 14)
Day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 53/1 (JW Burke 33, ID Craig 8)
Day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 59/2 (CC McDonald 15, ID Craig 10)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 84/2 (CC McDonald 25, ID Craig 24)
Day 5 - Australia 2nd Innings 205, 150.2 overs - end of match

MATCH NOTES
Australia 2nd innings - Colin McDonald retired hurt/ill at 28/0 and resumed at 55/2

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