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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 376 (376/163)
The Ashes, 1953, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
15,17,18,19 August 1953 (6-day match)

Result: England won by 8 wickets
England wins the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: D Davies and FS Lee

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 275, England 1/0 (Hutton 0*, Edrich 1*)
  • Day 2: England 235/7 (Bailey 33*, Lock 4*)
  • Day 3: England 306, Australia 162, England 38/1 (Edrich 15*, May 6*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    *AL Hassett           c Evans            b Bedser              53 135   4  0
    AR Morris             lbw                b Bedser              16          0
    KR Miller             lbw                b Bailey               1   8   0  0
    RN Harvey             c Hutton           b Trueman             36  79      0
    GB Hole               c Evans            b Trueman             37  63   2  0
    JH de Courcy          c Evans            b Trueman              5       1  0
    RG Archer                            c & b Bedser              10          0
    AK Davidson           c Edrich           b Laker               22  52      0
    RR Lindwall           c Evans            b Trueman             62 115   8  0
    +GRA Langley          c Edrich           b Lock                18          0
    WA Johnston           not out                                   9          0
    Extras                (b 4, nb 2)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 81.3 overs)                   275
    
    FoW: 1-38 (Morris), 2-41 (Miller), 3-107 (Hassett),
         4-107 (Harvey), 5-118 (de Courcy), 6-160 (Hole),
         7-160 (Archer), 8-207 (Davidson), 9-245 (Langley),
         10-275 (Lindwall).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bedser                      29      3     88      3
    Trueman                     24.3    3     86      4
    Bailey                      14      3     42      1
    Lock                         9      2     19      1
    Laker                        5      0     34      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    *L Hutton                                b Johnston            82 218   8  0
    WJ Edrich             lbw                b Lindwall            21       3  0
    PBH May               c Archer           b Johnston            39 140      0
    DCS Compton           c Langley          b Lindwall            16  68      0
    TW Graveney           c Miller           b Lindwall             4       0  0
    TE Bailey                                b Archer              64 222   7  0
    +TG Evans             run out                                  28  46      0
    JC Laker              c Langley          b Miller               1       0  0
    GAR Lock              c Davidson         b Lindwall             4  52      0
    FS Trueman                               b Johnston            10  35      0
    AV Bedser             not out                                  22  70      0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 5, w 1)                         15
    Total                 (all out, 142.3 overs)                  306
    
    FoW: 1-37 (Edrich), 2-137 (May), 3-154 (Hutton), 4-167 (Compton),
         5-170 (Graveney), 6-210 (Evans), 7-225 (Laker),
         8-237 (Lock), 9-262 (Trueman), 10-306 (Bailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    32      7     70      4
    Miller                      34     12     65      1
    Johnston                    45     16     94      3
    Davidson                    10      1     26      0
    Archer                      10.3    2     25      1
    Hole                        11      6     11      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *AL Hassett           lbw                b Laker               10            0
    AR Morris             lbw                b Lock                26            0
    GB Hole               lbw                b Laker               17            0
    RN Harvey                                b Lock                 1       3  0 0
    KR Miller             c Trueman          b Laker                0       8  0 0
    JH de Courcy          run out                                   4            0
    RG Archer             c Edrich           b Lock                49  63      7 1
    AK Davidson                              b Lock                21  41        1
    RR Lindwall           c Compton          b Laker               12            1
    +GRA Langley          c Trueman          b Lock                 2          0 0
    WA Johnston           not out                                   6  26      0 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 3)                             14
    Total                 (all out, 50.5 overs)                   162
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Hassett), 2-59 (Hole), 3-60 (Harvey), 4-61 (Miller),
         5-61 (Morris), 6-85 (de Courcy), 7-135 (Davidson),
         8-140 (Archer), 9-144 (Langley), 10-162 (Lindwall).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bedser                      11      2     24      0
    Trueman                      2      1      4      0
    Lock                        21      9     45      5
    Laker                       16.5    2     75      4
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 132 runs)                          R   M   4  6
    *L Hutton             run out                                  17          0
    WJ Edrich             not out                                  55 210   6  0
    PBH May               c Davidson         b Miller              37 112   5  0
    DCS Compton           not out                                  22          0
    Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (2 wickets, 63.5 overs)                 132
    
    DNB: TW Graveney, TE Bailey, +TG Evans, JC Laker, GAR Lock,
         FS Trueman, AV Bedser.
    
    FoW: 1-24 (Hutton), 2-88 (May).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    21      5     46      0
    Miller                      11      3     24      1
    Johnston                    29     14     52      0
    Archer                       1      1      0      0
    Hassett                      1      0      4      0
    Morris                       0.5    0      5      0
    


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    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    Australia Player Pages: AL Hassett, AR Morris, KR Miller, RN Harvey, GB Hole, JH de Courcy, RG Archer, AK Davidson, RR Lindwall, GRA Langley, WA Johnston.

    England Player Pages: L Hutton, WJ Edrich, PBH May, DCS Compton, TW Graveney, TE Bailey, TG Evans, JC Laker, GAR Lock, FS Trueman, AV Bedser.

    Match Officials' Pages: D Davies, FS Lee.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Graham.Rose (grahamr@hadrian.bt.co.uk)  
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