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Australia in England, 1956 
Oxford University v Australia 
Christ Church College Ground, Oxford 
30,31 May, 1 June 1956 (3-day match) 
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets 
Toss: Australia 
Umpires: JS Buller and D Hendren
 
Close of play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
Oxford University 1st innings
SG Metcalfe                          c & b Johnson             40
I Gibson                                 b Crawford             8
AC Walton                                b Crawford            18
*MJK Smith            c Langley          b Johnson              6
GPS Delisle                              b Crawford             4
MA Eagar              st Langley         b Benaud              35
MD Scott              run out                                   9
SVM Clube                                b Benaud               4
JA Bailey                                b Johnson              2
JBM Phillips                             b Crawford            25
ESM Kentish           not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 1, nb 4)                              5
Total                 (all out, 74.4 overs)                   157
FoW: 1-30, 2-53, 3-63, 4-76, 5-77,
     6-124, 7-128, 8-130, 9-143, 10-157.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Miller                       5      1     17      0
Crawford                    20.4    8     28      4
Benaud                      22     10     47      2
Johnson                     27      8     60      3
Australia 1st innings
JW Rutherford         c Smith            b Kentish              7
CC McDonald           c Clube            b Kentish            112
RN Harvey                            c & b Kentish              4
KD Mackay             c Metcalfe         b Kentish              0
KR Miller                            c & b Phillips             0
PJP Burge             st Scott           b Clube               32
R Benaud              c Clube            b Phillips            23
*IW Johnson                              b Clube                0
WPA Crawford                             b Phillips             4
+GRA Langley          c Scott            b Phillips            41
JW Wilson             not out                                   8
Extras                (b 2, nb 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 84.1 overs)                   234
FoW: 1-13, 2-21, 3-23, 4-34, 5-107,
     6-146, 7-147, 8-156, 9-206, 10-234.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Phillips                    26.1    3     69      4
Kentish                     11      5     23      4
Bailey                      10      0     32      0
Gibson                      12      3     36      0
Clube                       25      2     71      2
Oxford University 2nd innings
SG Metcalfe           c Langley          b Crawford            64
I Gibson                                 b Johnson              7
AC Walton             lbw                b Johnson             12
*MJK Smith            c Crawford         b Wilson              24
GPS Delisle                              b Crawford             3
MA Eagar                                 b Miller              58
MD Scott              lbw                b Wilson               1
SVM Clube                                b Miller               2
JA Bailey                                b Miller              11
JBM Phillips          lbw                b Miller               0
ESM Kentish           not out                                   5
Extras                (b 1, lb 3)                               4
Total                 (all out, 85.4 overs)                   191
FoW: 1-37, 2-65, 3-106, 4-112, 5-113,
     6-116, 7-158, 8-182, 9-183, 10-191.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Miller                      14.4    5     30      4
Crawford                    23      4     43      2
Johnson                     19      3     54      2
Wilson                      29     11     60      2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 115 runs)
JW Rutherford         not out                                  67
KD Mackay                                b Kentish              7
RN Harvey             c Smith            b Bailey              31
PJP Burge             not out                                   5
Extras                (b 6, nb 1)                               7
Total                 (2 wickets, 40.2 overs)                 117
DNB: CC McDonald, KR Miller, R Benaud, *IW Johnson, WPA Crawford,
     +GRA Langley, JW Wilson.
FoW: 1-32, 2-100.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Phillips                     6      2     14      0
Kentish                     10      2     25      1
Bailey                      13      4     23      1
Gibson                       2      0     18      0
Clube                        9      2     26      0
Smith                        0.2    0      4      0
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