Australia in England, 1953
Minor Counties v Australia
Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
23,25 May 1953 (3-day match)
Result: Australia won by an innings and 171 runs
Toss:
Umpires: C Fairservice and TS Jennings
Close of play:
Day 1:
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald lbw b Coomb 13
R Benaud b Taylor 20
RN Harvey b Coomb 109
*AL Hassett lbw b Taylor 32
ID Craig c Langdale b Taylor 7
JH de Courcy lbw b Taylor 40
RG Archer c & b Taylor 24
AK Davidson run out 29
+D Tallon c & b Johns 0
RR Lindwall c Taylor b Langdale 1
WA Johnston not out 0
Extras (b 8, lb 6) 14
Total (all out, 99 overs) 289
FoW: 1-25, 2-48, 3-147, 4-165, 5-207,
6-245, 7-268, 8-271, 9-289, 10-289.
Bowling O M R W
Taylor 39 13 71 5
Coomb 20 2 53 2
Pickett 13 2 54 0
Langdale 10 0 42 1
Johns 17 2 55 1
Minor Counties 1st innings
GLB August c Lindwall b Johnston 3
JG Keeler c McDonald b Johnston 1
C Lee b Lindwall 0
DFV Johns lbw b Lindwall 0
GWL Courtenay b Lindwall 2
JA Cockett b Lindwall 0
GR Langdale b Johnston 13
BA Barnett b Lindwall 12
AG Coomb b Lindwall 4
CA Pickett not out 7
F Taylor b Lindwall 8
Extras (b 3, lb 3) 6
Total (all out, 24.4 overs) 56
FoW: 1-6, 2-8, 3-8, 4-10, 5-10, 6-12, 7-35, 8-39, 9-41, 10-56.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 10.4 2 20 7
Johnston 11 6 20 3
Archer 2 0 5 0
Davidson 1 0 5 0
Minor Counties 2nd innings (following on)
GLB August run out 0
JG Keeler b Archer 10
C Lee c de Courcy b Benaud 23
DFV Johns c Hassett b Archer 4
GWL Courtenay st Tallon b Benaud 0
JA Cockett b Archer 0
GR Langdale c Tallon b Archer 1
BA Barnett b Benaud 6
AG Coomb not out 9
CA Pickett b Benaud 3
F Taylor st Tallon b Benaud 0
Extras (b 4, lb 2) 6
Total (all out, 24 overs) 62
FoW: 1-0, 2-25, 3-43, 4-43, 5-43, 6-43, 7-46, 8-50, 9-62, 10-62.
Bowling O M R W
Archer 12 5 25 4
Davidson 5 1 18 0
Benaud 7 2 13 5
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