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Australia in England, 1956
Leicestershire v Australia
Grace Road, Leicester
5,7,8 May 1956 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss:
Umpires: FS Lee and A Skelding

Close of play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Leicestershire 1st innings
    G Lester                                 b Archer              38
    MR Hallam             c Burge            b Archer              14
    J van Geloven         c Rutherford       b Wilson              43
    *CH Palmer                               b Archer              34
    VE Jackson            lbw                b Archer              35
    GA Smithson           c Burge            b Wilson              60
    VS Munden             c Miller           b Wilson              33
    LR Gardner            lbw                b Johnson             17
    JE Walsh              st Langley         b Johnson             13
    +J Firth              not out                                   5
    CT Spencer                               b Crawford             0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 1)                         6
    Total                 (all out, 122.2 overs)                  298
    
    FoW: 1-16, 2-95, 3-103, 4-137, 5-194,
         6-255, 7-261, 8-294, 9-295, 10-298.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Crawford                    25.2    3     66      1
    Archer                      31     10     73      4
    Johnson                     32     11     65      2
    Rutherford                   5      1     15      0
    Wilson                      25     11     59      3
    Mackay                       4      1     14      0
    
    Australia 1st innings
    JW Burke              c Palmer           b Spencer            123
    JW Rutherford                            b van Geloven         13
    KD Mackay             c van Geloven      b Munden              58
    RN Harvey             c Firth            b Jackson             11
    KR Miller             not out                                 281
    PJP Burge             c Jackson          b Spencer             99
    RG Archer             c Walsh            b Hallam              88
    +GRA Langley          not out                                   5
    Extras                (b 13, lb 2, nb 1)                       16
    Total                 (6 wickets, 197 overs)                  694
    
    DNB: *IW Johnson, WPA Crawford, JW Wilson.
    
    FoW: 1-35, 2-153, 3-175, 4-235, 5-465, 6-669.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Spencer                     34      4    130      2
    van Geloven                 31      7    101      1
    Walsh                       22      0     89      0
    Jackson                     31     16     60      1
    Munden                      38      7    119      1
    Palmer                      15      8     27      0
    Lester                      20      0    131      0
    Hallam                       6      0     21      1
    


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