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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
459
Series badge AUS
84 & 205
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Overs: 158.3 RR: 2.90 vs spin: 2.91
vs seam: 2.74
Overs: 150.2 RR: 1.36 vs spin: 1.25
vs seam: 1.28
Thu 26/07/56 England v Australia, 4th Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 170 runs
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England - 1st Inns 459 (158.3; RR: 2.90)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Richardson c Maddocks b Benaud 104 0 11 0
MC Cowdrey c Maddocks b Lindwall 80 0 11 0
DS Sheppard b Archer 113 0 14 1
PBH May c Archer b Benaud 43 0 6 0
TE Bailey b Johnson 20 0 2 0
C Washbrook lbw b Johnson 6 0 1 0
ASM Oakman c Archer b Johnson 10 0 1 0
TG Evans st Maddocks b Johnson 47 0 5 2
JC Laker run out 3 0 0 0
GAR Lock not out 25 0 1 0
JB Statham c Maddocks b Lindwall 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 459 all out (158.3 overs; RR: 2.90)

Fall of wickets

174-1 (MC Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 195-2 (PE Richardson 0.0 ov), 288-3 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 321-4 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 327-5 (C Washbrook 0.0 ov), 339-6 (ASM Oakman 0.0 ov), 401-7 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 417-8 (JC Laker 0.0 ov), 458-9 (DS Sheppard 0.0 ov), 459-10 (JB Statham 158.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 21.3 6 63 2 3.00 0 0
KR Miller 21.0 6 41 0 1.95 0 0
RG Archer 22.0 6 73 1 3.32 0 0
IWG Johnson 47.0 10 151 4 3.21 1 0
R Benaud 47.0 17 123 2 2.62 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 84 (40.4; RR: 2.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c Lock b Laker 32 0 5 0
JW Burke c Cowdrey b Lock 22 0 2 0
RN Harvey b Laker 0 0 0 0
ID Craig lbw b Laker 8 0 1 0
KR Miller c Oakman b Laker 6 0 0 1
KD Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0 0 0 0
RG Archer st Evans b Laker 6 0 1 0
R Benaud c Statham b Laker 0 0 0 0
RR Lindwall not out 6 0 1 0
LV Maddocks b Laker 4 0 0 0
IWG Johnson b Laker 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 84 all out (40.4 overs; RR: 2.07)

Fall of wickets

48-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 48-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 62-3 (JW Burke 0.0 ov), 62-4 (ID Craig 0.0 ov), 62-5 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 73-6 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 73-7 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 78-8 (RG Archer 0.0 ov), 84-9 (LV Maddocks 0.0 ov), 84-10 (IWG Johnson 40.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Statham 6.0 3 6 0 1.00 0 0
TE Bailey 4.0 3 4 0 1.00 0 0
JC Laker 16.4 4 37 9 2.31 0 0
GAR Lock 14.0 3 37 1 2.64 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 205 (150.2; RR: 1.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c Oakman b Laker 89 0 10 0
JW Burke c Lock b Laker 33 0 4 0
RN Harvey c Cowdrey b Laker 0 0 0 0
ID Craig lbw b Laker 38 0 5 0
KD Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0 0 0 0
KR Miller b Laker 0 0 0 0
RG Archer c Oakman b Laker 0 0 0 0
R Benaud b Laker 18 0 3 0
RR Lindwall c Lock b Laker 8 0 1 0
IWG Johnson not out 1 0 0 0
LV Maddocks lbw b Laker 2 0 0 0
Extras (12b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 16  
TOTAL 205 all out (150.2 overs; RR: 1.36)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 55-2 (JW Burke 0.0 ov), 114-3 (ID Craig 0.0 ov), 124-4 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 130-5 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 130-6 (RG Archer 0.0 ov), 181-7 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 198-8 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 203-9 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 205-10 (LV Maddocks 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JB Statham 16.0 10 15 0 0.94 0 0
TE Bailey 20.0 8 31 0 1.55 0 0
JC Laker 51.2 23 53 10 1.04 0 0
GAR Lock 55.0 30 69 0 1.25 0 0
ASM Oakman 8.0 3 21 0 2.63 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test

Date

Thursday July 26, 1956

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

FS Lee, DE Davies

England Team

Playing XI

C Washbrook, TG Evans, JC Laker, TE Bailey, DS Sheppard, JB Statham, PBH May, GAR Lock, MC Cowdrey, PE Richardson, ASM Oakman

Australia Team

Playing XI

IWG Johnson, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, RN Harvey, JW Burke, R Benaud, CC McDonald, RG Archer, ID Craig, LV Maddocks, KD Mackay