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367 & 201
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
190 & 432
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Overs: 71.4 RR: 2.80 vs spin: 2.28
vs seam: 3.25
Overs: 171.4 RR: 2.52 vs spin: 1.53
vs seam: 2.58
Thu 27/07/61 England v Australia, 4th Test, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 54 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 190 (63.4; RR: 2.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry lbw b Statham 74 0 11 0
RB Simpson c Murray b Statham 4 0 1 0
RN Harvey c Row b Statham 19 0 1 0
NCL O'Neill hit wicket b Trueman 11 0 1 0
PJP Burge b Flavell 15 0 2 0
BC Booth c Close b Statham 46 0 5 0
KD Mackay c Murray b Statham 11 0 0 0
AK Davidson c Barrington b Dexter 0 0 0 0
R Benaud b Dexter 2 0 0 0
ATW Grout c Murray b Dexter 2 0 0 0
GD McKenzie not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 190 all out (63.4 overs; RR: 2.98)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 51-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 89-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 106-4 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 150-5 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 174-6 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 185-7 (BC Booth 0.0 ov), 185-8 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 189-9 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 190-10 (R Benaud 63.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 14.0 1 55 1 3.93 0 0
JB Statham 21.0 3 53 5 2.52 0 0
JA Flavell 22.0 8 61 1 2.77 0 0
ER Dexter 6.4 2 16 3 2.67 0 0

England - 1st Inns 367 (163.4; RR: 2.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar b Davidson 63 0 7 0
R Subba Row c Simpson b Davidson 2 0 0 0
ER Dexter c Davidson b McKenzie 16 0 1 0
PBH May c Simpson b Davidson 95 0 14 0
DB Close lbw b McKenzie 33 0 4 1
KF Barrington c O'Neill b Simpson 78 0 10 0
JT Murray c Grout b Mackay 24 0 4 0
DA Allen c Booth b Simpson 42 0 7 0
FS Trueman c Harvey b Simpson 3 0 0 0
JB Statham c Mackay b Simpson 4 0 0 0
JA Flavell not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 4lb, 1w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 367 all out (163.4 overs; RR: 2.24)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (R Subba Row 0.0 ov), 43-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 154-3 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 212-4 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 212-5 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 272-6 (JT Murray 0.0 ov), 358-7 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 362-8 (DA Allen 0.0 ov), 367-9 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 367-10 (JB Statham 163.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 39.0 11 70 3 1.79 0 0
GD McKenzie 38.0 11 106 2 2.79 0 0
KD Mackay 40.0 9 81 1 2.03 0 0
R Benaud 35.0 15 80 0 2.29 0 0
RB Simpson 11.4 4 23 4 2.09 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 432 (171.4; RR: 2.52)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WM Lawry c Trueman b Allen 102 0 13 0
RB Simpson c Murray b Flavell 51 0 7 0
RN Harvey c Murray b Dexter 35 0 5 0
NCL O'Neill c Murray b Statham 67 0 9 0
PJP Burge c Murray b Dexter 23 0 2 0
BC Booth lbw b Dexter 9 0 1 0
KD Mackay c Close b Allen 18 0 3 0
AK Davidson not out 77 0 10 2
R Benaud lbw b Allen 1 0 0 0
ATW Grout c Statham b Allen 0 0 0 0
GD McKenzie b Flavell 32 0 3 0
Extras (6b, 9lb, 2w, 0nb) 17  
TOTAL 432 all out (171.4 overs; RR: 2.52)

Fall of wickets

113-1 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 175-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 210-3 (WM Lawry 0.0 ov), 274-4 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 290-5 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 296-6 (BC Booth 0.0 ov), 332-7 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 334-8 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 334-9 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 432-10 (GD McKenzie 171.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
FS Trueman 32.0 6 92 0 2.88 0 0
JB Statham 44.0 9 106 1 2.41 0 0
JA Flavell 29.4 4 65 2 2.24 0 0
DA Allen 38.0 25 58 4 1.53 0 0
ER Dexter 20.0 4 61 3 3.05 0 0
DB Close 8.0 1 33 0 4.13 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 201 (71.4; RR: 2.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Pullar c O'Neill b Davidson 26 0 3 0
R Subba Row b Benaud 49 0 8 0
ER Dexter c Grout b Benaud 76 0 14 1
PBH May b Benaud 0 2 0 0 0.00
DB Close c O'Neill b Benaud 8 0 0 1
KF Barrington lbw b Mackay 5 0 1 0
JT Murray c Simpson b Benaud 4 0 1 0
DA Allen c Simpson b Benaud 10 0 2 0
FS Trueman c Benaud b Simpson 8 0 2 0
JB Statham b Davidson 8 0 2 0
JA Flavell not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 0lb, 2w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 201 all out (71.4 overs; RR: 2.80)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (G Pullar 0.0 ov), 150-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 150-3 (PBH May 0.0 ov), 158-4 (DB Close 0.0 ov), 163-5 (R Subba Row 0.0 ov), 171-6 (JT Murray 0.0 ov), 171-7 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 189-8 (DA Allen 0.0 ov), 193-9 (FS Trueman 0.0 ov), 201-10 (JB Statham 71.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 14.4 1 50 2 3.57 0 0
GD McKenzie 4.0 1 20 0 5.00 0 0
R Benaud 32.0 11 70 6 2.19 0 0
RB Simpson 8.0 4 21 1 2.63 0 0
KD Mackay 13.0 7 33 1 2.54 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test

Date

Thursday July 27, 1961

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

WE Phillipson, JG Langridge

England Team

Playing XI

DB Close, JB Statham, PBH May, FS Trueman, KF Barrington, ER Dexter, R Subba Row, G Pullar, DA Allen, JT Murray, JA Flavell

Australia Team

Playing XI

RN Harvey, R Benaud, AK Davidson, PJP Burge, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, RB Simpson, NCL O'Neill, WM Lawry, GD McKenzie, BC Booth