The Ashes, 1953, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
9,10,11,13,14 July 1953 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: D Davies and H Elliott
Test Debuts: JH de Courcy (Aus).

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 151/3 (Harvey 60*, Hole 41*)
Day 2: Australia 221/3 (Harvey 105*, Hole 66*)
Day 3: Australia 318, England 126/4 (Wardle 0*, Watson 0*)
Day 4: No play

Australia 1st innings
*AL Hassett                              b Bailey              26
AR Morris                                b Bedser               1
KR Miller                                b Bedser              17
RN Harvey             c Evans            b Bedser             122
GB Hole               c Evans            b Bedser              66
JH de Courcy          lbw                b Wardle              41
AK Davidson           st Evans           b Laker               15
RG Archer             c Compton          b Bedser               5
RR Lindwall           c Edrich           b Wardle               1
JC Hill               not out                                   8
+GRA Langley          c Edrich           b Wardle               8
Extras                (b 6, lb 1, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (all out, 116.3 overs)                  318

FoW: 1-15, 2-48, 3-48, 4-221, 5-256,
     6-285, 7-290, 8-291, 9-302, 10-318.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bedser                      45     10    115      5
Bailey                      26      4     83      1
Wardle                      28.3   10     70      3
Laker                       17      3     42      1

England 1st innings
*L Hutton             lbw                b Lindwall            66
WJ Edrich             c Hole             b Hill                 6
TW Graveney           c de Courcy        b Miller               5
DCS Compton           c Langley          b Archer              45
JH Wardle                                b Lindwall             5
W Watson                                 b Davidson            16
RT Simpson            c Langley          b Davidson            31
TE Bailey             c Hole             b Hill                27
+TG Evans             not out                                  44
JC Laker              lbw                b Hill                 5
AV Bedser                                b Morris              10
Extras                (b 8, lb 8)                              16
Total                 (all out, 120 overs)                    276

FoW: 1-19, 2-32, 3-126, 4-126, 5-149,
     6-149, 7-209, 8-231, 9-243, 10-276.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lindwall                    20      8     30      2
Archer                      15      8     12      1
Hill                        35      7     97      3
Miller                      24     11     38      1
Davidson                    20      4     60      2
Harvey                       3      2      2      0
Hole                         2      0     16      0
Morris                       1      0      5      1

Australia 2nd innings
*AL Hassett           c Bailey           b Bedser               8
AR Morris             c Hutton           b Laker                0
KR Miller             st Evans           b Laker                6
GB Hole               c Evans            b Bedser               2
JH de Courcy          st Evans           b Wardle               8
AK Davidson           not out                                   4
RN Harvey                                b Wardle               0
RG Archer             lbw                b Wardle               0
RR Lindwall                              b Wardle               4
JC Hill               not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
Total                 (8 wickets, 18 overs)                    35

DNB: +GRA Langley.

FoW: 1-8, 2-12, 3-18, 4-18, 5-31, 6-31, 7-31, 8-35.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bedser                       4      1     14      2
Laker                        9      5     11      2
Wardle                       5      2      7      4

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