The Ashes, 1953, 4th Test
England v Australia
Headingley, Leeds
23,24,25,27,28 July 1953 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: F Chester and FS Lee
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 142/7 (Evans 18*, Lock 5*)
Day 2: England 167, Australia 266
Day 3: England 62/1 (Edrich 33*, Graveney 3*)
Day 4: England 177/5 (Compton 60*, Bailey 4*)
England 1st innings
*L Hutton b Lindwall 0
WJ Edrich lbw b Miller 10
TW Graveney c Benaud b Miller 55
DCS Compton c Davidson b Lindwall 0
W Watson b Lindwall 24
RT Simpson c Langley b Lindwall 15
TE Bailey run out 7
+TG Evans lbw b Lindwall 25
JC Laker c Lindwall b Archer 10
GAR Lock b Davidson 9
AV Bedser not out 0
Extras (b 8, lb 4) 12
Total (all out, 109.4 overs) 167
FoW: 1-0, 2-33, 3-36, 4-98, 5-108,
6-110, 7-133, 8-149, 9-167, 10-167.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 35 10 54 5
Miller 28 13 39 2
Davidson 20.4 7 23 1
Archer 18 4 27 1
Benaud 8 1 12 0
Australia 1st innings
*AL Hassett c Lock b Bedser 37
AR Morris c Lock b Bedser 10
RN Harvey lbw b Bailey 71
KR Miller c Edrich b Bailey 5
GB Hole c Lock b Bedser 53
JH de Courcy lbw b Lock 10
R Benaud b Bailey 7
AK Davidson c Evans b Bedser 2
RG Archer not out 31
RR Lindwall b Bedser 9
+GRA Langley c Hutton b Bedser 17
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 2) 14
Total (all out, 82.5 overs) 266
FoW: 1-27, 2-70, 3-84, 4-168, 5-183,
6-203, 7-203, 8-208, 9-218, 10-266.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 28.5 2 95 6
Bailey 22 4 71 3
Lock 23 9 53 1
Laker 9 1 33 0
England 2nd innings
*L Hutton c Langley b Archer 25
WJ Edrich c de Courcy b Lindwall 64
TW Graveney b Lindwall 3
DCS Compton lbw b Lindwall 61
W Watson c Davidson b Miller 15
RT Simpson c de Courcy b Miller 0
TE Bailey c Hole b Davidson 38
+TG Evans c Lindwall b Miller 1
JC Laker c Benaud b Davidson 48
GAR Lock c Morris b Miller 8
AV Bedser not out 3
Extras (b 1, lb 8) 9
Total (all out, 177.3 overs) 275
FoW: 1-57, 2-62, 3-139, 4-167, 5-171,
6-182, 7-239, 8-244, 9-258, 10-275.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 54 19 104 3
Miller 47 19 63 4
Davidson 29.3 15 36 2
Archer 25 12 31 1
Benaud 19 8 26 0
Hole 3 1 6 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 177 runs)
*AL Hassett b Lock 4
AR Morris st Evans b Laker 38
GB Hole c Graveney b Bailey 33
RN Harvey lbw b Bedser 34
AK Davidson not out 17
JH de Courcy not out 13
Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 1) 8
Total (4 wickets, 33 overs) 147
DNB: KR Miller, R Benaud, RG Archer, RR Lindwall, +GRA Langley.
FoW: 1-27, 2-54, 3-111, 4-117.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 17 1 65 1
Bailey 6 1 9 1
Lock 8 1 48 1
Laker 2 0 17 1
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