The Ashes, 1953, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
15,17,18,19 August 1953 (6-day match)
Result: England won by 8 wickets
England wins the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: D Davies and FS Lee
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 275, England 1/0 (Hutton 0*, Edrich 1*)
Day 2: England 235/7 (Bailey 33*, Lock 4*)
Day 3: England 306, Australia 162, England 38/1 (Edrich 15*, May 6*)
Australia 1st innings
*AL Hassett c Evans b Bedser 53
AR Morris lbw b Bedser 16
KR Miller lbw b Bailey 1
RN Harvey c Hutton b Trueman 36
GB Hole c Evans b Trueman 37
JH de Courcy c Evans b Trueman 5
RG Archer c & b Bedser 10
AK Davidson c Edrich b Laker 22
RR Lindwall c Evans b Trueman 62
+GRA Langley c Edrich b Lock 18
WA Johnston not out 9
Extras (b 4, nb 2) 6
Total (all out, 81.3 overs) 275
FoW: 1-38, 2-41, 3-107, 4-107, 5-118,
6-160, 7-160, 8-207, 9-245, 10-275.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 29 3 88 3
Trueman 24.3 3 86 4
Bailey 14 3 42 1
Lock 9 2 19 1
Laker 5 0 34 1
England 1st innings
*L Hutton b Johnston 82
WJ Edrich lbw b Lindwall 21
PBH May c Archer b Johnston 39
DCS Compton c Langley b Lindwall 16
TW Graveney c Miller b Lindwall 4
TE Bailey b Archer 64
+TG Evans run out 28
JC Laker c Langley b Miller 1
GAR Lock c Davidson b Lindwall 4
FS Trueman b Johnston 10
AV Bedser not out 22
Extras (b 9, lb 5, w 1) 15
Total (all out, 142.3 overs) 306
FoW: 1-37, 2-137, 3-154, 4-167, 5-170,
6-210, 7-225, 8-237, 9-262, 10-306.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 32 7 70 4
Miller 34 12 65 1
Johnston 45 16 94 3
Davidson 10 1 26 0
Archer 10.3 2 25 1
Hole 11 6 11 0
Australia 2nd innings
*AL Hassett lbw b Laker 10
AR Morris lbw b Lock 26
GB Hole lbw b Laker 17
RN Harvey b Lock 1
KR Miller c Trueman b Laker 0
JH de Courcy run out 4
RG Archer c Edrich b Lock 49
AK Davidson b Lock 21
RR Lindwall c Compton b Laker 12
+GRA Langley c Trueman b Lock 2
WA Johnston not out 6
Extras (b 11, lb 3) 14
Total (all out, 50.5 overs) 162
FoW: 1-23, 2-59, 3-60, 4-61, 5-61,
6-85, 7-135, 8-140, 9-144, 10-162.
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 11 2 24 0
Trueman 2 1 4 0
Lock 21 9 45 5
Laker 16.5 2 75 4
England 2nd innings (target: 132 runs)
*L Hutton run out 17
WJ Edrich not out 55
PBH May c Davidson b Miller 37
DCS Compton not out 22
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (2 wickets, 63.5 overs) 132
DNB: TW Graveney, TE Bailey, +TG Evans, JC Laker, GAR Lock,
FS Trueman, AV Bedser.
FoW: 1-24, 2-88.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 21 5 46 0
Miller 11 3 24 1
Johnston 29 14 52 0
Archer 1 1 0 0
Hassett 1 0 4 0
Morris 0.5 0 5 0
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