The Ashes, 1956, 1st Test
England v Australia
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
7,8,9,11,12 June 1956 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0
Toss: England
Umpires: TJ Bartley and JS Buller
Test Debuts: PE Richardson (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 134/2 (Richardson 65*, May 31*)
Day 2: No play
Day 3: England 217/8d, Australia 19/2 (Harvey 5*, Burge 2*)
Day 4: Australia 148, England 129/0 (Richardson 56*, Cowdrey 67*)
England 1st innings
PE Richardson c Langley b Miller 81
MC Cowdrey c Miller b Davidson 25
TW Graveney c Archer b Johnson 8
*PBH May c Langley b Miller 73
W Watson lbw b Archer 0
TE Bailey c Miller b Archer 14
+TG Evans c Langley b Miller 0
JC Laker not out 9
GAR Lock lbw b Miller 0
R Appleyard not out 1
Extras (b 5, lb 1) 6
Total (8 wickets declared, 103.4 overs) 217
DNB: AE Moss.
FoW: 1-53, 2-72, 3-180, 4-181, 5-201, 6-203, 7-213, 8-214.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 15 4 43 0
Miller 33 5 69 4
Davidson 9.4 1 22 1
Archer 31 10 51 2
Johnson 14 7 26 1
Burke 1 1 0 0
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald lbw b Lock 1
JW Burke c Lock b Laker 11
RN Harvey lbw b Lock 64
PJP Burge c sub b Lock 7
KR Miller lbw b Laker 0
RG Archer c Lock b Appleyard 33
R Benaud b Appleyard 17
*IW Johnson c Bailey b Laker 12
RR Lindwall c Bailey b Laker 0
+GRA Langley not out 0
AK Davidson absent hurt -
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (all out, 83.1 overs) 148
FoW: 1-10, 2-12, 3-33, 4-36, 5-90, 6-110, 7-148, 8-148, 9-148.
Bowling O M R W
Moss 4 3 1 0
Bailey 3 1 8 0
Laker 29.1 11 58 4
Lock 36 16 61 3
Appleyard 11 4 17 2
England 2nd innings
PE Richardson c Langley b Archer 73
MC Cowdrey c Langley b Miller 81
W Watson c Langley b Miller 8
TW Graveney not out 10
+TG Evans not out 8
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 8
Total (3 wickets declared, 61 overs) 188
DNB: *PBH May, TE Bailey, JC Laker, GAR Lock, R Appleyard,
AE Moss.
FoW: 1-151, 2-163, 3-178.
Bowling O M R W
Miller 19 2 58 2
Archer 9 0 46 1
Johnson 12 2 29 0
Burke 3 1 6 0
Benaud 18 4 41 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 258 runs)
CC McDonald c Lock b Laker 6
JW Burke not out 58
RN Harvey b Lock 3
KR Miller lbw b Laker 4
PJP Burge not out 35
Extras (b 10, lb 3, nb 1) 14
Total (3 wickets, 86 overs) 120
DNB: RG Archer, R Benaud, *IW Johnson, RR Lindwall, +GRA Langley,
AK Davidson.
FoW: 1-13, 2-18, 3-41.
Bowling O M R W
Bailey 9 3 16 0
Laker 30 19 29 2
Lock 22 11 23 1
Appleyard 19 6 32 0
Graveney 6 3 6 0
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