The Ashes, 1956, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Lord's, London
21,22,23,25,26 June 1956 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 185 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: DE Davies and FS Lee
Test Debuts: WPA Crawford, KD Mackay (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 180/3 (Burge 18*, Miller 19*)
Day 2: Australia 285, England 74/3 (May 23*, Watson 4*)
Day 3: England 171, Australia 115/6 (Mackay 9*, Benaud 3*)
Day 4: Australia 257, England 72/2 (Cowdrey 21*, Watson 9*)
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald c Trueman b Bailey 78
JW Burke st Evans b Laker 65
RN Harvey c Evans b Bailey 0
PJP Burge b Statham 21
KR Miller b Trueman 28
KD Mackay c Bailey b Laker 38
RG Archer b Wardle 28
R Benaud b Statham 5
*IW Johnson c Evans b Trueman 6
+GRA Langley c Bailey b Laker 14
WPA Crawford not out 0
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (all out, 146.1 overs) 285
FoW: 1-137, 2-137, 3-151, 4-185, 5-196,
6-249, 7-255, 8-265, 9-285, 10-285.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 35 9 70 2
Trueman 28 6 54 2
Bailey 34 12 72 2
Laker 29.1 10 47 3
Wardle 20 7 40 1
England 1st innings
PE Richardson c Langley b Miller 9
MC Cowdrey c Benaud b Mackay 23
TW Graveney b Miller 5
*PBH May b Benaud 63
W Watson c Benaud b Miller 6
TE Bailey b Miller 32
+TG Evans st Langley b Benaud 0
JC Laker b Archer 12
JH Wardle c Langley b Archer 0
FS Trueman c Langley b Miller 7
JB Statham not out 0
Extras (lb 14) 14
Total (all out, 82 overs) 171
FoW: 1-22, 2-32, 3-60, 4-87, 5-128,
6-128, 7-161, 8-161, 9-170, 10-171.
Bowling O M R W
Miller 34.1 9 72 5
Crawford 4.5 2 4 0
Archer 23 9 47 2
Mackay 11 3 15 1
Benaud 9 2 19 2
Australia 2nd innings
CC McDonald c Cowdrey b Bailey 26
JW Burke c Graveney b Trueman 16
RN Harvey c Bailey b Trueman 10
PJP Burge b Trueman 14
KD Mackay c Evans b Statham 31
RG Archer c Evans b Bailey 1
KR Miller c Evans b Trueman 30
R Benaud c Evans b Trueman 97
*IW Johnson lbw b Bailey 17
+GRA Langley not out 7
WPA Crawford lbw b Bailey 0
Extras (b 2, lb 2, nb 4) 8
Total (all out, 92.5 overs) 257
FoW: 1-36, 2-47, 3-69, 4-70, 5-79,
6-112, 7-229, 8-243, 9-257, 10-257.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 26 5 59 1
Trueman 28 2 90 5
Bailey 24.5 8 64 4
Laker 7 3 17 0
Wardle 7 2 19 0
England 2nd innings (target: 372 runs)
PE Richardson c Langley b Archer 21
MC Cowdrey lbw b Benaud 27
TW Graveney c Langley b Miller 18
W Watson b Miller 18
*PBH May c Langley b Miller 53
TE Bailey c Harvey b Archer 18
+TG Evans c Langley b Miller 20
JC Laker c Langley b Archer 4
JH Wardle b Miller 0
FS Trueman b Archer 2
JB Statham not out 0
Extras (lb 5) 5
Total (all out, 99.2 overs) 186
FoW: 1-35, 2-59, 3-89, 4-91, 5-142,
6-175, 7-180, 8-184, 9-184, 10-186.
Bowling O M R W
Miller 36 12 80 5
Archer 31.2 8 71 4
Benaud 28 14 27 1
Johnson 4 2 3 0
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