The Ashes, 1956, 4th Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
26,27,28,30,31 July 1956 (5-day match)
Result: England won by an innings and 170 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 2-1
Toss: England
Umpires: DE Davies and FS Lee
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 307/3 (Sheppard 59*, Bailey 14*)
Day 2: England 459, Australia 84 and 53/1 (Burke 33*, Craig 8*)
Day 3: Australia 59/2 (McDonald 15*, Craig 10*)
Day 4: Australia 84/2 (McDonald 25*, Craig 24*)
England 1st innings
PE Richardson c Maddocks b Benaud 104
MC Cowdrey c Maddocks b Lindwall 80
Rev.DS Sheppard b Archer 113
*PBH May c Archer b Benaud 43
TE Bailey b Johnson 20
C Washbrook lbw b Johnson 6
ASM Oakman c Archer b Johnson 10
+TG Evans st Maddocks b Johnson 47
JC Laker run out 3
GAR Lock not out 25
JB Statham c Maddocks b Lindwall 0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 1) 8
Total (all out, 158.3 overs) 459
FoW: 1-174, 2-195, 3-288, 4-321, 5-327,
6-339, 7-401, 8-417, 9-458, 10-459.
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 21.3 6 63 2
Miller 21 6 41 0
Archer 22 6 73 1
Johnson 47 10 151 4
Benaud 47 17 123 2
Australia 1st innings
CC McDonald c Lock b Laker 32
JW Burke c Cowdrey b Lock 22
RN Harvey b Laker 0
ID Craig lbw b Laker 8
KR Miller c Oakman b Laker 6
KD Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0
RG Archer st Evans b Laker 6
R Benaud c Statham b Laker 0
RR Lindwall not out 6
+LV Maddocks b Laker 4
*IW Johnson b Laker 0
Extras 0
Total (all out, 40.4 overs) 84
FoW: 1-48, 2-48, 3-62, 4-62, 5-62, 6-73, 7-73, 8-78, 9-84, 10-84.
Bowling O M R W
Statham 6 3 6 0
Bailey 4 3 4 0
Laker 16.4 4 37 9
Lock 14 3 37 1
Australia 2nd innings (following on)
CC McDonald c Oakman b Laker 89
JW Burke c Lock b Laker 33
RN Harvey c Cowdrey b Laker 0
ID Craig lbw b Laker 38
KD Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0
KR Miller b Laker 0
RG Archer c Oakman b Laker 0
R Benaud b Laker 18
RR Lindwall c Lock b Laker 8
*IW Johnson not out 1
+LV Maddocks lbw b Laker 2
Extras (b 12, lb 4) 16
Total (all out, 150.2 overs) 205
FoW: 1-28 (Harvey), 2-55 (Burke), 3-114 (Craig), 4-124 (Mackay),
5-130 (Miller), 6-130 (Archer), 7-181 (McDonald),
8-198 (Benaud), 9-203 (Lindwall), 10-205 (Maddocks).
Bowling O M R W
Statham 16 10 15 0
Bailey 20 8 31 0
Laker 51.2 23 53 10
Lock 55 30 69 0
Oakman 8 3 21 0
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