The Ashes, 1961, 4th Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
27,28,29,31 July, 1 August 1961 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 54 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: JG Langridge and WE Phillipson
Test Debuts: JA Flavell (Eng); BC Booth (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 124/4 (Lawry 64*, Booth 6*)
Day 2: Australia 190, England 187/3 (May 90*, Close 14*)
Day 3: England 367, Australia 63/0 (Lawry 33*, Simpson 29*)
Day 4: Australia 331/6 (Mackay 18*, Davidson 18*)
Australia 1st innings
WM Lawry lbw b Statham 74
RB Simpson c Murray b Statham 4
RN Harvey c Subba Row b Statham 19
NC O'Neill hit wicket b Trueman 11
PJP Burge b Flavell 15
BC Booth c Close b Statham 46
KD Mackay c Murray b Statham 11
AK Davidson c Barrington b Dexter 0
*R Benaud b Dexter 2
+ATW Grout c Murray b Dexter 2
GD McKenzie not out 1
Extras (b 4, lb 1) 5
Total (all out, 63.4 overs) 190
FoW: 1-8, 2-51, 3-89, 4-106, 5-150,
6-174, 7-185, 8-185, 9-189, 10-190.
Bowling O M R W
Trueman 14 1 55 1
Statham 21 3 53 5
Flavell 22 8 61 1
Dexter 6.4 2 16 3
England 1st innings
G Pullar b Davidson 63
R Subba Row c Simpson b Davidson 2
ER Dexter c Davidson b McKenzie 16
*PBH May c Simpson b Davidson 95
DB Close lbw b McKenzie 33
KF Barrington c O'Neill b Simpson 78
+JT Murray c Grout b Mackay 24
DA Allen c Booth b Simpson 42
FS Trueman c Harvey b Simpson 3
JB Statham c Mackay b Simpson 4
JA Flavell not out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 1) 7
Total (all out, 163.4 overs) 367
FoW: 1-3, 2-43, 3-154, 4-212, 5-212,
6-272, 7-358, 8-362, 9-367, 10-367.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 39 11 70 3
McKenzie 38 11 106 2
Mackay 40 9 81 1
Benaud 35 15 80 0
Simpson 11.4 4 23 4
Australia 2nd innings
WM Lawry c Trueman b Allen 102
RB Simpson c Murray b Flavell 51
RN Harvey c Murray b Dexter 35
NC O'Neill c Murray b Statham 67
PJP Burge c Murray b Dexter 23
BC Booth lbw b Dexter 9
KD Mackay c Close b Allen 18
AK Davidson not out 77
*R Benaud lbw b Allen 1
+ATW Grout c Statham b Allen 0
GD McKenzie b Flavell 32
Extras (b 6, lb 9, w 2) 17
Total (all out, 171.4 overs) 432
FoW: 1-113, 2-175, 3-210, 4-274, 5-290,
6-296, 7-332, 8-334, 9-334, 10-432.
Bowling O M R W
Trueman 32 6 92 0
Statham 44 9 106 1
Flavell 29.4 4 65 2
Dexter 20 4 61 3
Allen 38 25 58 4
Close 8 1 33 0
England 2nd innings (target: 256 runs)
G Pullar c O'Neill b Davidson 26
R Subba Row b Benaud 49
ER Dexter c Grout b Benaud 76
*PBH May b Benaud 0
DB Close c O'Neill b Benaud 8
KF Barrington lbw b Mackay 5
+JT Murray c Simpson b Benaud 4
DA Allen c Simpson b Benaud 10
FS Trueman c Benaud b Simpson 8
JB Statham b Davidson 8
JA Flavell not out 0
Extras (b 5, w 2) 7
Total (all out, 71.4 overs) 201
FoW: 1-40, 2-150, 3-150, 4-158, 5-163,
6-171, 7-171, 8-189, 9-193, 10-201.
Bowling O M R W
Davidson 14.4 1 50 2
McKenzie 4 1 20 0
Mackay 13 7 33 1
Benaud 32 11 70 6
Simpson 8 4 21 1
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