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The Ashes, 1961, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
17,18,19,21,22 August 1961 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia wins the 5-Test series 2-1


Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott and FS Lee

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 210/8 (Allen 7*, Statham 2*)
Day 2: England 256, Australia 290/4 (Burge 86*, Booth 33*)
Day 3: Australia 494, England 32/0 (Pullar 13*, Subba Row 19*)
Day 4: England 155/4 (Subba Row 69*, Barrington 35*)

 
England 1st innings
G Pullar                                 b Davidson             8
R Subba Row           lbw                b Gaunt               12
MC Cowdrey            c Grout            b Davidson             0
*PBH May              c Lawry            b Benaud              71
ER Dexter             c Grout            b Gaunt               24
KF Barrington         c Grout            b Gaunt               53
+JT Murray            c O'Neill          b Mackay              27
GAR Lock              c Grout            b Mackay               3
DA Allen              not out                                  22
JB Statham                               b Davidson            18
JA Flavell            c Simpson          b Davidson            14
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, w 1)                          4
Total                 (all out, 118.1 overs)                  256

FoW: 1-18, 2-20, 3-20, 4-67, 5-147,
     6-193, 7-199, 8-202, 9-238, 10-256.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Davidson                    34.1    8     83      4
Gaunt                       24      3     53      3
Benaud                      17      4     35      1
Mackay                      39     14     75      2
Simpson                      4      2      6      0

Australia 1st innings
WM Lawry              c Murray           b Statham              0
RB Simpson                               b Allen               40
RN Harvey             lbw                b Flavell             13
NC O'Neill            c sub              b Allen              117
PJP Burge                                b Allen              181
BC Booth              c Subba Row        b Lock                71
KD Mackay             c Murray           b Flavell              5
AK Davidson           lbw                b Statham             17
*R Benaud                                b Allen                6
+ATW Grout            not out                                  30
RA Gaunt                                 b Statham              3
Extras                (b 10, lb 1)                             11
Total                 (all out, 165.5 overs)                  494

FoW: 1-0, 2-15, 3-88, 4-211, 5-396,
     6-401, 7-441, 8-455, 9-472, 10-494.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Statham                     38.5   10     75      3
Flavell                     31      5    105      2
Dexter                      24      2     68      0
Allen                       30      6    133      4
Lock                        42     14    102      1

England 2nd innings
G Pullar              c Grout            b Mackay              13
R Subba Row                          c & b Benaud             137
ER Dexter             c Gaunt            b Mackay               0
*PBH May              c O'Neill          b Mackay              33
MC Cowdrey            c Benaud           b Mackay               3
KF Barrington         c O'Neill          b Benaud              83
+JT Murray            c Grout            b Benaud              40
GAR Lock              c Benaud           b Mackay               0
DA Allen              not out                                  42
JB Statham            not out                                   9
Extras                (b 6, lb 3, w 1)                         10
Total                 (8 wickets, 177 overs)                  370

DNB: JA Flavell.

FoW: 1-33, 2-33, 3-83, 4-90, 5-262, 6-283, 7-283, 8-355.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Davidson                    29      7     67      0
Gaunt                       22      7     33      0
Mackay                      68     21    121      5
Benaud                      51     18    113      3
Simpson                      2      0     13      0
O'Neill                      4      1     13      0
Harvey                       1      1      0      0

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