England v Australia
England won by 8 wickets
15 to 19 August 1953The Oval
Englandwon by 8 wickets
306 & 132/263.5 ov
Australia
275 & 16250.5 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Australia innings
27581.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Hassett | caught | 53 | - | 135 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Morris | lbw | 16 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Keith Miller | lbw | 1 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Neil Harvey | caught | 36 | - | 79 | - | 0 | - |
| Graeme Hole | caught | 37 | - | 63 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Jim de Courcy | caught | 5 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Ron Archer | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Alan Davidson | caught | 22 | - | 52 | - | 0 | - |
| Ray Lindwall | caught | 62 | - | 115 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Gil Langley | caught | 18 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Johnston | not out | 9* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 4, nb 2 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 81.3 overs | 275 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-38 Arthur Morris2-41 Keith Miller3-107 Lindsay Hassett4-107 Neil Harvey5-118 Jim de Courcy6-160 Graeme Hole7-160 Ron Archer8-207 Alan Davidson9-245 Gil Langley10-275 Ray Lindwall
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 29 | 3 | 88 | 3 | 3.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | 24.3 | 3 | 86 | 4 | 3.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | 14 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | 9 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 6.80 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
306142.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 82 | - | 218 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | lbw | 21 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | caught | 39 | - | 140 | - | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | caught | 16 | - | 68 | - | 0 | - |
| Tom Graveney | caught | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Trevor Bailey | bowled | 64 | - | 222 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Godfrey Evans | run out | 28 | - | 46 | - | 0 | - |
| Jim Laker | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tony Lock | caught | 4 | - | 52 | - | 0 | - |
| Fred Trueman | bowled | 10 | - | 35 | - | 0 | - |
| Alec Bedser | not out | 22* | - | 70 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 9, lb 5, w 1 | 15 | |||||
| Total | all out, 142.3 overs | 306 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-37 Bill Edrich2-137 Peter May3-154 Leonard Hutton4-167 Denis Compton5-170 Tom Graveney6-210 Godfrey Evans7-225 Jim Laker8-237 Tony Lock9-262 Fred Trueman10-306 Trevor Bailey
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 32 | 7 | 70 | 4 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 34 | 12 | 65 | 1 | 1.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 45 | 16 | 94 | 3 | 2.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Davidson | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | 10.3 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Hole | 11 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
16250.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Hassett | lbw | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Arthur Morris | lbw | 26 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Graeme Hole | lbw | 17 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Neil Harvey | bowled | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Keith Miller | caught | 0 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jim de Courcy | run out | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ron Archer | caught | 49 | - | 63 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Alan Davidson | bowled | 21 | - | 41 | - | 1 | - |
| Ray Lindwall | caught | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Gil Langley | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bill Johnston | not out | 6* | - | 26 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 11, lb 3 | 14 | |||||
| Total | all out, 50.5 overs | 162 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-23 Lindsay Hassett2-59 Graeme Hole3-60 Neil Harvey4-61 Keith Miller5-61 Arthur Morris6-85 Jim de Courcy7-135 Alan Davidson8-140 Ron Archer9-144 Gil Langley10-162 Ray Lindwall
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bedser | 11 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | 21 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | 16.5 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 4.46 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 132
132/263.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Hutton | run out | 17 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Edrich | not out | 55* | - | 210 | 6 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | caught | 37 | - | 112 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Denis Compton | not out | 22* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 63.5 overs | 132 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-24 Leonard Hutton2-88 Peter May
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lindwall | 21 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | 11 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | 29 | 14 | 52 | 0 | 1.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Hassett | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Morris | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |