TestNo. 427MenScorecard

England v Australia

England won by an innings and 42 runs

12 to 17 July 1956Leeds

Englandwon by an innings and 42 runs

325167.4 ov

Australia

143 & 14099.3 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.

England innings

325167.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Peter Richardson	caught	5	-	65	0	0	-
Colin Cowdrey	caught	0	-	14	0	0	-
Alan Oakman	bowled	4	-	21	0	0	-
Peter May	caught	101	-	317	12	0	-
Cyril Washbrook	lbw	98	-	328	13	0	-
Tony Lock	caught	21	-	62	3	0	-
Doug Insole	caught	5	-	43	1	0	-
Trevor Bailey	not out	33*	-	129	3	0	-
Godfrey Evans	bowled	40	-	67	5	0	-
Jim Laker	bowled	5	-	29	0	0	-
Fred Trueman	caught	0	-	8	0	0	-
Extras	b 4, lb 9	13
Total	all out, 167.4 overs	325

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-2 Colin Cowdrey2-8 Alan Oakman3-17 Peter Richardson4-204 Peter May5-226 Cyril Washbrook6-243 Tony Lock7-248 Doug Insole8-301 Godfrey Evans9-321 Jim Laker10-325 Fred Trueman

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ray Lindwall	33.4	11	67	3	1.99
Ron Archer	50	24	68	3	1.36
Ken Mackay	13	3	29	0	2.23
Richie Benaud	42	9	89	3	2.12
Ian Johnson	29	8	59	1	2.03

Australia innings

14371.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	caught	2	-	2	0	0	-
Jim Burke	lbw	41	-	102	5	0	-
Neil Harvey	caught	11	-	59	1	0	-
Peter Burge	lbw	2	-	27	0	0	-
Ken Mackay	caught	2	-	27	0	0	-
Keith Miller	bowled	41	-	130	4	1	-
Ron Archer	bowled	4	-	6	1	0	-
Richie Benaud	caught	30	-	91	6	0	-
Len Maddocks	caught	0	-	6	0	0	-
Ian Johnson	caught	0	-	6	0	0	-
Ray Lindwall	not out	0*	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	b 4, lb 6	10
Total	all out, 71.1 overs	143

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-2 Colin McDonald2-40 Neil Harvey3-59 Peter Burge4-59 Jim Burke5-63 Ken Mackay6-69 Ron Archer7-142 Richie Benaud8-143 Len Maddocks9-143 Keith Miller10-143 Ian Johnson

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fred Trueman	8	2	19	1	2.38
Trevor Bailey	7	2	15	0	2.14
Jim Laker	29	10	58	5	2.00
Tony Lock	27.1	11	41	4	1.51

Australia innings

14099.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	bowled	6	-	20	0	0	-
Jim Burke	bowled	16	-	79	1	0	-
Neil Harvey	caught	69	-	270	4	0	-
Keith Miller	caught	26	-	146	1	2	-
Peter Burge	lbw	5	-	22	1	0	-
Richie Benaud	bowled	1	-	17	0	0	-
Ian Johnson	caught	3	-	13	0	0	-
Ken Mackay	bowled	2	-	21	0	0	-
Ron Archer	caught	1	-	7	0	0	-
Len Maddocks	lbw	0	-	8	0	0	-
Ray Lindwall	not out	0*	-	2	0	0	-
Extras	b 7, lb 4	11
Total	all out, 99.3 overs	140

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-10 Colin McDonald2-45 Jim Burke3-108 Keith Miller4-120 Peter Burge5-128 Richie Benaud6-136 Ian Johnson7-138 Neil Harvey8-140 Ron Archer9-140 Len Maddocks10-140 Ken Mackay

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fred Trueman	11	3	21	1	1.91
Trevor Bailey	7	2	13	0	1.86
Jim Laker	41.3	21	55	6	1.33
Tony Lock	40	23	40	3	1.00

Tests in July 1956

2 matches

TestScorecardEngland325167.4Australia143 & 14099.3England won by an innings and 42 runsLeeds, 12 July TestScorecardEngland459158.3Australia84 & 205150.2England won by an innings and 170 runsManchester, 26 July

Match facts

Format: Test No. 427
Dates: 12 to 17 July 1956
Ground: Leeds
Result: England won by an innings and 42 runs
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1956-07-12-england-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "england", "runs": 325,
    "batting": [{"player": "Peter May", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 101, "balls": null, "minutes": 317, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Ray Lindwall", "overs": "33.4", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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England v Australia

Previous meetingTest, Australia won by 185 runs, 21 June 1956 Next meetingTest, England won by an innings and 170 runs, 26 July 1956