England v Australia
Match drawn
17 to 22 August 1961The Oval
England
256 & 370/8177 ov
Australia
494165.5 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.
England innings
256118.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Pullar | bowled | 8 | - | 26 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Raman Subba Row | lbw | 12 | - | 45 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 0 | - | 21 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | caught | 71 | - | 183 | 11 | 0 | - |
| Ted Dexter | caught | 24 | - | 71 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Ken Barrington | caught | 53 | - | 195 | 5 | 0 | - |
| John Murray | caught | 27 | - | 110 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Tony Lock | caught | 3 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| David Allen | not out | 22* | - | 79 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Brian Statham | bowled | 18 | - | 47 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Jack Flavell | caught | 14 | - | 17 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 2, w 1 | 4 | |||||
| Total | all out, 118.1 overs | 256 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-18 Geoff Pullar2-20 Raman Subba Row3-20 Colin Cowdrey4-67 Ted Dexter5-147 Peter May6-193 Ken Barrington7-199 Tony Lock8-202 John Murray9-238 Brian Statham10-256 Jack Flavell
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Davidson | 34.1 | 8 | 83 | 4 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Gaunt | 24 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 17 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mackay | 39 | 14 | 75 | 2 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
494165.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lawry | caught | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bob Simpson | bowled | 40 | - | 107 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Neil Harvey | lbw | 13 | - | 18 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Norm O'Neill | caught | 117 | - | 200 | 14 | 0 | - |
| Peter Burge | bowled | 181 | - | 411 | 22 | 0 | - |
| Brian Booth | caught | 71 | - | 199 | 12 | 0 | - |
| Ken Mackay | caught | 5 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alan Davidson | lbw | 17 | - | 43 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Richie Benaud | bowled | 6 | - | 26 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Wally Grout | not out | 30* | - | 28 | 6 | 0 | - |
| Ron Gaunt | bowled | 3 | - | 18 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 10, lb 1 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 165.5 overs | 494 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-0 Bill Lawry2-15 Neil Harvey3-88 Bob Simpson4-211 Norm O'Neill5-396 Brian Booth6-401 Ken Mackay7-441 Alan Davidson8-455 Richie Benaud9-472 Peter Burge10-494 Ron Gaunt
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Statham | 38.5 | 10 | 75 | 3 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Flavell | 31 | 5 | 105 | 2 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Dexter | 24 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 |
| David Allen | 30 | 6 | 133 | 4 | 4.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | 42 | 14 | 102 | 1 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
370/8177 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Pullar | caught | 13 | - | 52 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Raman Subba Row | caught | 137 | - | 385 | 15 | 1 | - |
| Ted Dexter | caught | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Peter May | caught | 33 | - | 44 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught | 3 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ken Barrington | caught | 83 | - | 226 | 10 | 0 | - |
| John Murray | caught | 40 | - | 130 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Tony Lock | caught | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| David Allen | not out | 42* | - | 124 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Brian Statham | not out | 9* | - | 24 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 6, lb 3, w 1 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 177 overs | 370 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500
1-33 Geoff Pullar2-33 Ted Dexter3-83 Peter May4-90 Colin Cowdrey5-262 Ken Barrington6-283 Raman Subba Row7-283 Tony Lock8-355 John Murray
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Davidson | 29 | 7 | 67 | 0 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Gaunt | 22 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Mackay | 68 | 21 | 121 | 5 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Benaud | 51 | 18 | 113 | 3 | 2.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm O'Neill | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Harvey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |