ENGLAND Vs AUSTRALIA
2-Innings Match Played At London (The Oval) Eng, 23-Aug-1956, Test Cricket - The Ashes
Match Drawn
Round 429
Toss won by ENGLAND
Umpires TJ Bartley, D Davies
ENGLAND 1st Innings 247/10 All Out (Overs 109.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Richardson,P c Langley,G b Miller,K 37 0 0 0 0
Cowdrey Colin c Langley,G b Lindwall,R 0 0 0 0 0
Sheppard,D c Archer,R b Miller,K 24 0 0 0 0
May,P* not out   83 0 0 0 0
Compton,D c Davidson,A b Archer,R 94 0 0 0 0
Lock,G c Langley,G b Archer,R 0 0 0 0 0
Washbrook,C lbw b Archer,R 0 0 0 0 0
Evans Godfrey+   b Miller,K 0 0 0 0 0
Laker,J c Archer,R b Miller,K 4 0 0 0 0
Tyson,F c Davidson,A b Archer,R 3 0 0 0 0
Statham,Brian   b Archer,R 0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b0 lb0 w2 nb0) 2        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 247        
FOW
1-1(Cowdrey Colin) 2-53(Sheppard,D) 3-66(Richardson,P) 4-222(Compton,D)
5-222(Lock,G) 6-222(Washbrook,C) 7-223(Evans Godfrey) 8-231(Laker,J) 9-243(Tyson,F)
10-247(Statham,Brian)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Lindwall,R 18 5 36 1 - -
Miller,K 40 7 91 4 - -
Davidson,A 5 1 16 0 - -
Archer,R 28.2 7 53 5 - -
Johnson,I 9 2 28 0 - -
Benaud,R 9 2 21 0 - -
AUSTRALIA 1st Innings 202/10 All Out (Overs 92)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
McDonald,C c Lock,G b Tyson,F 3 0 0 0 0
Burke,J   b Laker,J 8 0 0 0 0
Harvey,Neil c May,P b Lock,G 39 0 0 0 0
Craig,I c Statham,Brian b Lock,G 2 0 0 0 0
Johnson,I*   b Laker,J 12 0 0 0 0
Davidson,A c May,P b Laker,J 8 0 0 0 0
Miller,K c Washbrook,C b Statham,Brian 61 0 0 0 0
Archer,R c Tyson,F b Laker,J 9 0 0 0 0
Benaud,R   b Statham,Brian 32 0 0 0 0
Lindwall,R not out   22 0 0 0 0
Langley,G+ lbw b Statham,Brian 0 0 0 0 0
extras   (b6 lb0 w0 nb0) 6        
TOTAL   10 wickets for 202        
FOW
1-3(McDonald,C) 2-17(Burke,J) 3-20(Craig,I) 4-35(Johnson,I) 5-47(Davidson,A)
6-90(Harvey,Neil) 7-111(Archer,R) 8-154(Benaud,R) 9-202(Miller,K) 10-202(Langley,G)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Statham,Brian 21 8 33 3 - -
Tyson,F 14 5 34 1 - -
Laker,J 32 12 80 4 - -
Lock,G 25 10 49 2 - -
ENGLAND 2nd Innings 182/3 Declared (Overs 61)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Richardson,P c Langley,G b Lindwall,R 34 0 0 0 0
Cowdrey Colin c Benaud,R b Davidson,A 8 0 0 0 0
Sheppard,D c Archer,R b Miller,K 62 0 0 0 0
May,P* not out   37 0 0 0 0
Compton,D not out   35 0 0 0 0
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extras   (b3 lb3 w0 nb0) 6        
TOTAL   3 wickets for 182        
FOW
1-17(Cowdrey Colin) 2-100(Richardson,P) 3-108(Sheppard,D)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Lindwall,R 12 3 29 1 - -
Miller,K 22 3 56 1 - -
Davidson,A 5 0 18 1 - -
Archer,R 13 3 42 0 - -
Johnson,I 4 1 7 0 - -
Benaud,R 1 0 10 0 - -
Burke,J 4 2 14 0 - -
AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings 27/5 (Overs 38.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
McDonald,C lbw b Statham,Brian 0 0 0 0 0
Burke,J lbw b Laker,J 1 0 0 0 0
Harvey,Neil c May,P b Lock,G 1 0 0 0 0
Craig,I c Lock,G b Laker,J 7 0 0 0 0
Miller,K not out   7 0 0 0 0
Johnson,I* c Lock,G b Laker,J 10 0 0 0 0
Benaud,R not out   0 0 0 0 0
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extras   (b1 lb0 w0 nb0) 1        
TOTAL   5 wickets for 27        
FOW
1-0(McDonald,C) 2-1(Harvey,Neil) 3-5(Burke,J) 4-10(Craig,I) 5-27(Johnson,I)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Statham,Brian 2 1 1 1 - -
Laker,J 18 14 8 3 - -
Lock,G 18.1 11 17 1 - -
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