England vs Australia, 5th Test at London, , Aug 23 1956 - Full Scorecard
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5th Test, The Oval, August 23 - 28, 1956, Australia tour of England
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England 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Langley b Miller | 37 | - | 110 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Langley b Lindwall | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Archer b Miller | 24 | - | 78 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 83 | - | 286 | 9 | 0 | - | |||
| c Davidson b Archer | 94 | - | 210 | 7 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Langley b Archer | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Archer | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Miller | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Archer b Miller | 4 | - | 19 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Davidson b Archer | 3 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Archer | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (w 2) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 109.2 Ov (RR: 2.25) | 247 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Colin Cowdrey), 2-53 (David Sheppard), 3-66 (Peter Richardson), 4-222 (Denis Compton), 5-222 (Tony Lock), 6-222 (Cyril Washbrook), 7-223 (Godfrey Evans), 8-231 (Jim Laker), 9-243 (Frank Tyson), 10-247 (Brian Statham) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 2.27 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 28.2 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 3.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Lock b Tyson | 3 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Laker | 8 | - | 28 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c May b Lock | 39 | - | 156 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c Statham b Lock | 2 | - | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Laker | 12 | - | 42 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c May b Laker | 8 | - | 20 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c Washbrook b Statham | 61 | - | 217 | 2 | 2 | - | |||
| c Tyson b Laker | 9 | - | 17 | 0 | 1 | - | |||
| b Statham | 32 | - | 39 | 6 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 22 | - | 100 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Statham | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 6) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 92 Ov (RR: 2.19) | 202 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Colin McDonald), 2-17 (Jim Burke), 3-20 (Ian Craig), 4-35 (Ian Johnson), 5-47 (Alan Davidson), 6-90 (Neil Harvey), 7-111 (Ron Archer), 8-154 (Richie Benaud), 9-202 (Keith Miller), 10-202 (Gil Langley) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 1.57 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 2.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | 12 | 80 | 4 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 1.96 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Langley b Lindwall | 34 | - | 114 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| c Benaud b Davidson | 8 | - | 30 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Archer b Miller | 62 | - | 98 | 9 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 37 | - | 93 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 35 | - | 75 | 4 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 3) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 61 Ov (RR: 2.98) | 182/3d | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Colin Cowdrey), 2-100 (Peter Richardson), 3-108 (David Sheppard) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 2.54 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 3.23 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 228 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Statham | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Laker | 1 | - | 43 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c May b Lock | 1 | - | 20 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Lock b Laker | 7 | - | 36 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 7 | - | 66 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Lock b Laker | 10 | - | 43 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 1) | 1 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 38.1 Ov (RR: 0.70) | 27/5 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Colin McDonald), 2-1 (Neil Harvey), 3-5 (Jim Burke), 4-10 (Ian Craig), 5-27 (Ian Johnson) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0.44 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18.1 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0.93 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 23 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 223/7 (Peter May 67*, Jim Laker 0*)
Fri, 24 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 198/8 (Keith Miller 57*, Ray Lindwall 22*)
Sat, 25 Aug - day 3 - England 2nd innings 76/1 (Peter Richardson 28*, David Sheppard 40*)
Sun, 26 Aug - rest day
Mon, 27 Aug - day 4 - no play
Tue, 28 Aug - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 27/5 (38.1 ov) - end of match
MATCH DETAILS
| Kennington Oval, London | |
| Toss | England, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1956 |
| Series result | England won the 5-match series 2-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 429 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
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