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Test no. 372

The Ashes - 1st Test
England v Australia

1953 season

Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on 11,12,13,15,16 June 1953 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GB Hole	b Bedser	0		7	0	0	0.00
	AR Morris	lbw b Bedser	67	179		11	0
	AL Hassett	b Bedser	115	397		9	0
	RN Harvey	c Compton b Bedser	0	15	9	0	0	0.00
	KR Miller	c Bailey b Wardle	55	173		3	0
	R Benaud	c Evans b Bailey	3			0	0
	AK Davidson	b Bedser	4	39			0
	D Tallon	b Bedser	0	15		0	0
	RR Lindwall	c Evans b Bailey	0	4		0	0
	JC Hill	b Bedser	0			0	0
	WA Johnston	not out	0			0	0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1)	5

	Total	(all out; 140.3 overs)	249	(1.77 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Hole), 2-124 (Morris), 3-128 (Harvey), 4-237 (Miller), 5-244 (Benaud), 6-244 (Hassett), 7-246 (Tallon), 8-247 (Lindwall), 9-248 (Hill), 10-249 (Davidson)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	38.3	16	55	7	1.42
TE Bailey	44	14	75	2	1.70
JH Wardle	35	16	55	1	1.57
R Tattersall	23	5	59	0	2.56


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	L Hutton	c Benaud b Davidson	43	120			0
	D Kenyon	c Hill b Lindwall	8	20			0
	RT Simpson	lbw b Lindwall	0		2	0	0	0.00
	DCS Compton	c Morris b Lindwall	0			0	0
	TW Graveney	c Benaud b Hill	22	75			0
	PBH May	c Tallon b Hill	9				0
	TE Bailey	lbw b Hill	13	100			0
	TG Evans	c Tallon b Davidson	8				0
	JH Wardle	not out	29	65			0
	AV Bedser	lbw b Lindwall	2			0	0
	R Tattersall	b Lindwall	2	20		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 3)	8

	Total	(all out; 72.4 overs)	144	(1.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-17 (Kenyon), 2-17 (Simpson), 3-17 (Compton), 4-76 (Graveney), 5-82 (Hutton), 6-92 (May), 7-107 (Evans), 8-121 (Bailey), 9-136 (Bedser), 10-144 (Tattersall)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	20.4	2	57	5	2.75
WA Johnston	18	7	22	0	1.22
JC Hill	19	8	35	3	1.84
AK Davidson	15	7	22	2	1.46


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	GB Hole	b Bedser	5	20	1	0
	AR Morris	b Tattersall	60	108	7	0
	AL Hassett	c Hutton b Bedser	5	20	1	0
	RN Harvey	c Graveney b Bedser	2	14	0	0
	KR Miller	c Kenyon b Bedser	5		0	0
	R Benaud	b Bedser	0		0	0
	AK Davidson	c Graveney b Tattersall	6			0
	D Tallon	c Simpson b Tattersall	15			0
	RR Lindwall	c Tattersall b Bedser	12			0
	JC Hill	c Tattersall b Bedser	4			0
	WA Johnston	not out	4			0
	Extras	(lb 5)	5

	Total	(all out; 39.2 overs)	123	(3.12 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Hole), 2-44 (Hassett), 3-50 (Harvey), 4-64 (Miller), 5-68 (Benaud), 6-81 (Morris), 7-92 (Davidson), 8-106 (Tallon), 9-115 (Lindwall), 10-123 (Hill)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	17.2	7	44	7	2.53
TE Bailey	5	1	28	0	5.60
JH Wardle	12	3	24	0	2.00
R Tattersall	5	0	22	3	4.40


England 2nd innings (target: 229 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	not out	60		6	0
	D Kenyon	c Hassett b Hill	16	40		0
	RT Simpson	not out	28			0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 4, w 2, nb 2)	16

	Total	(1 wicket; 58 overs)	120	(2.06 runs per over)

Did not bat DCS Compton, TW Graveney, PBH May, TE Bailey,

TG Evans, JH Wardle, AV Bedser, R Tattersall

Fall of wickets1-26 (Kenyon)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	16	4	37	0	2.31
WA Johnston	18	9	14	0	0.77
JC Hill	12	3	26	1	2.16
AK Davidson	5	1	7	0	1.40
R Benaud	5	0	15	0	3.00
AR Morris	2	0	5	0	2.50

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts AK Davidson and JC Hill (Australia)

Umpires D Davies and H Elliott

Close of play
11 Jun day 1 - Australia 1st innings 157/3 (AL Hassett 67*, KR Miller 19*)
12 Jun day 2 - England 1st innings 92/6 (TE Bailey 2*, TG Evans 0*)
13 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 42/1 (L Hutton 10*, RT Simpson 8*)
14 Jun rest day
15 Jun day 4 - no play
16 Jun day 5 - England 2nd innings 120/1 (58 ov) - end of match

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