f21363 t426	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1956 (2nd Test)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th June 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 185 runs
Umpires	DE Davies, FS Lee
Scorers	AJB Fowler, N Gorman
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 180/3 (Burge 18*, Miller 19*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 74/3 (May 23*, Watson 4*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 115/6 (Mackay 9*, Benaud 3*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 72/2 (Cowdrey 21*, Watson 9*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Trueman b Bailey	78		230	7	-
JW Burke	st Evans b Laker	65		250	6	-
RN Harvey	c Evans b Bailey	0		2	-	-
PJP Burge	b Statham	21		93	-	-
KR Miller	b Trueman	28		110	2	-
KD Mackay	c Bailey b Laker	38		160	4	-
RG Archer	b Wardle	28		91	2	-
R Benaud	b Statham	5		6	1	-
*IWG Johnson	c Evans b Trueman	6		65	-	-
+GRA Langley	c Bailey b Laker	14		50	-	-
WPA Crawford	not out	0		1	-	-
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 146.1 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-137 (McDonald), 2-137 (Harvey), 3-151 (Burke), 4-185 (Burge), 5-196 (Miller), 6-249 (Archer), 7-255 (Benaud), 8-265 (Mackay), 9-285 (Johnson), 10-285 (Langley, 146.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	35	9	70	2	-	-
Trueman	28	6	54	2	-	-
Bailey	34	12	72	2	-	-
Laker	29.1	10	47	3	-	-
Wardle	20	7	40	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Langley b Miller	9		41	-	-
MC Cowdrey	c Benaud b Mackay	23		97	5	-
TW Graveney	b Miller	5		12	-	-
*PBH May	b Benaud	63		150	8	-
W Watson	c Benaud b Miller	6		49	-	-
TE Bailey	b Miller	32		135	2	-
+TG Evans	st Langley b Benaud	0		3	-	-
JC Laker	b Archer	12		50	1	-
JH Wardle	c Langley b Archer	0		3	-	-
FS Trueman	c Langley b Miller	7		5	1	-
JB Statham	not out	0		2	-	-
Extras	(14 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 82 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Richardson), 2-32 (Graveney), 3-60 (Cowdrey), 4-87 (Watson), 5-128 (May), 6-128 (Evans), 7-161 (Laker), 8-161 (Wardle), 9-170 (Trueman), 10-171 (Bailey, 82 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	34.1	9	72	5	-	-
Crawford	4.5	2	4	0	-	-
Archer	23	9	47	2	-	-
Mackay	11	3	15	1	-	-
Benaud	9	2	19	2	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Cowdrey b Bailey	26		49	4	-
JW Burke	c Graveney b Trueman	16		95	1	-
RN Harvey	c Bailey b Trueman	10		10	2	-
PJP Burge	b Trueman	14		46	1	-
KD Mackay	c Evans b Statham	31		205	3	-
RG Archer	c Evans b Bailey	1		30	-	-
KR Miller	c Evans b Trueman	30		54	3	-
R Benaud	c Evans b Trueman	97		140	14	1
*IWG Johnson	lbw b Bailey	17		45	2	-
+GRA Langley	not out	7		23	-	-
WPA Crawford	lbw b Bailey	0		2	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (McDonald), 2-47 (Harvey), 3-69 (Burke), 4-70 (Burge), 5-79 (Archer), 6-112 (Miller), 7-229 (Mackay), 8-243 (Benaud), 9-257 (Johnson), 10-257 (Crawford, 92.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	26	5	59	1	-	2
Trueman	28	2	90	5	-	-
Bailey	24.5	8	64	4	-	2
Laker	7	3	17	0	-	-
Wardle	7	2	19	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Langley b Archer	21		60	3	-
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Benaud	27		195	2	-
TW Graveney	c Langley b Miller	18		70	1	-
W Watson	b Miller	18		47	2	-
*PBH May	c Langley b Miller	53		125	7	-
TE Bailey	c Harvey b Archer	18		72	2	-
+TG Evans	c Langley b Miller	20		20	3	-
JC Laker	c Langley b Archer	4		10	1	-
JH Wardle	b Miller	0		15	-	-
FS Trueman	b Archer	2		15	-	-
JB Statham	not out	0		5	-	-
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 99.2 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Richardson), 2-59 (Graveney), 3-89 (Watson), 4-91 (Cowdrey), 5-142 (Bailey), 6-175 (Evans), 7-180 (May), 8-184 (Laker), 9-184 (Wardle), 10-186 (Trueman, 99.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	36	12	80	5	-	-
Archer	31.2	8	71	4	-	-
Benaud	28	14	27	1	-	-
Johnson	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KD Mackay made his debut in Test matches
--> WPA Crawford made his debut in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 124 balls
--> JW Burke (1) 50 in 155 balls
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 107 balls
--> R Benaud (2) 50 in 54 balls
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 27
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> TW Graveney (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 10
--> PBH May (2) 50 in 110 balls with 7 fours
--> WPA Crawford made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> KD Mackay made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> FS Trueman reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed KR Miller, his 4th wicket in the Australia second innings
--> FS Trueman reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KR Miller, his 4th wicket in the Australia second innings

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