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Test no. 426

The Ashes - 2nd Test
England v Australia

1956 season

Played at Lord's, London, on 21,22,23,25,26 June 1956 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 185 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CC McDonald	c Trueman b Bailey	78	230	7	0
	JW Burke	st Evans b Laker	65	250	6	0
	RN Harvey	c Evans b Bailey	0	2	0	0
	PJP Burge	b Statham	21	93	0	0
	KR Miller	b Trueman	28	110	2	0
	KD Mackay	c Bailey b Laker	38	160	4	0
	RG Archer	b Wardle	28	91	2	0
	R Benaud	b Statham	5	6	1	0
	IWG Johnson	c Evans b Trueman	6	65	0	0
	GRA Langley	c Bailey b Laker	14	50	0	0
	WPA Crawford	not out	0	1	0	0
	Extras	(lb 2)	2

	Total	(all out; 146.1 overs)	285	(1.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-137 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	35	9	70	2	2.00
FS Trueman	28	6	54	2	1.92
TE Bailey	34	12	72	2	2.11
JC Laker	29.1	10	47	3	1.61
JH Wardle	20	7	40	1	2.00


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	PE Richardson	c Langley b Miller	9	41	0	0
	MC Cowdrey	c Benaud b Mackay	23	97	5	0
	TW Graveney	b Miller	5	12	0	0
	PBH May	b Benaud	63	150	8	0
	W Watson	c Benaud b Miller	6	49	0	0
	TE Bailey	b Miller	32	135	2	0
	TG Evans	st Langley b Benaud	0	3	0	0
	JC Laker	b Archer	12	50	1	0
	JH Wardle	c Langley b Archer	0	3	0	0
	FS Trueman	c Langley b Miller	7	5	1	0
	JB Statham	not out	0	2	0	0
	Extras	(lb 14)	14

	Total	(all out; 82 overs)	171	(2.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-22 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KR Miller	34.1	9	72	5	2.10
WPA Crawford	4.5	2	4	0	0.82
RG Archer	23	9	47	2	2.04
KD Mackay	11	3	15	1	1.36
R Benaud	9	2	19	2	2.11


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CC McDonald	c Cowdrey b Bailey	26	49	4	0
	JW Burke	c Graveney b Trueman	16	95	1	0
	RN Harvey	c Bailey b Trueman	10	10	2	0
	PJP Burge	b Trueman	14	46	1	0
	KD Mackay	c Evans b Statham	31	205	3	0
	RG Archer	c Evans b Bailey	1	30	0	0
	KR Miller	c Evans b Trueman	30	54	3	0
	R Benaud	c Evans b Trueman	97	140	14	1
	IWG Johnson	lbw b Bailey	17	45	2	0
	GRA Langley	not out	7	23	0	0
	WPA Crawford	lbw b Bailey	0	2	0	0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 4)	8

	Total	(all out; 92.5 overs)	257	(2.76 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-36 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	26	5	59	1	2.26
FS Trueman	28	2	90	5	3.21
TE Bailey	24.5	8	64	4	2.57
JC Laker	7	3	17	0	2.42
JH Wardle	7	2	19	0	2.71


England 2nd innings (target: 372 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	PE Richardson	c Langley b Archer	21	60	3	0
	MC Cowdrey	lbw b Benaud	27	195	2	0
	TW Graveney	c Langley b Miller	18	70	1	0
	W Watson	b Miller	18	47	2	0
	PBH May	c Langley b Miller	53	125	7	0
	TE Bailey	c Harvey b Archer	18	72	2	0
	TG Evans	c Langley b Miller	20	20	3	0
	JC Laker	c Langley b Archer	4	10	1	0
	JH Wardle	b Miller	0	15	0	0
	FS Trueman	b Archer	2	15	0	0
	JB Statham	not out	0	5	0	0
	Extras	(lb 5)	5

	Total	(all out; 99.2 overs)	186	(1.87 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-35 (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)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KR Miller	36	12	80	5	2.22
RG Archer	31.2	8	71	4	2.26
R Benaud	28	14	27	1	0.96
IWG Johnson	4	2	3	0	0.75

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debuts WPA Crawford and KD Mackay (Australia)

Umpires DE Davies and FS Lee

Close of play
21 Jun day 1 - Australia 1st innings 180/3 (PJP Burge 18*, KR Miller 19*)
22 Jun day 2 - England 1st innings 74/3 (PBH May 23*, W Watson 4*)
23 Jun day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 115/6 (KD Mackay 9*, R Benaud 3*)
24 Jun rest day
25 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 72/2 (MC Cowdrey 21*, W Watson 9*)
26 Jun day 5 - England 2nd innings 186 (99.2 ov) - end of match

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