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Test no. 374

The Ashes - 3rd Test
England v Australia

1953 season

Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, on 9,10,11,13,14 July 1953 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	AL Hassett	b Bailey	26	51	4	0
	AR Morris	b Bedser	1	34	0	0
	KR Miller	b Bedser	17	39	1	0
	RN Harvey	c Evans b Bedser	122	236	11	0
	GB Hole	c Evans b Bedser	66	205	6	0
	JH de Courcy	lbw b Wardle	41	111	5	0
	AK Davidson	st Evans b Laker	15	44	3	0
	RG Archer	c Compton b Bedser	5	14	1	0
	RR Lindwall	c Edrich b Wardle	1	3	0	0
	JC Hill	not out	8	26	2	0
	GRA Langley	c Edrich b Wardle	8	7	1	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 1, nb 1)	8

	Total	(all out; 116.3 overs)	318	(2.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Morris), 2-48 (Hassett), 3-48 (Miller), 4-221 (Hole), 5-256 (Harvey), 6-285 (Davidson), 7-290 (Archer), 8-291 (Lindwall), 9-302 (de Courcy), 10-318 (Langley)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	45	10	115	5	2.55
TE Bailey	26	4	83	1	3.19
JH Wardle	28.3	10	70	3	2.45
JC Laker	17	3	42	1	2.47


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	L Hutton	lbw b Lindwall	66	162	10	0
	WJ Edrich	c Hole b Hill	6	23	1	0
	TW Graveney	c de Courcy b Miller	5	18	1	0
	DCS Compton	c Langley b Archer	45	127	3	1
	JH Wardle	b Lindwall	5	66	1	0
	W Watson	b Davidson	16	51	2	0
	RT Simpson	c Langley b Davidson	31	83	5	0
	TE Bailey	c Hole b Hill	27	115	3	0
	TG Evans	not out	44	39	4	1
	JC Laker	lbw b Hill	5	6	1	0
	AV Bedser	b Morris	10	14	1	1
	Extras	(b 8, lb 8)	16

	Total	(all out; 120 overs)	276	(2.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Edrich), 2-32 (Graveney), 3-126 (Hutton), 4-126 (Compton), 5-149 (Watson), 6-149 (Wardle), 7-209 (Simpson), 8-231 (Bailey), 9-243 (Laker), 10-276 (Bedser)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	20	8	30	2	1.50
RG Archer	15	8	12	1	0.80
JC Hill	35	7	97	3	2.77
KR Miller	24	11	38	1	1.58
AK Davidson	20	4	60	2	3.00
RN Harvey	3	2	2	0	0.66
GB Hole	2	0	16	0	8.00
AR Morris	1	0	5	1	5.00


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	AL Hassett	c Bailey b Bedser	8	10	2	0
	AR Morris	c Hutton b Laker	0	7	0	0
	KR Miller	st Evans b Laker	6	11	0	0
	GB Hole	c Evans b Bedser	2	13	0	0
	JH de Courcy	st Evans b Wardle	8	21	0	1
	AK Davidson	not out	4	33	0	0
	RN Harvey	b Wardle	0	3	0	0
	RG Archer	lbw b Wardle	0	1	0	0
	RR Lindwall	b Wardle	4	3	1	0
	JC Hill	not out	0	2	0	0
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(8 wickets; 18 overs)	35	(1.94 runs per over)

Did not bat

GRA Langley

Fall of wickets1-8 (Morris), 2-12 (Hassett), 3-18 (Miller), 4-18 (Hole), 5-31 (de Courcy), 6-31 (Harvey), 7-31 (Archer), 8-35 (Lindwall)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AV Bedser	4	1	14	2	3.50
JC Laker	9	5	11	2	1.22
JH Wardle	5	2	7	4	1.40

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

Test debut JH de Courcy (Australia)

Umpires D Davies and H Elliott

Close of play
9 Jul day 1 - Australia 1st innings 151/3 (RN Harvey 60*, GB Hole 41*)
10 Jul day 2 - Australia 1st innings 221/3 (RN Harvey 105*, GB Hole 66*)
11 Jul day 3 - England 1st innings 126/4 (JH Wardle 0*, W Watson 0*)
12 Jul rest day
13 Jul day 4 - no play
14 Jul day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 35/8 (18 ov) - end of match

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