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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 27th, 29th, 30th May 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 63 runs |
| Umpires | CS Elliott, FS Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 381/5 (Davidson 10*, Benaud 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (2) 57/0 (Lawry 31*, Simpson 25*) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | c Larter b Mortimore | 104 | |||||
| CC McDonald | retired hurt | 24 | |||||
| RN Harvey | c Subba Row b Greenhough | 35 | |||||
| NCL O'Neill | c Barrington b Rhodes | 122 | |||||
| RB Simpson | b Larter | 14 | |||||
| BC Booth | c Horton b Barrington | 59 | |||||
| AK Davidson | not out | 10 | |||||
| *R Benaud | not out | 2 | |||||
| KD Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| +ATW Grout | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb, 2 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 116 overs) | 381 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-123, 2-216, 3-239, 4-365, 5-370 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 21 | 5 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Rhodes | 21 | 3 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Horton | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greenhough | 28 | 6 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 31 | 11 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 7 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Horton | lbw b Davidson | 0 | |||||
| R Subba Row | lbw b Davidson | 3 | |||||
| *MC Cowdrey | c O'Neill b Simpson | 115 | |||||
| MJK Smith | lbw b Benaud | 45 | |||||
| KF Barrington | c and b Davidson | 55 | |||||
| PT Marner | c Lawry b Simpson | 23 | |||||
| +JM Parks | b Davidson | 4 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | lbw b Davidson | 0 | |||||
| HJ Rhodes | c Grout b Davidson | 9 | |||||
| T Greenhough | not out | 7 | |||||
| JDF Larter | b Simpson | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96 overs) | 274 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-19, 3-147, 4-176, 5-222, 6-234, 7-234, 8-256, 9-257, 10-274 (96 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 17 | 4 | 46 | 6 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 23 | 3 | 87 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 26 | 6 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 20 | 5 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 10 | 4 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | not out | 84 | |||||
| RB Simpson | not out | 92 | |||||
| CC McDonald | did not bat | ||||||
| RN Harvey | did not bat | ||||||
| NCL O'Neill | did not bat | ||||||
| BC Booth | did not bat | ||||||
| AK Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Benaud | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| +ATW Grout | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McKenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, declared, 58 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Larter | 10 | 1 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rhodes | 15 | 3 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horton | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greenhough | 11 | 3 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Subba Row | c O'Neill b Benaud | 37 | |||||
| KF Barrington | lbw b McKenzie | 35 | |||||
| *MC Cowdrey | c Simpson b Davidson | 68 | |||||
| MJK Smith | c Davidson b Benaud | 58 | |||||
| +JM Parks | lbw b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| PT Marner | lbw b Benaud | 1 | |||||
| MJ Horton | lbw b Davidson | 0 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | b Benaud | 4 | |||||
| HJ Rhodes | c Benaud b Davidson | 8 | |||||
| T Greenhough | not out | 8 | |||||
| JDF Larter | st Grout b Simpson | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.4 overs) | 230 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-71, 2-73, 3-176, 4-176, 5-186, 6-191, 7-198, 8-213, 9-217, 10-230 (65.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 18 | 3 | 58 | 3 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 8.4 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 21 | 4 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JDF Larter (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> CC McDonald retired hurt in the Australians first innings having scored 24 (team had lost 0 wickets)
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