f19988	Minor Counties v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1953
Venue	Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 23rd, 25th May 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 171 runs
Umpires	C Fairservice, TS Jennings
Close of play day 1	Minor Counties (1) 27/6 (Langdale 10*, Barnett 5*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Coomb	13
R Benaud	b Taylor	20
RN Harvey	b Coomb	109
*AL Hassett	lbw b Taylor	32
ID Craig	c Langdale b Taylor	7
JH de Courcy	lbw b Taylor	40
RG Archer	c and b Taylor	24
AK Davidson	run out	29
+D Tallon	c and b Johns	0
RR Lindwall	c Taylor b Langdale	1
WA Johnston	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 99 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-48, 3-147, 4-165, 5-207, 6-245, 7-268, 8-271, 9-289, 10-289 (99 ov)

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	39	13	71	5	-	-
Coomb	20	2	53	2	-	-
Pickett	13	2	54	0	-	-
Langdale	10	0	42	1	-	-
Johns	17	2	55	1	-	-

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Minor Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	c Lindwall b Johnston	3
JG Keeler	c McDonald b Johnston	1
C Lee	b Lindwall	0
DFV Johns	lbw b Lindwall	0
GWL Courtenay	b Lindwall	2
JA Cockett	b Lindwall	0
GR Langdale	b Johnston	13
*+BA Barnett	b Lindwall	12
AG Coomb	b Lindwall	4
CA Pickett	not out	7
F Taylor	b Lindwall	8
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 24.4 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-8, 3-8, 4-10, 5-10, 6-12, 7-35, 8-39, 9-41, 10-56 (24.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	10.4	2	20	7	-	-
Johnston	11	6	20	3	-	-
Archer	2	0	5	0	-	-
Davidson	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Minor Counties second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GLB August	run out	0
JG Keeler	b Archer	10
C Lee	c de Courcy b Benaud	23
DFV Johns	c Hassett b Archer	4
GWL Courtenay	st Tallon b Benaud	0
JA Cockett	b Archer	0
GR Langdale	c Tallon b Archer	1
*+BA Barnett	b Benaud	6
AG Coomb	not out	9
CA Pickett	b Benaud	3
F Taylor	st Tallon b Benaud	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 24 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-25, 3-43, 4-43, 5-43, 6-43, 7-46, 8-50, 9-62, 10-62 (24 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Archer	12	5	25	4	-	-
Davidson	5	1	18	0	-	-
Benaud	7	2	13	5	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JG Keeler made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DFV Johns made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Pickett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GLB August made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JG Keeler made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DFV Johns made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JA Cockett made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GR Langdale made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AG Coomb made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CA Pickett made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Taylor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> F Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australians first innings (previous best was 2-56)
--> F Taylor achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Australians first innings
--> RR Lindwall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Minor Counties first innings (previous best was 7-38)
--> RR Lindwall reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Minor Counties first innings

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