f21327 t425	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1956 (1st Test)
Venue	Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th June 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	TJ Bartley, JS Buller
Close of play day 1	England (1) 134/2 (Richardson 65*, May 31*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 19/2 (Harvey 5*, Burge 2*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 129/0 (Richardson 56*, Cowdrey 67*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Langley b Miller	81		275	6	-
MC Cowdrey	c Miller b Davidson	25		70	3	-
TW Graveney	c Archer b Johnson	8		28	1	-
*PBH May	c Langley b Miller	73		211	3	-
W Watson	lbw b Archer	0		3	-	-
TE Bailey	c Miller b Archer	14		68	1	-
+TG Evans	c Langley b Miller	0		10	-	-
JC Laker	not out	9		30	1	-
GAR Lock	lbw b Miller	0		2	-	-
R Appleyard	not out	1		5	-	-
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 103.4 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Cowdrey), 2-72 (Graveney), 3-180 (Richardson), 4-181 (Watson), 5-201 (May), 6-203 (Evans), 7-213 (Bailey), 8-214 (Lock)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	15	4	43	0	-	-
Miller	33	5	69	4	-	-
Davidson	9.4	1	22	1	-	-
Archer	31	10	51	2	-	-
Johnson	14	7	26	1	-	-
Burke	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Lock	1		37	-	-
JW Burke	c Lock b Laker	11		42	1	-
RN Harvey	lbw b Lock	64		205	8	-
PJP Burge	c sub (JM Parks) b Lock	7		34	1	-
KR Miller	lbw b Laker	0		2	-	-
RG Archer	c Lock b Appleyard	33		80	6	1
R Benaud	b Appleyard	17		28	2	1
*IWG Johnson	c Bailey b Laker	12		56	2	-
RR Lindwall	c Bailey b Laker	0		11	-	-
+GRA Langley	not out	0		7	-	-
AK Davidson	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (McDonald), 2-12 (Burke), 3-33 (Burge), 4-36 (Miller), 5-90 (Archer), 6-110 (Benaud), 7-148 (Harvey), 8-148 (Johnson), 9-148 (Lindwall, 83.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moss	4	3	1	0	-	-
Bailey	3	1	8	0	-	-
Laker	29.1	11	58	4	-	-
Lock	36	16	61	3	-	-
Appleyard	11	4	17	2	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	c Langley b Archer	73		170	10	-
MC Cowdrey	c Langley b Miller	81		160	7	-
W Watson	c Langley b Miller	8		22	-	-
TW Graveney	not out	10		20	-	-
+TG Evans	not out	8		7	1	-
*PBH May	did not bat
TE Bailey	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
R Appleyard	did not bat
AE Moss	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-151 (Cowdrey), 2-163 (Richardson), 3-178 (Watson)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Miller	19	2	58	2	-	-
Archer	9	0	46	1	-	-
Benaud	18	4	41	0	-	-
Johnson	12	2	29	0	-	-
Burke	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Lock b Laker	6		33	-	-
JW Burke	not out	58		240	7	-
RN Harvey	b Lock	3		29	-	-
KR Miller	lbw b Laker	4		46	-	-
PJP Burge	not out	35		128	5	-
RG Archer	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
*IWG Johnson	did not bat
RR Lindwall	did not bat
+GRA Langley	did not bat
AK Davidson	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(3 wickets, 86 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (McDonald), 2-18 (Harvey), 3-41 (Miller)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	9	3	16	0	-	-
Appleyard	19	6	32	0	-	-
Laker	30	19	29	2	-	-
Lock	22	11	23	1	-	-
Graveney	6	3	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PE Richardson made his debut in Test matches
--> R Appleyard made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PE Richardson (1) 50 in 118 balls
--> PBH May (1) 50 in 130 balls
--> JC Laker (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 175 balls
--> PE Richardson (2) 50 in 120 balls
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 50 in 120 balls
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 41
--> JW Burke (2) 50 in 229 balls
--> PJP Burge (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> PE Richardson made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> PJP Burge made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JW Burke made his debut in England in Test matches
--> CC McDonald made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AE Moss made his debut in England in Test matches
--> KR Miller reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed TG Evans, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings

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