| f21341 | |
| Venue | County Ground, Northampton on 13th, 14th, 15th June 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | H Elliott, WFF Price |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire (1) 339/3 (Brookes 144*, Reynolds 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (1) 271/6 (Miller 66*, Archer 48*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Brookes | not out | 144 | |||||
| AP Arnold | b Wilson | 52 | |||||
| L Livingston | b Archer | 85 | |||||
| DW Barrick | lbw b Benaud | 37 | |||||
| BL Reynolds | not out | 15 | |||||
| GE Tribe | did not bat | ||||||
| MHJ Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Manning | did not bat | ||||||
| +KV Andrew | did not bat | ||||||
| HRA Kelleher | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 112 overs) | 339 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76, 2-207, 3-301 | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Crawford | 25 | 4 | 84 | 0 | - | - | |
| Archer | 18 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 32 | 12 | 71 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 31 | 7 | 91 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burke | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | b Kelleher | 9 | |||||
| JW Rutherford | c Andrew b Kelleher | 0 | |||||
| ID Craig | c Andrew b Kelleher | 1 | |||||
| KD Mackay | c Reynolds b Allen | 64 | 233 | ||||
| JW Burke | c Andrew b Clarke | 58 | 150 | ||||
| R Benaud | c and b Tribe | 17 | |||||
| *KR Miller | c Reynolds b Manning | 72 | |||||
| RG Archer | b Tribe | 51 | |||||
| +LV Maddocks | b Tribe | 12 | |||||
| WPA Crawford | st Andrew b Tribe | 19 | |||||
| JW Wilson | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 121.2 overs) | 314 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-4, 3-17, 4-123, 5-151, 6-157, 7-274, 8-286, 9-306, 10-314 (121.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kelleher | 30 | 9 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 23 | 5 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barrick | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Tribe | 35.2 | 7 | 100 | 4 | - | - | |
| Manning | 16 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allen | 13 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D Brookes | b Mackay | 22 | |||||
| AP Arnold | c Maddocks b Crawford | 6 | |||||
| L Livingston | c Mackay b Wilson | 51 | |||||
| BL Reynolds | c Craig b Wilson | 8 | |||||
| GE Tribe | c Benaud b Rutherford | 38 | |||||
| MHJ Allen | lbw b Mackay | 5 | |||||
| JS Manning | not out | 32 | |||||
| +KV Andrew | lbw b Burke | 4 | |||||
| HRA Kelleher | b Burke | 0 | |||||
| RW Clarke | c Maddocks b Burke | 0 | |||||
| DW Barrick | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 50 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-55, 3-76, 4-105, 5-118, 6-136, 7-149, 8-171, 9-171 (50 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Crawford | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Archer | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 14 | 3 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burke | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 14 | 4 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rutherford | 5 | 1 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | b Kelleher | 6 | |||||
| WPA Crawford | b Clarke | 18 | |||||
| R Benaud | c Manning b Clarke | 15 | |||||
| *KR Miller | run out | 20 | |||||
| RG Archer | b Manning | 21 | |||||
| +LV Maddocks | c Andrew b Reynolds | 7 | |||||
| ID Craig | not out | 7 | |||||
| JW Rutherford | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Burke | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 22.2 overs) | 98 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-26, 3-42, 4-73, 5-85, 6-98 (22.2 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kelleher | 6 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clarke | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Manning | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allen | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reynolds | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DW Barrick (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> BL Reynolds (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> JW Burke (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> KD Mackay reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
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