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| Venue | Headingley, Leeds on 6th, 7th, 8th July 1961 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | JS Buller, JG Langridge |
| Scorers | CB Atkinson (England), JD Cameron (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 9/0 (Pullar 5*, Subba Row 3*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 238/4 (Dexter 22*, Barrington 5*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | lbw b Lock | 28 | 110 | - | |||
| CC McDonald | st Murray b Lock | 54 | 180 | - | |||
| RN Harvey | c Lock b Trueman | 73 | 150 | - | |||
| NCL O'Neill | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 27 | 70 | - | |||
| PJP Burge | c Cowdrey b Jackson | 5 | |||||
| KD Mackay | lbw b Jackson | 6 | |||||
| RB Simpson | lbw b Trueman | 2 | |||||
| AK Davidson | not out | 22 | 1 | ||||
| *R Benaud | b Trueman | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| +ATW Grout | c Murray b Trueman | 3 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | b Allen | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110 overs) | 237 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-65 (Lawry), 2-113 (McDonald), 3-187 (O'Neill), 4-192 (Harvey), 5-196 (Burge), 6-203 (Simpson), 7-203 (Mackay), 8-204 (Benaud), 9-208 (Grout), 10-237 (McKenzie, 110 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 22 | 5 | 58 | 5 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 31 | 11 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allen | 28 | 12 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lock | 29 | 5 | 68 | 2 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Pullar | b Benaud | 53 | 200 | - | |||
| R Subba Row | lbw b Davidson | 35 | 85 | - | |||
| MC Cowdrey | c Grout b McKenzie | 93 | 255 | 11 | - | ||
| *PBH May | c and b Davidson | 26 | 89 | - | |||
| ER Dexter | b Davidson | 28 | 120 | - | |||
| KF Barrington | c Simpson b Davidson | 6 | |||||
| +JT Murray | b McKenzie | 6 | |||||
| FS Trueman | c Burge b Davidson | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| GAR Lock | lbw b McKenzie | 30 | 20 | 19 | 7 | - | |
| DA Allen | not out | 5 | |||||
| HL Jackson | run out | 8 | 2 | - | |||
| Extras | (5 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 149 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59 (Subba Row), 2-145 (Pullar), 3-190 (May), 4-223 (Cowdrey), 5-239 (Barrington), 6-248 (Dexter), 7-252 (Trueman), 8-286 (Lock), 9-291 (Murray), 10-299 (Jackson, 149 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 47 | 23 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 27 | 4 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 22 | 4 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 39 | 15 | 86 | 1 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 14 | 5 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Lawry | c Murray b Allen | 28 | |||||
| CC McDonald | b Jackson | 1 | |||||
| RN Harvey | c Dexter b Trueman | 53 | |||||
| NCL O'Neill | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 19 | |||||
| PJP Burge | lbw b Allen | 0 | |||||
| RB Simpson | b Trueman | 3 | |||||
| AK Davidson | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 7 | |||||
| *R Benaud | b Trueman | 0 | |||||
| KD Mackay | c Murray b Trueman | 0 | |||||
| +ATW Grout | c and b Jackson | 7 | |||||
| GD McKenzie | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 52.5 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (McDonald), 2-49 (Lawry), 3-99 (Harvey), 4-102 (Burge), 5-102 (O'Neill), 6-105 (Simpson), 7-109 (Benaud), 8-109 (Mackay), 9-120 (Grout), 10-120 (Davidson, 52.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 15.5 | 5 | 30 | 6 | - | - | |
| Jackson | 13 | 5 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lock | 10 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 14 | 6 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Pullar | not out | 26 | 75 | - | |||
| R Subba Row | b Davidson | 6 | |||||
| MC Cowdrey | c Grout b Benaud | 22 | |||||
| *PBH May | not out | 8 | |||||
| ER Dexter | did not bat | ||||||
| KF Barrington | did not bat | ||||||
| +JT Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| FS Trueman | did not bat | ||||||
| GAR Lock | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| HL Jackson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 23 overs) | 62 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Subba Row), 2-45 (Cowdrey) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> CC McDonald made his last appearance in Test matches
--> HL Jackson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 168 balls
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 129 balls
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> NCL O'Neill (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 7
--> NCL O'Neill (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 19
--> G Pullar (1) 50 in 172 balls with 6 fours
--> G Pullar (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 111 balls
--> GAR Lock (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (2) 50 in 101 balls with 5 fours
--> AK Davidson reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed KF Barrington, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> FS Trueman reached 1400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KD Mackay, his 5th wicket in the Australia second innings
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