The Ashes (Australia in England), 1953
Test #374, England v Australia at Manchester, 1953-07-09
Match drawn
Australia 1st InningsR M B 4 6 SR Rating Lindsay Hassett b Bailey 26 51 46 4 0 56.52 416 Arthur Morris b Bedser 1 34 31 0 0 3.23 16 Keith Miller b Bedser 17 39 35 1 0 48.57 271 Neil Harvey c †Evans b Bedser 122 236 214 11 0 57.01 2164 Graeme Hole c †Evans b Bedser 66 205 186 6 0 35.48 1617 Jim de Courcy lbw b Wardle 41 111 101 5 0 40.59 740 Alan Davidson st †Evans b Laker 15 44 40 3 0 37.50 239 Ron Archer c Compton b Bedser 5 14 13 1 0 38.46 80 Ray Lindwall c Edrich b Wardle 1 3 3 0 0 33.33 16 Jack Hill not out 8 26 24 2 0 33.33 174 Gil Langley c Edrich b Wardle 8 7 6 1 0 133.33 132 Extras 8 Total all out, 116.3 overs, 2.73 rpo 318 Fall of wickets
1-15 (Morris), 2-48 (Hassett), 3-48 (Miller), 4-221 (Hole), 5-256 (Harvey), 6-285 (Davidson), 7-290 (Archer), 8-291 (Lindwall), 9-302 (de Courcy), 10-318 (Langley)Bowling O M R W Econ Rating Alec Bedser 45.0 10 115 5 2.56 997 Trevor Bailey 26.0 4 83 1 3.19 157 Johnny Wardle 28.3 10 70 3 2.46 624 Jim Laker 17.0 3 42 1 2.47 127 
England 1st InningsR M B 4 6 SR Rating Leonard Hutton lbw b Lindwall 66 162 166 10 0 39.76 1168 Bill Edrich c Hole b Hill 6 23 24 1 0 25.00 59 Tom Graveney c de Courcy b Miller 5 18 18 1 0 27.78 49 Denis Compton c †Langley b Archer 45 127 130 3 1 34.62 671 Johnny Wardle b Lindwall 5 66 68 1 0 7.35 49 Willie Watson b Davidson 16 51 52 2 0 30.77 158 Reg Simpson c †Langley b Davidson 31 83 85 5 0 36.47 307 Trevor Bailey c Hole b Hill 27 115 118 3 0 22.88 265 Godfrey Evans not out 44 39 40 4 1 110.00 641 Jim Laker lbw b Hill 5 6 6 1 0 83.33 51 Alec Bedser b Morris 10 14 14 1 1 71.43 101 Extras 16 Total all out, 120.0 overs, 2.30 rpo 276 Fall of wickets
1-19 (Edrich), 2-32 (Graveney), 3-126 (Hutton), 4-126 (Compton), 5-149 (Watson), 6-149 (Wardle), 7-209 (Simpson), 8-231 (Bailey), 9-243 (Laker), 10-276 (Bedser)Bowling O M R W Econ Rating Ray Lindwall 20.0 8 30 2 1.50 627 Ron Archer 15.0 8 12 1 0.80 485 Jack Hill 35.0 7 97 3 2.77 727 Keith Miller 24.0 11 38 1 1.58 348 Alan Davidson 20.0 4 60 2 3.00 480 Neil Harvey 3.0 2 2 0 0.67 2 Graeme Hole 2.0 0 16 0 8.00 1 Arthur Morris 1.0 0 5 1 5.00 491
- Australia 2nd Innings
R M B 4 6 SR Rating Lindsay Hassett c Bailey b Bedser 8 10 10 2 0 80.00 194 Arthur Morris c Hutton b Laker 0 7 7 0 0 0.00 0 Keith Miller st †Evans b Laker 6 11 11 0 0 54.55 89 Graeme Hole c †Evans b Bedser 2 13 14 0 0 14.29 29 Jim de Courcy st †Evans b Wardle 8 21 22 0 1 36.36 192 Alan Davidson not out 4 33 34 0 0 11.76 107 Neil Harvey b Wardle 0 3 3 0 0 0.00 0 Ron Archer lbw b Wardle 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 Ray Lindwall b Wardle 4 3 3 1 0 133.33 61 Jack Hill not out 0 2 2 0 0 0.00 6 Extras 3 Total 8 wickets, 18.0 overs, 1.94 rpo 35 Fall of wickets
1-8 (Morris), 2-12 (Hassett), 3-18 (Miller), 4-18 (Hole), 5-31 (de Courcy), 6-31 (Harvey), 7-31 (Archer), 8-35 (Lindwall)Bowling O M R W Econ Rating Alec Bedser 4.0 1 14 2 3.50 948 Jim Laker 9.0 5 11 2 1.22 1035 Johnny Wardle 5.0 2 7 4 1.40 1959