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1955 - England v. South Africa - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s Australia
Match Date: August 15, 1953
Venue: Kennington Oval
Toss: Australia , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: England won by 8 wickets
Australia 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
JH de Courcy500
Ray Lindwall621150
Ron Archer1000
Gil Langley1800
Neil Harvey36790
Keith Miller180
Lindsay Hassett531350
Bill Johnston9*00
Arthur Morris1600
Alan Davidson22520
Graeme Hole37630
275 All Out (81.3 overs @ 3.37 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Tony Lock9.02191
Jim Laker5.00341
Fred Trueman24.33864
Sir Alec Bedser29.03883
Trevor Bailey14.03421
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Godfrey Evans28460
Jim Laker100
Trevor Bailey642220
Tony Lock4520
Denis Compton16680
Sir Alec Bedser22*700
Peter May391400
Tom Graveney400
Sir Leonard Hutton822180
Fred Trueman10350
Bill Edrich2100
306 All Out (142.3 overs @ 2.15 rpo)
Australia 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Keith Miller34.012651
Ray Lindwall32.07704
Alan Davidson10.01260
Ron Archer10.32251
Graeme Hole11.06110
Bill Johnston45.016943
Australia 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Ray Lindwall1200
Alan Davidson21410
Neil Harvey103
Ron Archer49630
JH de Courcy400
Lindsay Hassett1000
Graeme Hole1700
Keith Miller008
Arthur Morris2600
Gil Langley200
Bill Johnston6*260
162 All Out (50.5 overs @ 3.19 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Fred Trueman2.0140
Sir Alec Bedser11.02240
Tony Lock21.09455
Jim Laker16.52754
England 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Sir Leonard Hutton1700
Peter May371120
Denis Compton22*00
Bill Edrich55*2100
132 2 wickets (63.5 overs @ 2.07 rpo)
Australia 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Bill Johnston29.014520
Lindsay Hassett1.0040
Keith Miller11.03241
Arthur Morris0.5050
Ray Lindwall21.05460
Ron Archer1.0100

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