1956 - England v. Australia - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s Australia
Match Date: August 23, 1956
Venue: Kennington Oval
Toss: England , elected to bat
Result: Match Drawn
Match Player: None

England 1st Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Frank Tyson	3	13	0
Cyril Washbrook	0	6	0
Tony Lock	0	2	0
Brian Statham	0	3	0
Colin Cowdrey	0	3	0
Godfrey Evans	0	5	0
Denis Compton	94	210	0
Peter May	83*	286	0
Peter Richardson	37	110	0
Rev.DS Sheppard	24	78	0
Jim Laker	4	19	0
247 All Out (109.2 overs @ 2.26 rpo)

Australia 1st Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Alan Davidson	5.0	1	16	0
Ian Johnson	9.0	2	28	0
Keith Miller	40.0	7	91	4
Richie Benaud	9.0	2	21	0
Ron Archer	28.2	7	53	5
Ray Lindwall	18.0	5	36	1

Australia 1st Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Keith Miller	61	217	0
Neil Harvey	39	156	0
Richie Benaud	32	39	0
Ray Lindwall	22*	100	0
Ian Johnson	12	42	0
Ron Archer	9	17	0
Alan Davidson	8	20	0
Jim Burke	8	28	0
Colin McDonald	3	8	0
Ian Craig	2	8	0
Gil Langley	0	2	0
202 All Out (92.0 overs @ 2.20 rpo)

England 1st Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Brian Statham	21.0	8	33	3
Jim Laker	32.0	12	80	4
Frank Tyson	14.0	5	34	1
Tony Lock	25.0	10	49	2

England 2nd Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Rev.DS Sheppard	62	98	0
Peter May	37*	93	0
Denis Compton	35*	75	0
Peter Richardson	34	114	0
Colin Cowdrey	8	30	0
182 3 wickets declared (61.0 overs @ 2.98 rpo)

Australia 2nd Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Alan Davidson	5.0	0	18	1
Ian Johnson	4.0	1	7	0
Jim Burke	4.0	2	14	0
Keith Miller	22.0	3	56	1
Richie Benaud	1.0	0	10	0
Ron Archer	13.0	3	42	0
Ray Lindwall	12.0	3	29	1

Australia 2nd Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Neil Harvey	1	20	0
Colin McDonald	0	3	0
Richie Benaud	0*	1	0
Ian Johnson	10	43	0
Ian Craig	7	36	0
Keith Miller	7*	66	0
Jim Burke	1	43	0
27 5 wickets (38.1 overs @ 0.71 rpo)

England 2nd Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Tony Lock	18.1	11	17	1
Brian Statham	2.0	1	1	1
Jim Laker	18.0	14	8	3

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