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England vs Australia 1st Test Match 1961 Scorecard

Series: England vs Australia Test Series 1961
Schedule: England vs Australia 1st Test Match 1961
Result: Match drawn	Venue: Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Player of the match: -
Toss : England, Decided to Bat
Start Date: 1961-06-08	End Date: 1961-06-13

England First Innings		R	B	6s	SR
Geoff Pullar	b Alan Davidson	17	0	0	---
Raman Subba Row	c Bob Simpson b Ken Mackay	59	0	0	---
Ted Dexter	c Alan Davidson b Ken Mackay	10	0	0	---
Colin Cowdrey	b Frank Misson	13	0	0	---
Ken Barrington	c Frank Misson b Ken Mackay	21	0	0	---
Mike Smith	c Bill Lawry b Ken Mackay	0	2	0	0.000
Ray Illingworth	c Wally Grout b Richard Benaud	15	0	0	---
John Murray	c Alan Davidson b Richard Benaud	16	0	0	---
David Allen	run out	11	0	0	---
Fred Trueman	c Peter Burge b Richard Benaud	20	0	1	---
Brian Statham	not out	7	0	0	---
	Total (84.3 overs)	189 + 6 (extra) = 195/10	2	1

Extra : (b 3, lb 3, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	26.0	6	70	1	2.692
Frank Misson	15.0	6	47	1	3.133
Ken Mackay	29.0	10	57	4	1.966
Richard Benaud	14.3	8	15	3	1.034

Fall of Wickets

1 /36( Geoff Pullar, 0.0)

2 /53( Ted Dexter, 0.0)

3 /88( Colin Cowdrey, 0.0)

4 /121( Ken Barrington, 0.0)

5 /121( Mike Smith, 0.0)

6 /122( Raman Subba Row, 0.0)

7 /153( John Murray, 0.0)

8 /156( Ray Illingworth, 0.0)

9 /181( David Allen, 0.0)

10 /195( Fred Trueman, 0.0)

Australia Second Innings		R	4s	SR
Bill Lawry	c John Murray b Ray Illingworth	57	6	---
Colin McDonald	c Ray Illingworth b Brian Statham	22	0	---
Neil Harvey	lbw b David Allen	114	15	---
Norm O'Neill	b Brian Statham	82	11	---
Peter Burge	lbw b David Allen	25	0	---
Bob Simpson	c & b Fred Trueman	76	0	---
Alan Davidson	c & b Ray Illingworth	22	0	---
Ken Mackay	c Ken Barrington b Brian Statham	64	10	---
Richard Benaud	not out	36	0	---
Wally Grout	c Ted Dexter b Fred Trueman	5	0	---
	Total (152.5 overs)	503 + 13 (extra) = 516/9	42

Extra : (b 8, lb 4, w 0, nb 1, penalty 0)
Did not bat

Frank Misson,

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fred Trueman	36.5	1	136	2	3.692
Brian Statham	43.0	6	147	3	3.419
Ray Illingworth	44.0	12	110	2	2.500
David Allen	24.0	4	88	2	3.667
Ted Dexter	5.0	1	22	0	4.400

Fall of Wickets

1 /47( Colin McDonald, 0.0)

2 /106( Bill Lawry, 0.0)

3 /252( Norm O'Neill, 0.0)

4 /299( Neil Harvey, 0.0)

5 /322( Peter Burge, 0.0)

6 /381( Alan Davidson, 0.0)

7 /469( Bob Simpson, 0.0)

8 /501( Ken Mackay, 0.0)

9 /516( Wally Grout, 0.0)

England Third Innings		R	4s	SR
Geoff Pullar	c Wally Grout b Frank Misson	28	0	---
Raman Subba Row	b Frank Misson	112	14	---
Ted Dexter	st Wally Grout b Bob Simpson	180	31	---
Colin Cowdrey	b Ken Mackay	14	0	---
Ken Barrington	not out	48	0	---
Mike Smith	not out	1	0	---
	Total (154 overs)	383 + 18 (extra) = 401/4	45

Extra : (b 0, lb 18, w 0, nb 0, penalty 0)
Did not bat

Ray Illingworth,

John Murray,

David Allen,

Fred Trueman,

Brian Statham,

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	31.0	10	60	0	1.935
Frank Misson	28.0	6	82	2	2.929
Bob Simpson	34.0	12	87	1	2.559
Ken Mackay	41.0	13	87	1	2.122
Richard Benaud	20.0	4	67	0	3.350

Fall of Wickets

1 /93(Geoff Pullar, 0.0)

2 /202(Raman Subba Row, 0.0)

3 /239(Colin Cowdrey, 0.0)

4 /400(Ted Dexter, 0.0)

Match Details

Series Status
(Or Points)

England-0, Australia-0

Debut Player(s)

Bill Lawry(Australia)

John Murray(England)

Umpire

Frank Lee , Syd Buller

TV Umpire

Match Referee

Reserve Umpire

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