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England v Australia @ Trent Bridge, Nottingham
7, 8, 9, 11, 12 June 1956 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: TJ Bartley, JS Buller
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Peter Richardson | c Gil Langley b Keith Miller | 81 | - | 275 | 6 | - |
| 2. Colin Cowdrey | c Keith Miller b Alan Davidson | 25 | - | 70 | 3 | - |
| 3. Tom Graveney | c Ron Archer b Ian Johnson | 8 | - | 28 | 1 | - |
| *4. Peter May | c Gil Langley b Keith Miller | 73 | - | 211 | 3 | - |
| 5. Willie Watson | lbw b Ron Archer | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| 6. Trevor Bailey | c Keith Miller b Ron Archer | 14 | - | 68 | 1 | - |
| +7. Godfrey Evans | c Gil Langley b Keith Miller | 0 | - | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Jim Laker | not out | 9 | - | 30 | 1 | - |
| 9. Tony Lock | lbw b Keith Miller | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Bob Appleyard | not out | 1 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Alan Moss |
| FOW | 1-53 (Colin Cowdrey), 2-72 (Tom Graveney), 3-180 (Peter Richardson), 4-181 (Willie Watson), 5-201 (Peter May), 6-203 (Godfrey Evans), 7-213 (Trevor Bailey), 8-214 (Tony Lock). |
| Extras | 5b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 103.4 ovs) 217 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ray Lindwall | 15 | 4 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Keith Miller | 33 | 5 | 69 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Davidson | 9.4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ron Archer | 31 | 10 | 51 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Johnson | 14 | 7 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Burke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | lbw b Tony Lock | 1 | - | 37 | - | - |
| 2. Jim Burke | c Tony Lock b Jim Laker | 11 | - | 42 | 1 | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | lbw b Tony Lock | 64 | - | 205 | 8 | - |
| 4. Peter Burge | c sub b Tony Lock | 7 | - | 34 | 1 | - |
| 5. Keith Miller | lbw b Jim Laker | 0 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 6. Ron Archer | c Tony Lock b Bob Appleyard | 33 | - | 80 | 6 | 1 |
| 7. Richie Benaud | b Bob Appleyard | 17 | - | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| *8. Ian Johnson | c Trevor Bailey b Jim Laker | 12 | - | 56 | 2 | - |
| 9. Ray Lindwall | c Trevor Bailey b Jim Laker | 0 | - | 11 | - | - |
| +10. Gil Langley | not out | 0 | - | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Alan Davidson | absent hurt | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Colin McDonald), 2-12 (Jim Burke), 3-33 (Peter Burge), 4-36 (Keith Miller), 5-90 (Ron Archer), 6-110 (Richie Benaud), 7-148 (Neil Harvey), 8-148 (Ian Johnson), 9-148 (Ray Lindwall). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 83.1 ovs) 148 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Moss | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Bailey | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 29.1 | 11 | 58 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 36 | 16 | 61 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Appleyard | 11 | 4 | 17 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Peter Richardson | c Gil Langley b Ron Archer | 73 | - | 170 | 10 | - |
| 2. Colin Cowdrey | c Gil Langley b Keith Miller | 81 | - | 160 | 7 | - |
| 3. Willie Watson | c Gil Langley b Keith Miller | 8 | - | 22 | - | - |
| 4. Tom Graveney | not out | 10 | - | 20 | - | - |
| +5. Godfrey Evans | not out | 8 | - | 7 | 1 | - |
| *6. Peter May | ||||||
| 7. Trevor Bailey | ||||||
| 8. Jim Laker | ||||||
| 9. Tony Lock | ||||||
| 10. Bob Appleyard | ||||||
| 11. Alan Moss |
| FOW | 1-151 (Colin Cowdrey), 2-163 (Peter Richardson), 3-178 (Willie Watson). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 61 ovs) 188 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Keith Miller | 19 | 2 | 58 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ron Archer | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Johnson | 12 | 2 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Burke | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 18 | 4 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | c Tony Lock b Jim Laker | 6 | - | 33 | - | - |
| 2. Jim Burke | not out | 58 | - | 240 | 7 | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | b Tony Lock | 3 | - | 29 | - | - |
| 4. Keith Miller | lbw b Jim Laker | 4 | - | 46 | - | - |
| 5. Peter Burge | not out | 35 | - | 128 | 5 | - |
| 6. Ron Archer | ||||||
| 7. Richie Benaud | ||||||
| *8. Ian Johnson | ||||||
| 9. Ray Lindwall | ||||||
| +10. Gil Langley | ||||||
| 11. Alan Davidson |
| FOW | 1-13 (Colin McDonald), 2-18 (Neil Harvey), 3-41 (Keith Miller). |
| Extras | 10b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 86 ovs) 120 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Trevor Bailey | 9 | 3 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Laker | 30 | 19 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Lock | 22 | 11 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Appleyard | 19 | 6 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tom Graveney | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Peter Richardson, Colin Cowdrey, Willie Watson, Tom Graveney, Godfrey Evans, Peter May, Trevor Bailey, Jim Laker, Tony Lock, Bob Appleyard, Alan Moss