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Test no. 507

The Ashes - 1st Test
England v Australia

1961 season

Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 8,9,10,12,13 June 1961 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	G Pullar	b Davidson	17	44			0
	R Subba Row	c Simpson b Mackay	59	171			0
	ER Dexter	c Davidson b Mackay	10				0
	MC Cowdrey	b Misson	13	65		0	0
	KF Barrington	c Misson b Mackay	21				0
	MJK Smith	c Lawry b Mackay	0		2	0	0	0.00
	R Illingworth	c Grout b Benaud	15				0
	JT Murray	c Davidson b Benaud	16				0
	DA Allen	run out	11				0
	FS Trueman	c Burge b Benaud	20				1
	JB Statham	not out	7				0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 3)	6

	Total	(all out; 84.3 overs)	195	(2.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-36 (Pullar), 2-53 (Dexter), 3-88 (Cowdrey), 4-121 (Barrington), 5-121 (Smith), 6-122 (Subba Row), 7-153 (Murray), 8-156 (Illingworth), 9-181 (Allen), 10-195 (Trueman)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AK Davidson	26	6	70	1	2.69
FM Misson	15	6	47	1	3.13
KD Mackay	29	10	57	4	1.96
R Benaud	14.3	8	15	3	1.03


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WM Lawry	c Murray b Illingworth	57	110	6	0
	CC McDonald	c Illingworth b Statham	22	58		0
	RN Harvey	lbw b Allen	114	212	15	0
	NC O'Neill	b Statham	82	117	11	0
	PJP Burge	lbw b Allen	25			0
	RB Simpson	c & b Trueman	76	210		0
	AK Davidson	c & b Illingworth	22			0
	KD Mackay	c Barrington b Statham	64		10	0
	R Benaud	not out	36			0
	ATW Grout	c Dexter b Trueman	5			0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 1)	13

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 152.5 overs)	516	(3.37 runs per over)

Did not bat FM Misson

Fall of wickets1-47 (McDonald), 2-106 (Lawry), 3-252 (O'Neill), 4-299 (Harvey), 5-322 (Burge), 6-381 (Davidson), 7-469 (Simpson), 8-501 (Mackay), 9-516 (Grout)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FS Trueman	36.5	1	136	2	3.69
JB Statham	43	6	147	3	3.41
R Illingworth	44	12	110	2	2.50
DA Allen	24	4	88	2	3.66
ER Dexter	5	1	22	0	4.40


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	G Pullar	c Grout b Misson	28	120		0
	R Subba Row	b Misson	112	244	14	0
	ER Dexter	st Grout b Simpson	180	344	31	0
	MC Cowdrey	b Mackay	14			0
	KF Barrington	not out	48	190		0
	MJK Smith	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(lb 18)	18

	Total	(4 wickets; 154 overs)	401	(2.60 runs per over)

Did not bat R Illingworth,

JT Murray, DA Allen, FS Trueman, JB Statham

Fall of wickets1-93 (Pullar), 2-202 (Subba Row), 3-239 (Cowdrey), 4-400 (Dexter)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AK Davidson	31	10	60	0	1.93
FM Misson	28	6	82	2	2.92
RB Simpson	34	12	87	1	2.55
KD Mackay	41	13	87	1	2.12
R Benaud	20	4	67	0	3.35

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts WM Lawry (Australia); JT Murray (England)

Umpires JS Buller and FS Lee

Close of play
8 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 180/8 (DA Allen 11*, FS Trueman 14*)
9 Jun day 2 - Australia 1st innings 359/5 (RB Simpson 36*, AK Davidson 16*)
10 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 5/0 (G Pullar 0*, R Subba Row 5*)
11 Jun rest day
12 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 106/1 (R Subba Row 68*, ER Dexter 5*)
13 Jun day 5 - England 2nd innings 401/4 (154 ov) - end of match

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