Test series summary Australian cricket team in England in 1953

1 test series summary

1.1 first test @ trent bridge
1.2 second test @ lord s
1.3 third test @ old trafford
1.4 fourth test @ headingley
1.5 fifth test @ oval

test series summary
first test @ trent bridge

rain washed out play entirely on fourth day , prevented resumption until half past 4 on last day. before that, alec bedser, 7 wickets in each innings, had bowled england strong position after trailed 105 on first innings. in australia s first innings, morris, made 67 , hassett put on 122 second wicket , hassett , miller made 109 fourth wicket, miller making 55. hassett s 115 ninth century in test cricket. 243 4 @ lunch on second day, australia lost remaining 6 wickets 6 runs, bedser finishing 7 55. england, apart leonard hutton, 43, struggled , lindwall took 5 wickets 57 runs. in australia s second innings, morris, made 60, confident against bedser, took 7 44 have match figures of 14 99. hutton 60 not out in england s weather-interrupted reply.

second test @ lord s

hassett opened morris , made second century of series, though retired hurt @ 101. harvey made 59, johnny wardle removed middle order batsmen before davidson, 76, coaxed 117 runs out of last 6 wickets. hutton , tom graveney put on 168 second wicket, , after graveney out 78, denis compton (57) added further 102 hutton, scored 145. england lost last 7 wickets between lunch , tea on third day, , first innings lead 26. morris , miller regained initiative australia in second wicket partnership of 165 , when morris out 89 miller went on 109, useful runs hole (47) , lindwall (50). set 343 win, england lost 3 wickets 12 runs, , willie watson missed before end of fourth day. on last day, watson battled 109 , shared fifth wicket stand of 163 trevor bailey (71), saved match england.

third test @ old trafford

more half scheduled playing time lost rain. in innings spread on 3 days, harvey made 122 , hole 66 , de courcy on test debut made useful runs. england s innings made disjointed rain, prevented play @ on fourth day. hutton top-scored 66. match dead, wardle, bedser , jim laker took 8 australian second-innings wickets, none of batsmen reaching double figures.

fourth test @ headingley

on pitch affected damp, england batted cautiously, making 142 7 in five-and-a-half hours on first day, graveney top-scoring 55. lindwall took 5 54. australia batted more enterprisingly, harvey making 71 , hole 53 , out @ end of second day lead of 99. light rain prevented play more 4 hours on third day, , across monday england batted doggedly, bill edrich making 64, compton 61 until had retire hurt, , bailey 38 in more 4 hours. in all, england s innings occupied 9 hours , 40 minutes, , left australians 115 minutes in score 177. despite 30s morris, harvey , hole, finished 30 runs short. bailey restricted scoring bowling wide of leg stump.

fifth test @ oval

the series being undecided, 6 days allowed , match began, unusually test in england, on saturday. hassett won toss fifth time. made 53 , harvey , hole made 30s, lindwall top-scored 62 , last 5 wickets more doubled score. fred trueman, in match of series, took 4 wickets. hutton scored 82, @ end of second day england, @ 235 seven, still 40 behind. lead not gained until last pair, bailey , bedser, together; bailey made 64. when australia batted second time, hutton turned surrey spin-bowling pair, laker , tony lock, , took 9 of 10 wickets fall, other being run-out. lock finished 5 45 , laker 4 75. australia s lack of spinner – though johnston bowled slows 1 end – meant england got 132 needed victory easily, if slowly. match finished in mid-afternoon on fourth day , ashes had been won.