England v Australia 5th Test
Australia tour of England - 1953 (1953) · Kennington Oval, London · 15 August 1953 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat
England won by 8 wickets
England won by 8 wickets. Leonard Hutton top-scored with 82 for England.
Australia, 269 (10 wkts)
| Lindsay Hassett | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 53 | 0 |
| Arthur Morris | lbw | 16 | 0 |
| Keith Miller | lbw | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Harvey | caught (Leonard Hutton) | 36 | 0 |
| Graeme Hole | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 37 | 0 |
| Jim de Courcy | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | caught (Alec Bedser) | 10 | 0 |
| Alan Davidson | caught (Bill Edrich) | 22 | 0 |
| Ray Lindwall | caught (Godfrey Evans) | 62 | 0 |
| Gil Langley | caught (Bill Edrich) | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | not out | 9 | 0 |
Alec Bedser 29.00-3-88-3Fred Trueman 24.30-3-86-4Trevor Bailey 14.00-3-42-1Tony Lock 9.00-2-19-1Jim Laker 5.00-0-34-1
England, 291 (10 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | bowled | 82 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | lbw | 21 | 0 |
| Peter May | caught (Ron Archer) | 39 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | caught (Gil Langley) | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Graveney | caught (Keith Miller) | 4 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | bowled | 64 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | run out | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | caught (Gil Langley) | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | caught (Alan Davidson) | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | bowled | 10 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | not out | 22 | 0 |
Ray Lindwall 32.00-7-70-4Keith Miller 34.00-12-65-1Bill Johnston 45.00-16-94-3Alan Davidson 10.00-1-26-0Ron Archer 10.30-2-25-1Graeme Hole 11.00-6-11-0
Australia, 148 (10 wkts)
| Lindsay Hassett | lbw | 10 | 0 |
| Arthur Morris | lbw | 26 | 0 |
| Graeme Hole | lbw | 17 | 0 |
| Neil Harvey | bowled | 1 | 3 |
| Keith Miller | caught (Fred Trueman) | 0 | 8 |
| Jim de Courcy | run out | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Archer | caught (Bill Edrich) | 49 | 0 |
| Alan Davidson | bowled | 21 | 0 |
| Ray Lindwall | caught (Denis Compton) | 12 | 0 |
| Gil Langley | caught (Fred Trueman) | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Johnston | not out | 6 | 0 |
Alec Bedser 11.00-2-24-0Fred Trueman 2.00-1-4-0Tony Lock 21.00-9-45-5Jim Laker 16.50-2-75-4
England, 131 (2 wkts)
| Leonard Hutton | run out | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Edrich | not out | 55 | 0 |
| Peter May | caught (Alan Davidson) | 37 | 0 |
| Denis Compton | not out | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Graveney | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Bailey | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Godfrey Evans | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Laker | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Lock | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Trueman | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bedser | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Ray Lindwall 21.00-5-46-0Keith Miller 11.00-3-24-1Bill Johnston 29.00-14-52-0Ron Archer 1.00-1-0-0Lindsay Hassett 1.00-0-4-0Arthur Morris 0.50-0-5-0
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