Australian cricket team in England in 1956

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The Australian cricket team toured England in the 1956 season to play a five-match Test series against England for The Ashes.

England won the series 2-1 with 2 matches drawn and therefore retained The Ashes.

The series is most notable for off-spinner Jim Laker's 46 wickets (a record for a 5-Test series) at an average of 9.60^[1], including all ten wickets in the second innings of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, the first time this had been achieved in Test cricket. In that Test, known as Laker's Match, Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs, still the best match bowling analysis achieved in both Test and all first-class cricket.

1 Test series summary
2 External sources
3 Annual reviews
4 References
5 Further reading

Test series summary

First Test: Trent Bridge

7–12 June 1956 scorecard	England 217/8 (dec) (103.4 overs)	v	Australia 148 (83.1 overs)	Match drawn Trent Bridge Umpires: TS Bartley (ENG) and JS Buller (ENG)
	PE Richardson 81 PBH May 73 KR Miller 4/69		RN Harvey 64 JC Laker 4/58
	188/3 (dec) (61 overs)		120/3 (86 overs)
	MC Cowdrey 81 PE Richardson 73 KR Miller 2/58		JW Burke 58 JC Laker 2/29

Second Test: Lord's

21–26 June 1956 scorecard	Australia 285 (146.1 overs)	v	England 171 (82 overs)	Australia won by 185 runs Lord's Cricket Ground Umpires: DE Davies (ENG) and FS Lee (ENG)
	CC McDonald 78 JW Burke 65 JC Laker 3/47		PBH May 63 KR Miller 5/72
	257 (92.5 overs)		186 (99.2 overs)
	R Benaud 97 FS Trueman 5/90		PBH May 53 KR Miller 5/80 RG Archer 4/71

Third Test: Headingley

12–17 July 1956 scorecard	England 325 (167.4 overs)	v	Australia 143 (71.1 overs)	England won by an innings and 42 runs Headingley Umpires: JS Buller (ENG) and DE Davies (ENG)
	PBH May 101 C Washbrook 98 RR Lindwall 3/67 RG Archer 3/68 R Benaud 3/89		JW Burke 41 KR Miller 41 Jim Laker 5/58 GAR Lock 4/41
			140 (follow-on) (99.3 overs)
			RN Harvey 69 JC Laker 6/55 GAR Lock 3/40

Fourth Test: Old Trafford

26–31 July 1956 scorecard	England 459 (158.3 overs)	v	Australia 84 (40.4 overs)	England won by an innings and 170 runs Old Trafford Umpires: DE Davies (ENG) and FS Lee (ENG)
	DS Sheppard 113 PE Richardson 104 MC Cowdrey 80 IW Johnson 4/151		CC McDonald 32 JC Laker 9/37
			205 (follow-on) (150.2 overs)
			CC McDonald 89 JC Laker 10/53

Fifth Test: The Oval

23–28 August 1956 scorecard	England 247 (109.2 overs)	v	Australia 202 (92 overs)	Match drawn The Oval Umpires: TJ Bartley (ENG) and DE Davies (ENG)
	DCS Compton 94 PBH May 83 RG Archer 5/53 KR Miller 4/91		KR Miller 61 JC Laker 4/80
	182/3 (dec) (61 overs)		27/5 (38.1 overs)
	DS Sheppard 62 RR Lindwall 1/29		IWG Johnson 10 JC Laker 3/8