England vs Australia
1956
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 7 Jun 1956 | Nottingham |
PBH May (Eng)
IWG Johnson (Aus) |
Eng 217-8d & 188-3d
Aus 148 & 120-3 |
Match Drawn |
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| 21 Jun 1956 | Lord's |
PBH May (Eng)
IWG Johnson (Aus) |
Aus 285 & 257
Eng 171 & 186 |
Australia 185 runs |
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| 12 Jul 1956 | Leeds |
PBH May (Eng)
IWG Johnson (Aus) |
Eng 325
Aus 143 & 140 |
England Innings & 42 runs |
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| 26 Jul 1956 | Manchester |
PBH May (Eng)
IWG Johnson (Aus) |
Eng 459
Aus 84 & 205 |
England Innings & 170 runs |
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| 23 Aug 1956 | The Oval |
PBH May (Eng)
IWG Johnson (Aus) |
Eng 247 & 182-3d
Aus 202 & 27-5 |
Match Drawn |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | Ct/St | |
| PBH May | 5 | 7 | 2 | 453 | 90.60 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 3 |
| PE Richardson | 5 | 8 | 0 | 364 | 45.50 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 1 |
| MC Cowdrey | 5 | 8 | 0 | 244 | 30.50 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 3 |
| DS Sheppard | 2 | 3 | 0 | 199 | 66.33 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 0 |
| DCS Compton | 1 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 129.00 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| TE Bailey | 4 | 5 | 1 | 117 | 29.25 | 0 | 0 | 33* | 6 |
| TG Evans | 5 | 7 | 1 | 115 | 19.16 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7/2 |
| C Washbrook | 3 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 34.66 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
| GAR Lock | 4 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 15.33 | 0 | 0 | 25* | 10 |
| TW Graveney | 2 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 13.66 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| JC Laker | 5 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 7.40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| W Watson | 2 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| ASM Oakman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| FS Trueman | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| DJ Insole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FH Tyson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| R Appleyard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 |
| JH Wardle | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Statham | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 2 |
| AE Moss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| JC Laker | 283.5 | 127 | 442 | 46 | 9.60 | 10/53 | 1.56 | 4/2 | 0 | 0 |
| GAR Lock | 237.2 | 115 | 337 | 15 | 22.46 | 4/41 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FS Trueman | 75 | 13 | 184 | 9 | 20.44 | 5/90 | 2.45 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Statham | 106 | 36 | 184 | 7 | 26.28 | 3/33 | 1.74 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TE Bailey | 108.5 | 39 | 223 | 6 | 37.16 | 4/64 | 2.05 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R Appleyard | 30 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 24.50 | 2/17 | 1.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Wardle | 27 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 59.00 | 1/40 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FH Tyson | 14 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 34.00 | 1/34 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TW Graveney | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AE Moss | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASM Oakman | 8 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | 2.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | Ct/St | |
| JW Burke | 5 | 10 | 1 | 271 | 30.11 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| CC McDonald | 5 | 10 | 0 | 243 | 24.30 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| KR Miller | 5 | 10 | 1 | 203 | 22.55 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| R Benaud | 5 | 9 | 1 | 200 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 3 |
| RN Harvey | 5 | 10 | 0 | 197 | 19.70 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 1 |
| PJP Burge | 3 | 6 | 1 | 84 | 16.80 | 0 | 0 | 35* | 0 |
| RG Archer | 5 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 10.25 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
| KD Mackay | 3 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 12.16 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| IWG Johnson | 5 | 9 | 1 | 61 | 7.62 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| ID Craig | 2 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| RR Lindwall | 4 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 22* | 2 |
| GRA Langley | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18/1 |
| AK Davidson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| LV Maddocks | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5/1 |
| WPA Crawford | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 |
Australia Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| KR Miller | 205.1 | 44 | 467 | 21 | 22.23 | 5/72 | 2.28 | 2/1 | 0 | 0 |
| RG Archer | 207.4 | 67 | 451 | 18 | 25.05 | 5/53 | 2.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R Benaud | 154 | 48 | 330 | 8 | 41.25 | 3/89 | 2.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RR Lindwall | 100.1 | 29 | 238 | 7 | 34.00 | 3/67 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IWG Johnson | 119 | 32 | 303 | 6 | 50.50 | 4/151 | 2.55 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AK Davidson | 19.4 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 28.00 | 1/18 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Mackay | 24 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 44.00 | 1/15 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JW Burke | 8 | 4 | 20 | 0 | - | - | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WPA Crawford | 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 0.83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 56.9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174 | 4(1) | Richardson & Cowdrey | |
| 2nd | 28.4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 83 | 5(2) | Richardson & Sheppard | |
| 3rd | 38.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 108 | 1(1) | Richardson & May | |
| 4th | 81.7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 3(1) | Washbrook & May | |
| 5th | 23.3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 51 | 2(2) | May & Bailey | |
| 6th | 10.7 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 33 | 2(2) | May & Evans | |
| 7th | 19.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 62 | 4(1) | Evans & Sheppard | |
| 8th | 13.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 53 | 3(1) | Evans & Bailey | |
| 9th | 17.0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 41 | 4(1) | Lock & Sheppard | |
| 10th | 2.4 | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 3(1) | Trueman & Bailey | |
| 27 | 27 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| Australia | |||||||||
| 1st | 28.7 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 137 | 2(1) | McDonald & Burke | |
| 2nd | 13.3 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 38 | 3(1) | Harvey & Burke | |
| 3rd | 24.2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 63 | 3(2) | Harvey & Miller | |
| 4th | 17.7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 79* | 1(2) | Burge & Burke | |
| 5th | 13.4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 54 | 1(1) | Harvey & Archer | |
| 6th | 21.8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 53 | 2(1) | Mackay & Archer | |
| 7th | 38.5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 117 | 2(2) | Benaud & Mackay | |
| 8th | 11.5 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 43 | 5(1) | Benaud & Miller | |
| 9th | 11.6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 48 | 5(1) | Lindwall & Miller | |
| 10th | 0.3 | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 4(2) | Johnson & Maddocks | |
| 44 | 37 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Eng | Aus | ||
| Runs Scored | 1975 | 1611 | |
| Wickets lost | 64 | 87 | |
| Overs faced | 842.3 | 900 | |
| Runs per wicket | 30.86 | 18.52 | |
| Runs per over | 2.34 | 1.79 | |
| Innings | 75 | 99 | |
| Ducks | 14 | 17 | |
| Fifties | 11 | 8 | |
| Centuries | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 w/inn | 5 | 3 | |
| 10 w/mat | 2 | 1 |
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