England vs Australia
1961
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 8 Jun 1961 | Birmingham |
MC Cowdrey (Eng)
R Benaud (Aus) |
Eng 195 & 401-4
Aus 516-9d |
Match Drawn |
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| 22 Jun 1961 | Lord's |
MC Cowdrey (Eng)
RN Harvey (Aus) |
Eng 206 & 202
Aus 340 & 71-5 |
Australia 5 wickets |
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| 6 Jul 1961 | Leeds |
PBH May (Eng)
R Benaud (Aus) |
Aus 237 & 120
Eng 299 & 62-2 |
England 8 wickets |
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| 27 Jul 1961 | Manchester |
PBH May (Eng)
R Benaud (Aus) |
Aus 190 & 432
Eng 367 & 201 |
Australia 54 runs |
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| 17 Aug 1961 | The Oval |
PBH May (Eng)
R Benaud (Aus) |
Eng 256 & 370-8
Aus 494 |
Match Drawn |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| R Subba Row | 5 | 10 | 0 | 468 | 46.80 | 1 | 2 | 137 | - | 0 | 2 |
| ER Dexter | 5 | 9 | 0 | 378 | 42.00 | 1 | 1 | 180 | - | 0 | 2 |
| KF Barrington | 5 | 9 | 1 | 364 | 45.50 | 4 | 0 | 83 | - | 0 | 4 |
| G Pullar | 5 | 10 | 1 | 287 | 31.88 | 2 | 0 | 63 | - | 0 | 0 |
| PBH May | 4 | 8 | 1 | 272 | 38.85 | 2 | 0 | 95 | ****** | 0 | 0 |
| MC Cowdrey | 4 | 8 | 0 | 168 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 93 | - | 0 | 4 |
| JT Murray | 5 | 8 | 0 | 160 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 40 | - | 0 | 17/1 |
| DA Allen | 4 | 6 | 3 | 132 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 | 42* | - | 0 | 0 |
| FS Trueman | 4 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 25 | - | 0 | 2 |
| JB Statham | 4 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 19.66 | 0 | 0 | 18 | - | 0 | 1 |
| DB Close | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 20.50 | 0 | 0 | 33 | - | 0 | 2 |
| GAR Lock | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 7.80 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 195.00 | 7 | 1 |
| R Illingworth | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.33 | 0 | 0 | 15 | - | 0 | 5 |
| JA Flavell | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | - | 0 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 |
| MJK Smith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 50.00 | 0 | 0 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| FS Trueman | 164.4 | 21 | 529 | 20 | 26.45 | 6/30 | 3.21 | 2/1 | 0 | 0 |
| JB Statham | 201.4 | 41 | 501 | 17 | 29.47 | 5/53 | 2.48 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DA Allen | 134 | 53 | 354 | 13 | 27.23 | 4/58 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ER Dexter | 79.4 | 16 | 223 | 9 | 24.77 | 3/16 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Flavell | 82.4 | 17 | 231 | 5 | 46.20 | 2/65 | 2.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HL Jackson | 44 | 16 | 83 | 4 | 20.75 | 2/26 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GAR Lock | 107 | 33 | 250 | 3 | 83.33 | 2/68 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R Illingworth | 55.3 | 17 | 126 | 3 | 42.00 | 2/110 | 2.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DB Close | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | 4.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| WM Lawry | 5 | 8 | 0 | 420 | 52.50 | 2 | 2 | 130 | - | 0 | 2 |
| RN Harvey | 5 | 8 | 0 | 338 | 42.25 | 2 | 1 | 114 | - | 0 | 2 |
| PJP Burge | 5 | 8 | 1 | 332 | 47.42 | 0 | 1 | 181 | - | 0 | 2 |
| NCL O'Neill | 5 | 8 | 0 | 324 | 40.50 | 2 | 1 | 117 | - | 0 | 6 |
| RB Simpson | 5 | 8 | 0 | 191 | 23.87 | 2 | 0 | 76 | - | 0 | 7 |
| KD Mackay | 5 | 7 | 0 | 158 | 22.57 | 2 | 0 | 64 | - | 0 | 3 |
| AK Davidson | 5 | 8 | 3 | 151 | 30.20 | 1 | 0 | 77* | - | 0 | 4 |
| BC Booth | 2 | 3 | 0 | 126 | 42.00 | 1 | 0 | 71 | - | 0 | 1 |
| CC McDonald | 3 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 19.00 | 1 | 0 | 54 | - | 0 | 0 |
| GD McKenzie | 3 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 34 | - | 0 | 1 |
| ATW Grout | 5 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 7.83 | 0 | 0 | 30* | - | 0 | 20/1 |
| R Benaud | 4 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 36* | ****** | 0 | 4 |
| FM Misson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | - | 0 | 0 | 25* | - | 0 | 1 |
| RA Gaunt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 |
Australia Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| AK Davidson | 280.2 | 86 | 572 | 23 | 24.86 | 5/42 | 2.04 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| KD Mackay | 273 | 87 | 525 | 16 | 32.81 | 5/121 | 1.92 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R Benaud | 214.3 | 76 | 488 | 15 | 32.53 | 6/70 | 2.28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GD McKenzie | 129 | 36 | 323 | 11 | 29.36 | 5/37 | 2.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RB Simpson | 92.4 | 37 | 229 | 7 | 32.71 | 4/23 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FM Misson | 76 | 18 | 243 | 7 | 34.71 | 2/48 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Gaunt | 46 | 10 | 86 | 3 | 28.66 | 3/53 | 1.87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RN Harvey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NCL O'Neill | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 35.5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 93 | 1(2) | Pullar & Subba | |
| 2nd | 48.6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 110 | 4(2) | Dexter & Subba | |
| 3rd | 33.2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 4(1) | Pullar & May | |
| 4th | 42.7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 1(2) | Dexter & Barrington | |
| 5th | 40.6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 5(2) | Barrington & Subba | |
| 6th | 21.8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 60 | 4(1) | Murray & Barrington | |
| 7th | 25.4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 86 | 4(1) | Allen & Barrington | |
| 8th | 18.8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 72 | 5(2) | Murray & Allen | |
| 9th | 13.3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 36 | 5(1) | Allen & Statham | |
| 10th | 12.9 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 39 | 2(1) | Trueman & Statham | |
| 35 | 37 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| Australia | |||||||||
| 1st | 32.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 4(2) | Lawry & Simpson | |
| 2nd | 34.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 62 | 4(2) | Lawry & Harvey | |
| 3rd | 61.9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 146 | 1(1) | O'Neill & Harvey | |
| 4th | 33.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 5(1) | O'Neill & Burge | |
| 5th | 50.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 185 | 5(1) | Booth & Burge | |
| 6th | 18.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 59 | 1(1) | Davidson & Simpson | |
| 7th | 31.9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 88 | 1(1) | Mackay & Simpson | |
| 8th | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 32 | 1(1) | Mackay & Benaud | |
| 9th | 14.9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 53 | 2(1) | McKenzie & Mackay | |
| 10th | 33.2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 98 | 4(2) | Davidson & McKenzie | |
| 29 | 29 | 13 | 4 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Eng | Aus | ||
| Runs Scored | 2559 | 2400 | |
| Wickets lost | 84 | 74 | |
| Overs faced | 1116.3 | 877.1 | |
| Runs per wicket | 30.46 | 32.43 | |
| Runs per over | 2.29 | 2.74 | |
| Innings | 97 | 83 | |
| Ducks | 7 | 10 | |
| Fifties | 11 | 13 | |
| Centuries | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 w/inn | 3 | 5 | |
| 10 w/mat | 1 | 0 |
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