Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry	b Trueman	52	108	157	4	0	48.14
Bob Simpson	c †Smith b Coldwell	38	69	84	4	0	55.07
Norm O'Neill	c Graveney b Statham	19	44	58	0	0	43.18
Neil Harvey	b Coldwell	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Peter Burge	lbw b Titmus	23	64	70	2	0	35.93
Brian Booth	c Barrington b Titmus	27	76	81	1	0	35.52
Alan Davidson	c †Smith b Trueman	40	104	105	3	0	38.46
Ken Mackay	lbw b Titmus	49	137	190	2	0	35.76
Richie Benaud (c)	c Barrington b Titmus	36	82	84	3	0	43.90
Graham McKenzie	b Trueman	16	24	38	1	0	66.66
Barry Jarman †	not out	10	24	24	0	0	41.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 4)	6
Total	92 Ov (RR: 3.43)	316
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Bob Simpson), 2-111 (Norm O'Neill), 3-112 (Neil Harvey), 4-112 (Bill Lawry), 5-155 (Peter Burge), 6-164 (Brian Booth), 7-237 (Alan Davidson), 8-289 (Richie Benaud), 9-294 (Ken Mackay), 10-316 (Graham McKenzie)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Fred Trueman	23	1	83	3	2.70	-	-	-
Brian Statham	22	2	83	1	2.82	-	-	-
Len Coldwell	17	2	58	2	2.55	-	-	-
Ken Barrington	6	0	23	0	2.87	-	-	-
Ted Dexter	6	1	10	0	1.25	-	-	-
Fred Titmus	15	2	43	4	2.15	-	-	-
Tom Graveney	3	1	10	0	2.50	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Sheppard	lbw b Davidson	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Geoff Pullar	b Davidson	11	26	29	2	0	42.30
Ted Dexter (c)	c Simpson b Benaud	93	198	222	11	0	46.96
Colin Cowdrey	c Burge b McKenzie	113	231	270	7	0	48.91
Ken Barrington	lbw b McKenzie	35	72	79	3	0	48.61
Tom Graveney	run out	41	52	75	4	0	78.84
Fred Titmus	c †Jarman b Davidson	15	45	41	3	0	33.33
Alan Smith †	not out	6	42	64	0	0	14.28
Fred Trueman	c O'Neill b Davidson	6	19	16	0	0	31.57
Brian Statham	b Davidson	1	13	12	0	0	7.69
Len Coldwell	c Benaud b Davidson	1	4	7	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 1)	9
Total	88.1 Ov (RR: 3.75)	331
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (David Sheppard), 2-19 (Geoff Pullar), 3-194 (Ted Dexter), 4-254 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-255 (Ken Barrington), 6-292 (Fred Titmus), 7-315 (Tom Graveney), 8-324 (Fred Trueman), 9-327 (Brian Statham), 10-331 (Len Coldwell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	23.1	4	75	6	2.43	-	-	-
Graham McKenzie	29	3	95	2	2.45	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	6	2	17	0	2.12	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	18	3	82	1	3.41	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	7	1	34	0	3.64	-	-	-
Norm O'Neill	5	1	19	0	2.85	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Simpson	b Trueman	14	37	34	1	0	37.83
Bill Lawry	b Dexter	57	239	306	3	0	23.84
Norm O'Neill	c Cowdrey b Trueman	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Neil Harvey	run out	10	20	31	0	0	50.00
Peter Burge	b Statham	14	45	53	1	0	31.11
Brian Booth	c Trueman b Statham	103	274	348	5	0	37.59
Alan Davidson	c †Smith b Titmus	17	59	60	2	0	28.81
Ken Mackay	lbw b Trueman	9	30	33	1	0	30.00
Richie Benaud (c)	c Cowdrey b Trueman	4	18	20	0	0	22.22
Graham McKenzie	b Trueman	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Barry Jarman †	not out	11	41	49	1	0	26.82
Extras	(b 4, lb 5)	9
Total	96 Ov (RR: 2.58)	248
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Bob Simpson), 2-30 (Norm O'Neill), 3-46 (Neil Harvey), 4-69 (Peter Burge), 5-161 (Bill Lawry), 6-193 (Alan Davidson), 7-212 (Ken Mackay), 8-228 (Richie Benaud), 9-228 (Graham McKenzie), 10-248 (Brian Booth)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Fred Trueman	20	1	62	5	2.32	-	-	-
Brian Statham	23	1	52	2	1.69	-	-	-
Len Coldwell	25	2	60	0	1.80	-	-	-
Ken Barrington	5	0	22	0	3.30	-	-	-
Ted Dexter	9	2	18	1	1.50	-	-	-
Fred Titmus	14	4	25	1	1.33	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 234 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Sheppard	run out	113	218	301	5	0	51.83
Geoff Pullar	c †Jarman b McKenzie	5	9	6	0	0	55.55
Ted Dexter (c)	run out	52	164	166	5	0	31.70
Colin Cowdrey	not out	58	123	128	5	0	47.15
Ken Barrington	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 1)	9
Total	64.2 Ov (RR: 3.68)	237/3
Did not bat: Tom Graveney, Fred Titmus, Alan Smith †, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Len Coldwell
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Geoff Pullar), 2-129 (Ted Dexter), 3-233 (David Sheppard)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	19	2	53	0	2.09	-	-	-
Graham McKenzie	20	3	58	1	2.17	-	-	-
Ken Mackay	9	0	34	0	2.83	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	14	1	69	0	3.69	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	2	0	10	0	3.75	-	-	-
Brian Booth	0.2	0	4	0	12.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 29 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 263/7 (Ken Mackay 37*, Richie Benaud 21*)

Sun, 30 Dec - rest day

Mon, 31 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 210/3 (Colin Cowdrey 94*, Ken Barrington 11*, 57 ov)

Tue, 01 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 105/4 (Bill Lawry 41*, Brian Booth 19*)

Wed, 02 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 9/1 (David Sheppard 1*, Ted Dexter 3*)

Thu, 03 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 237/3 (64.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia
Season	1962/63
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 536
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Bill Smyth Col Egar

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AK Davidson	19	2	53	0	2.09
GD McKenzie	20	3	58	1	2.17
KD Mackay	9	0	34	0	2.83
R Benaud	14	1	69	0	3.69
RB Simpson	2	0	10	0	3.75
BC Booth	0.2	0	4	0	12

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