Australian Cricket Team in England in 1953 - The England Test Players

The England Test Players

Below are the Test statistics of the England squad. As was the convention of the time gentleman amateurs have their initials in front of their surname and professional players have their initials after their name, if their initials were used at all. The Australians were all amateurs until the Packer Revolution, even though they played like professionals.

Name County Age Arm Role Tests Runs Highest Average 100s 50s Ct St Wickets Best Average 5 Wt 10 Wt
Hutton, L. (c) Yorkshire 36 Right Opening Batsman 79 6971 364 56.67 19 33 57 3 1/2 77.33
Kenyon, D. Worcs 29 Right Opening Batsmen 8 192 87 12.80 1 5
R.T. Simpson Notts 33 Right Opening Batsman 27 1401 156* 33.45 4 6 5 3 2/4 11.00
Compton, D.C.S. Middlesex 35 Right Middle Order Batsman 78 5807 278 50.06 17 28 49 25 5/70 56.40 1
Graveney, T.W. Glos 25 Right Middle Order Batsman 79 4882 258 44.38 11 20 80 1 1/34 167.00
P.H.B. May Surrey 23 Right Middle Order Batsman 66 4537 285* 46.77 14 22 42
Watson, W. Yorkshire 33 Left Middle Order Batsman 23 879 116 25.85 2 3 8
T.E. Bailey Essex 29 Right All Rounder 61 2290 134* 29.74 1 10 32 132 7/34 29.21 5 1
F.R. Brown Northants 42 Right All Rounder 22 734 79 25.31 5 22 45 5/49 31.06 1
W.J. Edrich Middlesex 37 Right All Rounder 37 2440 219 40.00 6 13 39 41 4/68 41.29
Evans, T.G. Kent 32 Right Wicket-Keeper 91 2439 104 20.49 2 8 173 46
Statham, J.B. Lancashire 22 Left (Bat)
Right (Ball)		 Fast Seam Bowler 51 675 38 11.44 28 252 7/39 24.84 9 1
Trueman, F.S. Yorkshire 22 Right Fast Swing Bowler 67 981 39* 13.81 64 307 8/31 21.57 17 3
Bedser, A.V. Surrey 34 Right Medium-Fast Swing Bowler 51 714 79 12.75 1 26 236 7/44 24.89 15 5
Lock, G.A.R. Surrey 23 Right (Bat)
Left (Ball)		 Slow Left Arm Bowler 49 742 89 13.74 3 59 174 7/35 25.58 9 3
Wardle, J.H. Yorkshire 30 Left Slow Left Arm Bowler 28 653 66 19.78 2 12 102 7/36 20.39 5 1
Laker, J.C. Surrey 31 Right Slow Off-Spin Bowler 46 676 63 14.08 2 12 193 10/53 21.24 9 3
Tattersall, R. Lancashire 30 Left (Bat)
Right (Ball)		 Slow Off-Spin Bowler 16 50 10* 5.00 8 58 7/52 26.08 4 1

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