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1953 English cricket season

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1953 was the 54th season of County Championship cricket in England. There was a tight Test series between England and Australia that was settled, after four drawn matches, in the final Test at The Oval, where England won to reclaim The Ashes for the first time since the Bodyline series of 1932–33. The County Championship was won by Surrey for the second consecutive season.

Honours

County Championship

{{main article|1953 County Championship}}

Test series

{{main|Australian cricket team in England in 1953}}

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width="150" | Cumulative record - Test wins

! width="50" | 1876-1953

style="text-align:left;"|England

|57

style="text-align:left;"|Australia

|68

style="text-align:left;"|Drawn

|38

Leading batsmen

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1953 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
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! Name

! Innings

! Runs

! Highest

! Average

! 100s

| Neil Harvey352040202*65.8010
| Len Hutton44245824163.028
| Jock Livingston36171014057.007
| Keith Miller311433262*51.174
| Peter May59255415951.088
| Raman Subba Row461823146*50.634
| Desmond Barrick381530166*49.353

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1953 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
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! Name

! Innings

! Runs

! Highest

! Average

! 100s

| Bill Edrich60255721147.355
| Peter May59255415951.088
| Reg Simpson60250515745.547
| Len Hutton44245824163.028
| Don Kenyon582439238*44.346

Leading bowlers

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1953 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
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! Name

! Balls

! Maidens

! Runs

! Wickets

! Average

| Jack Baileyalign="right"| 760align="right"| 35align="right"| 326align="right"| 2513.04
| Charles Knottalign="right"| 1325align="right"| 65align="right"| 521align="right"| 3813.71
| Les Jacksonalign="right"| 4450align="right"| 230align="right"| 1574align="right"| 10315.28
| Tony Lockalign="right"| 4394align="right"| 282align="right"| 1590align="right"| 10015.90
| Tom Graveneyalign="right"| 567align="right"| 19align="right"| 324align="right"| 2016.20

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bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="7" | 1953 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
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! Name

! Balls

! Maidens

! Runs

! Wickets

! Average

| Bruce Doolandalign="right"| 7995align="right"| 461align="right"| 2852align="right"| 17216.58
| Roy Tattersallalign="right"| 7086align="right"| 348align="right"| 2974align="right"| 16418.13
| Alec Bedseralign="right"| 7518align="right"| 340align="right"| 2702align="right"| 16216.67
| Derek Shackletonalign="right"| 7318align="right"| 328align="right"| 3070align="right"| 15020.46
| Johnny Wardlealign="right"| 9633align="right"| 601align="right"| 3540align="right"| 14624.24

References

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Annual reviews

Further reading

  • Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
  • Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
  • Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975

External links

  • [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/1953_ENG.html CricketArchive – season summary]

{{English cricket seasons}}

{{County Championship seasons}}

{{Ashes Test series}}

{{International cricket tours of England}}

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Category:1953 in English cricket

Category:English cricket seasons in the 20th century