1953 English cricket season
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 – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship – Berkshire
Wisden (honour awarded in 1954 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack for deeds done in 1953 English season) – Neil Harvey , Tony Lock , Keith Miller , Johnny Wardle , Willie Watson
County Championship [ ]
Test series [ ]
Main article: Australian cricket team in England in 1953
Cumulative record - Test wins
1876-1953
England
57
Australia
68
Drawn
38
Leading batsmen [ ]
1953 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name
Innings
Runs
Highest
Average
100s
Neil Harvey
35
2040
202*
65.80
10
Len Hutton
44
2458
241
63.02
8
Jock Livingston
36
1710
140
57.00
7
Keith Miller
31
1433
262*
51.17
4
Peter May
59
2554
159
51.08
8
Raman Subba Row
46
1823
146*
50.63
4
Desmond Barrick
38
1530
166*
49.35
3
1953 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name
Innings
Runs
Highest
Average
100s
Bill Edrich
60
2557
211
47.35
5
Peter May
59
2554
159
51.08
8
Reg Simpson
60
2505
157
45.54
7
Len Hutton
44
2458
241
63.02
8
Don Kenyon
58
2439
238*
44.34
6
Leading bowlers [ ]
1953 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name
Balls
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Jack Bailey
760
35
326
25
13.04
Charles Knott
1325
65
521
38
13.71
Les Jackson
4450
230
1574
103
15.28
Tony Lock
4394
282
1590
100
15.90
Tom Graveney
567
19
324
20
16.20
1953 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name
Balls
Maidens
Runs
Wickets
Average
Bruce Dooland
7995
461
2852
172
16.58
Roy Tattersall
7086
348
2974
164
18.13
Alec Bedser
7518
340
2702
162
16.67
Derek Shackleton
7318
328
3070
150
20.46
Johnny Wardle
9633
601
3540
146
24.24
References [ ]
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 [ ]
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The Ashes List of Ashes series
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