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Test # 598 
The Ashes, 1965/66, 2nd Test 
Australia v England 
Melbourne Cricket Ground 
30,31 December 1965, 1,3,4 January 1966 (5-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
        5-Test series level 0-0 
Toss: Australia 
Umpires: CJ Egar and WJ Smyth 
Balls per over: 8
 
Close of Play:
  Day 1: Australia 278/4 (Cowper 90*, Walters 7*)
 Day 2: Australia 358, England 208/2 (Edrich 48*, Barrington 54*)
 Day 3: England 516/7 (Parks 66*, Titmus 23*)
 Day 4: England 558, Australia 131/1 (Lawry 61*, Cowper 1*)
Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
*RB Simpson           c Edrich           b Allen               59 145 145  7 0
WM Lawry              c Cowdrey          b Allen               88 266 223 10 0
PJP Burge                                b Jones                5  30  50  0 0
RM Cowper             c Titmus           b Jones               99 203 183 13 0
BC Booth              lbw                b Jones               23  63  42  3 0
KD Walters            c Parks            b Knight              22  92  84  1 0
TR Veivers            run out                                  19  92  67  1 0
PI Philpott                              b Knight              10  28  35  1 0
+ATW Grout            c Barber           b Knight              11  32  26  1 0
GD McKenzie           not out                                  12  20  22  1 0
AN Connolly           c Parks            b Knight               0  10   6  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 7, nb 1)                        10
Total                 (all out, 107.5 overs)                  358
FoW: 1-93 (Simpson), 2-109 (Burge), 3-203 (Lawry), 4-262 (Booth),
     5-297 (Cowper), 6-318 (Walters), 7-330 (Philpott),
     8-342 (Veivers), 9-352 (Grout), 10-358 (Connolly).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jones                       24      4     92      3
Knight                      26.5    2     84      4
Titmus                      31      7     93      0
Allen                       20      4     55      2
Barber                       6      1     24      0
England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
G Boycott             c McKenzie         b Walters             51  77  85  5 0
RW Barber             c Grout            b McKenzie            48  97  62  3 0
JH Edrich                            c & b Veivers            109 310 286 11 0
KF Barrington         c Burge            b Veivers             63 158 139  5 0
MC Cowdrey            c Connolly         b Cowper             104 197 187  9 0
*MJK Smith            c Grout            b McKenzie            41 103  92  4 0
+JM Parks             c Cowper           b McKenzie            71 160 124  5 0
BR Knight             c Simpson          b McKenzie             1  10  15  0 0
FJ Titmus             not out                                  56 143 128  7 0
DA Allen              c Grout            b Connolly             2  16  22  0 0
IJ Jones                                 b McKenzie             1  15   9  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 5, w 2)                         11
Total                 (all out, 143.2 overs)                  558
FoW: 1-98 (Boycott), 2-110 (Barber), 3-228 (Barrington),
     4-333 (Edrich), 5-409 (Cowdrey), 6-443 (Smith),
     7-447 (Knight), 8-540 (Parks), 9-551 (Allen),
     10-558 (Jones).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McKenzie                    35.2    3    134      5
Connolly                    37      5    125      1
Philpott                    30      2    133      0
Walters                     10      2     32      1
Simpson                     16      4     61      0
Veivers                     12      3     46      2
Cowper                       3      0     16      1
Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
*RB Simpson           c Barrington       b Knight              67 147 129  7 0
WM Lawry              c Smith            b Barber              78 222 198  5 0
RM Cowper             lbw                b Jones                5  42  24  0 0
PJP Burge             c Edrich           b Boycott            120 255 193 12 0
BC Booth                                 b Allen               10  29  43  0 0
KD Walters                           c & b Barrington         115 263 296  8 0
TR Veivers            st Parks           b Boycott              3  23  18  0 0
PI Philpott                              b Knight               2   5   5  0 0
+ATW Grout            c Allen            b Barrington          16  27  26  1 0
GD McKenzie           run out                                   2   8   4  0 0
AN Connolly           not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3)                    8
Total                 (all out, 116.4 overs)                  426
FoW: 1-120 (Simpson), 2-141 (Cowper), 3-163 (Lawry),
     4-176 (Booth), 5-374 (Burge), 6-382 (Veivers),
     7-385 (Philpott), 8-417 (Grout), 9-426 (McKenzie),
     10-426 (Walters).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Jones                       20      1     92      1
Knight                      21      4     61      2
Titmus                      22      6     43      0
Allen                       18      3     48      1
Barber                      17      0     87      1
Barrington                   7.4    0     47      2
Boycott                      9      0     32      2
Smith                        2      0      8      0
England 2nd innings (target: 227 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
G Boycott             not out                                   5  10  11  0 0
RW Barber             not out                                   0  10   5  0 0
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (0 wickets, 2 overs)                      5
DNB: JH Edrich, KF Barrington, MC Cowdrey, *MJK Smith, +JM Parks,
     BR Knight, FJ Titmus, DA Allen, IJ Jones.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McKenzie                     1      0      2      0
Connolly                     1      0      3      0
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Tour Index
 
Team Pages:
Australia,
England.
 
Ground Page:
Melbourne Cricket Ground
 
Australia Player Pages:
RB Simpson,
WM Lawry,
PJP Burge,
RM Cowper,
BC Booth,
KD Walters,
TR Veivers,
PI Philpott,
ATW Grout,
GD McKenzie,
AN Connolly.
 
England Player Pages:
G Boycott,
RW Barber,
JH Edrich,
KF Barrington,
MC Cowdrey,
MJK Smith,
JM Parks,
BR Knight,
FJ Titmus,
DA Allen,
IJ Jones.
 
Match Officials' Pages:
CJ Egar,
WJ Smyth.
 
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