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Test # 677 (677/207)
The Ashes, 1970/71, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
21,22,23,25,26 January 1971 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
England leads the 7-Test series 1-0 (1 abandoned)

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MG O'Connell and LP Rowan
Test Debuts: JRF Duncan, KJ O'Keeffe (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 260/1 (IM Chappell 105*, Redpath 70*)
  • Day 2: Australia 493/9d, England 28/0 (Boycott 10*, Luckhurst 17*)
  • Day 3: England 258/4 (D'Oliveira 72*, Illingworth 16*)
  • Day 4: England 392, Australia 70/1 (Lawry 39*, IM Chappell 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KR Stackpole          c Lever            b D'Oliveira          30 129  92  2 0
    *WM Lawry             c Snow             b Willis              56 246 191  6 0
    IM Chappell           c Luckhurst        b Snow               111 243 212 12 0
    IR Redpath                               b Snow                72 232 187  7 0
    KD Walters                               b Underwood           55 128  98  5 0
    GS Chappell           c Edrich           b Willis               3   9  10  0 0
    +RW Marsh             not out                                  92 197 155 12 0
    KJ O'Keeffe           c Luckhurst        b Illingworth         27  99  67  2 0
    JW Gleeson            c Cowdrey          b Willis               5   8   9  1 0
    JRF Duncan            c Edrich           b Illingworth          3   5   8  0 0
    AL Thomson            not out                                   0  18  17  0 0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 17, nb 12)                     39
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 128 overs)         493
    
    FoW: 1-64 (Stackpole), 2-266 (IM Chappell), 3-269 (Redpath),
         4-310 (Lawry), 5-314 (GS Chappell), 6-374 (Walters),
         7-471 (O'Keeffe), 8-477 (Gleeson), 9-480 (Duncan).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Snow                        29      6     94      2
    Lever                       25      6     79      0
    D'Oliveira                  22      6     71      1
    Willis                      20      5     73      3
    Underwood                   19      4     78      1
    Illingworth                 13      0     59      2
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c Redpath          b Thomson             12  69  69  1 0
    BW Luckhurst                             b Walters            109 328 280 11 0
    JH Edrich             c Marsh            b Thomson              9  47  47  1 0
    MC Cowdrey                           c & b Gleeson             13  32  21  3 0
    BL D'Oliveira         c Marsh            b Thomson            117 346 294 11 1
    *R Illingworth        c Redpath          b Gleeson             41 116 136  5 0
    +APE Knott            lbw                b Stackpole           19 124 127  0 0
    JA Snow                                  b IM Chappell          1  55  47  0 0
    P Lever               run out                                  19  51  64  1 0
    DL Underwood                         c & b Gleeson              5  24  19  0 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   5   9   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 17, lb 14, nb 11)                     42
    Total                 (all out, 137.5 overs)                  392
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Boycott), 2-64 (Edrich), 3-88 (Cowdrey),
         4-228 (Luckhurst), 5-306 (Illingworth), 6-340 (D'Oliveira),
         7-354 (Snow), 8-362 (Knott), 9-379 (Underwood),
         10-392 (Lever).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     34      5    110      3
    Duncan                      14      4     30      0
    GS Chappell                  8      0     21      0
    O'Keeffe                    31     11     71      0
    Gleeson                     25      7     60      3
    Stackpole                   17.5    4     41      1
    Walters                      5      2      7      1
    IM Chappell                  3      0     10      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    KR Stackpole          c Knott            b Willis              18  90  58  1 0
    *WM Lawry             c sub (K Shuttleworth) b Snow            42 157 130  2 0
    IM Chappell                              b Underwood           30 122  80  2 0
    IR Redpath            c Knott            b Snow                 5   9   9  1 0
    KD Walters            not out                                  39  87  58  4 0
    GS Chappell           not out                                  20  41  38  1 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 3, nb 4)                        15
    Total                 (4 wickets declared, 46 overs)          169
    
    DNB: +RW Marsh, KJ O'Keeffe, JW Gleeson, JRF Duncan, AL Thomson.
    
    FoW: 1-51 (Stackpole), 2-84 (Lawry), 3-91 (Redpath),
         4-132 (IM Chappell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Snow                        12      4     21      2
    Lever                       12      1     53      0
    Willis                      10      1     42      1
    Underwood                   12      0     38      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 271 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             not out                                  76 240 246  7 0
    JH Edrich             not out                                  74 240 221  7 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 8, nb 2)                        11
    Total                 (0 wickets, 58 overs)                   161
    
    DNB: BW Luckhurst, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, *R Illingworth,
         +APE Knott, JA Snow, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     11      5     26      0
    GS Chappell                  5      0     19      0
    O'Keeffe                    19      3     45      0
    Gleeson                      3      1     18      0
    Stackpole                   13      2     28      0
    Walters                      7      1     14      0
    

    • WM Lawry (1) retired hurt on 38* from 86/1 to 266/2




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: KR Stackpole, WM Lawry, IM Chappell, IR Redpath, KD Walters, GS Chappell, RW Marsh, KJ O'Keeffe, JW Gleeson, JRF Duncan, AL Thomson.

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, BW Luckhurst, JH Edrich, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, R Illingworth, APE Knott, JA Snow, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: MG O'Connell, LP Rowan.

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