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Test # 746
The Ashes, 1974/75, 1st Test
Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
29,30 November, 1,3,4 December 1974 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 166 runs
Australia leads the 6-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Test Debuts: WJ Edwards (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 219/6 (Marsh 8*, Jenner 8*)
  • Day 2: Australia 309, England 114/4 (Edrich 40*, Greig 34*)
  • Day 3: England 265, Australia 51/2 (Redpath 24*, GS Chappell 7*)
  • Day 4: Australia 288/5d, England 10/0 (Amiss 9*, Luckhurst 0*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath                               b Willis               5  23  20  0 0
    WJ Edwards            c Amiss            b Hendrick             4  19  15  0 0
    *IM Chappell          c Greig            b Willis              90 289 202 10 1
    GS Chappell           c Fletcher         b Underwood           58 155 132  5 0
    R Edwards             c Knott            b Underwood           32 147 120  2 0
    KD Walters            c Lever            b Willis               3   9   6  0 0
    +RW Marsh             c Denness          b Hendrick            14  67  56  0 0
    TJ Jenner             c Lever            b Willis              12  49  28  2 0
    DK Lillee             c Knott            b Greig               15  40  22  2 0
    MHN Walker            not out                                  41 110  72  6 0
    JR Thomson            run out                                  23  76  77  2 0
    Extras                (lb 4, nb 8)                             12
    Total                 (all out, 92.5 overs)                   309
    
    FoW: 1-7 (WJ Edwards), 2-10 (Redpath), 3-110 (GS Chappell),
         4-197 (IM Chappell), 5-202 (Walters), 6-205 (R Edwards),
         7-228 (Jenner), 8-229 (Marsh), 9-257 (Lillee),
         10-309 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      21.5    3     56      4
    Lever                       16      1     53      0
    Hendrick                    19      3     64      2
    Greig                       16      2     70      1
    Underwood                   20      6     54      2
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c Jenner           b Thomson              7  42  31  1 0
    BW Luckhurst          c Marsh            b Thomson              1  30  27  0 0
    JH Edrich             c IM Chappell      b Thomson             48 209 147  4 0
    *MH Denness           lbw                b Walker               6  32  20  1 0
    KWR Fletcher                             b Lillee              17  31  40  2 0
    AW Greig              c Marsh            b Lillee             110 296 229 17 0
    +APE Knott            c Jenner           b Walker              12  53  39  2 0
    P Lever               c IM Chappell      b Walker               4  11  15  0 0
    DL Underwood          c Redpath          b Walters             25  75  53  3 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                  13  47  35  2 0
    M Hendrick            c Redpath          b Walker               4  24  17  1 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 8)                   18
    Total                 (all out, 80.5 overs)                   265
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Luckhurst), 2-10 (Amiss), 3-33 (Denness),
         4-57 (Fletcher), 5-130 (Edrich), 6-162 (Knott),
         7-168 (Lever), 8-226 (Underwood), 9-248 (Greig),
         10-265 (Hendrick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      23      6     73      2
    Thomson                     21      5     59      3
    Walker                      24.5    2     73      4
    Walters                      6      1     18      1
    Jenner                       6      1     24      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath                               b Willis              25 163 125  2 0
    WJ Edwards            c Knott            b Willis               5  36  29  0 0
    *IM Chappell          c Fletcher         b Underwood           11  40  27  2 0
    GS Chappell                              b Underwood           71 255 202  7 0
    R Edwards             c Knott            b Willis              53 200 152  4 0
    KD Walters            not out                                  62 126  96  9 0
    +RW Marsh             not out                                  46  96  57  5 1
    Extras                (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 6)                   15
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 85 overs)          288
    
    DNB: TJ Jenner, DK Lillee, MHN Walker, JR Thomson.
    
    FoW: 1-15 (WJ Edwards), 2-39 (IM Chappell), 3-59 (Redpath),
         4-173 (GS Chappell), 5-190 (R Edwards).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      15      3     45      3
    Lever                       18      4     58      0
    Hendrick                    13      2     47      0
    Greig                       13      2     60      0
    Underwood                   26      6     63      2
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 333 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c Walters          b Thomson             25  95  69  2 0
    BW Luckhurst          c IM Chappell      b Lillee               3  38  21  0 0
    JH Edrich                                b Thomson              6  43  28  1 0
    *MH Denness           c Walters          b Thomson             27  61  46  4 0
    KWR Fletcher          c GS Chappell      b Jenner              19  58  56  1 0
    AW Greig                                 b Thomson              2  10   7  0 0
    +APE Knott                               b Thomson             19 119  94  3 0
    P Lever               c Redpath          b Lillee              14  39  32  2 0
    DL Underwood          c Walker           b Jenner              30  67  70  6 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   3  21  20  0 0
    M Hendrick                               b Thomson              0  15  16  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 5)                   18
    Total                 (all out, 56.5 overs)                   166
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Luckhurst), 2-40 (Edrich), 3-44 (Amiss),
         4-92 (Denness), 5-94 (Fletcher), 6-94 (Greig),
         7-115 (Lever), 8-162 (Underwood), 9-163 (Knott),
         10-166 (Hendrick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      12      2     25      2
    Thomson                     17.5    3     46      6
    Walker                       9      4     32      0
    Walters                      2      2      0      0
    Jenner                      16      5     45      2
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

    Australia Player Pages: IR Redpath, WJ Edwards, IM Chappell, GS Chappell, R Edwards, KD Walters, RW Marsh, TJ Jenner, DK Lillee, MHN Walker, JR Thomson.

    England Player Pages: DL Amiss, BW Luckhurst, JH Edrich, MH Denness, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, APE Knott, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks.

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