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Test # 749
The Ashes, 1974/75, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,30,31 December 1974 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 6-Test series 2-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 176/7 (Knott 18*)
  • Day 2: England 242, Australia 63/0 (Redpath 34*, WJ Edwards 28*)
  • Day 3: Australia 241, England 1/0 (Amiss 1*, Lloyd 0*)
  • Day 4: England 244, Australia 4/0 (Redpath 0*, WJ Edwards 0*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c Walters          b Lillee               4   5   8  0 0
    D Lloyd               c Mallett          b Thomson             14 108  91  1 0
    MC Cowdrey            lbw                b Thomson             35 229 171  3 0
    JH Edrich             c Marsh            b Mallett             49 130 124  3 0
    *MH Denness           c Marsh            b Mallett              8  43  40  0 0
    AW Greig              run out                                  28  63  62  4 0
    +APE Knott                               b Thomson             52 157 119  2 0
    FJ Titmus             c Mallett          b Lillee              10  55  45  0 0
    DL Underwood          c Marsh            b Walker               9  38  23  1 0
    RGD Willis            c Walters          b Thomson             13  15  15  2 0
    M Hendrick            not out                                   8  22  18  2 0
    Extras                (lb 2, w 1, nb 9)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 88.4 overs)                   242
    
    FoW: 1-4 (Amiss), 2-34 (Lloyd), 3-110 (Cowdrey), 4-110 (Edrich),
         5-141 (Denness), 6-157 (Greig), 7-176 (Titmus),
         8-213 (Underwood), 9-232 (Willis), 10-242 (Knott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      20      2     70      2
    Thomson                     22.4    4     72      4
    Walker                      24     10     36      1
    Walters                      7      2     15      0
    Mallett                     15      3     37      2
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath            c Knott            b Greig               55 242 185  4 0
    WJ Edwards            c Denness          b Willis              29 136 123  4 0
    GS Chappell           c Greig            b Willis               2   7   6  0 0
    R Edwards             c Cowdrey          b Titmus               1   5   6  0 0
    KD Walters            c Lloyd            b Greig               36  79  73  3 0
    *IM Chappell          lbw                b Willis              36  80  89  6 0
    +RW Marsh             c Knott            b Titmus              44 178 130  3 0
    MHN Walker            c Knott            b Willis              30 115 109  2 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                   2  19   6  0 0
    AA Mallett            run out                                   0   5   6  0 0
    JR Thomson                               b Willis               2  10   6  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 2)                               4
    Total                 (all out, 92.5 overs)                   241
    
    FoW: 1-65 (WJ Edwards), 2-67 (GS Chappell), 3-68 (R Edwards),
         4-121 (Walters), 5-126 (Redpath), 6-173 (IM Chappell),
         7-237 (Marsh), 8-237 (Walker), 9-238 (Mallett),
         10-241 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      21.7    4     61      5
    Hendrick                     2.6    1      8      0
    Underwood                   22      6     62      0
    Greig                       24      2     63      2
    Titmus                      22     11     43      2
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c IM Chappell      b Mallett             90 200 174  6 0
    D Lloyd                              c & b Mallett             44 100  83  4 0
    MC Cowdrey            c GS Chappell      b Lillee               8  31  26  0 0
    JH Edrich             c Marsh            b Thomson              4  29  19  0 0
    *MH Denness           c IM Chappell      b Thomson              2  15  12  0 0
    AW Greig              c GS Chappell      b Lillee              60 151 132  5 1
    +APE Knott            c Marsh            b Thomson              4  13  11  0 0
    FJ Titmus                                b Mallett              0  31  24  0 0
    DL Underwood          c IM Chappell      b Mallett              4   3   5  1 0
    RGD Willis                               b Thomson             15  99  65  2 0
    M Hendrick            not out                                   0   6   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 9, w 2)                         13
    Total                 (all out, 69 overs)                     244
    
    FoW: 1-115 (Lloyd), 2-134 (Cowdrey), 3-152 (Edrich),
         4-156 (Denness), 5-158 (Amiss), 6-165 (Knott),
         7-178 (Titmus), 8-182 (Underwood), 9-238 (Greig),
         10-244 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      17      3     55      2
    Thomson                     17      1     71      4
    Walker                      11      0     45      0
    Mallett                     24      6     60      4
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 246 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath            run out                                  39 205 169  1 0
    WJ Edwards            lbw                b Greig                0   8   6  0 0
    *IM Chappell          lbw                b Willis               0   5   5  0 0
    GS Chappell           lbw                b Titmus              61 162 137  4 0
    R Edwards             c Lloyd            b Titmus              10  33  21  1 0
    KD Walters            c Denness          b Greig               32  76  60  2 0
    +RW Marsh             c Knott            b Greig               40 133 118  2 0
    MHN Walker            not out                                  23 106 101  0 0
    DK Lillee             c Denness          b Greig               14  36  28  1 0
    AA Mallett            not out                                   0   4   1  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 9, nb 4)                        19
    Total                 (8 wickets, 80 overs)                   238
    
    DNB: JR Thomson.
    
    FoW: 1-4 (WJ Edwards), 2-5 (IM Chappell), 3-106 (GS Chappell),
         4-120 (R Edwards), 5-121 (Redpath), 6-171 (Walters),
         7-208 (Marsh), 8-235 (Lillee).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      14      2     56      1
    Underwood                   19      7     43      0
    Greig                       18      2     56      4
    Titmus                      29     10     64      2
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: DL Amiss, D Lloyd, MC Cowdrey, JH Edrich, MH Denness, AW Greig, APE Knott, FJ Titmus, DL Underwood, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks.

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