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Test # 754
The Ashes, 1974/75, 5th Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
25,26,27,29,30 January 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 163 runs
Australia leads the 6-Test series 4-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: No play
  • Day 2: Australia 304, England 2/0 (Amiss 0*, Lloyd 0*)
  • Day 3: England 172, Australia 111/2 (Redpath 47*, GS Chappell 6*)
  • Day 4: Australia 272/5d, England 94/5 (Fletcher 39*, Knott 9*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath            c Greig            b Underwood           21 121  96  0 0
    RB McCosker           c Cowdrey          b Underwood           35  83  73  3 0
    *IM Chappell          c Knott            b Underwood            0   1   3  0 0
    GS Chappell           lbw                b Underwood            5   7   6  0 0
    KD Walters            c Willis           b Underwood           55  92  66  7 1
    +RW Marsh             c Greig            b Underwood            6   9  17  0 0
    TJ Jenner                                b Underwood           74 137 115  7 0
    MHN Walker            run out                                  41  98  77  2 0
    DK Lillee                                b Willis              26  59  38  2 0
    AA Mallett            not out                                  23  54  51  1 0
    JR Thomson                               b Arnold               5  12   8  1 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 5)                        13
    Total                 (all out, 68.2 overs)                   304
    
    FoW: 1-52 (McCosker), 2-52 (IM Chappell), 3-58 (GS Chappell),
         4-77 (Redpath), 5-84 (Marsh), 6-164 (Walters),
         7-241 (Jenner), 8-259 (Walker), 9-295 (Lillee),
         10-304 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      10      0     46      1
    Arnold                      12.2    3     42      1
    Underwood                   29      3    113      7
    Greig                       10      0     63      0
    Titmus                       7      1     27      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c IM Chappell      b Lillee               0  11  11  0 0
    D Lloyd               c Marsh            b Lillee               4  34  27  1 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Walker           b Thomson             26  87  59  2 0
    *MH Denness           c Marsh            b Thomson             51  83  65  6 0
    KWR Fletcher          c IM Chappell      b Thomson             40 106  71  5 0
    AW Greig              c Marsh            b Lillee              19  42  44  2 0
    +APE Knott            c Lillee           b Mallett              5  23  23  0 0
    FJ Titmus             c GS Chappell      b Mallett             11  30  25  1 0
    DL Underwood          c Lillee           b Mallett              0   2   2  0 0
    GG Arnold                                b Lillee               0  30  34  0 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                  11  21  17  2 0
    Extras                (lb 2, nb 3)                              5
    Total                 (all out, 46.5 overs)                   172
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Amiss), 2-19 (Lloyd), 3-66 (Cowdrey), 4-90 (Denness),
         5-130 (Greig), 6-147 (Knott), 7-155 (Fletcher),
         8-156 (Underwood), 9-161 (Titmus), 10-172 (Arnold).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      12.5    2     49      4
    Thomson                     15      1     58      3
    Walker                       5      1     18      0
    Jenner                       5      0     28      0
    Mallett                      9      4     14      3
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IR Redpath                               b Underwood           52 158 125  3 0
    RB McCosker           c Knott            b Arnold              11  14  13  1 0
    *IM Chappell          c Knott            b Underwood           41  83  75  2 1
    GS Chappell           c Greig            b Underwood           18  74  62  2 0
    KD Walters            not out                                  71 168 128  5 1
    +RW Marsh             c Greig            b Underwood           55 113 100  3 1
    TJ Jenner             not out                                  14  36  21  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4, nb 6)                             10
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 66 overs)          272
    
    DNB: MHN Walker, DK Lillee, AA Mallett, JR Thomson.
    
    FoW: 1-16 (McCosker), 2-92 (IM Chappell), 3-128 (Redpath),
         4-133 (GS Chappell), 5-245 (Marsh).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                       5      0     27      0
    Arnold                      20      1     71      1
    Underwood                   26      5    102      4
    Greig                        2      0      9      0
    Titmus                      13      1     53      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 405 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c Marsh            b Lillee               0   2   4  0 0
    D Lloyd               c Walters          b Walker               5  10   3  1 0
    MC Cowdrey            c Mallett          b Lillee               3  15  12  0 0
    *MH Denness           c Jenner           b Lillee              14  39  24  2 0
    KWR Fletcher          lbw                b Lillee              63 183 139  8 0
    AW Greig              lbw                b Walker              20  71  69  2 0
    +APE Knott            not out                                 106 227 205  9 0
    FJ Titmus             lbw                b Jenner              20 102 116  1 0
    DL Underwood          c IM Chappell      b Mallett              0   5   3  0 0
    GG Arnold                                b Mallett              0   5   6  0 0
    RGD Willis                               b Walker               3  29  19  0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 3, nb 1)                         7
    Total                 (all out, 75 overs)                     241
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Amiss), 2-8 (Lloyd), 3-10 (Cowdrey), 4-33 (Denness),
         5-76 (Greig), 6-144 (Fletcher), 7-212 (Titmus),
         8-213 (Underwood), 9-217 (Arnold), 10-241 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      14      3     69      4
    Walker                      20      3     89      3
    Jenner                      15      4     39      1
    Mallett                     25     10     36      2
    IM Chappell                  1      0      1      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: IR Redpath, RB McCosker, IM Chappell, GS Chappell, KD Walters, RW Marsh, TJ Jenner, MHN Walker, DK Lillee, AA Mallett, JR Thomson.

    England Player Pages: DL Amiss, D Lloyd, MC Cowdrey, MH Denness, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, APE Knott, FJ Titmus, DL Underwood, GG Arnold, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks.

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