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Test # 760 (760/221)
The Ashes, 1975, 1st Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
10,11,12,14 July 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 85 runs
Australia leads the 4-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and AE Fagg
Test Debuts: GA Gooch (Eng); A Turner (Aus).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 243/5 (Edwards 22*, Marsh 47*)
  • Day 2: Australia 359, England 83/7 (Underwood 8*, Old 0*)
  • Day 3: England 101 and 93/5 (Knott 10*, Old 2*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker                              b Arnold              59 180 135  3 0
    A Turner              c Denness          b Snow                37 125  96  4 0
    *IM Chappell          c Fletcher         b Snow                52 109  95  7 0
    GS Chappell           lbw                b Old                  0  11   8  0 0
    R Edwards             c Gooch            b Old                 56 256 163  5 0
    KD Walters            c Old              b Greig               14  32  26  2 0
    +RW Marsh             c Fletcher         b Arnold              61 110  97  8 1
    MHN Walker            c Knott            b Snow                 7  28  22  0 0
    JR Thomson            c Arnold           b Underwood           49  76  67  5 0
    DK Lillee             c Knott            b Arnold               3  12   8  0 0
    AA Mallett            not out                                   3  25  19  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 8, nb 9)                        18
    Total                 (all out, 121 overs)                    359
    
    FoW: 1-80 (Turner), 2-126 (McCosker), 3-135 (GS Chappell),
         4-161 (IM Chappell), 5-186 (Walters), 6-265 (Marsh),
         7-286 (Walker), 8-332 (Edwards), 9-343 (Lillee),
         10-359 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                      33      3     91      3
    Snow                        33      6     86      3
    Old                         33      7    111      2
    Greig                       15      2     43      1
    Underwood                    7      3     10      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JH Edrich             lbw                b Lillee              34 164 123  2 0
    DL Amiss              c Thomson          b Lillee               4  36  25  0 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Mallett          b Walker               6  14  13  1 0
    *MH Denness           c GS Chappell      b Walker               3  46  26  0 0
    GA Gooch              c Marsh            b Walker               0   1   3  0 0
    AW Greig              c Marsh            b Walker               8  15  12  2 0
    +APE Knott                               b Lillee              14  33  21  2 0
    DL Underwood                             b Lillee              10  25  22  1 0
    CM Old                c GS Chappell      b Walker              13  30  26  2 0
    JA Snow               lbw                b Lillee               0   8   3  0 0
    GG Arnold             not out                                   0   2   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, w 5, nb 1)                         9
    Total                 (all out, 45.3 overs)                   101
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Amiss), 2-24 (Fletcher), 3-46 (Denness), 4-46 (Gooch),
         5-54 (Greig), 6-75 (Knott), 7-78 (Edrich), 8-87 (Underwood),
         9-97 (Snow), 10-101 (Old).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      15      8     15      5
    Thomson                     10      3     21      0
    Walker                      17.3    5     48      5
    Mallett                      3      1      8      0
    
    England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   B  4 6
    JH Edrich             c Marsh            b Walker               5  26  17  1 0
    DL Amiss              c sub (GJ Gilmour) b Thomson              5  85  78  0 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Walters          b Lillee              51 129  99  6 0
    *MH Denness                              b Thomson              8  25  23  0 0
    GA Gooch              c Marsh            b Thomson              0   7   7  0 0
    AW Greig              c Marsh            b Walker               7  32  26  1 0
    +APE Knott            c McCosker         b Thomson             38 176 125  4 0
    CM Old                c Walters          b Lillee               7  22  22  0 0
    JA Snow               c Marsh            b Thomson             34  46  40  4 1
    DL Underwood                             b Mallett              3  17  14  0 0
    GG Arnold             not out                                   6   3   4  1 0
    Extras                (lb 5, w 2, nb 2)                         9
    Total                 (all out, 75.2 overs)                   173
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Edrich), 2-18 (Denness), 3-20 (Gooch), 4-52 (Greig),
         5-90 (Fletcher), 6-100 (Old), 7-122 (Amiss), 8-151 (Knott),
         9-167 (Snow), 10-173 (Underwood).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      20      8     45      2
    Thomson                     18      8     38      5
    Walker                      24      9     47      2
    Mallett                     13.2    6     34      1
    

    • Gooch bagged a pair on his debut
    • DL Amiss (2) retired hurt on 2* from 7/0 to 100/6




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Edgbaston, Birmingham

    Australia Player Pages: RB McCosker, A Turner, IM Chappell, GS Chappell, R Edwards, KD Walters, RW Marsh, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee, AA Mallett.

    England Player Pages: JH Edrich, DL Amiss, KWR Fletcher, MH Denness, GA Gooch, AW Greig, APE Knott, DL Underwood, CM Old, JA Snow, GG Arnold.

    Match Officials' Pages: HD Bird, AE Fagg.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Kevin.Taylor (ktaylor@rpms.ac.uk)  
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