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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 761 (761/222)
The Ashes, 1975, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Lord's, London
31 July, 1,2,4,5 August 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 4-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: WE Alley and TW Spencer
Test Debuts: DS Steele, RA Woolmer (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 313/9 (Underwood 0*, Lever 2*)
  • Day 2: England 315, Australia 268, England 5/0 (Wood 5*, Edrich 0*)
  • Day 3: England 230/2 (Edrich 104*, Amiss 6*)
  • Day 4: England 436/7d, Australia 97/1 (McCosker 46*, IM Chappell 25*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                lbw                b Lillee               6  12  15  1 0
    JH Edrich             lbw                b Lillee               9  41  30  1 0
    DS Steele                                b Thomson             50 163 103  9 0
    DL Amiss              lbw                b Lillee               0   7   4  0 0
    GA Gooch              c Marsh            b Lillee               6  25  17  1 0
    *AW Greig             c IM Chappell      b Walker              96 160 129 15 0
    +APE Knott            lbw                b Thomson             69 134 102  8 0
    RA Woolmer            c Turner           b Mallett             33 114 108  4 0
    JA Snow               c Walker           b Mallett             11  31  29  1 0
    DL Underwood          not out                                   0  16  14  0 0
    P Lever               lbw                b Walker               4   7   6  0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 23)                  31
    Total                 (all out, 87.4 overs)                   315
    
    FoW: 1-10 (Wood), 2-29 (Edrich), 3-31 (Amiss), 4-49 (Gooch),
         5-145 (Steele), 6-222 (Greig), 7-288 (Knott), 8-309 (Snow),
         9-310 (Woolmer), 10-315 (Lever).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      20      4     84      4
    Thomson                     24      7     92      2
    Walker                      21.4    7     52      2
    Mallett                     22      4     56      2
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker                          c & b Lever               29  80  59  3 0
    A Turner              lbw                b Snow                 9  27  14  0 0
    *IM Chappell          c Knott            b Snow                 2  16  17  0 0
    GS Chappell           lbw                b Snow                 4   7   6  1 0
    R Edwards             lbw                b Woolmer             99 201 132 15 0
    KD Walters            c Greig            b Lever                2   8   8  0 0
    +RW Marsh             c Amiss            b Greig                3  10   9  0 0
    MHN Walker                               b Snow                 5  24  19  1 0
    JR Thomson                               b Underwood           17  61  52  2 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                  73 136 103  8 3
    AA Mallett            lbw                b Steele              14  69  57  2 0
    Extras                (lb 5, nb 6)                             11
    Total                 (all out, 77.4 overs)                   268
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Turner), 2-29 (IM Chappell), 3-37 (GS Chappell),
         4-54 (McCosker), 5-56 (Walters), 6-64 (Marsh),
         7-81 (Walker), 8-133 (Thomson), 9-199 (Edwards),
         10-268 (Mallett).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Snow                        21      4     66      4
    Lever                       15      0     83      2
    Woolmer                     13      5     31      1
    Greig                       15      5     47      1
    Underwood                   13      5     29      1
    Steele                       0.4    0      1      1
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                c Marsh            b Thomson             52 199 161  7 0
    JH Edrich             c Thomson          b Mallett            175 538 420 21 0
    DS Steele                            c & b Walters             45 135 111  6 0
    DL Amiss              c GS Chappell      b Lillee              10  41  37  1 0
    GA Gooch                                 b Mallett             31  88  71  4 0
    *AW Greig             c Walters          b IM Chappell         41  52  42  5 1
    +APE Knott            not out                                  22  46  33  1 0
    RA Woolmer                               b Mallett             31  33  25  3 2
    Extras                (lb 18, w 2, nb 9)                       29
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 147.4 overs)       436
    
    DNB: JA Snow, DL Underwood, P Lever.
    
    FoW: 1-111 (Wood), 2-215 (Steele), 3-249 (Amiss), 4-315 (Gooch),
         5-380 (Greig), 6-387 (Edrich), 7-436 (Woolmer).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      33     10     80      1
    Thomson                     29      8     73      1
    Walker                      37      8     95      0
    Mallett                     36.4   10    127      3
    IM Chappell                 10      2     26      1
    Walters                      2      0      6      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 484 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           lbw                b Steele              79 262 224  8 0
    A Turner              c Gooch            b Greig               21  64  39  3 0
    *IM Chappell          lbw                b Greig               86 249 215 13 0
    GS Chappell           not out                                  73 146 119 10 1
    R Edwards             not out                                  52  92  76  9 0
    Extras                (b 4, nb 14)                             18
    Total                 (3 wickets, 109 overs)                  329
    
    DNB: KD Walters, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee,
         AA Mallett.
    
    FoW: 1-50 (Turner), 2-169 (McCosker), 3-222 (IM Chappell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Snow                        19      3     82      0
    Lever                       20      5     55      0
    Woolmer                      3      1      3      0
    Greig                       26      6     82      2
    Underwood                   31     14     64      0
    Steele                       9      4     19      1
    Wood                         1      0      6      0
    

    • Thomson bowled 22 no-balls and 4 wides on 1st Day
    • Lillee faced 103 balls and hit 3 6's and 18 4's
    • Edrich batted for 538 minutes and faced 420 balls
    • Michael Angelow became the first streaker to intrude upon the field of play during a test in England at 3.20 day 4.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Lord's, London

    England Player Pages: B Wood, JH Edrich, DS Steele, DL Amiss, GA Gooch, AW Greig, APE Knott, RA Woolmer, JA Snow, DL Underwood, P Lever.

    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.

    Match Officials' Pages: WE Alley, TW Spencer.

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