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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 763 (763/224)
The Ashes, 1975, 4th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
28,29,30 August, 1,2,3 September 1975 (6-day match)

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

Toss: Australia
Umpires: HD Bird and TW Spencer

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 280/1 (McCosker 126*, IM Chappell 142*)
  • Day 2: Australia 532/9d, England 19/0 (Wood 16*, Edrich 0*)
  • Day 3: England 169/8 (Old 21*, Snow 13*)
  • Day 4: England 191 and 179/1 (Edrich 91*, Steele 52*)
  • Day 5: England 333/4 (Woolmer 37*, Greig 1*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           c Roope            b Old                127 370 294 14 0
    A Turner              c Steele           b Old                  2  25  27  0 0
    *IM Chappell          c Greig            b Woolmer            192 439 367 17 0
    GS Chappell           c Knott            b Old                  0   3   1  0 0
    R Edwards             c Edrich           b Snow                44 160 135  2 0
    KD Walters                               b Underwood           65 169 145 10 0
    +RW Marsh                            c & b Greig               32  36  29  7 0
    MHN Walker            c Steele           b Greig               13  32  28  3 0
    JR Thomson            c Old              b Greig                0   1   1  0 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                  28  63  37  3 1
    AA Mallett            not out                                   5  42  42  1 0
    Extras                (lb 5, w 2, nb 17)                       24
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 181 overs)         532
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Turner), 2-284 (McCosker), 3-286 (GS Chappell),
         4-356 (IM Chappell), 5-396 (Edwards), 6-441 (Marsh),
         7-477 (Walker), 8-477 (Thomson), 9-501 (Walters).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Old                         28      7     74      3
    Snow                        27      4     74      1
    Woolmer                     18      3     38      1
    Edmonds                     38      7    118      0
    Underwood                   44     13     96      1
    Greig                       24      5    107      3
    Steele                       2      1      1      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                                   b Walker              32  54  50  6 0
    JH Edrich             lbw                b Walker              12 141  98  0 0
    DS Steele                                b Lillee              39 106  80  5 1
    GRJ Roope             c Turner           b Walker               0   7   4  0 0
    RA Woolmer            c Mallett          b Thomson              5  22  17  0 0
    *AW Greig             c Marsh            b Lillee              17  42  32  2 0
    +APE Knott            lbw                b Walker               9  46  29  0 0
    PH Edmonds            c Marsh            b Thomson              4  45  30  0 0
    CM Old                not out                                  25  71  51  4 0
    JA Snow               c GS Chappell      b Thomson             30  41  39  3 1
    DL Underwood          c GS Chappell      b Thomson              0   3   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, w 3, nb 12)                       18
    Total                 (all out, 69.1 overs)                   191
    
    FoW: 1-45 (Wood), 2-78 (Edrich), 3-83 (Roope), 4-96 (Steele),
         5-103 (Woolmer), 6-125 (Greig), 7-131 (Knott),
         8-147 (Edmonds), 9-190 (Snow), 10-191 (Underwood).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      19      7     44      2
    Thomson                     22.1    7     50      4
    Walker                      25      7     63      4
    Mallett                      3      1     16      0
    
    England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                lbw                b Thomson             22 171 127  4 0
    JH Edrich                                b Lillee              96 362 289  6 0
    DS Steele             c Marsh            b Lillee              66 215 175  6 0
    GRJ Roope                                b Lillee              77 242 211 11 0
    RA Woolmer            lbw                b Walters            149 495 390 20 0
    *AW Greig             c Marsh            b Lillee              15  59  51  2 0
    +APE Knott            c Marsh            b Walters             64 184 149  6 0
    CM Old                c IM Chappell      b Walters              0   4   5  0 0
    PH Edmonds            run out                                   7  10  10  1 0
    JA Snow                              c & b Walters              0   2   5  0 0
    DL Underwood          not out                                   3   7   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 15, w 5, nb 17)                 39
    Total                 (all out, 233.5 overs)                  538
    
    FoW: 1-77 (Wood), 2-202 (Edrich), 3-209 (Steele), 4-331 (Roope),
         5-371 (Greig), 6-522 (Knott), 7-522 (Old), 8-533 (Edmonds),
         9-533 (Snow), 10-538 (Woolmer).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      52     18     91      4
    Thomson                     30      9     63      1
    Walker                      46     15     91      0
    Mallett                     64     31     95      0
    IM Chappell                 17      6     52      0
    Walters                     10.5    3     34      4
    GS Chappell                 12      2     53      0
    Edwards                      2      0     20      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 198 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           not out                                  25  55  55  3 0
    A Turner              c Woolmer          b Greig                8  31  29  1 0
    R Edwards             c Old              b Underwood            2  11  11  0 0
    GS Chappell           not out                                   4   9   8  1 0
    Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (2 wickets, 17.1 overs)                  40
    
    DNB: *IM Chappell, KD Walters, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker, JR Thomson,
         DK Lillee, AA Mallett.
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Turner), 2-33 (Edwards).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Old                          2      0      7      0
    Snow                         2      1      4      0
    Edmonds                      6.1    2     14      0
    Underwood                    2      0      5      1
    Greig                        5      2      9      1
    

    • Following on 341 runs behind, England scored their highest 2nd innings total against Australia, Innings lasted 886 minutes
    • Woolmer took 394 minutes to reach his hundred
    • McCosker and I.Chappell 277 in 343 minutes
    • Longest first class match in England, Actual playing time, excluding 187 minutes lost, amounted to 32 hours 17 minutes




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    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: B Wood, JH Edrich, DS Steele, GRJ Roope, RA Woolmer, AW Greig, APE Knott, PH Edmonds, CM Old, JA Snow, DL Underwood.

    Match Officials' Pages: HD Bird, TW Spencer.

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