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Test # 800 (803/225)
Centenary Test, 1976/77
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
12,13,14,16,17 March 1977 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 45 runs
Australia wins the 1976/77 Centenary Test

Toss: England
Umpires: TF Brooks and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: DW Hookes (Aus).
Man of the Match: DW Randall

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 138, England 29/1 (Brearley 12*, Underwood 5*)
  • Day 2: England 95, Australia 104/3 (Davis 45*, Walters 32*)
  • Day 3: Australia 387/8 (Marsh 95*, McCosker 17*)
  • Day 4: Australia 419/9d, England 191/2 (Randall 87*, Amiss 34*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IC Davis              lbw                b Lever                5  28  22  0 0
    RB McCosker                              b Willis               4  33  17  0 0
    GJ Cosier             c Fletcher         b Lever               10  19  10  2 0
    *GS Chappell                             b Underwood           40 234 139  0 0
    DW Hookes             c Greig            b Old                 17  32  19  2 0
    KD Walters            c Greig            b Willis               4  14   8  0 0
    +RW Marsh             c Knott            b Old                 28  91  56  3 0
    GJ Gilmour            c Greig            b Old                  4  24  20  0 0
    KJ O'Keeffe           c Brearley         b Underwood            0   2   2  0 0
    DK Lillee             not out                                  10  59  53  1 0
    MHN Walker                               b Underwood            2  14  14  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 2, nb 8)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 43.6 overs)                   138
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Davis), 2-13 (McCosker), 3-23 (Cosier), 4-45 (Hookes),
         5-51 (Walters), 6-102 (Marsh), 7-114 (Gilmour),
         8-117 (O'Keeffe), 9-136 (Chappell), 10-138 (Walker).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lever                       12      1     36      2
    Willis                       8      0     33      2 (nb4)
    Old                         12      4     39      3 (nb6)
    Underwood                   11.6    2     16      3
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    RA Woolmer            c Chappell         b Lillee               9  43  30  1 0
    JM Brearley           c Hookes           b Lillee              12  64  40  1 0
    DL Underwood          c Chappell         b Walker               7  28  18  1 0
    DW Randall            c Marsh            b Lillee               4  35  20  0 0
    DL Amiss              c O'Keeffe         b Walker               4  18  18  0 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Marsh            b Walker               4  44  27  0 0
    *AW Greig                                b Walker              18  24  20  3 0
    +APE Knott            lbw                b Lillee              15  59  45  0 0
    CM Old                c Marsh            b Lillee               3  27  17  0 0
    JK Lever              c Marsh            b Lillee              11  39  25  2 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   1  20  17  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)                    7
    Total                 (all out, 34.3 overs)                    95
    
    FoW: 1-19 (Woolmer), 2-30 (Brearley), 3-34 (Underwood),
         4-40 (Amiss), 5-40 (Randall), 6-61 (Greig), 7-65 (Fletcher),
         8-78 (Old), 9-86 (Knott), 10-95 (Lever).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      13.3    2     26      6
    Walker                      15      3     54      4
    O'Keeffe                     1      0      4      0
    Gilmour                      5      3      4      0 (nb2)
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    IC Davis              c Knott            b Greig               68 238 153  6 0
    KJ O'Keeffe           c Willis           b Old                 14  50  36  1 0
    *GS Chappell                             b Old                  2  15  14  0 0
    GJ Cosier             c Knott            b Lever                4  35  27  0 0
    KD Walters            c Knott            b Greig               66 213 143  5 0
    DW Hookes             c Fletcher         b Underwood           56 122  69  9 0
    +RW Marsh             not out                                 110 295 173 10 0
    GJ Gilmour                               b Lever               16  44  31  1 0
    DK Lillee             c Amiss            b Old                 25  86  56  3 0
    RB McCosker           c Greig            b Old                 25  85  68  3 0
    MHN Walker            not out                                   8  27  24  0 0
    Extras                (lb 10, nb 15)                           25
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 96.6 overs)        419
    
    FoW: 1-33 (O'Keeffe), 2-40 (Chappell), 3-53 (Cosier),
         4-132 (Davis), 5-187 (Walters), 6-244 (Hookes),
         7-277 (Gilmour), 8-353 (Lillee), 9-407 (McCosker).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lever                       21      1     95      2
    Willis                      22      0     91      0 (8nb)
    Old                         27.6    2    104      4 (9nb)
    Greig                       14      3     66      2 (3nb)
    Underwood                   12      2     38      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 463 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    RA Woolmer            lbw                b Walker              12  47  36  1 0
    JM Brearley           lbw                b Lillee              43 170 142  2 0
    DW Randall            c Cosier           b O'Keeffe           174 446 353 21 0
    DL Amiss                                 b Chappell            64 227 185  3 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Marsh            b Lillee               1  12   8  0 0
    *AW Greig             c Cosier           b O'Keeffe            41 100  82  7 0
    +APE Knott            lbw                b Lillee              42  81  51  5 0
    CM Old                c Chappell         b Lillee               2   5   4  0 0
    JK Lever              lbw                b O'Keeffe             4  15  25  0 0
    DL Underwood                             b Lillee               7  21  19  0 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   5  10   5  1 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 4, w 3, nb 7)                   22
    Total                 (all out, 112.4 overs)                  417
    
    FoW: 1-28 (Woolmer), 2-113 (Brearley), 3-279 (Amiss),
         4-290 (Fletcher), 5-346 (Randall), 6-369 (Greig),
         7-380 (Old), 8-385 (Lever), 9-410 (Underwood),
         10-417 (Knott).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lillee                      34.4    7    139      5 (1nb)
    Walker                      22      4     83      1
    Gilmour                      4      0     29      0 (6nb)
    Chappell                    16      7     29      1
    O'Keeffe                    33      6    108      3 (1nb)
    Walters                      3      2      7      0 (2nb)
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: IC Davis, RB McCosker, GJ Cosier, GS Chappell, DW Hookes, KD Walters, RW Marsh, GJ Gilmour, KJ O'Keeffe, DK Lillee, MHN Walker.

    England Player Pages: RA Woolmer, JM Brearley, DL Underwood, DW Randall, DL Amiss, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, APE Knott, CM Old, JK Lever, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: TF Brooks, MG O'Connell.

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