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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 805 (805/227)
The Ashes, 1977, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
7,8,9,11,12 July 1977 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 9 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: WE Alley and TW Spencer
Test Debuts: RJ Bright (Aus).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 247/7 (Bright 1*, O'Keeffe 0*)
  • Day 2: Australia 297, England 206/3 (Woolmer 82*, Greig 16*)
  • Day 3: England 436/9 (Underwood 10*, Willis 1*)
  • Day 4: England 437, Australia 218, England 8/0 (Amiss 0*, Brearley 6*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           c Old              b Willis               2  19  16  0 0
    IC Davis              c Knott            b Old                 34 145 105  5 0
    *GS Chappell          c Knott            b Greig               44  95  81  7 0
    CS Serjeant           lbw                b Lever               14  80  48  1 0
    KD Walters            c Greig            b Miller              88 205 157 15 0
    DW Hookes             c Knott            b Lever                5  23  19  1 0
    +RW Marsh             c Amiss            b Miller              36 116 100  6 0
    RJ Bright             c Greig            b Lever               12  73  55  2 0
    KJ O'Keeffe           c Knott            b Willis              12  57  51  1 0
    MHN Walker                               b Underwood            9  33  18  1 0
    JR Thomson            not out                                  14  28  22  2 0
    Extras                (lb 15, nb 12)                           27
    Total                 (all out, 109.2 overs)                  297
    
    FoW: 1-4 (McCosker), 2-80 (Chappell), 3-96 (Davis),
         4-125 (Serjeant), 5-140 (Hookes), 6-238 (Marsh),
         7-246 (Walters), 8-272 (O'Keeffe), 9-272 (Bright),
         10-297 (Walker).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      21      8     45      2
    Lever                       25      8     60      3
    Old                         20      3     57      1
    Underwood                   20.2    7     53      1
    Greig                       13      4     37      1
    Miller                      10      3     18      2
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              c Chappell         b Walker              11  46  34  1 0
    *JM Brearley          c Chappell         b Thomson              6  40  31  1 0
    RA Woolmer            c Davis            b O'Keeffe           137 389 338 22 0
    DW Randall            lbw                b Bright              79 166 143 12 0
    AW Greig                             c & b Walker              76 244 186 11 1
    +APE Knott            c O'Keeffe         b Thomson             39 109  85  7 0
    G Miller              c Marsh            b Thomson              6  39  34  0 0
    CM Old                c Marsh            b Walker              37 115  90  5 0
    JK Lever                                 b Bright              10  30  24  1 0
    DL Underwood                             b Bright              10  52  47  2 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   1  10  10  0 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 9, nb 7)                        25
    Total                 (all out, 169.1 overs)                  437
    
    FoW: 1-19 (Brearley), 2-23 (Amiss), 3-165 (Randall),
         4-325 (Woolmer), 5-348 (Greig), 6-366 (Miller),
         7-377 (Knott), 8-404 (Lever), 9-435 (Old),
         10-437 (Underwood).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     38     11     73      3
    Walker                      54     15    131      3
    Bright                      35.1   12     69      3
    O'Keeffe                    36     11    114      1
    Chappell                     6      1     25      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           c Underwood        b Willis               0   2   3  0 0
    IC Davis              c Lever            b Willis              12  45  31  1 0
    *GS Chappell                             b Underwood          112 280 230 15 1
    CS Serjeant           c Woolmer          b Underwood            8  32  19  2 0
    KD Walters            lbw                b Greig               10  22  21  1 0
    DW Hookes             c Brearley         b Miller              28  80  63  3 0
    +RW Marsh             c Randall          b Underwood            1   8   8  0 0
    RJ Bright                            c & b Underwood            0   1   3  0 0
    KJ O'Keeffe           not out                                  24 120  97  3 0
    MHN Walker            c Greig            b Underwood            6  16  21  1 0
    JR Thomson            c Randall          b Underwood            1  13  14  0 0
    Extras                (lb 1, w 1, nb 14)                       16
    Total                 (all out, 81.5 overs)                   218
    
    FoW: 1-0 (McCosker), 2-30 (Davis), 3-74 (Serjeant),
         4-92 (Walters), 5-146 (Hookes), 6-147 (Marsh),
         7-147 (Bright), 8-202 (Chappell), 9-212 (Walker),
         10-218 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      16      2     56      2
    Lever                        4      1     11      0
    Underwood                   32.5   13     66      6
    Old                          8      1     26      0
    Greig                       12      6     19      1
    Miller                       9      2     24      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 79 runs)                           R   M   B  4 6
    DL Amiss              not out                                  28 107  94  4 0
    *JM Brearley          c Walters          b O'Keeffe            44 101  83  7 0
    RA Woolmer            not out                                   0   4   6  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, nb 7)                             10
    Total                 (1 wicket, 29.1 overs)                   82
    
    DNB: DW Randall, AW Greig, +APE Knott, G Miller, CM Old,
         JK Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.
    
    FoW: 1-75 (Brearley).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                      8      2     24      0
    Walker                       7      0     17      0
    O'Keeffe                     9.1    4     25      1
    Bright                       5      2      6      0
    

    • Eng 1st innings
    • RA Woolmer: 137 runs, 338 balls, 389 min., 22x4

    • Aus 2nd innings
    • GS Chappell: 112 runs, 230 balls, 280 min., 15x4, 1x6




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Old Trafford, Manchester

    Australia Player Pages: RB McCosker, IC Davis, GS Chappell, CS Serjeant, KD Walters, DW Hookes, RW Marsh, RJ Bright, KJ O'Keeffe, MHN Walker, JR Thomson.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: WE Alley, TW Spencer.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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