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Test # 601
The Ashes, 1965/66, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
11,12,14,15,16 February 1966 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
5-Test series drawn 1-1

Toss: England
Umpires: CJ Egar and LP Rowan

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 312/5 (Cowdrey 43*, Parks 29*)
  • Day 2: England 485/9d, Australia 101/2 (Lawry 43*, Cowper 32*)
  • Day 3: Australia 333/3 (Cowper 159*, Walters 35*)
  • Day 4: No play
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c Stackpole        b McKenzie            17  75  87  0 0
    RW Barber             run out                                  17  55  24  0 0
    JH Edrich             c McKenzie         b Walters             85 239 226  7 0
    KF Barrington         c Grout            b Walters            115 178 153  8 2
    MC Cowdrey            c Grout            b Walters             79 190 143  7 0
    *MJK Smith            c Grout            b Walters              0   4   6  0 0
    +JM Parks             run out                                  89 178 175  9 0
    FJ Titmus             not out                                  42 122 128  2 0
    BR Knight             c Grout            b Hawke               13  43  39  1 0
    DJ Brown                             c & b Chappell            12  28  25  2 0
    IJ Jones              not out                                   4  15  14  0 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 2, nb 1)                        12
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 127 overs)         485
    
    FoW: 1-36 (Barber), 2-41 (Boycott), 3-219 (Barrington),
         4-254 (Edrich), 5-254 (Smith), 6-392 (Cowdrey),
         7-419 (Parks), 8-449 (Knight), 9-474 (Brown).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McKenzie                    26      5    100      1
    Hawke                       35      5    109      1
    Walters                     19      3     53      4
    Simpson                      5      1     20      0
    Stackpole                   10      2     43      0
    Veivers                     15      3     78      0
    Chappell                    17      4     70      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    WM Lawry              c Edrich           b Jones              108 369 256  7 0
    *RB Simpson                              b Brown                4  13   6  1 0
    G Thomas              c Titmus           b Jones               19  31  25  2 0
    RM Cowper                                b Knight             307 727 589 20 0
    KD Walters                           c & b Barber              60 236 201  3 0
    IM Chappell           c Parks            b Jones               19  81  80  1 0
    KR Stackpole                             b Knight               9  56  47  0 0
    TR Veivers                               b Titmus               4  22  29  1 0
    NJN Hawke             not out                                   0   4   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 5, nb 2)                        13
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 154.2 overs)       543
    
    DNB: +ATW Grout, GD McKenzie.
    
    FoW: 1-15 (Simpson), 2-36 (Thomas), 3-248 (Lawry),
         4-420 (Walters), 5-481 (Chappell), 6-532 (Stackpole),
         7-543 (Veivers), 8-543 (Cowper).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Brown                       31      3    134      1
    Jones                       29      1    145      3
    Knight                      36.2    4    105      2
    Titmus                      42     12     86      1
    Barber                      16      0     60      1
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             lbw                b McKenzie             1  12  10  0 0
    RW Barber                                b McKenzie            20  22  21  4 0
    JH Edrich                                b McKenzie             3  21  13  0 0
    KF Barrington         not out                                  32  52  50  3 0
    MC Cowdrey            not out                                  11  40  42  1 0
    Extras                (lb 2)                                    2
    Total                 (3 wickets, 17 overs)                    69
    
    DNB: *MJK Smith, +JM Parks, FJ Titmus, BR Knight, DJ Brown,
         IJ Jones.
    
    FoW: 1-6 (Boycott), 2-21 (Barber), 3-34 (Edrich).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McKenzie                     6      2     17      3
    Hawke                        4      1     22      0
    Walters                      2      0     16      0
    Stackpole                    3      0     10      0
    Chappell                     2      0      2      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, RW Barber, JH Edrich, KF Barrington, MC Cowdrey, MJK Smith, JM Parks, FJ Titmus, BR Knight, DJ Brown, IJ Jones.

    Australia Player Pages: WM Lawry, RB Simpson, G Thomas, RM Cowper, KD Walters, IM Chappell, KR Stackpole, TR Veivers, NJN Hawke, ATW Grout, GD McKenzie.

    Match Officials' Pages: CJ Egar, LP Rowan.

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