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Australia tour of England, 1968 / Scorecard

The Ashes - 5th Test

England v Australia

England won by 226 runs

Test no. 641 | 1968 season
Played at Kennington Oval, London
22,23,24,26,27 August 1968 (5-day match)


England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JH Edrich	b Chappell	164	459	422	20	0	38.86

C Milburn	b Connolly	8	33	29	1	0	27.58

ER Dexter	b Gleeson	21	81	68	1	0	30.88

MC Cowdrey*	lbw b Mallett	16	48	51	3	0	31.37

TW Graveney	c Redpath b McKenzie	63	143	141	8	0	44.68

BL D'Oliveira	c Inverarity b Mallett	158	309	325	21	0	48.61

APE Knott†	c †Jarman b Mallett	28	71	72	4	0	38.88

R Illingworth	lbw b Connolly	8	39	44	1	0	18.18

JA Snow	run out	4	13	13	0	0	30.76

DL Underwood	not out	9	44	33	1	0	27.27

DJ Brown	c Sheahan b Gleeson	2	8	10	0	0	20.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 11, w 1)	13

Total	(all out; 201.2 overs)	494	(2.45 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-28 (Milburn), 2-84 (Dexter), 3-113 (Cowdrey), 4-238 (Graveney), 5-359 (Edrich), 6-421 (Knott), 7-458 (Illingworth), 8-468 (Snow), 9-489 (D'Oliveira), 10-494 (Brown)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McKenzie	40	8	87	1	2.17

AN Connolly	57	12	127	2	2.22

KD Walters	6	2	17	0	2.83

JW Gleeson	41.2	8	109	2	2.63

AA Mallett	36	11	87	3	2.41

IM Chappell	21	5	54	1	2.57


Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WM Lawry*	c †Knott b Snow	135	443	401	22	0	33.66

RJ Inverarity	c Milburn b Snow	1	16	2	0	0	50.00

IR Redpath	c Cowdrey b Snow	67	203	166	8	0	40.36

IM Chappell	c †Knott b Brown	10	20	19	1	0	52.63

KD Walters	c †Knott b Brown	5	7	6	1	0	83.33

AP Sheahan	b Illingworth	14	36	34	2	0	41.17

BN Jarman†	st †Knott b Illingworth	0	12	16	0	0	0.00

GD McKenzie	b Brown	12	62	65	2	0	18.46

AA Mallett	not out	43	180	194	6	0	22.16

JW Gleeson	c Dexter b Underwood	19	54	43	2	0	44.18

AN Connolly	b Underwood	3	54	40	0	0	7.50

Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 4)	15

Total	(all out; 163.3 overs)	324	(1.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-7 (Inverarity), 2-136 (Redpath), 3-151 (Chappell), 4-161 (Walters), 5-185 (Sheahan), 6-188 (Jarman), 7-237 (McKenzie), 8-269 (Lawry), 9-302 (Gleeson), 10-324 (Connolly)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	35	12	67	3	1.91

DJ Brown	22	5	63	3	2.86

R Illingworth	48	15	87	2	1.81

DL Underwood	54.3	21	89	2	1.63

BL D'Oliveira	4	2	3	0	0.75


England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JH Edrich	c Lawry b Mallett	17	46	31	2	0	54.83

C Milburn	c Lawry b Connolly	18	23	28	2	1	64.28

ER Dexter	b Connolly	28	36	47	4	0	59.57

MC Cowdrey*	b Mallett	35	75	72	1	0	48.61

TW Graveney	run out	12	19	28	0	0	42.85

BL D'Oliveira	c Gleeson b Connolly	9	24	31	1	0	29.03

APE Knott†	run out	34	60	56	4	0	60.71

R Illingworth	b Gleeson	10	23	30	1	0	33.33

JA Snow	c Sheahan b Gleeson	13	23	25	2	0	52.00

DL Underwood	not out	1	4	2	0	0	50.00

DJ Brown	b Connolly	1	1	2	0	0	50.00

Extras	(lb 3)	3

Total	(all out; 58.4 overs)	181	(3.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-23 (Milburn), 2-53 (Edrich), 3-67 (Dexter), 4-90 (Graveney), 5-114 (D'Oliveira), 6-126 (Cowdrey), 7-149 (Illingworth), 8-179 (Snow), 9-179 (Knott), 10-181 (Brown)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McKenzie	4	0	14	0	3.50

AN Connolly	22.4	2	65	4	2.86

JW Gleeson	7	2	22	2	3.14

AA Mallett	25	4	77	2	3.08


Australia 2nd innings (target: 352 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
WM Lawry*	c Milburn b Brown	4	5	2	1	0	200.00

RJ Inverarity	lbw b Underwood	56	249	253	9	0	22.13

IR Redpath	lbw b Underwood	8	24	23	2	0	34.78

IM Chappell	lbw b Underwood	2	7	8	0	0	25.00

KD Walters	c †Knott b Underwood	1	28	25	0	0	4.00

AP Sheahan	c Snow b Illingworth	24	65	64	4	0	37.50

BN Jarman†	b D'Oliveira	21	83	101	3	0	20.79

AA Mallett	c Brown b Underwood	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

GD McKenzie	c Brown b Underwood	0	1	5	0	0	0.00

JW Gleeson	b Underwood	5	13	15	1	0	33.33

AN Connolly	not out	0	4	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 4)	4

Total	(all out; 83.3 overs)	125	(1.49 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-4 (Lawry), 2-13 (Redpath), 3-19 (Chappell), 4-29 (Walters), 5-65 (Sheahan), 6-110 (Jarman), 7-110 (Mallett), 8-110 (McKenzie), 9-120 (Gleeson), 10-125 (Inverarity)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	11	5	22	0	2.00

DJ Brown	8	3	19	1	2.37

R Illingworth	28	18	29	1	1.03

DL Underwood	31.3	19	50	7	1.58

BL D'Oliveira	5	4	1	1	0.20

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat
Series 5-match series drawn 1-1

Test debut AA Mallett (Australia)
Batsmen of the match JH Edrich (England) and WM Lawry (Australia)
Bowlers of the match AN Connolly (Australia) and DL Underwood (England)
Player of the series JH Edrich (England)
Fielder of the series AP Sheahan (Australia)

Umpires CS Elliott and AE Fagg

Close of play
Thu, 22 Aug	- day 1 - England 1st innings 272/4 (JH Edrich 130, BL D'Oliveira 24)
Fri, 23 Aug	- day 2 - Australia 1st innings 43/1 (WM Lawry 19, IR Redpath 21)
Sat, 24 Aug	- day 3 - Australia 1st innings 264/7 (WM Lawry 135, AA Mallett 7)
Sun, 25 Aug	- rest day
Mon, 26 Aug	- day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 13/2 (RJ Inverarity 1*)
Tue, 27 Aug	- day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 125 (83.3 ov) - end of match