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England vs Australia, 6th Test at London, Aug 29 1985 - Full Scorecard

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6th Test, The Oval, August 29 - September 02, 1985, Australia tour of England

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England

464

Australia

(fo) 241 & 129

England won by an innings and 94 runs

Player Of The Match

Graham Gooch

, ENG

196

Player Of The Series

David Gower

, ENG

732 runs

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings (Following on)

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch	c & b McDermott	196	310	423	27	0	63.22
Tim Robinson	b McDermott	3	21	35	0	0	14.28
David Gower (c)	c Bennett b McDermott	157	216	335	20	0	72.68
Mike Gatting	c Border b Bennett	4	27	25	0	0	14.81
John Emburey	c Wellham b Lawson	9	17	27	1	0	52.94
Allan Lamb	c McDermott b Lawson	1	15	28	0	0	6.66
Ian Botham	c †Phillips b Lawson	12	23	34	2	0	52.17
Paul Downton †	b McDermott	16	46	75	1	0	34.78
Richard Ellison	c †Phillips b Gilbert	3	32	43	0	0	9.37
Phil Edmonds	lbw b Lawson	12	26	34	2	0	46.15
Les Taylor	not out	1	10	15	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 13, lb 11, nb 26)	50
Total	118.2 Ov (RR: 3.92)	464
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Tim Robinson), 2-371 (David Gower), 3-376 (Mike Gatting), 4-403 (Graham Gooch), 5-405 (John Emburey), 6-418 (Allan Lamb), 7-425 (Ian Botham), 8-447 (Richard Ellison), 9-452 (Paul Downton), 10-464 (Phil Edmonds)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Lawson	29.2	6	101	4	3.44	-	-	-
Craig McDermott	31	2	108	4	3.48	-	-	-
Dave Gilbert	21	2	96	1	4.57	-	-	-
Murray Bennett	32	8	111	1	3.46	-	-	-
Allan Border	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	-	-
Kepler Wessels	3	0	16	0	5.33	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw b Botham	22	27	31	3	0	81.48
Andrew Hilditch	c Gooch b Botham	17	32	60	1	0	53.12
Kepler Wessels	b Emburey	12	51	56	0	0	23.52
Allan Border (c)	b Edmonds	38	67	105	4	0	56.71
Dirk Wellham	c †Downton b Ellison	13	41	52	2	0	31.70
Greg Ritchie	not out	64	156	195	5	0	41.02
Wayne Phillips †	b Edmonds	18	29	38	2	0	62.06
Murray Bennett	c Robinson b Ellison	12	46	49	1	0	26.08
Geoff Lawson	c Botham b Taylor	14	26	29	1	0	53.84
Craig McDermott	run out	25	23	34	2	1	108.69
Dave Gilbert	b Botham	1	9	13	0	0	11.11
Extras	(lb 3, w 2)	5
Total	84 Ov (RR: 2.86)	241
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Graeme Wood), 2-52 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-56 (Kepler Wessels), 4-101 (Dirk Wellham), 5-109 (Allan Border), 6-144 (Wayne Phillips), 7-171 (Murray Bennett), 8-192 (Geoff Lawson), 9-235 (Craig McDermott), 10-241 (Dave Gilbert)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ian Botham	20	3	64	3	3.20	-	-	-
Les Taylor	13	1	39	1	3.00	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	18	5	35	2	1.94	-	-	-
John Emburey	19	7	48	1	2.52	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	14	2	52	2	3.71	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	b Botham	6	18	27	1	0	33.33
Andrew Hilditch	c Gower b Taylor	9	27	36	0	0	33.33
Kepler Wessels	c †Downton b Botham	7	21	34	0	0	33.33
Allan Border (c)	c Botham b Ellison	58	92	157	7	0	63.04
Dirk Wellham	lbw b Ellison	5	17	19	0	0	29.41
Greg Ritchie	c †Downton b Ellison	6	42	58	0	0	14.28
Wayne Phillips †	c †Downton b Botham	10	24	30	1	0	41.66
Murray Bennett	c & b Taylor	11	29	43	1	0	37.93
Geoff Lawson	c †Downton b Ellison	7	10	16	1	0	70.00
Craig McDermott	c Botham b Ellison	2	4	3	0	0	50.00
Dave Gilbert	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, nb 4)	8
Total	46.3 Ov (RR: 2.77)	129
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Graeme Wood), 2-16 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-37 (Kepler Wessels), 4-51 (Dirk Wellham), 5-71 (Greg Ritchie), 6-96 (Wayne Phillips), 7-114 (Allan Border), 8-127 (Geoff Lawson), 9-129 (Craig McDermott), 10-129 (Murray Bennett)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ian Botham	17	3	44	3	2.58	-	-	-
Les Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	2.95	-	-	-
Richard Ellison	17	3	46	5	2.70	-	-	-
John Emburey	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 29 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 376/3 (Graham Gooch 179*, John Emburey 0*)

Fri, 30 Aug - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 145/6 (Greg Ritchie 20*, Murray Bennett 0*)

Sat, 31 Aug - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 62/4 (Allan Border 26*, Greg Ritchie 6*)

Sun, 01 Sep - rest day

Mon, 02 Sep - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 129 (46.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1985
Player Of The Match	Graham Gooch
Player Of The Series	David Gower
Series result	England won the 6-match series 3-1
Match number	Test no. 1022
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Dave Gilbert
Umpires	Dickie Bird Ken Palmer

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GM Wood	bowled	6	18
AMJ Hilditch	caught	9	27
KC Wessels	caught	7	21
AR Border	caught	58	92
DM Wellham	lbw	5	17
GM Ritchie	caught	6	42
WB Phillips	caught	10	24
MJ Bennett	caught	11	29
GF Lawson	caught	7	10
CJ McDermott	caught	2	4
DR Gilbert	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 4, nb 4)
Total	129(10 wkts; 46.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
IT Botham	17	3	44	3	2.58
LB Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	2.95
RM Ellison	17	3	46	5	2.7
JE Emburey	1	0	1	0	1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	13	Graeme Wood	Andrew Hilditch
2nd	3	Andrew Hilditch	Kepler Wessels
3rd	21	Allan Border	Kepler Wessels
4th	14	Allan Border	Dirk Wellham
5th	20	Allan Border	Greg Ritchie
6th	25	Allan Border	Wayne Phillips
7th	18	Allan Border	Murray Bennett
8th	13	Geoff Lawson	Murray Bennett
9th	2	Murray Bennett	Craig McDermott
10th	0	Murray Bennett	Dave Gilbert

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