Australia vs England, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 30 1965 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
2nd Test, Melbourne, December 30, 1965 - January 04, 1966, England tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Edrich b Allen | 59 | 145 | 145 | 7 | 0 | 40.68 | |||
| c Cowdrey b Allen | 88 | 223 | 266 | 10 | 0 | 39.46 | |||
| b Jones | 5 | 50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
| c Titmus b Jones | 99 | 183 | 203 | 13 | 0 | 54.09 | |||
| lbw b Jones | 23 | 42 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 54.76 | |||
| c †Parks b Knight | 22 | 84 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 26.19 | |||
| run out | 19 | 67 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 28.35 | |||
| b Knight | 10 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| c Barber b Knight | 11 | 26 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 42.30 | |||
| not out | 12 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |||
| c †Parks b Knight | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 1) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 107.5 Ov (RR: 3.32) | 358 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Bob Simpson), 2-109 (Peter Burge), 3-203 (Bill Lawry), 4-262 (Brian Booth), 5-297 (Bob Cowper), 6-318 (Doug Walters), 7-330 (Peter Philpott), 8-342 (Tom Veivers), 9-352 (Wally Grout), 10-358 (Alan Connolly) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 4 | 92 | 3 | 2.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 26.5 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 2.36 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 2.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 2.06 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c McKenzie b Walters | 51 | 85 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| c †Grout b McKenzie | 48 | 62 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 77.41 | |||
| c & b Veivers | 109 | 286 | 310 | 11 | 0 | 38.11 | |||
| c Burge b Veivers | 63 | 139 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 45.32 | |||
| c Connolly b Cowper | 104 | 187 | 197 | 9 | 0 | 55.61 | |||
| c †Grout b McKenzie | 41 | 92 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 44.56 | |||
| c Cowper b McKenzie | 71 | 124 | 160 | 5 | 0 | 57.25 | |||
| c Simpson b McKenzie | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |||
| not out | 56 | 128 | 143 | 7 | 0 | 43.75 | |||
| c †Grout b Connolly | 2 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |||
| b McKenzie | 1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 2) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 143.2 Ov (RR: 3.89) | 558 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Geoff Boycott), 2-110 (Bob Barber), 3-228 (Ken Barrington), 4-333 (John Edrich), 5-409 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-443 (Mike Smith), 7-447 (Barry Knight), 8-540 (Jim Parks), 9-551 (David Allen), 10-558 (Jeff Jones) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.2 | 3 | 134 | 5 | 2.85 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | 5 | 125 | 1 | 2.53 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 2 | 133 | 0 | 3.32 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 2.85 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 2.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Barrington b Knight | 67 | 129 | 147 | 7 | 0 | 51.93 | |||
| c Smith b Barber | 78 | 198 | 222 | 5 | 0 | 39.39 | |||
| lbw b Jones | 5 | 24 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20.83 | |||
| c Edrich b Boycott | 120 | 193 | 255 | 12 | 0 | 62.17 | |||
| b Allen | 10 | 43 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 23.25 | |||
| c & b Barrington | 115 | 296 | 263 | 8 | 0 | 38.85 | |||
| st †Parks b Boycott | 3 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| b Knight | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c Allen b Barrington | 16 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| run out | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 1) | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 116.4 Ov (RR: 3.65) | 426 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Bob Simpson), 2-141 (Bob Cowper), 3-163 (Bill Lawry), 4-176 (Brian Booth), 5-374 (Peter Burge), 6-382 (Tom Veivers), 7-385 (Peter Philpott), 8-417 (Wally Grout), 9-426 (Graham McKenzie), 10-426 (Doug Walters) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 3.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 2.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1.46 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 3.83 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7.4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 2.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 227 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 5 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |||
| not out | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 Ov (RR: 2.50) | 5/0 | |||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 30 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 278/4 (Bob Cowper 90*, Doug Walters 7*)
Fri, 31 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 208/2 (John Edrich 48*, Ken Barrington 54*, 48 ov)
Sat, 01 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 516/7 (Jim Parks 66*, Fred Titmus 23*)
Sun, 02 Jan - rest day
Mon, 03 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 131/1 (Bill Lawry 61*, Bob Cowper 1*)
Tue, 04 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 5/0 (2 ov) - end of match
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1965/66 |
| Series result | 5-match series level 0-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 598 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Umpires | |
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