Australia vs England, 5th Test at Melbourne, Feb 11 1966 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, Melbourne, February 11 - 16, 1966, England tour of Australia

485/9d & 69/3

543/8d

Match drawn

England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Info

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Stackpole b McKenzie	17	87	75	0	0	19.54
Bob Barber	run out	17	24	55	0	0	70.83
John Edrich	c McKenzie b Walters	85	226	239	7	0	37.61
Ken Barrington	c †Grout b Walters	115	153	178	8	2	75.16
Colin Cowdrey	c †Grout b Walters	79	143	190	7	0	55.24
Mike Smith (c)	c †Grout b Walters	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Jim Parks †	run out	89	175	178	9	0	50.85
Fred Titmus	not out	42	128	122	2	0	32.81
Barry Knight	c †Grout b Hawke	13	39	43	1	0	33.33
David Brown	c & b Chappell	12	25	28	2	0	48.00
Jeff Jones	not out	4	14	15	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 9, lb 2, nb 1)	12
Total	127 Ov (RR: 3.81)	485/9d
Fall of wickets 1-36 (Bob Barber), 2-41 (Geoff Boycott), 3-219 (Ken Barrington), 4-254 (John Edrich), 5-254 (Mike Smith), 6-392 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-419 (Jim Parks), 8-449 (Barry Knight), 9-474 (David Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Graham McKenzie	26	5	100	1	2.88	-	0	0
Neil Hawke	35	5	109	1	2.33	-	0	0
Doug Walters	19	3	53	4	2.09	-	0	0
Bob Simpson	5	1	20	0	3.00	-	0	0
Keith Stackpole	10	2	43	0	3.22	-	0	0
Tom Veivers	15	3	78	0	3.90	-	0	0
Ian Chappell	17	4	70	1	3.08	-	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry	c Edrich b Jones	108	256	369	7	0	42.18
Bob Simpson (c)	b Brown	4	6	13	1	0	66.66
Grahame Thomas	c Titmus b Jones	19	25	31	2	0	76.00
Bob Cowper	b Knight	307	589	727	20	0	52.12
Doug Walters	c & b Barber	60	201	236	3	0	29.85
Ian Chappell	c †Parks b Jones	19	80	81	1	0	23.75
Keith Stackpole	b Knight	9	47	56	0	0	19.14
Tom Veivers	b Titmus	4	29	22	1	0	13.79
Neil Hawke	not out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 2)	13
Total	154.2 Ov (RR: 3.52)	543/8d
Did not bat Wally Grout †, Graham McKenzie
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Bob Simpson), 2-36 (Grahame Thomas), 3-248 (Bill Lawry), 4-420 (Doug Walters), 5-481 (Ian Chappell), 6-532 (Keith Stackpole), 7-543 (Tom Veivers), 8-543 (Bob Cowper)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
David Brown	31	3	134	1	3.24	-	0	0
Jeff Jones	29	1	145	3	3.75	-	0	0
Barry Knight	36.2	4	105	2	2.17	-	0	0
Fred Titmus	42	12	86	1	1.53	-	0	0
Bob Barber	16	0	60	1	2.81	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b McKenzie	1	10	12	0	0	10.00
Bob Barber	b McKenzie	20	21	22	4	0	95.23
John Edrich	b McKenzie	3	13	21	0	0	23.07
Ken Barrington	not out	32	50	52	3	0	64.00
Colin Cowdrey	not out	11	42	40	1	0	26.19
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	17 Ov (RR: 4.05)	69/3
Did not bat Mike Smith (c), Jim Parks †, Fred Titmus, Barry Knight, David Brown, Jeff Jones
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Geoff Boycott), 2-21 (Bob Barber), 3-34 (John Edrich)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Graham McKenzie	6	2	17	3	2.12	-	0	0
Neil Hawke	4	1	22	0	4.12	-	0	0
Doug Walters	2	0	16	0	6.00	-	0	0
Keith Stackpole	3	0	10	0	2.50	-	0	0
Ian Chappell	2	0	2	0	0.75	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 11 Feb

day 1 - England 1st innings 312/5 (Colin Cowdrey 43*, Jim Parks 29*)

Sat, 12 Feb

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 101/2 (Bill Lawry 43*, Bob Cowper 32*)

Sun, 13 Feb

rest day

Mon, 14 Feb

day 3 - Australia 1st innings 333/3 (Bob Cowper 159*, Doug Walters 35*)

Tue, 15 Feb

day 4 - no play

Wed, 16 Feb

day 5 - England 2nd innings 69/3 (17 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

England tour of Australia

Series result5-match series drawn 1-1

Match numberTest no. 601

Match daysday (5-day match)

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