Australia vs England, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1974 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 31, 1974, England tour of Australia
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Walters b Lillee | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c Mallett b Thomson | 14 | 91 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 15.38 | |||
| lbw b Thomson | 35 | 171 | 229 | 3 | 0 | 20.46 | |||
| c †Marsh b Mallett | 49 | 124 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 39.51 | |||
| c †Marsh b Mallett | 8 | 40 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| run out | 28 | 62 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 45.16 | |||
| b Thomson | 52 | 119 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 43.69 | |||
| c Mallett b Lillee | 10 | 45 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 9 | 23 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 39.13 | |||
| c Walters b Thomson | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 86.66 | |||
| not out | 8 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 9, w 1) | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 88.4 Ov (RR: 2.73) | 242 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dennis Amiss), 2-34 (David Lloyd), 3-110 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-110 (John Edrich), 5-141 (Mike Denness), 6-157 (Tony Greig), 7-176 (Fred Titmus), 8-213 (Derek Underwood), 9-232 (Bob Willis), 10-242 (Alan Knott) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 2.62 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22.4 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 2.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 1.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 1.85 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Knott b Greig | 55 | 185 | 242 | 4 | 0 | 29.72 | |||
| c Denness b Willis | 29 | 123 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 23.57 | |||
| c Greig b Willis | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c Cowdrey b Titmus | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Lloyd b Greig | 36 | 73 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 49.31 | |||
| lbw b Willis | 36 | 89 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 40.44 | |||
| c †Knott b Titmus | 44 | 130 | 178 | 3 | 0 | 33.84 | |||
| c †Knott b Willis | 30 | 109 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 27.52 | |||
| not out | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| run out | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Willis | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 92.5 Ov (RR: 2.60) | 241 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Wally Edwards), 2-67 (Greg Chappell), 3-68 (Ross Edwards), 4-121 (Doug Walters), 5-126 (Ian Redpath), 6-173 (Ian Chappell), 7-237 (Rod Marsh), 8-237 (Max Walker), 9-238 (Ashley Mallett), 10-241 (Jeff Thomson) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.7 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 2.09 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.18 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 2.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 1.96 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 1.46 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c IM Chappell b Mallett | 90 | 174 | 200 | 6 | 0 | 51.72 | |||
| c & b Mallett | 44 | 83 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 53.01 | |||
| c GS Chappell b Lillee | 8 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 4 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |||
| c IM Chappell b Thomson | 2 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c GS Chappell b Lillee | 60 | 132 | 151 | 5 | 1 | 45.45 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 4 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |||
| b Mallett | 0 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c IM Chappell b Mallett | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| b Thomson | 15 | 65 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 23.07 | |||
| not out | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 9, w 2) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 69 Ov (RR: 3.53) | 244 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-115 (David Lloyd), 2-134 (Colin Cowdrey), 3-152 (John Edrich), 4-156 (Mike Denness), 5-158 (Dennis Amiss), 6-165 (Alan Knott), 7-178 (Fred Titmus), 8-182 (Derek Underwood), 9-238 (Tony Greig), 10-244 (Bob Willis) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 2.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 3.13 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 3.06 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 6 | 60 | 4 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 246 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out | 39 | 169 | 205 | 1 | 0 | 23.07 | |||
| lbw b Greig | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Willis | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Titmus | 61 | 137 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 44.52 | |||
| c Lloyd b Titmus | 10 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 47.61 | |||
| c Denness b Greig | 32 | 60 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 | |||
| c †Knott b Greig | 40 | 118 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 33.89 | |||
| not out | 23 | 101 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 22.77 | |||
| c Denness b Greig | 14 | 28 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 9, nb 4) | 19 | |||||||
| Total | 80 Ov (RR: 2.97) | 238/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Wally Edwards), 2-5 (Ian Chappell), 3-106 (Greg Chappell), 4-120 (Ross Edwards), 5-121 (Ian Redpath), 6-171 (Doug Walters), 7-208 (Rod Marsh), 8-235 (Dennis Lillee) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 1.69 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 2.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 10 | 64 | 2 | 1.65 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 176/7 (Alan Knott 18*)
Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 63/0 (Ian Redpath 34*, Wally Edwards 28*)
Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 1/0 (Dennis Amiss 1*, David Lloyd 0*)
Sun, 29 Dec - rest day
Mon, 30 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 4/0 (Ian Redpath 0*, Wally Edwards 0*)
Tue, 31 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 238/8 (80 ov) - end of match
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1974/75 |
| Series result | Australia led the 6-match series 2-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 749 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Umpires | |
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