Australia vs England, 5th Test at Melbourne, Jan 21 1971 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
5th Test, Melbourne, January 21 - 26, 1971, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Lever b D'Oliveira | 30 | 92 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 32.60 | |||
| c Snow b Willis | 56 | 191 | 246 | 6 | 0 | 29.31 | |||
| c Luckhurst b Snow | 111 | 212 | 243 | 12 | 0 | 52.35 | |||
| b Snow | 72 | 187 | 232 | 7 | 0 | 38.50 | |||
| b Underwood | 55 | 98 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 56.12 | |||
| c Edrich b Willis | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |||
| not out | 92 | 155 | 197 | 12 | 0 | 59.35 | |||
| c Luckhurst b Illingworth | 27 | 67 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 40.29 | |||
| c Cowdrey b Willis | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |||
| c Edrich b Illingworth | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| not out | 0 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 17, nb 12) | 39 | |||||||
| Total | 128 Ov (RR: 3.85) | 493/9d | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Keith Stackpole), 1-86* (Bill Lawry, retired not out), 2-266 (Ian Chappell), 3-269 (Ian Redpath), 4-310 (Bill Lawry), 5-314 (Greg Chappell), 6-374 (Doug Walters), 7-471 (Kerry O'Keeffe), 8-477 (John Gleeson), 9-480 (Ross Duncan) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 6 | 94 | 2 | 2.43 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 2.37 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 2.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 5 | 73 | 3 | 2.73 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 3.07 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 3.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Redpath b Thomson | 12 | 69 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 17.39 | |||
| b Walters | 109 | 280 | 328 | 11 | 0 | 38.92 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 9 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 19.14 | |||
| c & b Gleeson | 13 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 61.90 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 117 | 294 | 346 | 11 | 1 | 39.79 | |||
| c Redpath b Gleeson | 41 | 136 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 30.14 | |||
| lbw b Stackpole | 19 | 127 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 14.96 | |||
| b IM Chappell | 1 | 47 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | |||
| run out | 19 | 64 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 29.68 | |||
| c & b Gleeson | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 | |||
| not out | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| Extras | (b 17, lb 14, nb 11) | 42 | |||||||
| Total | 137.5 Ov (RR: 2.84) | 392 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Geoff Boycott), 2-64 (John Edrich), 3-88 (Colin Cowdrey), 4-228 (Brian Luckhurst), 5-306 (Ray Illingworth), 6-340 (Basil D'Oliveira), 7-354 (John Snow), 8-362 (Alan Knott), 9-379 (Derek Underwood), 10-392 (Peter Lever) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 5 | 110 | 3 | 2.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1.96 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 1.71 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 1.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17.5 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 1.74 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Knott b Willis | 18 | 58 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 31.03 | |||
| c sub (K Shuttleworth) b Snow | 42 | 130 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 32.30 | |||
| b Underwood | 30 | 80 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| c †Knott b Snow | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |||
| not out | 39 | 58 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 67.24 | |||
| not out | 20 | 38 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 52.63 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3, nb 4) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 46 Ov (RR: 3.67) | 169/4d | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Keith Stackpole), 2-84 (Bill Lawry), 3-91 (Ian Redpath), 4-132 (Ian Chappell) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1.31 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 3.31 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3.15 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2.37 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (T: 271 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 76 | 246 | 240 | 7 | 0 | 30.89 | |||
| not out | 74 | 221 | 240 | 7 | 0 | 33.48 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 8, nb 2) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 58 Ov (RR: 2.77) | 161/0 | |||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1.77 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.85 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 1.77 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 21 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 260/1 (Ian Chappell 105*, Ian Redpath 70*)
Fri, 22 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 28/0 (Geoff Boycott 10*, Brian Luckhurst 17*)
Sat, 23 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 258/4 (Basil D'Oliveira 72*, Ray Illingworth 16*)
Sun, 24 Jan - rest day
Mon, 25 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 70/1 (Bill Lawry 39*, Ian Chappell 4*)
Tue, 26 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 161/0 (58 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
General
- WM Lawry (1) retired hurt on 38* from 86/1 to 266/2
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1970/71 |
| Series result | England led the 7-match series 1-0 (1 abandoned) |
| Match number | Test no. 677 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
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