Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 3rd Test 1968 - Score Report

result

3rd Test, Birmingham, Jul 11 - 16 1968, Australia tour of England

England

409 & 142/3d

Australia

(28.2 ov, target 330)222 & 68/1

Match drawn

player of the match

Colin Cowdrey

England

England 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich	c †Taber b Freeman	88	245	280	10	0	35.91

Geoff Boycott	lbw b Gleeson	36	148	155	3	0	24.32

Colin Cowdrey (c)	b Freeman	104	247	244	15	0	42.10

Ken Barrington	lbw b Freeman	0	4	6	0	0	0.00

Tom Graveney	b Connolly	96	220	243	10	0	43.63

Barry Knight	c Chappell b Connolly	6	12	12	0	0	50.00

Alan Knott †	b McKenzie	4	23	37	0	0	17.39

Ray Illingworth	lbw b Gleeson	27	84	89	2	0	32.14

David Brown	b Connolly	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

John Snow	c Connolly b Freeman	19	31	36	2	0	61.29

Derek Underwood	not out	14	24	27	1	0	58.33

Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 4, w 1)	15
TOTAL	(172.5 Ov, RR: 2.36)	409
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Geoff Boycott), 2-188 (John Edrich), 3-189 (Ken Barrington), 4-282 (Colin Cowdrey), 5-293 (Barry Knight), 6-323 (Alan Knott), 7-374 (Tom Graveney), 8-374 (David Brown), 9-376 (Ray Illingworth), 10-409 (John Snow)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	47	14	115	1	2.44	-	-	-
Eric Freeman	30.5	8	78	4	2.52	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	35	8	84	3	2.40	-	-	-
John Gleeson	46	19	84	2	1.82	-	-	-
Bob Cowper	7	1	25	0	3.57	-	-	-
Doug Walters	7	3	8	0	1.14	-	-	-

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Lawry (c)	retired hurt	6	6	6	1	0	100.00

Ian Redpath	b Brown	0	8	16	0	0	0.00

Bob Cowper	b Snow	57	128	149	8	0	44.53

Ian Chappell	b Knight	71	180	197	9	0	39.44

Doug Walters	c & b Underwood	46	101	126	5	0	45.54

Paul Sheahan	b Underwood	4	16	15	1	0	25.00

Brian Taber †	c Barrington b Illingworth	16	53	50	2	0	30.18

Eric Freeman	b Illingworth	6	15	15	1	0	40.00

Graham McKenzie	not out	0	22	26	0	0	0.00

John Gleeson	c Illingworth b Underwood	3	14	8	0	0	21.42

Alan Connolly	b Illingworth	0	6	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 2)	13
TOTAL	(91 Ov, RR: 2.43)	222
Fall of wickets: 0-6* (Bill Lawry, retired hurt), 1-10 (Ian Redpath), 2-121 (Bob Cowper), 3-165 (Ian Chappell), 4-176 (Paul Sheahan), 5-213 (Brian Taber), 6-213 (Doug Walters), 7-219 (Eric Freeman), 8-222 (John Gleeson), 9-222 (Alan Connolly)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	17	3	46	1	2.70	-	-	-
David Brown	13	2	44	1	3.38	-	-	-
Barry Knight	14	2	34	1	2.42	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	25	9	48	3	1.92	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	22	10	37	3	1.68	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich	c Cowper b Freeman	64	104	137	6	0	61.53

Geoff Boycott	c †Taber b Connolly	31	87	83	3	0	35.63

Tom Graveney	not out	39	50	67	4	0	78.00

Barry Knight	b Connolly	1	2	3	0	0	50.00

Alan Knott †	not out	4	10	8	1	0	40.00

Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)	3
TOTAL	(42 Ov, RR: 3.38)	142/3d
Did not bat: Colin Cowdrey (c), Ken Barrington, Ray Illingworth, David Brown, John Snow, Derek Underwood
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Geoff Boycott), 2-131 (John Edrich), 3-134 (Barry Knight)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	18	1	57	0	3.16	-	-	-
Eric Freeman	9	2	23	1	2.55	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	15	3	59	2	3.93	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 330 runs)

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Redpath	lbw b Snow	22	45	57	2	0	48.88

Bob Cowper	not out	25	86	101	4	0	29.06

Ian Chappell	not out	18	41	42	2	0	43.90

Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
TOTAL	(28.2 Ov, RR: 2.40)	68/1
Did not bat: Bill Lawry (c), Doug Walters, Paul Sheahan, Brian Taber †, Eric Freeman, Graham McKenzie, John Gleeson, Alan Connolly
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Ian Redpath)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	9	1	32	1	3.55	-	-	-
David Brown	6	1	15	0	2.50	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	8	4	14	0	1.75	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	5.2	2	4	0	0.75	-	-	-

MATCH DETAILS

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1968
Player Of The Match	Colin Cowdrey Ray Illingworth Ian Chappell Derek Underwood Eric Freeman
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 639
Match days	day(5-day match)
Umpires	Charlie Elliott Hugo Yarnold

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 11 Jul - day 1

Fri, 12 Jul - day 2 -England 1st innings 258/3 (Colin Cowdrey 95*, Tom Graveney 32*, null ov)

Sat, 13 Jul - day 3 -Australia 1st innings 109/1 (Bob Cowper 54*, Ian Chappell 40*, null ov)

Sun, 14 Jul - rest day

Mon, 15 Jul - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 9 (Ian Redpath 6*, Bob Cowper 3*, null ov)

Tue, 16 Jul - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 68/1 (28.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

This was Colin Cowdrey's 100th test match. The first time this milestone was reached.
WM Lawry retired hurt at 6/0

Day 5

There was no play after 12:30pm on the final day.

Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
IR Redpath	lbw	22	45
RM Cowper	not out	25	86
IM Chappell	not out	18	41
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)
Total	68(1 wkts; 28.2 ovs)

England 1st INNINGS

Australia 1st INNINGS

England 2nd INNINGS

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 330 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Colin Cowdrey

Ray Illingworth

Ian Chappell

Derek Underwood

Eric Freeman

Charlie Elliott

Hugo Yarnold

CLOSE OF PLAY

MATCH NOTES

General

Day 5

Australia Innings