Batting		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

Batting		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 not out), 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

Batting		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 (T: 330 runs)

Batting		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	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 11 Jul - day 1 - no play

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

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

Sun, 14 Jul - rest day

Mon, 15 Jul - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 9/0 (Ian Redpath 6*, Bob Cowper 3*)

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

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General

Day 5

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1968
Batsman of The Match	Colin Cowdrey Ian Chappell
Bowler of The Match	Ray Illingworth 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

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	9	1	32	1	3.55
DJ Brown	6	1	15	0	2.5
DL Underwood	8	4	14	0	1.75
R Illingworth	5.2	2	4	0	0.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	44	Ian Redpath	Bob Cowper
2nd	24	Bob Cowper	Ian Chappell

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