Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 4th Test 1968 - Score Report

result

4th Test, Leeds, Jul 25 - 30 1968, Australia tour of England

Australia

315 & 312

England

(84 ov, target 326)302 & 230/4

Match drawn

player of the match

Ray Illingworth

England

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Inverarity	b Snow	8	29	27	1	0	27.58

Bob Cowper	b Snow	27	126	157	1	0	21.42

Ian Redpath	b Illingworth	92	176	197	14	0	52.27

Doug Walters	c Barrington b Underwood	42	96	109	6	0	43.75

Ian Chappell	b Brown	65	196	220	2	0	33.16

Paul Sheahan	c †Knott b Snow	38	70	71	4	0	54.28

Barry Jarman (c)†	c Dexter b Brown	10	37	50	0	0	27.02

Eric Freeman	b Underwood	21	31	46	3	0	67.74

Graham McKenzie	lbw b Underwood	5	18	26	0	0	27.77

John Gleeson	not out	2	22	20	0	0	9.09

Alan Connolly	c Graveney b Underwood	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 4, nb 1)	5
TOTAL	(133.4 Ov, RR: 2.35)	315
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (John Inverarity), 2-104 (Bob Cowper), 3-152 (Ian Redpath), 4-188 (Doug Walters), 5-248 (Paul Sheahan), 6-267 (Barry Jarman), 7-307 (Eric Freeman), 8-309 (Ian Chappell), 9-315 (Graham McKenzie), 10-315 (Alan Connolly)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	35	3	98	3	2.80	-	-	-
David Brown	35	4	99	2	2.82	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	29	15	47	1	1.62	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	27.4	13	41	4	1.48	-	-	-
Ted Dexter	7	0	25	0	3.57	-	-	-

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich	c †Jarman b McKenzie	62	193	200	7	0	32.12

Roger Prideaux	c Freeman b Gleeson	64	170	170	8	0	37.64

Ted Dexter	b McKenzie	10	38	39	2	0	26.31

Tom Graveney (c)	c Cowper b Connolly	37	116	130	3	0	31.89

Ken Barrington	b Connolly	49	189	185	5	0	25.92

Keith Fletcher	c †Jarman b Connolly	0	7	8	0	0	0.00

Alan Knott †	lbw b Freeman	4	60	72	0	0	6.66

Ray Illingworth	c Gleeson b Connolly	6	18	20	0	0	33.33

John Snow	b Connolly	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

David Brown	b Cowper	14	46	53	1	0	30.43

Derek Underwood	not out	45	46	52	6	0	97.82

Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 3)	11
TOTAL	(147 Ov, RR: 2.05)	302
Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Roger Prideaux), 2-136 (John Edrich), 3-141 (Ted Dexter), 4-209 (Tom Graveney), 5-215 (Keith Fletcher), 6-235 (Ken Barrington), 7-237 (Alan Knott), 8-241 (Ray Illingworth), 9-241 (John Snow), 10-302 (David Brown)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	39	20	61	2	1.56	-	-	-
Eric Freeman	22	6	60	1	2.72	-	-	-
John Gleeson	25	5	68	1	2.72	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	39	13	72	5	1.84	-	-	-
Bob Cowper	18	10	24	1	1.33	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	4	1	6	0	1.50	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Inverarity	lbw b Illingworth	34	96	105	3	0	35.41

Bob Cowper	st †Knott b Illingworth	5	24	41	0	0	20.83

Ian Redpath	c Edrich b Snow	48	129	137	6	0	37.20

Doug Walters	c Graveney b Snow	56	184	198	3	0	30.43

Ian Chappell	c Barrington b Underwood	81	228	245	5	0	35.52

Paul Sheahan	st †Knott b Illingworth	31	104	100	2	0	29.80

Barry Jarman (c)†	st †Knott b Illingworth	4	36	33	0	0	11.11

Eric Freeman	b Illingworth	10	25	26	0	1	40.00

Graham McKenzie	c Snow b Illingworth	10	46	48	2	0	21.73

John Gleeson	c †Knott b Underwood	7	51	41	1	0	13.72

Alan Connolly	not out	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 13, lb 8, nb 5)	26
TOTAL	(154.1 Ov, RR: 2.02)	312
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Bob Cowper), 2-81 (John Inverarity), 3-119 (Ian Redpath), 4-198 (Doug Walters), 5-273 (Paul Sheahan), 6-281 (Ian Chappell), 7-283 (Barry Jarman), 8-296 (Eric Freeman), 9-311 (Graham McKenzie), 10-312 (John Gleeson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	24	3	51	2	2.12	-	-	-
David Brown	27	5	79	0	2.92	-	-	-
Ray Illingworth	51	22	87	6	1.70	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	45.1	22	52	2	1.15	-	-	-
Ted Dexter	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-
Ken Barrington	6	1	14	0	2.33	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS (target: 326 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Edrich	c †Jarman b Connolly	65	158	164	7	0	41.13

Roger Prideaux	b McKenzie	2	9	9	0	0	22.22

Ted Dexter	b Connolly	38	94	100	4	0	40.42

Tom Graveney (c)	c & b Cowper	41	63	79	4	0	65.07

Ken Barrington	not out	46	104	98	6	0	44.23

Keith Fletcher	not out	23	83	70	1	0	27.71

Extras	(lb 7, nb 8)	15
TOTAL	(84 Ov, RR: 2.73)	230/4
Did not bat: Alan Knott †, Ray Illingworth, John Snow, David Brown, Derek Underwood
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Roger Prideaux), 2-81 (Ted Dexter), 3-134 (John Edrich), 4-168 (Tom Graveney)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	25	2	65	1	2.60	-	-	-
Eric Freeman	6	1	25	0	4.16	-	-	-
John Gleeson	11	4	26	0	2.36	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	31	10	68	2	2.19	-	-	-
Bob Cowper	5	0	22	1	4.40	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	5	3	6	0	1.20	-	-	-
John Inverarity	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-

MATCH DETAILS

Headingley, Leeds
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England
Season	1968
Player Of The Match	Ray Illingworth John Edrich Alan Connolly Ian Chappell Derek Underwood Derek Underwood Roger Prideaux
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 640
Match days	day(5-day match)
Test debut	John Inverarity Keith Fletcher Roger Prideaux
Umpires	Arthur Fagg Syd Buller

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 25 Jul - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 258/5 (Ian Chappell 38*, Barry Jarman 8*, null ov)

Fri, 26 Jul - day 2 -England 1st innings 163/3 (Tom Graveney 10*, Ken Barrington 12*, null ov)

Sat, 27 Jul - day 3 -Australia 2nd innings 92/2 (Ian Redpath 35*, Doug Walters 1*, null ov)

Sun, 28 Jul - rest day

Mon, 29 Jul - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 283/6 (Barry Jarman 4*, Eric Freeman 1*, null ov)

Tue, 30 Jul - day 5 -England 2nd innings 230/4 (84 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

With Cowdrey and Lawry both injured, Graveney and Jarman were called upon to make their only appearance as test captains.
By drawing this match Australia retained the Ashes.

England Innings

Player Name		R	B
JH Edrich	caught	65	158
RM Prideaux	bowled	2	9
ER Dexter	bowled	38	94
TW Graveney	caught	41	63
KF Barrington	not out	46	104
KWR Fletcher	not out	23	83
Extras	(lb 7, nb 8)
Total	230(4 wkts; 84 ovs)

Australia 1st INNINGS

England 1st INNINGS

Australia 2nd INNINGS

England 2nd INNINGS (target: 326 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Ray Illingworth

John Edrich

Alan Connolly

Ian Chappell

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Roger Prideaux

John Inverarity

Keith Fletcher

Roger Prideaux

Arthur Fagg

Syd Buller

CLOSE OF PLAY

MATCH NOTES

General

England Innings