Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 1st Test 1972 - Score Report

result

1st Test, Manchester, Jun 8 - 13 1972, Australia tour of England and Scotland

England

249 & 234

Australia

(85.2 ov, target 342)142 & 252

England won by 89 runs

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Stackpole b Gleeson	8	44	53	0	0	18.18

John Edrich	run out	49	136	181	5	0	36.02

Brian Luckhurst	b Colley	14	45	58	2	0	31.11

Mike Smith	lbw b Lillee	10	40	54	1	0	25.00

Basil D'Oliveira	b GS Chappell	23	63	72	2	0	36.50

Tony Greig	lbw b Colley	57	123	158	8	0	46.34

Alan Knott †	c †Marsh b Lillee	18	94	111	1	0	19.14

Ray Illingworth (c)	not out	26	106	125	2	0	24.52

John Snow	b Colley	3	12	20	0	0	25.00

Norman Gifford	run out	15	53	70	3	0	28.30

Geoff Arnold	c Francis b Gleeson	1	12	15	0	0	8.33

Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 4, w 2)	25
TOTAL	(120.4 Ov, RR: 2.06)	249
Fall of wickets: 0-13, 1-50 (Brian Luckhurst), 2-86 (Mike Smith), 3-99 (John Edrich), 4-118 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-127 (Geoff Boycott), 6-190 (Tony Greig), 7-200 (Alan Knott), 8-209 (John Snow), 9-243 (Norman Gifford), 10-249 (Geoff Arnold)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	29	14	40	2	1.37	-	-	-
David Colley	33	3	83	3	2.51	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	16	6	28	1	1.75	-	-	-
Doug Walters	5	1	7	0	1.40	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	4	2	8	0	2.00	-	-	-
John Gleeson	24.4	10	45	2	1.82	-	-	-
John Inverarity	9	3	13	0	1.44	-	-	-

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole	lbw b Arnold	53	85	114	7	0	62.35

Bruce Francis	lbw b D'Oliveira	27	75	84	0	0	36.00

Ian Chappell (c)	c Smith b Greig	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Greg Chappell	c Greig b Snow	24	66	81	2	0	36.36

Graeme Watson	c †Knott b Arnold	2	4	8	0	0	50.00

Doug Walters	c Illingworth b Snow	17	78	102	1	0	21.79

John Inverarity	c †Knott b Arnold	4	10	6	0	0	40.00

Rod Marsh †	c Edrich b Arnold	8	13	14	1	0	61.53

David Colley	b Snow	1	8	11	0	0	12.50

John Gleeson	b Snow	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Dennis Lillee	not out	1	6	16	0	0	16.66

Extras	(b 1, lb 4)	5
TOTAL	(58 Ov, RR: 2.44)	142
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Bruce Francis), 2-69 (Ian Chappell), 3-91 (Keith Stackpole), 4-99 (Graeme Watson), 5-119 (Greg Chappell), 6-124 (John Inverarity), 7-134 (Rod Marsh), 8-137 (David Colley), 9-137 (John Gleeson), 10-142 (Doug Walters)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	20	7	41	4	2.04	-	-	-
Geoff Arnold	25	4	62	4	2.48	-	-	-
Tony Greig	7	1	21	1	3.00	-	-	-
Basil D'Oliveira	6	1	13	1	2.16	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw b Gleeson	47	81	104	7	0	58.02

John Edrich	c †Marsh b Watson	26	104	137	4	0	25.00

Brian Luckhurst	c †Marsh b Colley	0	9	10	0	0	0.00

Mike Smith	c †Marsh b Lillee	34	99	147	2	0	34.34

Basil D'Oliveira	c Watson b Lillee	37	49	70	7	0	75.51

Tony Greig	b GS Chappell	62	116	146	6	0	53.44

Alan Knott †	c †Marsh b Lillee	1	8	10	0	0	12.50

Ray Illingworth (c)	c IM Chappell b Lillee	14	50	69	1	0	28.00

John Snow	lbw b Lillee	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Norman Gifford	c †Marsh b Lillee	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Geoff Arnold	not out	0	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 1)	13
TOTAL	(86.2 Ov, RR: 2.71)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Geoff Boycott), 2-65 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-81 (John Edrich), 4-140 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-182 (Mike Smith), 6-192 (Alan Knott), 7-234 (Ray Illingworth), 8-234 (John Snow), 9-234 (Norman Gifford), 10-234 (Tony Greig)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	30	8	66	6	2.20	-	-	-
David Colley	23	3	68	1	2.95	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	21.2	6	42	1	1.96	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	5	0	29	1	5.80	-	-	-
John Gleeson	7	3	16	1	2.28	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 342 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Keith Stackpole	b Greig	67	141	201	6	0	47.51

Bruce Francis	lbw b Snow	6	7	10	1	0	85.71

Ian Chappell (c)	c †Knott b Snow	7	25	37	1	0	28.00

Greg Chappell	c D'Oliveira b Arnold	23	67	72	2	0	34.32

Graeme Watson	c & b Snow	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Doug Walters	b Greig	20	37	30	3	0	54.05

John Inverarity	c Luckhurst b D'Oliveira	3	26	16	0	0	11.53

Rod Marsh †	c †Knott b Greig	91	111	123	9	4	81.98

David Colley	c Greig b Snow	4	18	18	1	0	22.22

John Gleeson	b Greig	30	75	88	3	0	40.00

Dennis Lillee	not out	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Extras	(w 1)	1
TOTAL	(85.2 Ov, RR: 2.95)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Bruce Francis), 2-31 (Ian Chappell), 3-77 (Greg Chappell), 4-78 (Graeme Watson), 5-115 (Doug Walters), 6-120 (John Inverarity), 7-136 (Keith Stackpole), 8-147 (David Colley), 9-251 (Rod Marsh), 10-252 (John Gleeson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Snow	27	2	87	4	3.22	-	-	-
Geoff Arnold	20	2	59	1	2.95	-	-	-
Tony Greig	19.2	7	53	4	2.74	-	-	-
Basil D'Oliveira	16	4	23	1	1.43	-	-	-
Norman Gifford	3	0	29	0	9.66	-	-	-

MATCH DETAILS

Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1972
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 698
Match days	day(5-day match)
Test debut	Bruce Francis David Colley Tony Greig
Umpires	Charlie Elliott Tom Spencer

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 08 Jun - day 1 -England 1st innings 147/5 (Tony Greig 26*, Alan Knott 3*, null ov)

Fri, 09 Jun - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 103/4 (Greg Chappell 15*, Doug Walters 1*, null ov)

Sat, 10 Jun - day 3 -England 2nd innings 136/3 (Mike Smith 18*, Basil D'Oliveira 35*, null ov)

Sun, 11 Jun - rest day

Mon, 12 Jun - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 57/2 (Keith Stackpole 28*, Greg Chappell 16*, null ov)

Tue, 13 Jun - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 252/10 (85.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

G Boycott (1) retired hurt on 3* from 13/0 to 118/4

Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
KR Stackpole	bowled	67	141
BC Francis	lbw	6	7
IM Chappell	caught	7	25
GS Chappell	caught	23	67
GD Watson	caught	0	3
KD Walters	bowled	20	37
RJ Inverarity	caught	3	26
RW Marsh	caught	91	111
DJ Colley	caught	4	18
JW Gleeson	bowled	30	75
DK Lillee	not out	0	2
Extras	(w 1)
Total	252(10 wkts; 85.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Snow	27	2	87	4	3.22
GG Arnold	20	2	59	1	2.95
AW Greig	19.2	7	53	4	2.74
BL D'Oliveira	16	4	23	1	1.43
N Gifford	3	0	29	0	9.66

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	9	Keith Stackpole	Bruce Francis
2nd	22	Ian Chappell	Keith Stackpole
3rd	46	Keith Stackpole	Greg Chappell
4th	1	Keith Stackpole	Graeme Watson
5th	37	Doug Walters	Keith Stackpole
6th	5	Keith Stackpole	John Inverarity
7th	16	Keith Stackpole	Rod Marsh
8th	11	Rod Marsh	David Colley
9th	104	John Gleeson	Rod Marsh
10th	1	John Gleeson	Dennis Lillee

England 1st INNINGS

Australia 1st INNINGS

England 2nd INNINGS

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 342 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Bruce Francis

David Colley

Tony Greig

Charlie Elliott

Tom Spencer

CLOSE OF PLAY

MATCH NOTES

General

Australia Innings