RESULT
5th Test, Melbourne, February 11 - 16, 1966, England tour of Australia
England 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | c Stackpole b McKenzie | 17 | 87 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 19.54 | ||
| Bob Barber | run out | 17 | 24 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 70.83 | ||
| John Edrich | c McKenzie b Walters | 85 | 226 | 239 | 7 | 0 | 37.61 | ||
| Ken Barrington | c †Grout b Walters | 115 | 153 | 178 | 8 | 2 | 75.16 | ||
| Colin Cowdrey | c †Grout b Walters | 79 | 143 | 190 | 7 | 0 | 55.24 | ||
| Mike Smith (c) | c †Grout b Walters | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Jim Parks † | run out | 89 | 175 | 178 | 9 | 0 | 50.85 | ||
| Fred Titmus | not out | 42 | 128 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 32.81 | ||
| Barry Knight | c †Grout b Hawke | 13 | 39 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| David Brown | c & b Chappell | 12 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 48.00 | ||
| Jeff Jones | not out | 4 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 2, nb 1) | 12 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 127 Ov (RR: 3.81) | 485/9d | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Bob Barber), 2-41 (Geoff Boycott), 3-219 (Ken Barrington), 4-254 (John Edrich), 5-254 (Mike Smith), 6-392 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-419 (Jim Parks), 8-449 (Barry Knight), 9-474 (David Brown) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham McKenzie | 26 | 5 | 100 | 1 | 2.88 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Hawke | 35 | 5 | 109 | 1 | 2.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Walters | 19 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 2.09 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Stackpole | 10 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 3.22 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Veivers | 15 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 3.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Chappell | 17 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 3.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lawry | c Edrich b Jones | 108 | 256 | 369 | 7 | 0 | 42.18 | ||
| Bob Simpson (c) | b Brown | 4 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Grahame Thomas | c Titmus b Jones | 19 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 76.00 | ||
| Bob Cowper | b Knight | 307 | 589 | 727 | 20 | 0 | 52.12 | ||
| Doug Walters | c & b Barber | 60 | 201 | 236 | 3 | 0 | 29.85 | ||
| Ian Chappell | c †Parks b Jones | 19 | 80 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 23.75 | ||
| Keith Stackpole | b Knight | 9 | 47 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 19.14 | ||
| Tom Veivers | b Titmus | 4 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 13.79 | ||
| Neil Hawke | not out | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 5, nb 2) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 154.2 Ov (RR: 3.52) | 543/8d | |||||||
Did not bat: Wally Grout †, Graham McKenzie | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Bob Simpson), 2-36 (Grahame Thomas), 3-248 (Bill Lawry), 4-420 (Doug Walters), 5-481 (Ian Chappell), 6-532 (Keith Stackpole), 7-543 (Tom Veivers), 8-543 (Bob Cowper) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Brown | 31 | 3 | 134 | 1 | 3.24 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Jones | 29 | 1 | 145 | 3 | 3.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Knight | 36.2 | 4 | 105 | 2 | 2.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | 42 | 12 | 86 | 1 | 1.53 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Barber | 16 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 2.81 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | lbw b McKenzie | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | ||
| Bob Barber | b McKenzie | 20 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 95.23 | ||
| John Edrich | b McKenzie | 3 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | ||
| Ken Barrington | not out | 32 | 50 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 64.00 | ||
| Colin Cowdrey | not out | 11 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 26.19 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 17 Ov (RR: 4.05) | 69/3 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Geoff Boycott), 2-21 (Bob Barber), 3-34 (John Edrich) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham McKenzie | 6 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 2.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Hawke | 4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Walters | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Stackpole | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Chappell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | England, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1965/66 |
| Series result | 5-match series drawn 1-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 601 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Umpires | |
| Balls per over | 8 |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Fri, 11 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 312/5 (Colin Cowdrey 43*, Jim Parks 29*)
Sat, 12 Feb - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 101/2 (Bill Lawry 43*, Bob Cowper 32*)
Sun, 13 Feb - rest day
Mon, 14 Feb - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 333/3 (Bob Cowper 159*, Doug Walters 35*)
Tue, 15 Feb - day 4 - no play
Wed, 16 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 69/3 (17 ov) - end of match
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