AUS vs ENG, England tour of Australia 1974/75, 6th Test at Melbourne, February 08 - 13, 1975

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Redpath	c Greig b Lever	1	23	35	0	0	4.34
Rick McCosker	c Greig b Lever	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Ian Chappell (c)	c †Knott b Old	65	105	149	7	0	61.90
Greg Chappell	c Denness b Lever	1	14	24	0	0	7.14
Ross Edwards	c Amiss b Lever	0	5	11	0	0	0.00
Doug Walters	c Edrich b Old	12	17	30	2	0	70.58
Rod Marsh †	b Old	29	45	65	5	0	64.44
Max Walker	not out	20	45	72	1	0	44.44
Dennis Lillee	c †Knott b Lever	12	17	38	2	0	70.58
Ashley Mallett	b Lever	7	12	14	1	0	58.33
Geoff Dymock	c †Knott b Greig	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 2)	5
TOTAL	36.7 Ov (RR: 4.12)	152
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rick McCosker), 2-5 (Ian Redpath), 3-19 (Greg Chappell), 4-23 (Ross Edwards), 5-50 (Doug Walters), 6-104 (Ian Chappell), 7-115 (Rod Marsh), 8-141 (Dennis Lillee), 9-149 (Ashley Mallett), 10-152 (Geoff Dymock)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Arnold	6	2	24	0	3.00	-	-	-
Peter Lever	11	2	38	6	2.59	-	-	-
Chris Old	11	0	50	3	3.40	-	-	-
Tony Greig	8.7	1	35	1	2.95	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dennis Amiss	lbw b Lillee	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Colin Cowdrey	c †Marsh b Walker	7	35	43	1	0	20.00
John Edrich	c IM Chappell b Walker	70	164	212	3	0	42.68
Mike Denness (c)	c & b Walker	188	448	492	17	0	41.96
Keith Fletcher	c Redpath b Walker	146	424	446	11	0	34.43
Tony Greig	c sub (TJ Jenner) b Walker	89	94	122	13	0	94.68
Alan Knott †	c †Marsh b Walker	5	6	14	1	0	83.33
Chris Old	b Dymock	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Derek Underwood	b Walker	11	18	26	1	0	61.11
Geoff Arnold	c †Marsh b Walker	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Peter Lever	not out	6	14	18	0	0	42.85
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 1)	7
TOTAL	151.2 Ov (RR: 3.49)	529
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dennis Amiss), 2-18 (Colin Cowdrey), 3-167 (John Edrich), 4-359 (Mike Denness), 5-507 (Tony Greig), 6-507 (Keith Fletcher), 7-508 (Chris Old), 8-514 (Alan Knott), 9-514 (Geoff Arnold), 10-529 (Derek Underwood)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	6	2	17	1	2.12	-	-	-
Max Walker	42.2	7	143	8	2.53	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	39	6	130	1	2.50	-	-	-
Doug Walters	23	3	86	0	2.80	-	-	-
Ashley Mallett	29	8	96	0	2.48	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	12	1	50	0	3.12	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Redpath	c Amiss b Greig	83	272	335	10	0	30.51
Rick McCosker	c Cowdrey b Arnold	76	108	155	7	0	70.37
Ian Chappell (c)	c †Knott b Greig	50	152	150	6	0	32.89
Greg Chappell	b Lever	102	177	229	11	0	57.62
Ross Edwards	c †Knott b Arnold	18	60	77	0	0	30.00
Doug Walters	b Arnold	3	13	13	0	0	23.07
Rod Marsh †	c Denness b Lever	1	11	15	0	0	9.09
Max Walker	c & b Greig	17	52	75	1	0	32.69
Ashley Mallett	c Edrich b Greig	0	1	7	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	c †Knott b Lever	0	10	26	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	not out	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 5, nb 5, w 4)	23
TOTAL	106.7 Ov (RR: 3.49)	373
Fall of wickets: 1-111 (Rick McCosker), 2-215 (Ian Chappell), 3-248 (Ian Redpath), 4-289 (Ross Edwards), 5-297 (Doug Walters), 6-306 (Rod Marsh), 7-367 (Max Walker), 8-373 (Greg Chappell), 9-373 (Geoff Dymock), 10-373 (Ashley Mallett)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Geoff Arnold	23	6	83	3	2.70	-	-	-
Peter Lever	16	1	65	3	3.04	-	-	-
Chris Old	18	1	75	0	3.12	-	-	-
Tony Greig	31.7	7	88	4	2.07	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	18	5	39	0	1.62	-	-	-

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 08 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 15/1 (Colin Cowdrey 5*, John Edrich 6*)

Sun, 09 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 273/3 (Mike Denness 133*, Keith Fletcher 56*)

Mon, 10 Feb - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 32/0 (Ian Redpath 10*, Rick McCosker 22*)

Tue, 11 Feb - rest day

Wed, 12 Feb - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 274/3 (Greg Chappell 39*, Ross Edwards 9*)

Thu, 13 Feb - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 373 (106.7 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1974/75
Series result	Australia won the 6-match series 4-1
Match number	Test no. 755
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Robin Bailhache Tom Brooks

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GG Arnold	23	6	83	3	2.7
P Lever	16	1	65	3	3.04
CM Old	18	1	75	0	3.12
AW Greig	31.7	7	88	4	2.07
DL Underwood	18	5	39	0	1.62

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