AUS vs ENG, England tour of Australia 1976/77, Only Test at Melbourne, March 12 - 17, 1977

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Davis	lbw b Lever	5	22	28	0	0	22.72
Rick McCosker	b Willis	4	17	33	0	0	23.52
Gary Cosier	c Fletcher b Lever	10	10	19	2	0	100.00
Greg Chappell (c)	b Underwood	40	139	234	0	0	28.77
David Hookes	c Greig b Old	17	19	32	2	0	89.47
Doug Walters	c Greig b Willis	4	8	14	0	0	50.00
Rod Marsh †	c †Knott b Old	28	56	91	3	0	50.00
Gary Gilmour	c Greig b Old	4	20	24	0	0	20.00
Kerry O'Keeffe	c Brearley b Underwood	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	not out	10	53	59	1	0	18.86
Max Walker	b Underwood	2	14	14	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 8)	14
TOTAL	43.6 Ov (RR: 3.15)	138
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Ian Davis), 2-13 (Rick McCosker), 3-23 (Gary Cosier), 4-45 (David Hookes), 5-51 (Doug Walters), 6-102 (Rod Marsh), 7-114 (Gary Gilmour), 8-117 (Kerry O'Keeffe), 9-136 (Greg Chappell), 10-138 (Max Walker)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
John Lever	12	1	36	2	2.25	-	-	-	0
Bob Willis	8	0	33	2	3.09	-	-	-	4
Chris Old	12	4	39	3	2.43	-	-	-	6
Derek Underwood	11.6	2	16	3	1.02	-	-	-	0

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Woolmer	c Chappell b Lillee	9	30	43	1	0	30.00
Mike Brearley	c Hookes b Lillee	12	40	64	1	0	30.00
Derek Underwood	c Chappell b Walker	7	18	28	1	0	38.88
Derek Randall	c †Marsh b Lillee	4	20	35	0	0	20.00
Dennis Amiss	c O'Keeffe b Walker	4	18	18	0	0	22.22
Keith Fletcher	c †Marsh b Walker	4	27	44	0	0	14.81
Tony Greig (c)	b Walker	18	20	24	3	0	90.00
Alan Knott †	lbw b Lillee	15	45	59	0	0	33.33
Chris Old	c †Marsh b Lillee	3	17	27	0	0	17.64
John Lever	c †Marsh b Lillee	11	25	39	2	0	44.00
Bob Willis	not out	1	17	20	0	0	5.88
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 2, w 1)	7
TOTAL	34.3 Ov (RR: 2.76)	95
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Bob Woolmer), 2-30 (Mike Brearley), 3-34 (Derek Underwood), 4-40 (Dennis Amiss), 5-40 (Derek Randall), 6-61 (Tony Greig), 7-65 (Keith Fletcher), 8-78 (Chris Old), 9-86 (Alan Knott), 10-95 (John Lever)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dennis Lillee	13.3	2	26	6	1.45	-	-	-	0
Max Walker	15	3	54	4	2.70	-	-	-	0
Kerry O'Keeffe	1	0	4	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Gary Gilmour	5	3	4	0	0.60	-	-	-	2

Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Davis	c †Knott b Greig	68	153	238	6	0	44.44
Kerry O'Keeffe	c Willis b Old	14	36	50	1	0	38.88
Greg Chappell (c)	b Old	2	14	15	0	0	14.28
Gary Cosier	c †Knott b Lever	4	27	35	0	0	14.81
Doug Walters	c †Knott b Greig	66	143	213	5	0	46.15
David Hookes	c Fletcher b Underwood	56	69	122	9	0	81.15
Rod Marsh †	not out	110	173	295	10	0	63.58
Gary Gilmour	b Lever	16	31	44	1	0	51.61
Dennis Lillee	c Amiss b Old	25	56	86	3	0	44.64
Rick McCosker	c Greig b Old	25	68	85	3	0	36.76
Max Walker	not out	8	24	27	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 10, nb 15)	25
TOTAL	96.6 Ov (RR: 4.33)	419/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Kerry O'Keeffe), 2-40 (Greg Chappell), 3-53 (Gary Cosier), 4-132 (Ian Davis), 5-187 (Doug Walters), 6-244 (David Hookes), 7-277 (Gary Gilmour), 8-353 (Dennis Lillee), 9-407 (Rick McCosker)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
John Lever	21	1	95	2	3.39	-	-	-	0
Bob Willis	22	0	91	0	3.10	-	-	-	8
Chris Old	27.6	2	104	4	2.81	-	-	-	9
Tony Greig	14	3	66	2	3.53	-	-	-	3
Derek Underwood	12	2	38	1	2.37	-	-	-	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 463 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Woolmer	lbw b Walker	12	36	47	1	0	33.33
Mike Brearley	lbw b Lillee	43	142	170	2	0	30.28
Derek Randall	c Cosier b O'Keeffe	174	353	446	21	0	49.29
Dennis Amiss	b Chappell	64	185	227	3	0	34.59
Keith Fletcher	c †Marsh b Lillee	1	8	12	0	0	12.50
Tony Greig (c)	c Cosier b O'Keeffe	41	82	100	7	0	50.00
Alan Knott †	lbw b Lillee	42	51	81	5	0	82.35
Chris Old	c Chappell b Lillee	2	4	5	0	0	50.00
John Lever	lbw b O'Keeffe	4	25	15	0	0	16.00
Derek Underwood	b Lillee	7	19	21	0	0	36.84
Bob Willis	not out	5	5	10	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 7, w 3)	22
TOTAL	112.4 Ov (RR: 3.70)	417
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Bob Woolmer), 2-113 (Mike Brearley), 3-279 (Dennis Amiss), 4-290 (Keith Fletcher), 5-346 (Derek Randall), 6-369 (Tony Greig), 7-380 (Chris Old), 8-385 (John Lever), 9-410 (Derek Underwood), 10-417 (Alan Knott)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dennis Lillee	34.4	7	139	5	3.02	-	-	-	1
Max Walker	22	4	83	1	2.82	-	-	-	0
Gary Gilmour	4	0	29	0	5.43	-	-	-	6
Greg Chappell	16	7	29	1	1.35	-	-	-	0
Kerry O'Keeffe	33	6	108	3	2.45	-	-	-	1
Doug Walters	3	2	7	0	1.75	-	-	-	2

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 12 Mar - day 1 - England 1st innings 29/1 (Mike Brearley 12*, Derek Underwood 5*)

Sun, 13 Mar - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 104/3 (Ian Davis 45*, Doug Walters 32*)

Mon, 14 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 387/8 (Rod Marsh 95*, Rick McCosker 17*)

Tue, 15 Mar - rest day

Wed, 16 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 191/2 (Derek Randall 87*, Dennis Amiss 34*)

Thu, 17 Mar - day 5 - England 2nd innings 417 (112.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1976/77
Player Of The Match	Derek Randall
Match number	Test no. 800
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	David Hookes
Umpires	Max O'Connell Tom Brooks

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	34.4	7	139	5	3.02 (1 nb)
MHN Walker	22	4	83	1	2.82
GJ Gilmour	4	0	29	0	5.43 (6 nb)
GS Chappell	16	7	29	1	1.35
KJ O'Keeffe	33	6	108	3	2.45 (1 nb)
KD Walters	3	2	7	0	1.75 (2 nb)

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