RESULT

Only Test, Melbourne, March 12 - 17, 1977, England tour of Australia

Australia

138 & 419/9d

England

(T:463) 95 & 417

Australia won by 45 runs

Player Of The Match

Derek Randall, ENG

174

Australia 1st INNINGS

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 (Target: 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

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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
Balls per over	8

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

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
RA Woolmer	lbw	12	36
JM Brearley	lbw	43	142
DW Randall	caught	174	353
DL Amiss	bowled	64	185
KWR Fletcher	caught	1	8
AW Greig	caught	41	82
APE Knott	lbw	42	51
CM Old	caught	2	4
JK Lever	lbw	4	25
DL Underwood	bowled	7	19
RGD Willis	not out	5	5
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 7, w 3)
Total	417(10 wkts; 112.4 ovs)

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)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	28	Bob Woolmer	Mike Brearley
2nd	85	Mike Brearley	Derek Randall
3rd	166	Dennis Amiss	Derek Randall
4th	11	Keith Fletcher	Derek Randall
5th	56	Tony Greig	Derek Randall
6th	23	Alan Knott	Tony Greig
7th	11	Alan Knott	Chris Old
8th	5	Alan Knott	John Lever
9th	25	Derek Underwood	Alan Knott
10th	7	Alan Knott	Bob Willis

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