England vs West Indies, 5th Test at London, , Aug 12 1976 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 12 - 17, 1976, West Indies tour of England

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West Indies

687/8d & 182/0d

England

(T:435) 435 & 203

West Indies won by 231 runs

West Indies 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Info

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c Balderstone b Miller	71	137	157	7	0	51.82
Gordon Greenidge	lbw b Willis	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
Viv Richards	b Greig	291	386	472	38	0	75.38
Lawrence Rowe	st †Knott b Underwood	70	178	167	10	0	39.32
Clive Lloyd (c)	c †Knott b Greig	84	150	193	12	0	56.00
Collis King	c Selvey b Balderstone	63	124	142	6	0	50.80
Deryck Murray †	c & b Underwood	36	85	94	4	0	42.35
Vanburn Holder	not out	13	23	30	2	0	56.52
Michael Holding	b Underwood	32	15	21	5	1	213.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 17, nb 9)	27
TOTAL	182.5 Ov (RR: 3.75)	687/8d
Did not bat: Andy Roberts, Wayne Daniel
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-159 (Roy Fredericks), 3-350 (Lawrence Rowe), 4-524 (Viv Richards), 5-547 (Clive Lloyd), 6-640 (Deryck Murray), 7-642 (Collis King), 8-687 (Michael Holding)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	15	3	73	1	4.86	-	-	-
Mike Selvey	15	0	67	0	4.46	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	60.5	15	165	3	2.71	-	-	-
Bob Woolmer	9	0	44	0	4.88	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	27	4	106	1	3.92	-	-	-
Chris Balderstone	16	0	80	1	5.00	-	-	-
Tony Greig	34	5	96	2	2.82	-	-	-
Peter Willey	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-
David Steele	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Woolmer	lbw b Holding	8	43	69	1	0	18.60
Dennis Amiss	b Holding	203	320	443	28	0	63.43
David Steele	lbw b Holding	44	88	110	6	0	50.00
Chris Balderstone	b Holding	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Peter Willey	c Fredericks b King	33	117	157	5	0	28.20
Tony Greig (c)	b Holding	12	22	34	2	0	54.54
Derek Underwood	b Holding	4	18	28	0	0	22.22
Alan Knott †	b Holding	50	65	107	8	0	76.92
Geoff Miller	c sub b Holder	36	100	128	4	0	36.00
Mike Selvey	b Holding	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	not out	5	22	39	0	0	22.72
Extras	(b 8, lb 11, nb 21)	40
TOTAL	129.5 Ov (RR: 3.35)	435
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Bob Woolmer), 2-147 (David Steele), 3-151 (Chris Balderstone), 4-279 (Peter Willey), 5-303 (Tony Greig), 6-323 (Derek Underwood), 7-342 (Dennis Amiss), 8-411 (Alan Knott), 9-411 (Mike Selvey), 10-435 (Geoff Miller)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	27	4	102	0	3.77	-	-	-
Michael Holding	33	9	92	8	2.78	-	-	-
Vanburn Holder	27.5	7	75	1	2.69	-	-	-
Wayne Daniel	10	1	30	0	3.00	-	-	-
Roy Fredericks	11	2	36	0	3.27	-	-	-
Viv Richards	14	4	30	0	2.14	-	-	-
Collis King	7	3	30	1	4.28	-	-	-

West Indies 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	not out	86	101	137	9	0	85.14
Gordon Greenidge	not out	85	98	137	12	1	86.73
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 5, w 1)	11
TOTAL	32 Ov (RR: 5.68)	182/0d
Did not bat: Viv Richards, Lawrence Rowe, Clive Lloyd (c), Collis King, Deryck Murray †, Vanburn Holder, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Wayne Daniel

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	7	0	48	6.85	-	-	-
Mike Selvey	9	1	44	4.88	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	9	2	38	4.22	-	-	-
Bob Woolmer	5	0	30	6.00	-	-	-
Tony Greig	2	0	11	5.50	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 435 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Woolmer	c †Murray b Holding	30	28	39	6	0	107.14
Dennis Amiss	c Greenidge b Holding	16	16	30	2	0	100.00
David Steele	c †Murray b Holder	42	145	183	5	0	28.96
Chris Balderstone	b Holding	0	17	25	0	0	0.00
Peter Willey	c Greenidge b Holder	1	11	13	0	0	9.09
Tony Greig (c)	b Holding	1	4	2	0	0	25.00
Alan Knott †	b Holding	57	172	193	4	0	33.13
Geoff Miller	b Richards	24	50	61	3	0	48.00
Derek Underwood	c Lloyd b Roberts	2	14	19	0	0	14.28
Mike Selvey	not out	4	13	17	0	0	30.76
Bob Willis	lbw b Holding	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 15, lb 3, w 8)	26
TOTAL	78.4 Ov (RR: 2.58)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Dennis Amiss), 2-54 (Bob Woolmer), 3-64 (Chris Balderstone), 4-77 (Peter Willey), 5-78 (Tony Greig), 6-148 (David Steele), 7-196 (Geoff Miller), 8-196 (Alan Knott), 9-202 (Derek Underwood), 10-203 (Bob Willis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	13	4	37	1	2.84	-	-	-
Michael Holding	20.4	6	57	6	2.75	-	-	-
Vanburn Holder	14	5	29	2	2.07	-	-	-
Roy Fredericks	12	5	33	0	2.75	-	-	-
Viv Richards	11	6	11	1	1.00	-	-	-
Collis King	6	2	9	0	1.50	-	-	-
Clive Lloyd	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 12 Aug - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 373/3 (Viv Richards 200*, Clive Lloyd 15*)

Fri, 13 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 34/0 (Bob Woolmer 6*, Dennis Amiss 22*)

Sat, 14 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 304/5 (Dennis Amiss 176*, Derek Underwood 1*)

Sun, 15 Aug - rest day

Mon, 16 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 43/0 (Bob Woolmer 21*, Dennis Amiss 14*)

Tue, 17 Aug - day 5 - England 2nd innings 203 (78.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	West Indies, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of England
Season	1976
Series result	West Indies won the 5-match series 3-0
Match number	Test no. 781
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Geoff Miller
Umpires	Bill Alley Dickie Bird

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
RA Woolmer	caught	30	28
DL Amiss	caught	16	16
DS Steele	caught	42	145
JC Balderstone	bowled	0	17
P Willey	caught	1	11
AW Greig	bowled	1	4
APE Knott	bowled	57	172
G Miller	bowled	24	50
DL Underwood	caught	2	14
MWW Selvey	not out	4	13
RGD Willis	lbw	0	2
Extras	(b 15, lb 3, w 8)
Total	203(10 wkts; 78.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AME Roberts	13	4	37	1	2.84
MA Holding	20.4	6	57	6	2.75
VA Holder	14	5	29	2	2.07
RC Fredericks	12	5	33	0	2.75
IVA Richards	11	6	11	1	1
CL King	6	2	9	0	1.5
CH Lloyd	2	1	1	0	0.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	49	Dennis Amiss	Bob Woolmer
2nd	5	David Steele	Bob Woolmer
3rd	10	David Steele	Chris Balderstone
4th	13	David Steele	Peter Willey
5th	1	Tony Greig	David Steele
6th	70	Alan Knott	David Steele
7th	48	Alan Knott	Geoff Miller
8th	0	Derek Underwood	Alan Knott
9th	6	Derek Underwood	Mike Selvey
10th	1	Bob Willis	Mike Selvey

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