Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Barry Wood	lbw b Gilmour	9	30	35	2	0	30.00
John Edrich	c Mallett b Thomson	62	121	162	9	0	51.23
David Steele	c Walters b Thomson	73	169	255	8	0	43.19
John Hampshire	lbw b Gilmour	14	36	40	2	0	38.88
Keith Fletcher	c Mallett b Lillee	8	32	44	1	0	25.00
Tony Greig (c)	run out	51	102	126	8	0	50.00
Alan Knott †	lbw b Gilmour	14	59	93	1	0	23.72
Phil Edmonds	not out	13	36	53	1	0	36.11
Chris Old	b Gilmour	5	26	31	0	0	19.23
John Snow	c Walters b Gilmour	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Derek Underwood	c GS Chappell b Gilmour	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 15, nb 9, w 11)	39
Total	101.2 Ov (RR: 2.84)	288
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Barry Wood), 2-137 (John Edrich), 3-159 (John Hampshire), 4-189 (Keith Fletcher), 5-213 (David Steele), 6-268 (Tony Greig), 7-269 (Alan Knott), 8-284 (Chris Old), 9-284 (John Snow), 10-288 (Derek Underwood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Dennis Lillee	28	12	53	1	1.89	-
Jeff Thomson	22	8	53	2	2.40	-
Gary Gilmour	31.2	10	85	6	2.71	-
Max Walker	18	4	54	0	3.00	-
Ian Chappell	2	0	4	0	2.00	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	c Hampshire b Old	0	18	22	0	0	0.00
Rod Marsh †	b Snow	25	64	65	3	0	39.06
Ian Chappell (c)	b Edmonds	35	102	147	5	0	34.31
Greg Chappell	c Underwood b Edmonds	13	56	66	0	0	23.21
Ross Edwards	lbw b Edmonds	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Doug Walters	lbw b Edmonds	19	62	63	2	0	30.64
Gary Gilmour	c Greig b Underwood	6	34	32	1	0	17.64
Max Walker	c Old b Edmonds	0	14	14	0	0	0.00
Jeff Thomson	c Steele b Snow	16	60	61	0	0	26.66
Dennis Lillee	b Snow	11	42	39	2	0	26.19
Ashley Mallett	not out	1	11	12	0	0	9.09
Extras	(lb 5, nb 3, w 1)	9
Total	76.5 Ov (RR: 1.75)	135
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Rick McCosker), 2-53 (Rod Marsh), 3-78 (Greg Chappell), 4-78 (Ross Edwards), 5-81 (Ian Chappell), 6-96 (Gary Gilmour), 7-104 (Max Walker), 8-107 (Doug Walters), 9-128 (Dennis Lillee), 10-135 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
John Snow	18.5	7	22	3	1.16	-
Chris Old	11	3	30	1	2.72	-
Tony Greig	3	0	14	0	4.66	-
Barry Wood	5	2	10	0	2.00	-
Derek Underwood	19	12	22	1	1.15	-
Phil Edmonds	20	7	28	5	1.40	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Barry Wood	lbw b Walker	25	74	99	3	0	33.78
John Edrich	b Mallett	35	90	131	5	0	38.88
David Steele	c GS Chappell b Gilmour	92	222	266	7	1	41.44
Keith Fletcher	c GS Chappell b Lillee	14	44	56	1	0	31.81
Tony Greig (c)	c & b Mallett	49	71	108	7	0	69.01
Chris Old	st †Marsh b Mallett	10	16	15	2	0	62.50
John Hampshire	c GS Chappell b Thomson	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Alan Knott †	c Thomson b Lillee	31	29	48	4	1	106.89
Phil Edmonds	c sub (A Turner) b Gilmour	8	12	17	1	0	66.66
John Snow	c †Marsh b Gilmour	9	15	16	1	0	60.00
Derek Underwood	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 9, w 2)	18
Total	94 Ov (RR: 3.09)	291
Fall of wickets 1-55 (Barry Wood), 2-70 (John Edrich), 3-103 (Keith Fletcher), 4-197 (Tony Greig), 5-209 (Chris Old), 6-210 (John Hampshire), 7-272 (David Steele), 8-276 (Alan Knott), 9-285 (Phil Edmonds), 10-291 (John Snow)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Dennis Lillee	20	5	48	2	2.40	-
Jeff Thomson	20	6	67	1	3.35	-
Gary Gilmour	20	5	72	3	3.60	-
Max Walker	15	4	36	1	2.40	-
Ashley Mallett	19	4	50	3	2.63	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 445 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	not out	95	214	260	12	0	44.39
Rod Marsh †	b Underwood	12	47	69	2	0	25.53
Ian Chappell (c)	lbw b Old	62	127	123	11	1	48.81
Greg Chappell	c Steele b Edmonds	12	11	12	3	0	109.09
Doug Walters	not out	25	42	49	5	0	59.52
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 2)	14
Total	73 Ov (RR: 3.01)	220/3
Did not bat Ross Edwards, Gary Gilmour, Max Walker, Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett
Fall of wickets 1-55 (Rod Marsh), 2-161 (Ian Chappell), 3-174 (Greg Chappell)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
John Snow	15	6	21	0	1.40	-
Chris Old	17	5	61	1	3.58	-
Tony Greig	9	3	20	0	2.22	-
Derek Underwood	15	4	40	1	2.66	-
Phil Edmonds	17	4	64	1	3.76	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 14 Aug

day 1 - England 1st innings 251/5 (Tony Greig 46*, Alan Knott 7*)

Fri, 15 Aug

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 107/8 (Jeff Thomson 3*, Dennis Lillee 0*)

Sat, 16 Aug

day 3 - England 2nd innings 184/3 (David Steele 59*, Tony Greig 38*)

Sun, 17 Aug

rest day

Mon, 18 Aug

day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 220/3 (Rick McCosker 95*, Doug Walters 25*, 73 ov)

Tue, 19 Aug

day 5 - no play

Match Flow

General

Match was abandoned as a draw after vandals, campaigning for the release from prison of a convicted criminal, sabotaged the Rugby Ground end of the pitch with knives and oil.*

Edmonds took 5 wickets on his debut*

Underwood became the 4th bowler to take over 200 wkts for England after A.V.Bedser,F.S.Trueman and J.B.Statham.

Match Details

GroundHeadingley, Leeds

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

Australia tour of England

Season1975

Series resultAustralia led the 4-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 762

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut