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ENG

(7.2/20 ov, T:190) 57/2

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UPW-W

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(14.5/20 ov, T:123) 97/3

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England vs Australia, 4th Test at London, Aug 28 1975 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

4th Test, The Oval, August 28 - September 03, 1975, Australia tour of England

(T:198) 532/9d & 40/2

(fo) 191 & 538

Match drawn

Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	c Roope b Old	127	294	370	14	0	43.19
Alan Turner	c Steele b Old	2	27	25	0	0	7.40
Ian Chappell (c)	c Greig b Woolmer	192	367	439	17	0	52.31
Greg Chappell	c †Knott b Old	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Ross Edwards	c Edrich b Snow	44	135	160	2	0	32.59
Doug Walters	b Underwood	65	145	169	10	0	44.82
Rod Marsh †	c & b Greig	32	29	36	7	0	110.34
Max Walker	c Steele b Greig	13	28	32	3	0	46.42
Jeff Thomson	c Old b Greig	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	not out	28	37	63	3	1	75.67
Ashley Mallett	not out	5	42	42	1	0	11.90
Extras	(lb 5, nb 17, w 2)	24
Total	181 Ov (RR: 2.93)	532/9d
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Alan Turner), 2-284 (Rick McCosker), 3-286 (Greg Chappell), 4-356 (Ian Chappell), 5-396 (Ross Edwards), 6-441 (Rod Marsh), 7-477 (Max Walker), 8-477 (Jeff Thomson), 9-501 (Doug Walters)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chris Old	28	7	74	3	2.64	-	0	0
John Snow	27	4	74	1	2.74	-	0	0
Bob Woolmer	18	3	38	1	2.11	-	0	0
Phil Edmonds	38	7	118	0	3.10	-	0	0
Derek Underwood	44	13	96	1	2.18	-	0	0
Tony Greig	24	5	107	3	4.45	-	0	0
David Steele	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	0	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Barry Wood	b Walker	32	50	54	6	0	64.00
John Edrich	lbw b Walker	12	98	141	0	0	12.24
David Steele	b Lillee	39	80	106	5	1	48.75
Graham Roope	c Turner b Walker	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Bob Woolmer	c Mallett b Thomson	5	17	22	0	0	29.41
Tony Greig (c)	c †Marsh b Lillee	17	32	42	2	0	53.12
Alan Knott †	lbw b Walker	9	29	46	0	0	31.03
Phil Edmonds	c †Marsh b Thomson	4	30	45	0	0	13.33
Chris Old	not out	25	51	71	4	0	49.01
John Snow	c GS Chappell b Thomson	30	39	41	3	1	76.92
Derek Underwood	c GS Chappell b Thomson	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 12, w 3)	18
Total	69.1 Ov (RR: 2.76)	191
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Barry Wood), 2-78 (John Edrich), 3-83 (Graham Roope), 4-96 (David Steele), 5-103 (Bob Woolmer), 6-125 (Tony Greig), 7-131 (Alan Knott), 8-147 (Phil Edmonds), 9-190 (John Snow), 10-191 (Derek Underwood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	19	7	44	2	2.31	-	0	0
Jeff Thomson	22.1	7	50	4	2.25	-	0	0
Max Walker	25	7	63	4	2.52	-	0	0
Ashley Mallett	3	1	16	0	5.33	-	0	0

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Barry Wood	lbw b Thomson	22	127	171	4	0	17.32
John Edrich	b Lillee	96	289	362	6	0	33.21
David Steele	c †Marsh b Lillee	66	175	215	6	0	37.71
Graham Roope	b Lillee	77	211	242	11	0	36.49
Bob Woolmer	lbw b Walters	149	390	495	20	0	38.20
Tony Greig (c)	c †Marsh b Lillee	15	51	59	2	0	29.41
Alan Knott †	c †Marsh b Walters	64	149	184	6	0	42.95
Chris Old	c IM Chappell b Walters	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Phil Edmonds	run out	7	10	10	1	0	70.00
John Snow	c & b Walters	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Derek Underwood	not out	3	8	7	0	0	37.50
Extras	(b 2, lb 15, nb 17, w 5)	39
Total	233.5 Ov (RR: 2.30)	538
Fall of wickets 1-77 (Barry Wood), 2-202 (John Edrich), 3-209 (David Steele), 4-331 (Graham Roope), 5-371 (Tony Greig), 6-522 (Alan Knott), 7-522 (Chris Old), 8-533 (Phil Edmonds), 9-533 (John Snow), 10-538 (Bob Woolmer)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	52	18	91	4	1.75	-	0	0
Jeff Thomson	30	9	63	1	2.10	-	0	0
Max Walker	46	15	91	0	1.97	-	0	0
Ashley Mallett	64	31	95	0	1.48	-	0	0
Ian Chappell	17	6	52	0	3.05	-	0	0
Doug Walters	10.5	3	34	4	3.13	-	0	0
Greg Chappell	12	2	53	0	4.41	-	0	0
Ross Edwards	2	0	20	0	10.00	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 198 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	not out	25	55	55	3	0	45.45
Alan Turner	c Woolmer b Greig	8	29	31	1	0	27.58
Ross Edwards	c Old b Underwood	2	11	11	0	0	18.18
Greg Chappell	not out	4	8	9	1	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	17.1 Ov (RR: 2.33)	40/2
Did not bat Ian Chappell (c), Doug Walters, Rod Marsh †, Max Walker, Jeff Thomson, Dennis Lillee, Ashley Mallett
Fall of wickets 1-22 (Alan Turner), 2-33 (Ross Edwards)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chris Old	2	0	7	0	3.50	-	0	0
John Snow	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	0	0
Phil Edmonds	6.1	2	14	0	2.27	-	0	0
Derek Underwood	2	0	5	1	2.50	-	0	0
Tony Greig	5	2	9	1	1.80	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 28 Aug

day 1 - Australia 1st innings 280/1 (Rick McCosker 126*, Ian Chappell 142*)

Fri, 29 Aug

day 2 - England 1st innings 19/0 (Barry Wood 16*, John Edrich 0*)

Sat, 30 Aug

day 3 - England 1st innings 169/8 (Chris Old 21*, John Snow 13*)

Sun, 31 Aug

rest day

Mon, 01 Sep

day 4 - England 2nd innings 179/1 (John Edrich 91*, David Steele 52*)

Tue, 02 Sep

day 5 - England 2nd innings 333/4 (Bob Woolmer 37*, Tony Greig 1*)

Wed, 03 Sep

day 6 - Australia 2nd innings 40/2 (17.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Following on 341 runs behind, England scored their highest 2nd innings total against Australia, Innings lasted 886 minutes

Woolmer took 394 minutes to reach his hundred

McCosker and I.Chappell 277 in 343 minutes

Longest first class match in England, Actual playing time, excluding 187 minutes lost, amounted to 32 hours 17 minutes

Match Details

GroundKennington Oval, London

TossAustralia, elected to bat first

Series

Australia tour of England

Season1975

Series resultAustralia won the 4-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 763

Match daysday (6-day match)

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