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Played at
Lord's, London , on 31 July, 1,2,4,5 August 1975 (5-day match)
Result Match drawn
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood lbw b Lillee
6 12
15
1
0
40.00
JH Edrich lbw b Lillee
9 41
30
1
0
30.00
DS Steele b Thomson
50 163
103
9
0
48.54
DL Amiss lbw b Lillee
0 7
4
0
0
0.00
GA Gooch c
6 25
17
1
0
35.29
AW Greig c IM Chappell b Walker
96 160
129
15
0
74.41
APE Knott lbw b Thomson
69 134
102
8
0
67.64
RA Woolmer c Turner b Mallett
33 114
108
4
0
30.55
JA Snow c Walker b Mallett
11 31
29
1
0
37.93
DL Underwood not out
0 16
14
0
0
0.00
P Lever lbw b Walker
4 7
6
0
0
66.66
Extras
(b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 23)
31
Total
(all out; 87.4 overs)
315 (3.59 runs per over)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker c & b Lever
29 80
59
3
0
49.15
A Turner lbw b Snow
9 27
14
0
0
64.28
IM Chappell c
2 16
17
0
0
11.76
GS Chappell lbw b Snow
4 7
6
1
0
66.66
R Edwards lbw b Woolmer
99 201
132
15
0
75.00
KD Walters c Greig b Lever
2 8
8
0
0
25.00
RW Marsh c Amiss b Greig
3 10
9
0
0
33.33
MHN Walker b Snow
5 24
19
1
0
26.31
JR Thomson b Underwood
17 61
52
2
0
32.69
DK Lillee not out
73 136
103
8
3
70.87
AA Mallett lbw b Steele
14 69
57
2
0
24.56
Extras
(lb 5, nb 6)
11
Total
(all out; 77.4 overs)
268 (3.45 runs per over)
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood c
52 199
161
7
0
32.29
JH Edrich c Thomson b Mallett
175 538
420
21
0
41.66
DS Steele c & b Walters
45 135
111
6
0
40.54
DL Amiss c GS Chappell b Lillee
10 41
37
1
0
27.02
GA Gooch b Mallett
31 88
71
4
0
43.66
AW Greig c Walters b IM Chappell
41 52
42
5
1
97.61
APE Knott not out
22 46
33
1
0
66.66
RA Woolmer b Mallett
31 33
25
3
2
124.00
Extras
(lb 18, w 2, nb 9)
29
Total
(7 wickets dec; 147.4 overs)
436 (2.95 runs per over)
Australia 2nd innings (target: 484 runs)R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker lbw b Steele
79 262
224
8
0
35.26
A Turner c Gooch b Greig
21 64
39
3
0
53.84
IM Chappell lbw b Greig
86 249
215
13
0
40.00
GS Chappell not out
73 146
119
10
1
61.34
R Edwards not out
52 92
76
9
0
68.42
Extras
(b 4, nb 14)
18
Total
(3 wickets; 109 overs)
329 (3.01 runs per over)
Toss England, who chose to bat firstSeries Australia led the 4-match series 1-0
Test debuts
DS Steele and
RA Woolmer
(England)
Umpires
WE Alley and TW Spencer
Close of play 31 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 313/9 (DL Underwood 0* , P Lever 2* )1 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 5/0 (B Wood 5* , JH Edrich 0* )2 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 230/2 (JH Edrich 104* , DL Amiss 6* )3 Aug rest day4 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (RB McCosker 46* , IM Chappell 25* )5 Aug day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 329/3 (109 ov ) - end of match
Match notes
Thomson bowled 22 no-balls and 4 wides on 1st Day
Lillee faced 103 balls and hit 3 6's and 18 4's
Edrich batted for 538 minutes and faced 420 balls
Michael Angelow became the first streaker to intrude upon the field of play during a test in England at 3.20 day 4.
Marsh b Lillee
