The Ashes, 1965/66, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
30,31 December 1965, 1,3,4 January 1966 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
5-Test series level 0-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: CJ Egar and WJ Smyth
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 278/4 (Cowper 90*, Walters 7*)
Day 2: Australia 358, England 208/2 (Edrich 48*, Barrington 54*)
Day 3: England 516/7 (Parks 66*, Titmus 23*)
Day 4: England 558, Australia 131/1 (Lawry 61*, Cowper 1*)
Australia 1st innings
*RB Simpson c Edrich b Allen 59
WM Lawry c Cowdrey b Allen 88
PJP Burge b Jones 5
RM Cowper c Titmus b Jones 99
BC Booth lbw b Jones 23
KD Walters c Parks b Knight 22
TR Veivers run out 19
PI Philpott b Knight 10
+ATW Grout c Barber b Knight 11
GD McKenzie not out 12
AN Connolly c Parks b Knight 0
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 107.5 overs) 358
FoW: 1-93, 2-109, 3-203, 4-262, 5-297,
6-318, 7-330, 8-342, 9-352, 10-358.
Bowling O M R W
Jones 24 4 92 3
Knight 26.5 2 84 4
Titmus 31 7 93 0
Allen 20 4 55 2
Barber 6 1 24 0
England 1st innings
G Boycott c McKenzie b Walters 51
RW Barber c Grout b McKenzie 48
JH Edrich c & b Veivers 109
KF Barrington c Burge b Veivers 63
MC Cowdrey c Connolly b Cowper 104
*MJK Smith c Grout b McKenzie 41
+JM Parks c Cowper b McKenzie 71
BR Knight c Simpson b McKenzie 1
FJ Titmus not out 56
DA Allen c Grout b Connolly 2
IJ Jones b McKenzie 1
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2) 11
Total (all out, 143.2 overs) 558
FoW: 1-98, 2-110, 3-228, 4-333, 5-409,
6-443, 7-447, 8-540, 9-551, 10-558.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 35.2 3 134 5
Connolly 37 5 125 1
Philpott 30 2 133 0
Walters 10 2 32 1
Simpson 16 4 61 0
Veivers 12 3 46 2
Cowper 3 0 16 1
Australia 2nd innings
*RB Simpson c Barrington b Knight 67
WM Lawry c Smith b Barber 78
RM Cowper lbw b Jones 5
PJP Burge c Edrich b Boycott 120
BC Booth b Allen 10
KD Walters c & b Barrington 115
TR Veivers st Parks b Boycott 3
PI Philpott b Knight 2
+ATW Grout c Allen b Barrington 16
GD McKenzie run out 2
AN Connolly not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3) 8
Total (all out, 116.4 overs) 426
FoW: 1-120, 2-141, 3-163, 4-176, 5-374,
6-382, 7-385, 8-417, 9-426, 10-426.
Bowling O M R W
Jones 20 1 92 1
Knight 21 4 61 2
Titmus 22 6 43 0
Allen 18 3 48 1
Barber 17 0 87 1
Barrington 7.4 0 47 2
Boycott 9 0 32 2
Smith 2 0 8 0
England 2nd innings (target: 227 runs)
G Boycott not out 5
RW Barber not out 0
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets, 2 overs) 5
DNB: JH Edrich, KF Barrington, MC Cowdrey, *MJK Smith, +JM Parks,
BR Knight, FJ Titmus, DA Allen, IJ Jones.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 1 0 2 0
Connolly 1 0 3 0
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