The Ashes, 1968, 1st Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
6,7,8,10,11 June 1968 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 159 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: JS Buller and CS Elliott
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 319/4 (Sheahan 74*, Chappell 68*)
Day 2: Australia 357, England 60/0 (Edrich 32*, Boycott 26*)
Day 3: England 165, Australia 60/2 (Cowper 14*, Walters 19*)
Day 4: Australia 220, England 152/5 (Barber 29*, D'Oliveira 21*)
Australia 1st innings
*WM Lawry c Boycott b Barber 81
IR Redpath lbw b Snow 8
RM Cowper b Snow 0
KD Walters lbw b Barber 81
AP Sheahan c D'Oliveira b Snow 88
IM Chappell run out 73
+BN Jarman c & b Higgs 12
NJN Hawke c Knott b Snow 5
GD McKenzie c Cowdrey b D'Oliveira 0
JW Gleeson c Knott b Higgs 0
AN Connolly not out 0
Extras (lb 7, nb 2) 9
Total (all out, 130.3 overs) 357
FoW: 1-29, 2-29, 3-173, 4-174, 5-326,
6-341, 7-351, 8-353, 9-357, 10-357.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 34 5 97 4
Higgs 35.3 11 80 2
D'Oliveira 25 11 38 1
Pocock 25 5 77 0
Barber 11 0 56 2
England 1st innings
JH Edrich run out 49
G Boycott c Jarman b Cowper 35
*MC Cowdrey c Lawry b McKenzie 4
TW Graveney c McKenzie b Cowper 2
DL Amiss c Cowper b McKenzie 0
RW Barber c Sheahan b McKenzie 20
BL D'Oliveira b Connolly 9
+APE Knott c McKenzie b Cowper 5
JA Snow not out 18
K Higgs lbw b Cowper 2
PI Pocock c Redpath b Gleeson 6
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 3) 15
Total (all out, 104.3 overs) 165
FoW: 1-86, 2-87, 3-89, 4-90, 5-97,
6-120, 7-137, 8-137, 9-144, 10-165.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 28 11 33 3
Hawke 15 7 18 0
Connolly 28 15 26 1
Gleeson 6.3 2 21 1
Cowper 26 11 48 4
Chappell 1 0 4 0
Australia 2nd innings
*WM Lawry c Pocock b D'Oliveira 16
IR Redpath lbw b Snow 8
RM Cowper c & b Pocock 37
KD Walters lbw b Pocock 86
AP Sheahan c Graveney b Pocock 8
IM Chappell c Knott b Pocock 9
+BN Jarman b Pocock 41
NJN Hawke c Edrich b Pocock 0
GD McKenzie c Snow b Barber 0
JW Gleeson run out 2
AN Connolly not out 2
Extras (b 2, lb 9) 11
Total (all out, 88 overs) 220
FoW: 1-24, 2-24, 3-106, 4-122, 5-140,
6-211, 7-211, 8-214, 9-214, 10-220.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 17 2 51 1
Higgs 23 8 41 0
D'Oliveira 5 3 7 1
Pocock 33 10 79 6
Barber 10 1 31 1
England 2nd innings (target: 413 runs)
JH Edrich c Jarman b Cowper 38
G Boycott c Redpath b McKenzie 11
*MC Cowdrey c Jarman b McKenzie 11
TW Graveney c Jarman b Gleeson 33
DL Amiss b Cowper 0
RW Barber c Cowper b Hawke 46
BL D'Oliveira not out 87
+APE Knott lbw b Connolly 4
JA Snow c Lawry b Connolly 2
K Higgs c Jarman b Gleeson 0
PI Pocock lbw b Gleeson 10
Extras (b 5, lb 6) 11
Total (all out, 110 overs) 253
FoW: 1-13, 2-25, 3-91, 4-91, 5-105,
6-185, 7-214, 8-218, 9-219, 10-253.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 18 3 52 2
Hawke 8 4 15 1
Connolly 13 4 35 2
Gleeson 30 14 44 3
Cowper 39 12 82 2
Chappell 2 0 14 0
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