The Ashes, 1968, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
22,23,24,26,27 August 1968 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 226 runs
5-Test series drawn 1-1
Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott and AE Fagg
Test Debuts: AA Mallett (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 272/4 (Edrich 130*, D'Oliveira 24*)
Day 2: England 494, Australia 43/1 (Lawry 19*, Redpath 21*)
Day 3: Australia 264/7 (Lawry 135*, Mallett 7*)
Day 4: Australia 324, England 181, Australia 13/2 (Inverarity 1*)
England 1st innings
JH Edrich b Chappell 164
C Milburn b Connolly 8
ER Dexter b Gleeson 21
*MC Cowdrey lbw b Mallett 16
TW Graveney c Redpath b McKenzie 63
BL D'Oliveira c Inverarity b Mallett 158
+APE Knott c Jarman b Mallett 28
R Illingworth lbw b Connolly 8
JA Snow run out 4
DL Underwood not out 9
DJ Brown c Sheahan b Gleeson 2
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 1) 13
Total (all out, 201.2 overs) 494
FoW: 1-28, 2-84, 3-113, 4-238, 5-359,
6-421, 7-458, 8-468, 9-489, 10-494.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 40 8 87 1
Connolly 57 12 127 2
Walters 6 2 17 0
Gleeson 41.2 8 109 2
Mallett 36 11 87 3
Chappell 21 5 54 1
Australia 1st innings
*WM Lawry c Knott b Snow 135
RJ Inverarity c Milburn b Snow 1
IR Redpath c Cowdrey b Snow 67
IM Chappell c Knott b Brown 10
KD Walters c Knott b Brown 5
AP Sheahan b Illingworth 14
+BN Jarman st Knott b Illingworth 0
GD McKenzie b Brown 12
AA Mallett not out 43
JW Gleeson c Dexter b Underwood 19
AN Connolly b Underwood 3
Extras (b 4, lb 7, nb 4) 15
Total (all out, 163.3 overs) 324
FoW: 1-7, 2-136, 3-151, 4-161, 5-185,
6-188, 7-237, 8-269, 9-302, 10-324.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 35 12 67 3
Brown 22 5 63 3
Illingworth 48 15 87 2
Underwood 54.3 21 89 2
D'Oliveira 4 2 3 0
England 2nd innings
JH Edrich c Lawry b Mallett 17
C Milburn c Lawry b Connolly 18
ER Dexter b Connolly 28
*MC Cowdrey b Mallett 35
TW Graveney run out 12
BL D'Oliveira c Gleeson b Connolly 9
+APE Knott run out 34
R Illingworth b Gleeson 10
JA Snow c Sheahan b Gleeson 13
DL Underwood not out 1
DJ Brown b Connolly 1
Extras (lb 3) 3
Total (all out, 58.4 overs) 181
FoW: 1-23, 2-53, 3-67, 4-90, 5-114,
6-126, 7-149, 8-179, 9-179, 10-181.
Bowling O M R W
McKenzie 4 0 14 0
Connolly 22.4 2 65 4
Gleeson 7 2 22 2
Mallett 25 4 77 2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 352 runs)
*WM Lawry c Milburn b Brown 4
RJ Inverarity lbw b Underwood 56
IR Redpath lbw b Underwood 8
IM Chappell lbw b Underwood 2
KD Walters c Knott b Underwood 1
AP Sheahan c Snow b Illingworth 24
+BN Jarman b D'Oliveira 21
AA Mallett c Brown b Underwood 0
GD McKenzie c Brown b Underwood 0
JW Gleeson b Underwood 5
AN Connolly not out 0
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (all out, 83.3 overs) 125
FoW: 1-4, 2-13, 3-19, 4-29, 5-65,
6-110, 7-110, 8-110, 9-120, 10-125.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 11 5 22 0
Brown 8 3 19 1
Illingworth 28 18 29 1
Underwood 31.3 19 50 7
D'Oliveira 5 4 1 1
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