The Ashes, 1970/71, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
21,22,23,25,26 January 1971 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
England leads the 7-Test series 1-0 (1 abandoned)
Toss: Australia
Umpires: MG O'Connell and LP Rowan
Test Debuts: JRF Duncan, KJ O'Keeffe (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 260/1 (IM Chappell 105*, Redpath 70*)
Day 2: Australia 493/9d, England 28/0 (Boycott 10*, Luckhurst 17*)
Day 3: England 258/4 (D'Oliveira 72*, Illingworth 16*)
Day 4: England 392, Australia 70/1 (Lawry 39*, IM Chappell 4*)
Australia 1st innings
KR Stackpole c Lever b D'Oliveira 30
*WM Lawry c Snow b Willis 56
IM Chappell c Luckhurst b Snow 111
IR Redpath b Snow 72
KD Walters b Underwood 55
GS Chappell c Edrich b Willis 3
+RW Marsh not out 92
KJ O'Keeffe c Luckhurst b Illingworth 27
JW Gleeson c Cowdrey b Willis 5
JRF Duncan c Edrich b Illingworth 3
AL Thomson not out 0
Extras (b 10, lb 17, nb 12) 39
Total (9 wickets declared, 128 overs) 493
FoW: 1-64, 2-266, 3-269, 4-310, 5-314,
6-374, 7-471, 8-477, 9-480.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 29 6 94 2
Lever 25 6 79 0
D'Oliveira 22 6 71 1
Willis 20 5 73 3
Underwood 19 4 78 1
Illingworth 13 0 59 2
England 1st innings
G Boycott c Redpath b Thomson 12
BW Luckhurst b Walters 109
JH Edrich c Marsh b Thomson 9
MC Cowdrey c & b Gleeson 13
BL D'Oliveira c Marsh b Thomson 117
*R Illingworth c Redpath b Gleeson 41
+APE Knott lbw b Stackpole 19
JA Snow b IM Chappell 1
P Lever run out 19
DL Underwood c & b Gleeson 5
RGD Willis not out 5
Extras (b 17, lb 14, nb 11) 42
Total (all out, 137.5 overs) 392
FoW: 1-40, 2-64, 3-88, 4-228, 5-306,
6-340, 7-354, 8-362, 9-379, 10-392.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 34 5 110 3
Duncan 14 4 30 0
GS Chappell 8 0 21 0
O'Keeffe 31 11 71 0
Gleeson 25 7 60 3
Stackpole 17.5 4 41 1
Walters 5 2 7 1
IM Chappell 3 0 10 1
Australia 2nd innings
KR Stackpole c Knott b Willis 18
*WM Lawry c sub b Snow 42
IM Chappell b Underwood 30
IR Redpath c Knott b Snow 5
KD Walters not out 39
GS Chappell not out 20
Extras (b 8, lb 3, nb 4) 15
Total (4 wickets declared, 46 overs) 169
DNB: +RW Marsh, KJ O'Keeffe, JW Gleeson, JRF Duncan, AL Thomson.
FoW: 1-51, 2-84, 3-91, 4-132.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 12 4 21 2
Lever 12 1 53 0
Willis 10 1 42 1
Underwood 12 0 38 1
England 2nd innings (target: 271 runs)
G Boycott not out 76
JH Edrich not out 74
Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 2) 11
Total (0 wickets, 58 overs) 161
DNB: BW Luckhurst, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, *R Illingworth,
+APE Knott, JA Snow, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 11 5 26 0
GS Chappell 5 0 19 0
O'Keeffe 19 3 45 0
Gleeson 3 1 18 0
Stackpole 13 2 28 0
Walters 7 1 14 0
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