The Ashes, 1972, 1st Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
8,9,10,12,13 June 1972 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 89 runs
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott and TW Spencer
Test Debuts: AW Greig (Eng); DJ Colley, BC Francis (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 147/5 (Greig 26*, Knott 3*)
Day 2: England 249, Australia 103/4 (GS Chappell 15*, Walters 1*)
Day 3: Australia 142, England 136/3 (Smith 18*, D'Oliveira 35*)
Day 4: England 234, Australia 57/2 (Stackpole 28*, GS Chappell 16*
England 1st innings
G Boycott c Stackpole b Gleeson 8
JH Edrich run out 49
BW Luckhurst b Colley 14
MJK Smith lbw b Lillee 10
BL D'Oliveira b GS Chappell 23
AW Greig lbw b Colley 57
+APE Knott c Marsh b Lillee 18
*R Illingworth not out 26
JA Snow b Colley 3
N Gifford run out 15
GG Arnold c Francis b Gleeson 1
Extras (b 10, lb 9, w 2, nb 4) 25
Total (all out, 120.4 overs) 249
FoW: 1-50, 2-86, 3-99, 4-118, 5-127,
6-190, 7-200, 8-209, 9-243, 10-249.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 29 14 40 2
Colley 33 3 83 3
GS Chappell 16 6 28 1
Walters 5 1 7 0
Watson 4 2 8 0
Gleeson 24.4 10 45 2
Inverarity 9 3 13 0
Australia 1st innings
KR Stackpole lbw b Arnold 53
BC Francis lbw b D'Oliveira 27
*IM Chappell c Smith b Greig 0
GS Chappell c Greig b Snow 24
GD Watson c Knott b Arnold 2
KD Walters c Illingworth b Snow 17
RJ Inverarity c Knott b Arnold 4
+RW Marsh c Edrich b Arnold 8
DJ Colley b Snow 1
JW Gleeson b Snow 0
DK Lillee not out 1
Extras (b 1, lb 4) 5
Total (all out, 58 overs) 142
FoW: 1-68, 2-69, 3-91, 4-99, 5-119,
6-124, 7-134, 8-137, 9-137, 10-142.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 20 7 41 4
Arnold 25 4 62 4
Greig 7 1 21 1
D'Oliveira 6 1 13 1
England 2nd innings
G Boycott lbw b Gleeson 47
JH Edrich c Marsh b Watson 26
BW Luckhurst c Marsh b Colley 0
MJK Smith c Marsh b Lillee 34
BL D'Oliveira c Watson b Lillee 37
AW Greig b GS Chappell 62
+APE Knott c Marsh b Lillee 1
*R Illingworth c IM Chappell b Lillee 14
JA Snow lbw b Lillee 0
N Gifford c Marsh b Lillee 0
GG Arnold not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 1) 13
Total (all out, 86.2 overs) 234
FoW: 1-60, 2-65, 3-81, 4-140, 5-182,
6-192, 7-234, 8-234, 9-234, 10-234.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 30 8 66 6
Colley 23 3 68 1
GS Chappell 21.2 6 42 1
Watson 5 0 29 1
Gleeson 7 3 16 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 342 runs)
KR Stackpole b Greig 67
BC Francis lbw b Snow 6
*IM Chappell c Knott b Snow 7
GS Chappell c D'Oliveira b Arnold 23
GD Watson c & b Snow 0
KD Walters b Greig 20
RJ Inverarity c Luckhurst b D'Oliveira 3
+RW Marsh c Knott b Greig 91
DJ Colley c Greig b Snow 4
JW Gleeson b Greig 30
DK Lillee not out 0
Extras (w 1) 1
Total (all out, 85.2 overs) 252
FoW: 1-9, 2-31, 3-77, 4-78, 5-115,
6-120, 7-136, 8-147, 9-251, 10-252.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 27 2 87 4
Arnold 20 2 59 1
Greig 19.2 7 53 4
D'Oliveira 16 4 23 1
Gifford 3 0 29 0
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