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The Ashes, 1972, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
10,11,12,14,15,16 August 1972 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
5-Test series drawn 2-2


Toss: England
Umpires: AE Fagg and AEG Rhodes
Test Debuts: B Wood (Eng).

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 267/9 (Knott 78*, Underwood 3*)
Day 2: England 284, Australia 274/3 (IM Chappell 107*, Edwards 16*)
Day 3: Australia 394/8 (Mallett 3*, Massie 2*)
Day 4: Australia 399, England 227/5 (Greig 13*, Illingworth 10*)
Day 5: England 356, Australia 116/1 (Stackpole 70*, IM Chappell 29*)


England 1st innings
B Wood                c Marsh            b Watson              26
JH Edrich             lbw                b Lillee               8
PH Parfitt                               b Lillee              51
JH Hampshire          c Inverarity       b Mallett             42
BL D'Oliveira         c GS Chappell      b Mallett              4
AW Greig              c Stackpole        b Mallett             16
*R Illingworth        c GS Chappell      b Lillee               0
+APE Knott            c Marsh            b Lillee              92
JA Snow               c Marsh            b Lillee               3
GG Arnold                                b Inverarity          22
DL Underwood          not out                                   3
Extras                (lb 8, w 1, nb 8)                        17
Total                 (all out, 92.2 overs)                   284

FoW: 1-25, 2-50, 3-133, 4-142, 5-145,
     6-145, 7-159, 8-181, 9-262, 10-284.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                      24.2    7     58      5
Massie                      27      5     69      0
Watson                      12      4     23      1
Mallett                     23      4     80      3
GS Chappell                  2      0     18      0
Inverarity                   4      0     19      1

Australia 1st innings
GD Watson             c Knott            b Arnold              13
KR Stackpole                             b Snow                18
*IM Chappell          c Snow             b Arnold             118
GS Chappell           c Greig            b Illingworth        113
R Edwards                                b Underwood           79
AP Sheahan            c Hampshire        b Underwood            5
+RW Marsh                                b Underwood            0
RJ Inverarity         c Greig            b Underwood           28
AA Mallett            run out                                   5
RAL Massie                               b Arnold               4
DK Lillee             not out                                   0
Extras                (lb 8, w 1, nb 7)                        16
Total                 (all out, 151.5 overs)                  399

FoW: 1-24, 2-34, 3-235, 4-296, 5-310,
     6-310, 7-383, 8-387, 9-399, 10-399.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Arnold                      35     11     87      3
Snow                        34.5    5    111      1
Greig                       18      9     25      0
D'Oliveira                   9      4     17      0
Underwood                   38     16     90      4
Illingworth                 17      4     53      1

England 2nd innings
B Wood                lbw                b Massie              90
JH Edrich                                b Lillee              18
PH Parfitt                               b Lillee              18
JH Hampshire          c IM Chappell      b Watson              20
BL D'Oliveira         c IM Chappell      b Massie              43
AW Greig              c Marsh            b Lillee              29
*R Illingworth        lbw                b Lillee              31
+APE Knott                               b Lillee              63
JA Snow               c Stackpole        b Mallett             14
GG Arnold             lbw                b Mallett              4
DL Underwood          not out                                   0
Extras                (b 11, lb 8, nb 7)                       26
Total                 (all out, 121.2 overs)                  356

FoW: 1-56, 2-81, 3-114, 4-194, 5-205,
     6-270, 7-271, 8-333, 9-356, 10-356.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                      32.2    8    123      5
Massie                      32     10     77      2
Watson                      19      8     32      1
Mallett                     23      7     66      2
Inverarity                  15      4     32      0

Australia 2nd innings (target: 242 runs)
GD Watson             lbw                b Arnold               6
KR Stackpole          c Knott            b Greig               79
*IM Chappell          c sub              b Underwood           37
GS Chappell           lbw                b Underwood           16
R Edwards             lbw                b Greig                1
AP Sheahan            not out                                  44
+RW Marsh             not out                                  43
Extras                (lb 6, nb 10)                            16
Total                 (5 wickets, 92.2 overs)                 242

DNB: RJ Inverarity, AA Mallett, RAL Massie, DK Lillee.

FoW: 1-16, 2-132, 3-136, 4-137, 5-171.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Arnold                      15      5     26      1
Snow                         6      1     21      0
Greig                       25.3   10     49      2
Underwood                   35     11     94      2
Illingworth                  8.5    2     26      0
Parfitt                      2      0     10      0

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