The Ashes, 1974/75, 4th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
4,5,6,8,9 January 1975 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 171 runs
Australia leads the 6-Test series 3-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Test Debuts: RB McCosker (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 251/4 (GS Chappell 59*, Walters 0*)
Day 2: Australia 405, England 106/3 (Edrich 13*, Fletcher 23*)
Day 3: England 295, Australia 123/1 (Redpath 47*, GS Chappell 69*)
Day 4: Australia 289/4d, England 33/0 (Amiss 14*, Lloyd 15*)
Australia 1st innings
IR Redpath hit wicket b Titmus 33
RB McCosker c Knott b Greig 80
*IM Chappell c Knott b Arnold 53
GS Chappell c Greig b Arnold 84
R Edwards b Greig 15
KD Walters lbw b Arnold 1
+RW Marsh b Greig 30
MHN Walker c Greig b Arnold 30
DK Lillee b Arnold 8
AA Mallett lbw b Greig 31
JR Thomson not out 24
Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 11) 16
Total (all out, 98.7 overs) 405
FoW: 1-96, 2-142, 3-199, 4-251, 5-255,
6-305, 7-310, 8-332, 9-368, 10-405.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 18 2 80 0
Arnold 29 7 86 5
Greig 22.7 2 104 4
Underwood 13 3 54 0
Titmus 16 2 65 1
England 1st innings
DL Amiss c Mallett b Walker 12
D Lloyd c Thomson b Lillee 19
MC Cowdrey c McCosker b Thomson 22
*JH Edrich c Marsh b Walters 50
KWR Fletcher c Redpath b Walker 24
AW Greig c GS Chappell b Thomson 9
+APE Knott b Thomson 82
FJ Titmus c Marsh b Walters 22
DL Underwood c Walker b Lillee 27
RGD Willis b Thomson 2
GG Arnold not out 3
Extras (b 15, lb 7, w 1) 23
Total (all out, 73.1 overs) 295
FoW: 1-36, 2-46, 3-69, 4-108, 5-123,
6-180, 7-240, 8-273, 9-285, 10-295.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 19.1 2 66 2
Thomson 19 3 74 4
Walker 23 2 77 2
Mallett 1 0 8 0
Walters 7 2 26 2
IM Chappell 4 0 21 0
Australia 2nd innings
IR Redpath c sub b Underwood 105
*IM Chappell c Lloyd b Willis 5
GS Chappell c Lloyd b Arnold 144
KD Walters b Underwood 5
R Edwards not out 17
+RW Marsh not out 7
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 3) 6
Total (4 wickets declared, 64.3 overs) 289
DNB: RB McCosker, MHN Walker, DK Lillee, AA Mallett, JR Thomson.
FoW: 1-15, 2-235, 3-242, 4-280.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 11 1 52 1
Arnold 22 3 78 1
Greig 12 1 64 0
Underwood 12 1 65 2
Titmus 7.3 2 24 0
England 2nd innings (target: 400 runs)
DL Amiss c Marsh b Lillee 37
D Lloyd c GS Chappell b Thomson 26
MC Cowdrey c IM Chappell b Walker 1
*JH Edrich not out 33
KWR Fletcher c Redpath b Thomson 11
AW Greig st Marsh b Mallett 54
+APE Knott c Redpath b Mallett 10
FJ Titmus c Thomson b Mallett 4
DL Underwood c & b Walker 5
RGD Willis b Lillee 12
GG Arnold c GS Chappell b Mallett 14
Extras (b 13, lb 3, nb 5) 21
Total (all out, 79.5 overs) 228
FoW: 1-68, 2-70, 3-74, 4-103, 5-136,
6-156, 7-158, 8-175, 9-201, 10-228.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 21 5 65 2
Thomson 23 7 74 2
Walker 16 5 46 2
Mallett 16.5 9 21 4
IM Chappell 3 2 1 0
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