The Ashes, 1975, 1st Test
England v Australia
Edgbaston, Birmingham
10,11,12,14 July 1975 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by an innings and 85 runs
Australia leads the 4-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and AE Fagg
Test Debuts: GA Gooch (Eng); A Turner (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 243/5 (Edwards 22*, Marsh 47*)
Day 2: Australia 359, England 83/7 (Underwood 8*, Old 0*)
Day 3: England 101 and 93/5 (Knott 10*, Old 2*)
Australia 1st innings
RB McCosker b Arnold 59
A Turner c Denness b Snow 37
*IM Chappell c Fletcher b Snow 52
GS Chappell lbw b Old 0
R Edwards c Gooch b Old 56
KD Walters c Old b Greig 14
+RW Marsh c Fletcher b Arnold 61
MHN Walker c Knott b Snow 7
JR Thomson c Arnold b Underwood 49
DK Lillee c Knott b Arnold 3
AA Mallett not out 3
Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 9) 18
Total (all out, 121 overs) 359
FoW: 1-80, 2-126, 3-135, 4-161, 5-186,
6-265, 7-286, 8-332, 9-343, 10-359.
Bowling O M R W
Arnold 33 3 91 3
Snow 33 6 86 3
Old 33 7 111 2
Greig 15 2 43 1
Underwood 7 3 10 1
England 1st innings
JH Edrich lbw b Lillee 34
DL Amiss c Thomson b Lillee 4
KWR Fletcher c Mallett b Walker 6
*MH Denness c GS Chappell b Walker 3
GA Gooch c Marsh b Walker 0
AW Greig c Marsh b Walker 8
+APE Knott b Lillee 14
DL Underwood b Lillee 10
CM Old c GS Chappell b Walker 13
JA Snow lbw b Lillee 0
GG Arnold not out 0
Extras (lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 9
Total (all out, 45.3 overs) 101
FoW: 1-9, 2-24, 3-46, 4-46, 5-54, 6-75, 7-78, 8-87, 9-97, 10-101.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 15 8 15 5
Thomson 10 3 21 0
Walker 17.3 5 48 5
Mallett 3 1 8 0
England 2nd innings (following on)
JH Edrich c Marsh b Walker 5
DL Amiss c sub (GJ Gilmour) b Thomson 5
KWR Fletcher c Walters b Lillee 51
*MH Denness b Thomson 8
GA Gooch c Marsh b Thomson 0
AW Greig c Marsh b Walker 7
+APE Knott c McCosker b Thomson 38
CM Old c Walters b Lillee 7
JA Snow c Marsh b Thomson 34
DL Underwood b Mallett 3
GG Arnold not out 6
Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 2) 9
Total (all out, 75.2 overs) 173
FoW: 1-7, 2-18, 3-20, 4-52, 5-90,
6-100, 7-122, 8-151, 9-167, 10-173.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 20 8 45 2
Thomson 18 8 38 5
Walker 24 9 47 2
Mallett 13.2 6 34 1
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