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The Ashes, 1975, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Lord's, London
31 July, 1,2,4,5 August 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 4-Test series 1-0


Toss: England
Umpires: WE Alley and TW Spencer
Test Debuts: DS Steele, RA Woolmer (Eng).

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 313/9 (Underwood 0*, Lever 2*)
Day 2: England 315, Australia 268, England 5/0 (Wood 5*, Edrich 0*)
Day 3: England 230/2 (Edrich 104*, Amiss 6*)
Day 4: England 436/7d, Australia 97/1 (McCosker 46*, IM Chappell 25*)


England 1st innings
B Wood                lbw                b Lillee               6
JH Edrich             lbw                b Lillee               9
DS Steele                                b Thomson             50
DL Amiss              lbw                b Lillee               0
GA Gooch              c Marsh            b Lillee               6
*AW Greig             c IM Chappell      b Walker              96
+APE Knott            lbw                b Thomson             69
RA Woolmer            c Turner           b Mallett             33
JA Snow               c Walker           b Mallett             11
DL Underwood          not out                                   0
P Lever               lbw                b Walker               4
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 23)                  31
Total                 (all out, 87.4 overs)                   315

FoW: 1-10, 2-29, 3-31, 4-49, 5-145,
     6-222, 7-288, 8-309, 9-310, 10-315.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                      20      4     84      4
Thomson                     24      7     92      2
Walker                      21.4    7     52      2
Mallett                     22      4     56      2

Australia 1st innings
RB McCosker                          c & b Lever               29
A Turner              lbw                b Snow                 9
*IM Chappell          c Knott            b Snow                 2
GS Chappell           lbw                b Snow                 4
R Edwards             lbw                b Woolmer             99
KD Walters            c Greig            b Lever                2
+RW Marsh             c Amiss            b Greig                3
MHN Walker                               b Snow                 5
JR Thomson                               b Underwood           17
DK Lillee             not out                                  73
AA Mallett            lbw                b Steele              14
Extras                (lb 5, nb 6)                             11
Total                 (all out, 77.4 overs)                   268

FoW: 1-21, 2-29, 3-37, 4-54, 5-56,
     6-64, 7-81, 8-133, 9-199, 10-268.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Snow                        21      4     66      4
Lever                       15      0     83      2
Woolmer                     13      5     31      1
Greig                       15      5     47      1
Underwood                   13      5     29      1
Steele                       0.4    0      1      1

England 2nd innings
B Wood                c Marsh            b Thomson             52
JH Edrich             c Thomson          b Mallett            175
DS Steele                            c & b Walters             45
DL Amiss              c GS Chappell      b Lillee              10
GA Gooch                                 b Mallett             31
*AW Greig             c Walters          b IM Chappell         41
+APE Knott            not out                                  22
RA Woolmer                               b Mallett             31
Extras                (lb 18, w 2, nb 9)                       29
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 147.4 overs)       436

DNB: JA Snow, DL Underwood, P Lever.

FoW: 1-111, 2-215, 3-249, 4-315, 5-380, 6-387, 7-436.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                      33     10     80      1
Thomson                     29      8     73      1
Walker                      37      8     95      0
Mallett                     36.4   10    127      3
IM Chappell                 10      2     26      1
Walters                      2      0      6      1

Australia 2nd innings (target: 484 runs)
RB McCosker           lbw                b Steele              79
A Turner              c Gooch            b Greig               21
*IM Chappell          lbw                b Greig               86
GS Chappell           not out                                  73
R Edwards             not out                                  52
Extras                (b 4, nb 14)                             18
Total                 (3 wickets, 109 overs)                  329

DNB: KD Walters, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee,
     AA Mallett.

FoW: 1-50, 2-169, 3-222.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Snow                        19      3     82      0
Lever                       20      5     55      0
Woolmer                      3      1      3      0
Greig                       26      6     82      2
Underwood                   31     14     64      0
Steele                       9      4     19      1
Wood                         1      0      6      0
 

Thomson bowled 22 no-balls and 4 wides on 1st Day,
Lillee faced 103 balls and hit 3 6's and 18 4's
Edrich batted for 538 minutes and faced 420 balls
Michael Angelow became the first streaker to intrude upon the field of play during a test in England at 3.20 day 4.

 

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