The Ashes, 1975, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Headingley, Leeds
14,15,16,18,19 August 1975 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Australia leads the 4-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and AE Fagg
Test Debuts: PH Edmonds (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 251/5 (Greig 46*, Knott 7*)
Day 2: England 288, Australia 107/8 (Thomson 3*, Lillee 0*)
Day 3: Australia 135, England 184/3 (Steele 59*, Greig 38*)
Day 4: England 291, Australia 220/3 (McCosker 95*, Walters 25*)
England 1st innings
B Wood lbw b Gilmour 9
JH Edrich c Mallett b Thomson 62
DS Steele c Walters b Thomson 73
JH Hampshire lbw b Gilmour 14
KWR Fletcher c Mallett b Lillee 8
*AW Greig run out 51
+APE Knott lbw b Gilmour 14
PH Edmonds not out 13
CM Old b Gilmour 5
JA Snow c Walters b Gilmour 0
DL Underwood c GS Chappell b Gilmour 0
Extras (b 4, lb 15, w 11, nb 9) 39
Total (all out, 101.2 overs) 288
FoW: 1-25, 2-137, 3-159, 4-189, 5-213,
6-268, 7-269, 8-284, 9-284, 10-288.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 28 12 53 1
Thomson 22 8 53 2
Gilmour 31.2 10 85 6
Walker 18 4 54 0
IM Chappell 2 0 4 0
Australia 1st innings
RB McCosker c Hampshire b Old 0
+RW Marsh b Snow 25
*IM Chappell b Edmonds 35
GS Chappell c Underwood b Edmonds 13
R Edwards lbw b Edmonds 0
KD Walters lbw b Edmonds 19
GJ Gilmour c Greig b Underwood 6
MHN Walker c Old b Edmonds 0
JR Thomson c Steele b Snow 16
DK Lillee b Snow 11
AA Mallett not out 1
Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 3) 9
Total (all out, 76.5 overs) 135
FoW: 1-8, 2-53, 3-78, 4-78, 5-81,
6-96, 7-104, 8-107, 9-128, 10-135.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 18.5 7 22 3
Old 11 3 30 1
Greig 3 0 14 0
Wood 5 2 10 0
Underwood 19 12 22 1
Edmonds 20 7 28 5
England 2nd innings
B Wood lbw b Walker 25
JH Edrich b Mallett 35
DS Steele c GS Chappell b Gilmour 92
KWR Fletcher c GS Chappell b Lillee 14
*AW Greig c & b Mallett 49
CM Old st Marsh b Mallett 10
JH Hampshire c GS Chappell b Thomson 0
+APE Knott c Thomson b Lillee 31
PH Edmonds c sub (A Turner) b Gilmour 8
JA Snow c Marsh b Gilmour 9
DL Underwood not out 0
Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 2, nb 9) 18
Total (all out, 94 overs) 291
FoW: 1-55, 2-70, 3-103, 4-197, 5-209,
6-210, 7-272, 8-276, 9-285, 10-291.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 20 5 48 2
Thomson 20 6 67 1
Gilmour 20 5 72 3
Walker 15 4 36 1
Mallett 19 4 50 3
Australia 2nd innings (target: 445 runs)
RB McCosker not out 95
+RW Marsh b Underwood 12
*IM Chappell lbw b Old 62
GS Chappell c Steele b Edmonds 12
KD Walters not out 25
Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 2) 14
Total (3 wickets, 73 overs) 220
DNB: R Edwards, GJ Gilmour, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee,
AA Mallett.
FoW: 1-55, 2-161, 3-174.
Bowling O M R W
Snow 15 6 21 0
Old 17 5 61 1
Greig 9 3 20 0
Underwood 15 4 40 1
Edmonds 17 4 64 1
Match was abandoned as a draw after vandals, campaigning for the release from prison of
a convicted criminal, sabotaged the Rugby Ground end of the pitch with knives and oil.
Edmonds took 5 wickets on his debut
Underwood became the 4th bowler to take over 200 wkts for England after A.V.Bedser,
F.S.Trueman and J.B.Statham.
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