The Ashes, 1975, 4th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
28,29,30 August, 1,2,3 September 1975 (6-day match)
Result: Match drawn
Australia wins the 4-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: HD Bird and TW Spencer
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 280/1 (McCosker 126*, IM Chappell 142*)
Day 2: Australia 532/9d, England 19/0 (Wood 16*, Edrich 0*)
Day 3: England 169/8 (Old 21*, Snow 13*)
Day 4: England 191 and 179/1 (Edrich 91*, Steele 52*)
Day 5: England 333/4 (Woolmer 37*, Greig 1*)
Australia 1st innings
RB McCosker c Roope b Old 127
A Turner c Steele b Old 2
*IM Chappell c Greig b Woolmer 192
GS Chappell c Knott b Old 0
R Edwards c Edrich b Snow 44
KD Walters b Underwood 65
+RW Marsh c & b Greig 32
MHN Walker c Steele b Greig 13
JR Thomson c Old b Greig 0
DK Lillee not out 28
AA Mallett not out 5
Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 17) 24
Total (9 wickets declared, 181 overs) 532
FoW: 1-7, 2-284, 3-286, 4-356, 5-396, 6-441, 7-477, 8-477, 9-501.
Bowling O M R W
Old 28 7 74 3
Snow 27 4 74 1
Woolmer 18 3 38 1
Edmonds 38 7 118 0
Underwood 44 13 96 1
Greig 24 5 107 3
Steele 2 1 1 0
England 1st innings
B Wood b Walker 32
JH Edrich lbw b Walker 12
DS Steele b Lillee 39
GRJ Roope c Turner b Walker 0
RA Woolmer c Mallett b Thomson 5
*AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 17
+APE Knott lbw b Walker 9
PH Edmonds c Marsh b Thomson 4
CM Old not out 25
JA Snow c GS Chappell b Thomson 30
DL Underwood c GS Chappell b Thomson 0
Extras (lb 3, w 3, nb 12) 18
Total (all out, 69.1 overs) 191
FoW: 1-45, 2-78, 3-83, 4-96, 5-103,
6-125, 7-131, 8-147, 9-190, 10-191.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 19 7 44 2
Thomson 22.1 7 50 4
Walker 25 7 63 4
Mallett 3 1 16 0
England 2nd innings (following on)
B Wood lbw b Thomson 22
JH Edrich b Lillee 96
DS Steele c Marsh b Lillee 66
GRJ Roope b Lillee 77
RA Woolmer lbw b Walters 149
*AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 15
+APE Knott c Marsh b Walters 64
CM Old c IM Chappell b Walters 0
PH Edmonds run out 7
JA Snow c & b Walters 0
DL Underwood not out 3
Extras (b 2, lb 15, w 5, nb 17) 39
Total (all out, 233.5 overs) 538
FoW: 1-77, 2-202, 3-209, 4-331, 5-371,
6-522, 7-522, 8-533, 9-533, 10-538.
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 52 18 91 4
Thomson 30 9 63 1
Walker 46 15 91 0
Mallett 64 31 95 0
IM Chappell 17 6 52 0
Walters 10.5 3 34 4
GS Chappell 12 2 53 0
Edwards 2 0 20 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 198 runs)
RB McCosker not out 25
A Turner c Woolmer b Greig 8
R Edwards c Old b Underwood 2
GS Chappell not out 4
Extras (lb 1) 1
Total (2 wickets, 17.1 overs) 40
DNB: *IM Chappell, KD Walters, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker, JR Thomson,
DK Lillee, AA Mallett.
FoW: 1-22, 2-33.
Bowling O M R W
Old 2 0 7 0
Snow 2 1 4 0
Edmonds 6.1 2 14 0
Underwood 2 0 5 1
Greig 5 2 9 1
Following on 341 runs behind, England scored their highest 2nd innings total against
Australia, Innings lasted 886 minutes Woolmer took 394 minutes to reach his hundred
McCosker and I.Chappell 277 in 343 minutes Longest first class match in England, Actual
playing time, excluding 187 minutes lost, amounted to 32 hours 17 minutes
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