The Ashes, 1977, 2nd Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
7,8,9,11,12 July 1977 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 9 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: WE Alley and TW Spencer
Test Debuts: RJ Bright (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 247/7 (Bright 1*, O'Keeffe 0*)
Day 2: Australia 297, England 206/3 (Woolmer 82*, Greig 16*)
Day 3: England 436/9 (Underwood 10*, Willis 1*)
Day 4: England 437, Australia 218, England 8/0 (Amiss 0*, Brearley 6*)
Australia 1st innings
RB McCosker c Old b Willis 2
IC Davis c Knott b Old 34
*GS Chappell c Knott b Greig 44
CS Serjeant lbw b Lever 14
KD Walters c Greig b Miller 88
DW Hookes c Knott b Lever 5
+RW Marsh c Amiss b Miller 36
RJ Bright c Greig b Lever 12
KJ O'Keeffe c Knott b Willis 12
MHN Walker b Underwood 9
JR Thomson not out 14
Extras (lb 15, nb 12) 27
Total (all out, 109.2 overs) 297
FoW: 1-4, 2-80, 3-96, 4-125, 5-140,
6-238, 7-246, 8-272, 9-272, 10-297.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 21 8 45 2
Lever 25 8 60 3
Old 20 3 57 1
Underwood 20.2 7 53 1
Greig 13 4 37 1
Miller 10 3 18 2
England 1st innings
DL Amiss c Chappell b Walker 11
*JM Brearley c Chappell b Thomson 6
RA Woolmer c Davis b O'Keeffe 137
DW Randall lbw b Bright 79
AW Greig c & b Walker 76
+APE Knott c O'Keeffe b Thomson 39
G Miller c Marsh b Thomson 6
CM Old c Marsh b Walker 37
JK Lever b Bright 10
DL Underwood b Bright 10
RGD Willis not out 1
Extras (b 9, lb 9, nb 7) 25
Total (all out, 169.1 overs) 437
FoW: 1-19, 2-23, 3-165, 4-325, 5-348,
6-366, 7-377, 8-404, 9-435, 10-437.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 38 11 73 3
Walker 54 15 131 3
Bright 35.1 12 69 3
O'Keeffe 36 11 114 1
Chappell 6 1 25 0
Australia 2nd innings
RB McCosker c Underwood b Willis 0
IC Davis c Lever b Willis 12
*GS Chappell b Underwood 112
CS Serjeant c Woolmer b Underwood 8
KD Walters lbw b Greig 10
DW Hookes c Brearley b Miller 28
+RW Marsh c Randall b Underwood 1
RJ Bright c & b Underwood 0
KJ O'Keeffe not out 24
MHN Walker c Greig b Underwood 6
JR Thomson c Randall b Underwood 1
Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 14) 16
Total (all out, 81.5 overs) 218
FoW: 1-0, 2-30, 3-74, 4-92, 5-146,
6-147, 7-147, 8-202, 9-212, 10-218.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 16 2 56 2
Lever 4 1 11 0
Underwood 32.5 13 66 6
Old 8 1 26 0
Greig 12 6 19 1
Miller 9 2 24 1
England 2nd innings (target: 79 runs)
DL Amiss not out 28
*JM Brearley c Walters b O'Keeffe 44
RA Woolmer not out 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 7) 10
Total (1 wicket, 29.1 overs) 82
DNB: DW Randall, AW Greig, +APE Knott, G Miller, CM Old,
JK Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis.
FoW: 1-75.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 8 2 24 0
Walker 7 0 17 0
O'Keeffe 9.1 4 25 1
Bright 5 2 6 0
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