The Ashes, 1977, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
25,26,27,29,30 August 1977 (5-day match)
Result: Match drawn
England wins the 5-Test series 3-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: DJ Constant and TW Spencer
Test Debuts: KJ Hughes, MF Malone (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: No play
Day 2: England 181/9 (Hendrick 1*, Willis 6*)
Day 3: England 214, Australia 11/1 (McCosker 2*, Chappell 7*)
Day 4: Australia 226/6 (Marsh 53*, Bright 6*)
England 1st innings
*JM Brearley c Marsh b Malone 39
G Boycott c McCosker b Walker 39
RA Woolmer lbw b Thomson 15
DW Randall c Marsh b Malone 3
AW Greig c Bright b Malone 0
GRJ Roope b Thomson 38
+APE Knott c McCosker b Malone 6
JK Lever lbw b Malone 3
DL Underwood b Thomson 20
M Hendrick b Thomson 15
RGD Willis not out 24
Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 5) 12
Total (all out, 101.2 overs) 214
FoW: 1-86, 2-88, 3-104, 4-104, 5-106,
6-122, 7-130, 8-169, 9-174, 10-214.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 23.2 3 87 4
Malone 47 20 63 5
Walker 28 11 51 1
Bright 3 2 1 0
Australia 1st innings
CS Serjeant lbw b Willis 0
RB McCosker lbw b Willis 32
*GS Chappell c & b Underwood 39
KJ Hughes c Willis b Hendrick 1
DW Hookes c Knott b Greig 85
KD Walters b Willis 4
+RW Marsh lbw b Hendrick 57
RJ Bright lbw b Willis 16
MHN Walker not out 78
MF Malone b Lever 46
JR Thomson b Willis 17
Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 3) 10
Total (all out, 131.3 overs) 385
FoW: 1-0, 2-54, 3-67, 4-84, 5-104,
6-184, 7-236, 8-252, 9-352, 10-385.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 29.3 5 102 5
Hendrick 37 5 93 2
Lever 22 6 61 1
Underwood 35 9 102 1
Greig 8 2 17 1
England 2nd innings
*JM Brearley c Serjeant b Thomson 4
G Boycott not out 25
RA Woolmer c Marsh b Malone 6
DW Randall not out 20
Extras (w 2) 2
Total (2 wickets, 26 overs) 57
DNB: AW Greig, GRJ Roope, +APE Knott, JK Lever, DL Underwood,
M Hendrick, RGD Willis.
FoW: 1-5, 2-16.
Bowling O M R W
Thomson 5 1 22 1
Malone 10 4 14 1
Walker 8 2 14 0
Bright 3 2 5 0
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