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The Ashes, 1985, 1st Test
England v Australia
Headingley, Leeds
13,14,15,17,18 June 1985 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 5 wickets
England leads the 6-Test series 1-0


Toss: Australia
Umpires: BJ Meyer and KE Palmer
Test Debuts: SP O'Donnell (Aus).
Man of the Match: RT Robinson

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 284/6 (Ritchie 22*, McDermott 0*)
Day 2: Australia 331, England 134/2 (Robinson 66*, Gatting 31*)
Day 3: England 484/9 (Downton 28*, Cowans 0*)
Day 4: England 533, Australia 190/5 (Boon 20*, Phillips 11*)


Australia 1st innings
GM Wood               lbw                b Allott              14
AMJ Hilditch          c Downton          b Gooch              119
KC Wessels            c Botham           b Emburey             36
*AR Border            c Botham           b Cowans              32
DC Boon               lbw                b Gooch               14
GM Ritchie                               b Botham              46
+WB Phillips          c Gower            b Emburey             30
CJ McDermott                             b Botham              18
SP O'Donnell          lbw                b Botham               0
GF Lawson             c Downton          b Allott               0
JR Thomson            not out                                   4
Extras                (lb 13, w 4, nb 1)                       18
Total                 (all out, 98.1 overs)                   331

FoW: 1-23, 2-155, 3-201, 4-229, 5-229,
     6-284, 7-326, 8-326, 9-327, 10-331.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowans                      20      4     78      1
Allott                      22      3     74      2
Botham                      29.1    8     86      3
Gooch                       21      4     57      2
Emburey                      6      1     23      2

England 1st innings
GA Gooch              lbw                b McDermott            5
RT Robinson           c Boon             b Lawson             175
*DI Gower             c Phillips         b McDermott           17
MW Gatting            c Hilditch         b McDermott           53
AJ Lamb                                  b O'Donnell           38
IT Botham                                b Thomson             60
P Willey              c Hilditch         b Lawson              36
+PR Downton           c Border           b McDermott           54
JE Emburey                               b Lawson              21
PJW Allott            c Boon             b Thomson             12
NG Cowans             not out                                  22
Extras                (b 5, lb 16, w 5, nb 14)                 40
Total                 (all out, 125 overs)                    533

FoW: 1-14, 2-50, 3-186, 4-264, 5-344,
     6-417, 7-422, 8-462, 9-484, 10-533.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lawson                      26      4    117      3
McDermott                   32      2    134      4
Thomson                     34      3    166      2
O'Donnell                   27      8     77      1
Border                       3      0     16      0
Wessels                      3      2      2      0

Australia 2nd innings
GM Wood               c Lamb             b Botham               3
AMJ Hilditch          c Robinson         b Emburey             80
KC Wessels                               b Emburey             64
*AR Border            c Downton          b Botham               8
DC Boon                                  b Cowans              22
GM Ritchie                               b Emburey              1
+WB Phillips          c Lamb             b Botham              91
SP O'Donnell          c Downton          b Botham              24
GF Lawson             c Downton          b Emburey             15
CJ McDermott          c Gooch            b Emburey              6
JR Thomson            not out                                   2
Extras                (b 4, lb 3, w 1)                          8
Total                 (all out, 115.4 overs)                  324

FoW: 1-5, 2-144, 3-151, 4-159, 5-160,
     6-192, 7-272, 8-307, 9-318, 10-324.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Botham                      33      7    107      4
Allott                      17      4     57      0
Emburey                     43.4   14     82      5
Cowans                      13      2     50      1
Gooch                        9      3     21      0

England 2nd innings (target: 123 runs)
GA Gooch              lbw                b O'Donnell           28
RT Robinson                              b Lawson              21
*DI Gower             c Border           b O'Donnell            5
MW Gatting            c Phillips         b Lawson              12
AJ Lamb               not out                                  31
IT Botham                                b O'Donnell           12
P Willey              not out                                   3
Extras                (lb 7, w 1, nb 3)                        11
Total                 (5 wickets, 38.4 overs)                 123

DNB: +PR Downton, JE Emburey, PJW Allott, NG Cowans.

FoW: 1-44, 2-59, 3-71, 4-83, 5-110.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDermott                    4      0     20      0
Lawson                      16      4     51      2
O'Donnell                   15.4    5     37      3
Thomson                      3      0      8      0

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