The Ashes, 1985, 6th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
29,30,31 August, 2 September 1985 (5-day match)
Result: England won by an innings and 94 runs
England wins the 6-Test series 3-1
Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and KE Palmer
Test Debuts: DR Gilbert (Aus).
Man of the Match: GA Gooch
Man of the Series: DI Gower
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 376/3 (Gooch 179*, Emburey 0*)
Day 2: England 464, Australia 145/6 (Ritchie 20*, Bennett 0*)
Day 3: Australia 241 and 62/4 (Border 26*, Ritchie 6*)
England 1st innings
GA Gooch c & b McDermott 196
RT Robinson b McDermott 3
*DI Gower c Bennett b McDermott 157
MW Gatting c Border b Bennett 4
JE Emburey c Wellham b Lawson 9
AJ Lamb c McDermott b Lawson 1
IT Botham c Phillips b Lawson 12
+PR Downton b McDermott 16
RM Ellison c Phillips b Gilbert 3
PH Edmonds lbw b Lawson 12
LB Taylor not out 1
Extras (b 13, lb 11, nb 26) 50
Total (all out, 118.2 overs) 464
FoW: 1-20, 2-371, 3-376, 4-403, 5-405,
6-418, 7-425, 8-447, 9-452, 10-464.
Bowling O M R W
Lawson 29.2 6 101 4
McDermott 31 2 108 4
Gilbert 21 2 96 1
Bennett 32 8 111 1
Border 2 0 8 0
Wessels 3 0 16 0
Australia 1st innings
GM Wood lbw b Botham 22
AMJ Hilditch c Gooch b Botham 17
KC Wessels b Emburey 12
*AR Border b Edmonds 38
DM Wellham c Downton b Ellison 13
GM Ritchie not out 64
+WB Phillips b Edmonds 18
MJ Bennett c Robinson b Ellison 12
GF Lawson c Botham b Taylor 14
CJ McDermott run out 25
DR Gilbert b Botham 1
Extras (lb 3, w 2) 5
Total (all out, 84 overs) 241
FoW: 1-35, 2-52, 3-56, 4-101, 5-109,
6-144, 7-171, 8-192, 9-235, 10-241.
Bowling O M R W
Botham 20 3 64 3
Taylor 13 1 39 1
Ellison 18 5 35 2
Emburey 19 7 48 1
Edmonds 14 2 52 2
Australia 2nd innings (following on)
GM Wood b Botham 6
AMJ Hilditch c Gower b Taylor 9
KC Wessels c Downton b Botham 7
*AR Border c Botham b Ellison 58
DM Wellham lbw b Ellison 5
GM Ritchie c Downton b Ellison 6
+WB Phillips c Downton b Botham 10
MJ Bennett c & b Taylor 11
GF Lawson c Downton b Ellison 7
CJ McDermott c Botham b Ellison 2
DR Gilbert not out 0
Extras (b 4, nb 4) 8
Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 129
FoW: 1-13, 2-16, 3-37, 4-51, 5-71,
6-96, 7-114, 8-127, 9-129, 10-129.
Bowling O M R W
Botham 17 3 44 3
Taylor 11.3 1 34 2
Ellison 17 3 46 5
Emburey 1 0 1 0
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