- Test no. 677 | 1970/71 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 21,22,23,25,26 January 1971 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| KR Stackpole | c Lever b D'Oliveira | 30 | 129 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 32.60 | |
| WM Lawry* | c Snow b Willis | 56 | 246 | 191 | 6 | 0 | 29.31 | |
| IM Chappell | c Luckhurst b Snow | 111 | 243 | 212 | 12 | 0 | 52.35 | |
| IR Redpath | b Snow | 72 | 232 | 187 | 7 | 0 | 38.50 | |
| KD Walters | b Underwood | 55 | 128 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 56.12 | |
| GS Chappell | c Edrich b Willis | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| RW Marsh† | not out | 92 | 197 | 155 | 12 | 0 | 59.35 | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Luckhurst b Illingworth | 27 | 99 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 40.29 | |
| JW Gleeson | c Cowdrey b Willis | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| JRF Duncan | c Edrich b Illingworth | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| AL Thomson | not out | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 17, nb 12) | 39 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 128 overs) | 493 | (2.88 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JA Snow | 29 | 6 | 94 | 2 | 2.43 | |||
| P Lever | 25 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 2.37 | |||
| BL D'Oliveira | 22 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 2.42 | |||
| RGD Willis | 20 | 5 | 73 | 3 | 2.73 | |||
| DL Underwood | 19 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 3.07 | |||
| R Illingworth | 13 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 3.40 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c Redpath b Thomson | 12 | 69 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 17.39 | |
| BW Luckhurst | b Walters | 109 | 328 | 280 | 11 | 0 | 38.92 | |
| JH Edrich | c †Marsh b Thomson | 9 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 19.14 | |
| MC Cowdrey | c & b Gleeson | 13 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| BL D'Oliveira | c †Marsh b Thomson | 117 | 346 | 294 | 11 | 1 | 39.79 | |
| R Illingworth* | c Redpath b Gleeson | 41 | 116 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 30.14 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Stackpole | 19 | 124 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 14.96 | |
| JA Snow | b IM Chappell | 1 | 55 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | |
| P Lever | run out | 19 | 51 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 29.68 | |
| DL Underwood | c & b Gleeson | 5 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Extras | (b 17, lb 14, nb 11) | 42 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 137.5 overs) | 392 | (2.13 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-40 (Boycott), 2-64 (Edrich), 3-88 (Cowdrey), 4-228 (Luckhurst), 5-306 (Illingworth), 6-340 (D'Oliveira), 7-354 (Snow), 8-362 (Knott), 9-379 (Underwood), 10-392 (Lever) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AL Thomson | 34 | 5 | 110 | 3 | 2.42 | |||
| JRF Duncan | 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1.60 | |||
| GS Chappell | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1.96 | |||
| KJ O'Keeffe | 31 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 1.71 | |||
| JW Gleeson | 25 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 1.80 | |||
| KR Stackpole | 17.5 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 1.74 | |||
| KD Walters | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1.05 | |||
| IM Chappell | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| KR Stackpole | c †Knott b Willis | 18 | 90 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 31.03 | |
| WM Lawry* | c sub (K Shuttleworth) b Snow | 42 | 157 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 32.30 | |
| IM Chappell | b Underwood | 30 | 122 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| IR Redpath | c †Knott b Snow | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| KD Walters | not out | 39 | 87 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 67.24 | |
| GS Chappell | not out | 20 | 41 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3, nb 4) | 15 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets dec; 46 overs) | 169 | (2.75 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat RW Marsh†, KJ O'Keeffe, JW Gleeson, JRF Duncan, AL Thomson |
| Fall of wickets1-51 (Stackpole), 2-84 (Lawry), 3-91 (Redpath), 4-132 (IM Chappell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JA Snow | 12 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1.31 | |||
| P Lever | 12 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 3.31 | |||
| RGD Willis | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3.15 | |||
| DL Underwood | 12 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2.37 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 271 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | not out | 76 | 240 | 246 | 7 | 0 | 30.89 | |
| JH Edrich | not out | 74 | 240 | 221 | 7 | 0 | 33.48 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 8, nb 2) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 58 overs) | 161 | (2.08 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat BW Luckhurst, MC Cowdrey, BL D'Oliveira, R Illingworth*, APE Knott†, JA Snow, P Lever, DL Underwood, RGD Willis |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AL Thomson | 11 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1.77 | |||
| GS Chappell | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.85 | |||
| KJ O'Keeffe | 19 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 1.77 | |||
| JW Gleeson | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| KR Stackpole | 13 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1.61 | |||
| KD Walters | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England led the 7-match series 1-0 (1 abandoned) |
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Test debuts
JRF Duncan and
KJ O'Keeffe
(Australia) |
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Umpires
MG O'Connell and LP Rowan |
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Close of play 21 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 260/1 (IM Chappell 105*, IR Redpath 70*) 22 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 28/0 (G Boycott 10*, BW Luckhurst 17*) 23 Jan day 3 - England 1st innings 258/4 (BL D'Oliveira 72*, R Illingworth 16*) 24 Jan rest day 25 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 70/1 (WM Lawry 39*, IM Chappell 4*) 26 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 161/0 (58 ov) - end of match |
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Jan 21, 1971 
Bill Lawry and Ray Illingworth during the toss © Getty Images |
Jan 21, 1971 
Bill Lawry and Ray Illingworth toss the coin © Getty Images |
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