- Test no. 755 | 1974/75 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 8,9,10,12,13 February 1975 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IR Redpath | c Greig b Lever | 1 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | |
| RB McCosker | c Greig b Lever | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| IM Chappell* | c †Knott b Old | 65 | 149 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 61.90 | |
| GS Chappell | c Denness b Lever | 1 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |
| R Edwards | c Amiss b Lever | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KD Walters | c Edrich b Old | 12 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 70.58 | |
| RW Marsh† | b Old | 29 | 65 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 64.44 | |
| MHN Walker | not out | 20 | 72 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| DK Lillee | c †Knott b Lever | 12 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 70.58 | |
| AA Mallett | b Lever | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| G Dymock | c †Knott b Greig | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 1, nb 2) | 5 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 36.7 overs) | 152 | (3.09 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (McCosker), 2-5 (Redpath), 3-19 (GS Chappell), 4-23 (Edwards), 5-50 (Walters), 6-104 (IM Chappell), 7-115 (Marsh), 8-141 (Lillee), 9-149 (Mallett), 10-152 (Dymock) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GG Arnold | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| P Lever | 11 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 2.59 | |||
| CM Old | 11 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 3.40 | |||
| AW Greig | 8.7 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 2.95 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| DL Amiss | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MC Cowdrey | c †Marsh b Walker | 7 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| JH Edrich | c IM Chappell b Walker | 70 | 212 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 42.68 | |
| MH Denness* | c & b Walker | 188 | 492 | 448 | 17 | 0 | 41.96 | |
| KWR Fletcher | c Redpath b Walker | 146 | 446 | 424 | 11 | 0 | 34.43 | |
| AW Greig | c sub (TJ Jenner) b Walker | 89 | 122 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 94.68 | |
| APE Knott† | c †Marsh b Walker | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| CM Old | b Dymock | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DL Underwood | b Walker | 11 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 61.11 | |
| GG Arnold | c †Marsh b Walker | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Lever | not out | 6 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 1) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 151.2 overs) | 529 | (2.62 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-4 (Amiss), 2-18 (Cowdrey), 3-167 (Edrich), 4-359 (Denness), 5-507 (Greig), 6-507 (Fletcher), 7-508 (Old), 8-514 (Knott), 9-514 (Arnold), 10-529 (Underwood) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2.12 | |||
| MHN Walker | 42.2 | 7 | 143 | 8 | 2.53 | |||
| G Dymock | 39 | 6 | 130 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| KD Walters | 23 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 2.80 | |||
| AA Mallett | 29 | 8 | 96 | 0 | 2.48 | |||
| IM Chappell | 12 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IR Redpath | c Amiss b Greig | 83 | 335 | 272 | 10 | 0 | 30.51 | |
| RB McCosker | c Cowdrey b Arnold | 76 | 155 | 108 | 7 | 0 | 70.37 | |
| IM Chappell* | c †Knott b Greig | 50 | 150 | 152 | 6 | 0 | 32.89 | |
| GS Chappell | b Lever | 102 | 229 | 177 | 11 | 0 | 57.62 | |
| R Edwards | c †Knott b Arnold | 18 | 77 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| KD Walters | b Arnold | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| RW Marsh† | c Denness b Lever | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| MHN Walker | c & b Greig | 17 | 75 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 32.69 | |
| AA Mallett | c Edrich b Greig | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| G Dymock | c †Knott b Lever | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DK Lillee | not out | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 5, w 4, nb 5) | 23 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 106.7 overs) | 373 | (2.61 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-111 (McCosker), 2-215 (IM Chappell), 3-248 (Redpath), 4-289 (Edwards), 5-297 (Walters), 6-306 (Marsh), 7-367 (Walker), 8-373 (GS Chappell), 9-373 (Dymock), 10-373 (Mallett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GG Arnold | 23 | 6 | 83 | 3 | 2.70 | |||
| P Lever | 16 | 1 | 65 | 3 | 3.04 | |||
| CM Old | 18 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 3.12 | |||
| AW Greig | 31.7 | 7 | 88 | 4 | 2.07 | |||
| DL Underwood | 18 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 1.62 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 6-match series 4-1 |
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Umpires
RC Bailhache and TF Brooks |
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Close of play 8 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 15/1 (MC Cowdrey 5*, JH Edrich 6*) 9 Feb day 2 - England 1st innings 273/3 (MH Denness 133*, KWR Fletcher 56*) 10 Feb day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 32/0 (IR Redpath 10*, RB McCosker 22*) 11 Feb rest day 12 Feb day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 274/3 (GS Chappell 39*, R Edwards 9*) 13 Feb day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 373 (106.7 ov) - end of match |
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