- Test no. 761 | 1975 season
- Played at Lord's, London
- 31 July, 1,2,4,5 August 1975 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Wood | lbw b Lillee | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| JH Edrich | lbw b Lillee | 9 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| DS Steele | b Thomson | 50 | 163 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 48.54 | |
| DL Amiss | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GA Gooch | c †Marsh b Lillee | 6 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| AW Greig* | c IM Chappell b Walker | 96 | 160 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 74.41 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Thomson | 69 | 134 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 67.64 | |
| RA Woolmer | c Turner b Mallett | 33 | 114 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 30.55 | |
| JA Snow | c Walker b Mallett | 11 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 37.93 | |
| DL Underwood | not out | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Lever | lbw b Walker | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 23) | 31 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 87.4 overs) | 315 | (3.59 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Wood), 2-29 (Edrich), 3-31 (Amiss), 4-49 (Gooch), 5-145 (Steele), 6-222 (Greig), 7-288 (Knott), 8-309 (Snow), 9-310 (Woolmer), 10-315 (Lever) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 20 | 4 | 84 | 4 | 4.20 | |||
| JR Thomson | 24 | 7 | 92 | 2 | 3.83 | |||
| MHN Walker | 21.4 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 2.40 | |||
| AA Mallett | 22 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 2.54 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | c & b Lever | 29 | 80 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 49.15 | |
| A Turner | lbw b Snow | 9 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| IM Chappell* | c †Knott b Snow | 2 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 | |
| GS Chappell | lbw b Snow | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| R Edwards | lbw b Woolmer | 99 | 201 | 132 | 15 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| KD Walters | c Greig b Lever | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| RW Marsh† | c Amiss b Greig | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| MHN Walker | b Snow | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 | |
| JR Thomson | b Underwood | 17 | 61 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 32.69 | |
| DK Lillee | not out | 73 | 136 | 103 | 8 | 3 | 70.87 | |
| AA Mallett | lbw b Steele | 14 | 69 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 24.56 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 6) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 77.4 overs) | 268 | (3.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Turner), 2-29 (IM Chappell), 3-37 (GS Chappell), 4-54 (McCosker), 5-56 (Walters), 6-64 (Marsh), 7-81 (Walker), 8-133 (Thomson), 9-199 (Edwards), 10-268 (Mallett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JA Snow | 21 | 4 | 66 | 4 | 3.14 | |||
| P Lever | 15 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 5.53 | |||
| RA Woolmer | 13 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 2.38 | |||
| AW Greig | 15 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 3.13 | |||
| DL Underwood | 13 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 2.23 | |||
| DS Steele | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Wood | c †Marsh b Thomson | 52 | 199 | 161 | 7 | 0 | 32.29 | |
| JH Edrich | c Thomson b Mallett | 175 | 538 | 420 | 21 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| DS Steele | c & b Walters | 45 | 135 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 40.54 | |
| DL Amiss | c GS Chappell b Lillee | 10 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 27.02 | |
| GA Gooch | b Mallett | 31 | 88 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 43.66 | |
| AW Greig* | c Walters b IM Chappell | 41 | 52 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 97.61 | |
| APE Knott† | not out | 22 | 46 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| RA Woolmer | b Mallett | 31 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 124.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 18, w 2, nb 9) | 29 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets dec; 147.4 overs) | 436 | (2.95 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat JA Snow, DL Underwood, P Lever |
| Fall of wickets1-111 (Wood), 2-215 (Steele), 3-249 (Amiss), 4-315 (Gooch), 5-380 (Greig), 6-387 (Edrich), 7-436 (Woolmer) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 33 | 10 | 80 | 1 | 2.42 | |||
| JR Thomson | 29 | 8 | 73 | 1 | 2.51 | |||
| MHN Walker | 37 | 8 | 95 | 0 | 2.56 | |||
| AA Mallett | 36.4 | 10 | 127 | 3 | 3.46 | |||
| IM Chappell | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2.60 | |||
| KD Walters | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 484 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | lbw b Steele | 79 | 262 | 224 | 8 | 0 | 35.26 | |
| A Turner | c Gooch b Greig | 21 | 64 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| IM Chappell* | lbw b Greig | 86 | 249 | 215 | 13 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| GS Chappell | not out | 73 | 146 | 119 | 10 | 1 | 61.34 | |
| R Edwards | not out | 52 | 92 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 68.42 | |
| Extras | (b 4, nb 14) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 109 overs) | 329 | (3.01 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat KD Walters, RW Marsh†, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee, AA Mallett |
| Fall of wickets1-50 (Turner), 2-169 (McCosker), 3-222 (IM Chappell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JA Snow | 19 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 4.31 | |||
| P Lever | 20 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 2.75 | |||
| RA Woolmer | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | |||
| AW Greig | 26 | 6 | 82 | 2 | 3.15 | |||
| DL Underwood | 31 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 2.06 | |||
| DS Steele | 9 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 | |||
| B Wood | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 4-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
DS Steele and
RA Woolmer
(England) |
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Umpires
WE Alley and TW Spencer |
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Close of play 31 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 313/9 (DL Underwood 0*, P Lever 2*) 1 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 5/0 (B Wood 5*, JH Edrich 0*) 2 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 230/2 (JH Edrich 104*, DL Amiss 6*) 3 Aug rest day 4 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 97/1 (RB McCosker 46*, IM Chappell 25*) 5 Aug day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 329/3 (109 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 5, 1975 
Alan Knott watches as Ian Chappell plays it to the leg side © Getty Images |
Aug 5, 1975 
Ian Chappell in action © Getty Images |
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