- Test no. 763 | 1975 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 28,29,30 August, 1,2,3 September 1975 (6-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | c Roope b Old | 127 | 370 | 294 | 14 | 0 | 43.19 | |
| A Turner | c Steele b Old | 2 | 25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7.40 | |
| IM Chappell* | c Greig b Woolmer | 192 | 439 | 367 | 17 | 0 | 52.31 | |
| GS Chappell | c †Knott b Old | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| R Edwards | c Edrich b Snow | 44 | 160 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 32.59 | |
| KD Walters | b Underwood | 65 | 169 | 145 | 10 | 0 | 44.82 | |
| RW Marsh† | c & b Greig | 32 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 110.34 | |
| MHN Walker | c Steele b Greig | 13 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 46.42 | |
| JR Thomson | c Old b Greig | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DK Lillee | not out | 28 | 63 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 75.67 | |
| AA Mallett | not out | 5 | 42 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 11.90 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 2, nb 17) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 181 overs) | 532 | (2.93 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-7 (Turner), 2-284 (McCosker), 3-286 (GS Chappell), 4-356 (IM Chappell), 5-396 (Edwards), 6-441 (Marsh), 7-477 (Walker), 8-477 (Thomson), 9-501 (Walters) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CM Old | 28 | 7 | 74 | 3 | 2.64 | |||
| JA Snow | 27 | 4 | 74 | 1 | 2.74 | |||
| RA Woolmer | 18 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 2.11 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 38 | 7 | 118 | 0 | 3.10 | |||
| DL Underwood | 44 | 13 | 96 | 1 | 2.18 | |||
| AW Greig | 24 | 5 | 107 | 3 | 4.45 | |||
| DS Steele | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Wood | b Walker | 32 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 64.00 | |
| JH Edrich | lbw b Walker | 12 | 141 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 12.24 | |
| DS Steele | b Lillee | 39 | 106 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 48.75 | |
| GRJ Roope | c Turner b Walker | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RA Woolmer | c Mallett b Thomson | 5 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| AW Greig* | c †Marsh b Lillee | 17 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 53.12 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Walker | 9 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 31.03 | |
| PH Edmonds | c †Marsh b Thomson | 4 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
| CM Old | not out | 25 | 71 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 49.01 | |
| JA Snow | c GS Chappell b Thomson | 30 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 76.92 | |
| DL Underwood | c GS Chappell b Thomson | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3, nb 12) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 69.1 overs) | 191 | (2.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-45 (Wood), 2-78 (Edrich), 3-83 (Roope), 4-96 (Steele), 5-103 (Woolmer), 6-125 (Greig), 7-131 (Knott), 8-147 (Edmonds), 9-190 (Snow), 10-191 (Underwood) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 19 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 2.31 | |||
| JR Thomson | 22.1 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 2.25 | |||
| MHN Walker | 25 | 7 | 63 | 4 | 2.52 | |||
| AA Mallett | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| B Wood | lbw b Thomson | 22 | 171 | 127 | 4 | 0 | 17.32 | |
| JH Edrich | b Lillee | 96 | 362 | 289 | 6 | 0 | 33.21 | |
| DS Steele | c †Marsh b Lillee | 66 | 215 | 175 | 6 | 0 | 37.71 | |
| GRJ Roope | b Lillee | 77 | 242 | 211 | 11 | 0 | 36.49 | |
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Walters | 149 | 495 | 390 | 20 | 0 | 38.20 | |
| AW Greig* | c †Marsh b Lillee | 15 | 59 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| APE Knott† | c †Marsh b Walters | 64 | 184 | 149 | 6 | 0 | 42.95 | |
| CM Old | c IM Chappell b Walters | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PH Edmonds | run out | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| JA Snow | c & b Walters | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DL Underwood | not out | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 15, w 5, nb 17) | 39 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 233.5 overs) | 538 | (2.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-77 (Wood), 2-202 (Edrich), 3-209 (Steele), 4-331 (Roope), 5-371 (Greig), 6-522 (Knott), 7-522 (Old), 8-533 (Edmonds), 9-533 (Snow), 10-538 (Woolmer) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 52 | 18 | 91 | 4 | 1.75 | |||
| JR Thomson | 30 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 2.10 | |||
| MHN Walker | 46 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 1.97 | |||
| AA Mallett | 64 | 31 | 95 | 0 | 1.48 | |||
| IM Chappell | 17 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 3.05 | |||
| KD Walters | 10.5 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 3.13 | |||
| GS Chappell | 12 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 4.41 | |||
| R Edwards | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 198 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | not out | 25 | 55 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| A Turner | c Woolmer b Greig | 8 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 27.58 | |
| R Edwards | c Old b Underwood | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| GS Chappell | not out | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1) | 1 | ||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 17.1 overs) | 40 | (2.33 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat IM Chappell*, KD Walters, RW Marsh†, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee, AA Mallett |
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Turner), 2-33 (Edwards) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CM Old | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| JA Snow | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 6.1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.27 | |||
| DL Underwood | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| AW Greig | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1.80 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 4-match series 1-0 |
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Umpires
HD Bird and TW Spencer |
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Close of play 28 Aug day 1 - Australia 1st innings 280/1 (RB McCosker 126*, IM Chappell 142*) 29 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 19/0 (B Wood 16*, JH Edrich 0*) 30 Aug day 3 - England 1st innings 169/8 (CM Old 21*, JA Snow 13*) 31 Aug rest day 1 Sep day 4 - England 2nd innings 179/1 (JH Edrich 91*, DS Steele 52*) 2 Sep day 5 - England 2nd innings 333/4 (RA Woolmer 37*, AW Greig 1*) 3 Sep day 6 - Australia 2nd innings 40/2 (17.1 ov) - end of match |
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Aug 28, 1975 
Ian Chappell plays the sweep © Getty Images |
Aug 28, 1975 
Ian Chappell places it fine down the leg side © Getty Images |
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