- Test no. 800 | 1976/77 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 12,13,14,16,17 March 1977 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IC Davis | lbw b Lever | 5 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.72 | |
| RB McCosker | b Willis | 4 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.52 | |
| GJ Cosier | c Fletcher b Lever | 10 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| GS Chappell* | b Underwood | 40 | 234 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 28.77 | |
| DW Hookes | c Greig b Old | 17 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 89.47 | |
| KD Walters | c Greig b Willis | 4 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| RW Marsh† | c †Knott b Old | 28 | 91 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| GJ Gilmour | c Greig b Old | 4 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Brearley b Underwood | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DK Lillee | not out | 10 | 59 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 18.86 | |
| MHN Walker | b Underwood | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2, nb 8) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 43.6 overs) | 138 | (2.36 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-11 (Davis), 2-13 (McCosker), 3-23 (Cosier), 4-45 (Hookes), 5-51 (Walters), 6-102 (Marsh), 7-114 (Gilmour), 8-117 (O'Keeffe), 9-136 (Chappell), 10-138 (Walker) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JK Lever | 12 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2.25 | |||
| RGD Willis | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.09 | (4nb) | ||
| CM Old | 12 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2.43 | (6nb) | ||
| DL Underwood | 11.6 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1.02 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RA Woolmer | c Chappell b Lillee | 9 | 43 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| JM Brearley | c Hookes b Lillee | 12 | 64 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| DL Underwood | c Chappell b Walker | 7 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| DW Randall | c †Marsh b Lillee | 4 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| DL Amiss | c O'Keeffe b Walker | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| KWR Fletcher | c †Marsh b Walker | 4 | 44 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14.81 | |
| AW Greig* | b Walker | 18 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Lillee | 15 | 59 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| CM Old | c †Marsh b Lillee | 3 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.64 | |
| JK Lever | c †Marsh b Lillee | 11 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 44.00 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 1 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 34.3 overs) | 95 | (2.07 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-19 (Woolmer), 2-30 (Brearley), 3-34 (Underwood), 4-40 (Amiss), 5-40 (Randall), 6-61 (Greig), 7-65 (Fletcher), 8-78 (Old), 9-86 (Knott), 10-95 (Lever) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 13.3 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 1.45 | |||
| MHN Walker | 15 | 3 | 54 | 4 | 2.70 | |||
| KJ O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| GJ Gilmour | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.60 | (2nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IC Davis | c †Knott b Greig | 68 | 238 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Willis b Old | 14 | 50 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| GS Chappell* | b Old | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| GJ Cosier | c †Knott b Lever | 4 | 35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14.81 | |
| KD Walters | c †Knott b Greig | 66 | 213 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| DW Hookes | c Fletcher b Underwood | 56 | 122 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 81.15 | |
| RW Marsh† | not out | 110 | 295 | 173 | 10 | 0 | 63.58 | |
| GJ Gilmour | b Lever | 16 | 44 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 51.61 | |
| DK Lillee | c Amiss b Old | 25 | 86 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 44.64 | |
| RB McCosker | c Greig b Old | 25 | 85 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 36.76 | |
| MHN Walker | not out | 8 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (lb 10, nb 15) | 25 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 96.6 overs) | 419 | (3.24 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-33 (O'Keeffe), 2-40 (Chappell), 3-53 (Cosier), 4-132 (Davis), 5-187 (Walters), 6-244 (Hookes), 7-277 (Gilmour), 8-353 (Lillee), 9-407 (McCosker) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JK Lever | 21 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 3.39 | |||
| RGD Willis | 22 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 3.10 | (8nb) | ||
| CM Old | 27.6 | 2 | 104 | 4 | 2.81 | (9nb) | ||
| AW Greig | 14 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 3.53 | (3nb) | ||
| DL Underwood | 12 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 2.37 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 463 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Walker | 12 | 47 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| JM Brearley | lbw b Lillee | 43 | 170 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 30.28 | |
| DW Randall | c Cosier b O'Keeffe | 174 | 446 | 353 | 21 | 0 | 49.29 | |
| DL Amiss | b Chappell | 64 | 227 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 34.59 | |
| KWR Fletcher | c †Marsh b Lillee | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| AW Greig* | c Cosier b O'Keeffe | 41 | 100 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Lillee | 42 | 81 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 82.35 | |
| CM Old | c Chappell b Lillee | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JK Lever | lbw b O'Keeffe | 4 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | |
| DL Underwood | b Lillee | 7 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 4, w 3, nb 7) | 22 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 112.4 overs) | 417 | (2.78 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-28 (Woolmer), 2-113 (Brearley), 3-279 (Amiss), 4-290 (Fletcher), 5-346 (Randall), 6-369 (Greig), 7-380 (Old), 8-385 (Lever), 9-410 (Underwood), 10-417 (Knott) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 34.4 | 7 | 139 | 5 | 3.02 | (1nb) | ||
| MHN Walker | 22 | 4 | 83 | 1 | 2.82 | |||
| GJ Gilmour | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5.43 | (6nb) | ||
| GS Chappell | 16 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 1.35 | |||
| KJ O'Keeffe | 33 | 6 | 108 | 3 | 2.45 | (1nb) | ||
| KD Walters | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 | (2nb) |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss England, who chose to field Series Australia won the 1976/77 Centenary Test |
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Test debut
DW Hookes
(Australia) Player of the match DW Randall (England) |
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Umpires
TF Brooks and MG O'Connell |
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Close of play 12 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 29/1 (JM Brearley 12*, DL Underwood 5*) 13 Mar day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 104/3 (IC Davis 45*, KD Walters 32*) 14 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 387/8 (RW Marsh 95*, RB McCosker 17*) 15 Mar rest day 16 Mar day 4 - England 2nd innings 191/2 (DW Randall 87*, DL Amiss 34*) 17 Mar day 5 - England 2nd innings 417 (112.4 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Mar 23, 1977 
Queen Elizabeth presents Sir Robert Menzies with the Order of Australia © The Cricketer International |
Mar 22, 1977 
Derek Randall, the Man of the Match, enjoys a joke © Getty Images |
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