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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
223 & 240 Series badge WI
161-9 & 272 WI flag
Overs: 131.4 RR: 1.82 vs spin: 2.00
vs seam: 2.11
 Overs: 106.2 RR: 2.56 vs spin: 2.71
vs seam: 2.40
Thu 10/07/69 England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Headingley, Leeds
ENGLAND WIN England won by 30 runs
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England - 1st Inns 223 (98.0; RR: 2.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott lbw b Sobers 12 20 2 0 60.00
JH Edrich lbw b Shepherd 79 170 6 0 46.47
PJ Sharpe c Findlay b Holder 6 29 0 0 20.69
JH Hampshire c Findlay b Holder 1 8 0 0 12.50
BL D'Oliveira c Sobers b Shepherd 48 134 3 1 35.82
APE Knott c Findlay b Sobers 44 102 2 0 43.14
R Illingworth b Shepherd 1 9 0 0 11.11
BR Knight c Fredericks b Gibbs 7 29 1 0 24.14
DL Underwood c Findlay b Holder 4 52 0 0 7.69
DJ Brown b Holder 12 35 0 0 34.29
JA Snow not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (4b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 223 all out (98.0 overs; RR: 2.28)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 52-2 (PJ Sharpe 0.0 ov), 64-3 (JH Hampshire 0.0 ov), 140-4 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 165-5 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 167-6 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 182-7 (BR Knight 0.0 ov), 199-8 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 217-9 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 223-10 (DJ Brown 98.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 21.0 1 68 2 3.24 0 0
VA Holder 26.0 7 48 4 1.85 0 0
GC Shillingford 7.0 0 21 0 3.00 0 0
LR Gibbs 19.0 6 33 1 1.74 0 0
JN Shepherd 24.0 8 43 3 1.79 0 0
CA Davis 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 161-9 (64.3; RR: 2.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks lbw b Knight 11 79 1 0 13.92
GS Camacho c Knott b Knight 4 34 0 0 11.76
CA Davis c Underwood b Knight 18 38 1 0 47.37
BF Butcher b Snow 35 59 6 0 59.32
GS Sobers c Sharpe b Knight 13 34 1 0 38.24
CH Lloyd c Snow b Brown 27 54 1 1 50.00
TM Findlay lbw b D'Oliveira 1 22 0 0 4.55
VA Holder b Snow 35 55 3 0 63.64
LR Gibbs not out 6 4 1 0 150.00
GC Shillingford c Knott b Brown 3 9 0 0 33.33
JN Shepherd  
Extras (0b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 161-9 (64.3 overs; RR: 2.50)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (GS Camacho 0.0 ov), 37-2 (CA Davis 0.0 ov), 46-3 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 80-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 88-5 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 91-6 (TM Findlay 0.0 ov), 151-7 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 153-8 (VA Holder 0.0 ov), 161-9 (GC Shillingford 64.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 20.0 4 50 2 2.50 0 0
DJ Brown 7.3 2 13 2 1.86 0 0
BR Knight 22.0 5 63 4 2.86 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 15.0 8 27 1 1.80 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 240 (131.4; RR: 1.82)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Findlay b Sobers 0 2 0 0 0.00
JH Edrich lbw b Sobers 15 62 0 0 24.19
PJ Sharpe lbw b Sobers 15 100 0 0 15.00
JH Hampshire lbw b Shillingford 22 81 2 0 27.16
BL D'Oliveira c Sobers b Davis 39 77 4 0 50.65
APE Knott c Findlay b Sobers 31 130 1 0 23.85
R Illingworth c Lloyd b Holder 19 68 3 0 27.94
BR Knight c Holder b Gibbs 27 80 4 0 33.75
DL Underwood b Sobers 16 28 2 0 57.14
DJ Brown b Shillingford 34 126 5 0 26.98
JA Snow not out 15 37 1 0 40.54
Extras (0b, 5lb, 1w, 1nb) 7  
TOTAL 240 all out (131.4 overs; RR: 1.82)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 23-2 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 42-3 (PJ Sharpe 0.0 ov), 58-4 (JH Hampshire 0.0 ov), 102-5 (BL D'Oliveira 0.0 ov), 147-6 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 147-7 (R Illingworth 0.0 ov), 171-8 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 203-9 (BR Knight 0.0 ov), 240-10 (DJ Brown 131.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Sobers 40.0 18 42 5 1.05 0 0
VA Holder 33.0 13 66 1 2.00 0 0
GC Shillingford 20.4 4 56 2 2.80 0 0
LR Gibbs 21.0 6 42 1 2.00 0 0
CA Davis 17.0 8 27 1 1.59 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 272 (106.2; RR: 2.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RC Fredericks c Sharpe b Snow 6 25 0 0 24.00
GS Camacho c Hampshire b Underwood 71 202 10 0 35.15
CA Davis c & b Underwood 29 73 4 0 39.73
BF Butcher c Knott b Underwood 91 148 16 0 61.49
CH Lloyd c Knott b Illingworth 23 39 4 0 58.97
GS Sobers b Knight 0 4 0 0 0.00
TM Findlay lbw b Knight 16 75 1 0 21.33
JN Shepherd c Knott b Underwood 0 6 0 0 0.00
VA Holder c Sharpe b Brown 13 41 0 1 31.71
LR Gibbs c Knott b Brown 4 10 0 0 40.00
GC Shillingford not out 5 19 0 0 26.32
Extras (0b, 11lb, 0w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 272 all out (106.2 overs; RR: 2.56)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (RC Fredericks 0.0 ov), 69-2 (CA Davis 0.0 ov), 177-3 (GS Camacho 0.0 ov), 219-4 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 224-5 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 228-6 (CH Lloyd 0.0 ov), 228-7 (JN Shepherd 0.0 ov), 251-8 (VA Holder 0.0 ov), 255-9 (LR Gibbs 0.0 ov), 272-10 (TM Findlay 106.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Snow 21.0 7 43 1 2.05 0 0
DJ Brown 21.0 8 53 2 2.52 0 0
BL D'Oliveira 10.0 3 22 0 2.20 0 0
BR Knight 18.2 4 47 2 2.61 0 0
R Illingworth 14.0 5 38 1 2.71 0 0
DL Underwood 22.0 12 55 4 2.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v West Indies at Leeds, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday July 10, 1969

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Umpires

CS Elliott, AE Fagg

England Team

Playing XI

R Illingworth, BR Knight, JH Edrich, PJ Sharpe, G Boycott, JA Snow, DJ Brown, BL D'Oliveira, DL Underwood, APE Knott, JH Hampshire

West Indies Team

Playing XI

GS Sobers, LR Gibbs, BF Butcher, CH Lloyd, GS Camacho, CA Davis, RC Fredericks, VA Holder, JN Shepherd, TM Findlay, GC Shillingford