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191 & 538 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
532-9d & 40-2 AUS flag
Overs: 233.5 RR: 2.30 vs spin: 1.81
vs seam: 2.01
 Overs: 17.1 RR: 2.33 vs spin: 2.27
vs seam: 2.67
Thu 28/08/75 England v Australia, 4th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
match drawn Match Drawn
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Australia - 1st Inns 532-9 (181.0; RR: 2.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB McCosker c Roope b Old 127 294 14 0 43.20
A Turner c Steele b Old 2 27 0 0 7.41
IM Chappell c Greig b Woolmer 192 367 17 0 52.32
GS Chappell c Knott b Old 0 1 0 0 0.00
R Edwards c Edrich b Snow 44 135 2 0 32.59
KD Walters b Underwood 65 145 10 0 44.83
RW Marsh c & b Greig 32 29 7 0 110.34
MHN Walker c Steele b Greig 13 28 3 0 46.43
JR Thomson c Old b Greig 0 1 0 0 0.00
DK Lillee not out 28 37 3 1 75.68
AA Mallett not out 5 42 1 0 11.90
Extras (0b, 5lb, 2w, 17nb) 24  
TOTAL 532-9 (181.0 overs; RR: 2.94)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (A Turner 0.0 ov), 284-2 (RB McCosker 0.0 ov), 286-3 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 356-4 (IM Chappell 0.0 ov), 396-5 (R Edwards 0.0 ov), 441-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 477-7 (MHN Walker 0.0 ov), 477-8 (JR Thomson 0.0 ov), 501-9 (KD Walters 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CM Old 28.0 7 74 3 2.64 0 0
JA Snow 27.0 4 74 1 2.74 0 0
RA Woolmer 18.0 3 38 1 2.11 0 0
PH Edmonds 38.0 7 118 0 3.11 0 0
DL Underwood 44.0 13 96 1 2.18 0 0
AW Greig 24.0 5 107 3 4.46 0 0
DS Steele 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 191 (69.1; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Wood b Walker 32 50 6 0 64.00
JH Edrich lbw b Walker 12 98 0 0 12.24
DS Steele b Lillee 39 80 5 1 48.75
GRJ Roope c Turner b Walker 0 4 0 0 0.00
RA Woolmer c Mallett b Thomson 5 17 0 0 29.41
AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 17 32 2 0 53.13
APE Knott lbw b Walker 9 29 0 0 31.03
PH Edmonds c Marsh b Thomson 4 30 0 0 13.33
CM Old not out 25 51 4 0 49.02
JA Snow c Chappell b Thomson 30 39 3 1 76.92
DL Underwood c Chappell b Thomson 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 3w, 12nb) 18  
TOTAL 191 all out (69.1 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (B Wood 0.0 ov), 78-2 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 83-3 (GRJ Roope 0.0 ov), 96-4 (DS Steele 0.0 ov), 103-5 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 125-6 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 131-7 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 147-8 (PH Edmonds 0.0 ov), 190-9 (JA Snow 0.0 ov), 191-10 (DL Underwood 69.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 19.0 7 44 2 2.32 0 0
JR Thomson 22.1 7 50 4 2.27 0 0
MHN Walker 25.0 7 63 4 2.52 0 0
AA Mallett 3.0 1 16 0 5.33 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 538 (233.5; RR: 2.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Wood lbw b Thomson 22 127 4 0 17.32
JH Edrich b Lillee 96 289 6 0 33.22
DS Steele c Marsh b Lillee 66 175 6 0 37.71
GRJ Roope b Lillee 77 211 11 0 36.49
RA Woolmer lbw b Walters 149 390 20 0 38.21
AW Greig c Marsh b Lillee 15 51 2 0 29.41
APE Knott c Marsh b Walters 64 149 6 0 42.95
CM Old c Chappell b Walters 0 5 0 0 0.00
PH Edmonds run out 7 10 1 0 70.00
JA Snow c & b Walters 0 5 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood not out 3 8 0 0 37.50
Extras (2b, 15lb, 5w, 17nb) 39  
TOTAL 538 all out (233.5 overs; RR: 2.30)

Fall of wickets

77-1 (B Wood 0.0 ov), 202-2 (JH Edrich 0.0 ov), 209-3 (DS Steele 0.0 ov), 331-4 (GRJ Roope 0.0 ov), 371-5 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 522-6 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 522-7 (CM Old 0.0 ov), 533-8 (PH Edmonds 0.0 ov), 533-9 (JA Snow 0.0 ov), 538-10 (RA Woolmer 233.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 52.0 18 91 4 1.75 0 0
JR Thomson 30.0 9 63 1 2.10 0 0
AA Mallett 64.0 31 95 0 1.48 0 0
MHN Walker 46.0 15 91 0 1.98 0 0
IM Chappell 17.0 6 52 0 3.06 0 0
KD Walters 10.5 3 34 4 3.40 0 0
GS Chappell 12.0 2 53 0 4.42 0 0
R Edwards 2.0 0 20 0 10.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 40-2 (17.1; RR: 2.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB McCosker not out 25 55 3 0 45.45
A Turner c Woolmer b Greig 8 29 1 0 27.59
R Edwards c Old b Underwood 2 11 0 0 18.18
GS Chappell not out 4 8 1 0 50.00
IM Chappell  
KD Walters  
RW Marsh  
MHN Walker  
JR Thomson  
DK Lillee  
AA Mallett  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 1  
TOTAL 40-2 (17.1 overs; RR: 2.33)

Fall of wickets

22-1 (A Turner 0.0 ov), 33-2 (R Edwards 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CM Old 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0
JA Snow 2.0 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
PH Edmonds 6.1 2 14 0 2.33 0 0
DL Underwood 2.0 0 5 1 2.50 0 0
AW Greig 5.0 2 9 1 1.80 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 4th Test

Date

Thursday August 28, 1975

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

HD Bird, TW Spencer

England Team

Playing XI

JH Edrich, JA Snow, DL Underwood, APE Knott, AW Greig, B Wood, CM Old, GRJ Roope, DS Steele, RA Woolmer, PH Edmonds

Australia Team

Playing XI

IM Chappell, KD Walters, AA Mallett, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, DK Lillee, R Edwards, JR Thomson, MHN Walker, RB McCosker, A Turner