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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 30th, 31st December 1965, 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1966 (5-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Umpires | CJ Egar, WJ Smyth | 
| Scorers | BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (England) | 
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 278/4 (Cowper 90*, Walters 7*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 208/2 (Edrich 48*, Barrington 54*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 516/7 (Parks 66*, Titmus 23*) | 
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 131/1 (Lawry 61*, Cowper 1*) | 
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RB Simpson | c Edrich b Allen | 59 | 145 | 145 | 7 | - | |
| WM Lawry | c Cowdrey b Allen | 88 | 223 | 266 | 10 | - | |
| PJP Burge | b Jones | 5 | 50 | 30 | - | - | |
| RM Cowper | c Titmus b Jones | 99 | 183 | 203 | 13 | - | |
| BC Booth | lbw b Jones | 23 | 42 | 63 | 3 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Parks b Knight | 22 | 84 | 92 | 1 | - | |
| TR Veivers | run out | 19 | 67 | 92 | 1 | - | |
| PI Philpott | b Knight | 10 | 35 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| +ATW Grout | c Barber b Knight | 11 | 26 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| GD McKenzie | not out | 12 | 22 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| AN Connolly | c Parks b Knight | 0 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107.5 overs) | 358 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93 (Simpson), 2-109 (Burge), 3-203 (Lawry), 4-262 (Booth), 5-297 (Cowper), 6-318 (Walters), 7-330 (Philpott), 8-342 (Veivers), 9-352 (Grout), 10-358 (Connolly, 107.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 24 | 4 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Knight | 26.5 | 2 | 84 | 4 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 31 | 7 | 93 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 20 | 4 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barber | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c McKenzie b Walters | 51 | 85 | 77 | 5 | - | |
| RW Barber | c Grout b McKenzie | 48 | 62 | 97 | 3 | - | |
| JH Edrich | c and b Veivers | 109 | 286 | 310 | 11 | - | |
| KF Barrington | c Burge b Veivers | 63 | 139 | 158 | 5 | - | |
| MC Cowdrey | c Connolly b Cowper | 104 | 187 | 197 | 9 | - | |
| *MJK Smith | c Grout b McKenzie | 41 | 92 | 103 | 4 | - | |
| +JM Parks | c Cowper b McKenzie | 71 | 124 | 160 | 5 | - | |
| BR Knight | c Simpson b McKenzie | 1 | 15 | 10 | - | - | |
| FJ Titmus | not out | 56 | 128 | 143 | 7 | - | |
| DA Allen | c Grout b Connolly | 2 | 22 | 16 | - | - | |
| IJ Jones | b McKenzie | 1 | 9 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 2 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 143.2 overs) | 558 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-98 (Boycott), 2-110 (Barber), 3-228 (Barrington), 4-333 (Edrich), 5-409 (Cowdrey), 6-443 (Smith), 7-447 (Knight), 8-540 (Parks), 9-551 (Allen), 10-558 (Jones, 143.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 35.2 | 3 | 134 | 5 | - | - | |
| Connolly | 37 | 5 | 125 | 1 | - | - | |
| Philpott | 30 | 2 | 133 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walters | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 16 | 4 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Veivers | 12 | 3 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cowper | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RB Simpson | c Barrington b Knight | 67 | 129 | 147 | 7 | - | |
| WM Lawry | c Smith b Barber | 78 | 198 | 222 | 5 | - | |
| RM Cowper | lbw b Jones | 5 | 24 | 42 | - | - | |
| PJP Burge | c Edrich b Boycott | 120 | 193 | 255 | 12 | - | |
| BC Booth | b Allen | 10 | 43 | 29 | - | - | |
| KD Walters | c and b Barrington | 115 | 296 | 263 | 8 | - | |
| TR Veivers | st Parks b Boycott | 3 | 18 | 23 | - | - | |
| PI Philpott | b Knight | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| +ATW Grout | c Allen b Barrington | 16 | 26 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| GD McKenzie | run out | 2 | 4 | 8 | - | - | |
| AN Connolly | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 116.4 overs) | 426 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-120 (Simpson), 2-141 (Cowper), 3-163 (Lawry), 4-176 (Booth), 5-374 (Burge), 6-382 (Veivers), 7-385 (Philpott), 8-417 (Grout), 9-426 (McKenzie), 10-426 (Walters, 116.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 20 | 1 | 92 | 1 | - | - | |
| Knight | 21 | 4 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 22 | 6 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allen | 18 | 3 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barber | 17 | 0 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barrington | 7.4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Boycott | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | not out | 5 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| RW Barber | not out | 0 | 5 | 10 | - | - | |
| JH Edrich | did not bat | ||||||
| KF Barrington | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Cowdrey | did not bat | ||||||
| *MJK Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| BR Knight | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Titmus | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Allen | did not bat | ||||||
| IJ Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 10 minutes, 2 overs) | 5 | |||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Connolly | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RB Simpson (1) 50 in 130 balls, 132 minutes
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 1
--> WM Lawry (1) 50 in 151 balls, 199 minutes
--> WM Lawry (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 50
--> RM Cowper (1) 50 in 103 balls, 98 minutes
--> G Boycott (1) 50 in 80 balls, 98 minutes with 5 fours
--> JH Edrich (1) 50 in 146 balls, 147 minutes
--> JH Edrich (1) 100 in 267 balls, 287 minutes with 10 fours
--> KF Barrington (1) 50 in 85 balls, 90 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 116 balls, 125 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 100 in 182 balls, 193 minutes with 9 fours
--> JM Parks (1) 50 in 76 balls, 92 minutes
--> JM Parks (1) passed 26000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> FJ Titmus (1) 50 in 113 balls, 120 minutes
--> RB Simpson (2) 50 in 109 balls, 98 minutes
--> WM Lawry (2) 50 in 87 balls, 130 minutes
--> PJP Burge (2) 50 in 85 balls, 103 minutes
--> PJP Burge (2) 100 in 165 balls, 213 minutes with 9 fours
--> PJP Burge (2) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 43
--> KD Walters (2) 50 in 150 balls, 128 minutes
--> KD Walters (2) 100 in 267 balls, 231 minutes with 8 fours
--> KD Walters (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 108
--> IJ Jones made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> IJ Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed PJP Burge in the Australia first innings (previous best was 0-31)
--> DA Allen reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed WM Lawry, his 2nd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> BR Knight reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RB Simpson, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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