f26099 t598	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1965/66 (2nd Test)
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
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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, 2 overs)	5

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Connolly	1	0	3	0	-	-
McKenzie	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 1
--> WM Lawry (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 50
--> JM Parks (1) passed 26000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 27
--> PJP Burge (2) passed 13000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 43
--> KD Walters (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 108
--> 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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