f30412 t749	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1974/75 (3rd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st December 1974 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RC Bailhache, TF Brooks
Close of play day 1	England (1) 176/7 (Knott 18*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 63/0 (Redpath 34*, WJ Edwards 28*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 1/0 (Amiss 1*, Lloyd 0*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 4/0 (Redpath 0*, WJ Edwards 0*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Walters b Lillee	4	8	5	-	-
D Lloyd	c Mallett b Thomson	14	91	108	1	-
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Thomson	35	171	229	3	-
JH Edrich	c Marsh b Mallett	49	124	130	3	-
*MH Denness	c Marsh b Mallett	8	40	43	-	-
AW Greig	run out	28	62	63	4	-
+APE Knott	b Thomson	52	119	157	2	-
FJ Titmus	c Mallett b Lillee	10	45	55	-	-
DL Underwood	c Marsh b Walker	9	23	38	1	-
RGD Willis	c Walters b Thomson	13	15	15	2	-
M Hendrick	not out	8	18	22	2	-
Extras	(2 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 439 minutes, 88.4 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Amiss), 2-34 (Lloyd), 3-110 (Cowdrey), 4-110 (Edrich), 5-141 (Denness), 6-157 (Greig), 7-176 (Titmus), 8-213 (Underwood), 9-232 (Willis), 10-242 (Knott, 88.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	20	2	70	2	-	-
Thomson	22.4	4	72	4	-	-
Walker	24	10	36	1	-	-
Walters	7	2	15	0	-	-
Mallett	15	3	37	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	c Knott b Greig	55	185	242	4	-
WJ Edwards	c Denness b Willis	29	123	136	4	-
GS Chappell	c Greig b Willis	2	6	7	-	-
R Edwards	c Cowdrey b Titmus	1	6	5	-	-
KD Walters	c Lloyd b Greig	36	73	79	3	-
*IM Chappell	lbw b Willis	36	89	80	6	-
+RW Marsh	c Knott b Titmus	44	130	178	3	-
MHN Walker	c Knott b Willis	30	109	115	2	-
DK Lillee	not out	2	6	19	-	-
AA Mallett	run out	0	6	5	-	-
JR Thomson	b Willis	2	6	10	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 442 minutes, 92.5 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (WJ Edwards), 2-67 (GS Chappell), 3-68 (R Edwards), 4-121 (Walters), 5-126 (Redpath), 6-173 (IM Chappell), 7-237 (Marsh), 8-237 (Walker), 9-238 (Mallett), 10-241 (Thomson, 92.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	21.7	4	61	5	-	-
Hendrick	2.6	1	8	0	-	-
Underwood	22	6	62	0	-	-
Greig	24	2	63	2	-	-
Titmus	22	11	43	2	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c IM Chappell b Mallett	90	174	200	6	-
D Lloyd	c and b Mallett	44	83	100	4	-
MC Cowdrey	c GS Chappell b Lillee	8	26	31	-	-
JH Edrich	c Marsh b Thomson	4	19	29	-	-
*MH Denness	c IM Chappell b Thomson	2	12	15	-	-
AW Greig	c GS Chappell b Lillee	60	132	151	5	1
+APE Knott	c Marsh b Thomson	4	11	13	-	-
FJ Titmus	b Mallett	0	24	31	-	-
DL Underwood	c IM Chappell b Mallett	4	5	3	1	-
RGD Willis	b Thomson	15	65	99	2	-
M Hendrick	not out	0	3	6	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 352 minutes, 69 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-115 (Lloyd), 2-134 (Cowdrey), 3-152 (Edrich), 4-156 (Denness), 5-158 (Amiss), 6-165 (Knott), 7-178 (Titmus), 8-182 (Underwood), 9-238 (Greig), 10-244 (Willis, 69 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	17	3	55	2	-	-
Thomson	17	1	71	4	-	-
Walker	11	0	45	0	-	-
Mallett	24	6	60	4	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	run out	39	169	205	1	-
WJ Edwards	lbw b Greig	0	6	8	-	-
*IM Chappell	lbw b Willis	0	5	5	-	-
GS Chappell	lbw b Titmus	61	137	162	4	-
R Edwards	c Lloyd b Titmus	10	21	33	1	-
KD Walters	c Denness b Greig	32	60	76	2	-
+RW Marsh	c Knott b Greig	40	118	133	2	-
MHN Walker	not out	23	101	106	-	-
DK Lillee	c Denness b Greig	14	28	36	1	-
AA Mallett	not out	0	1	4	-	-
JR Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, 391 minutes, 80 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (WJ Edwards), 2-5 (IM Chappell), 3-106 (GS Chappell), 4-120 (R Edwards), 5-121 (Redpath), 6-171 (Walters), 7-208 (Marsh), 8-235 (Lillee)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	14	2	56	1	-	-
Greig	18	2	56	4	-	-
Titmus	29	10	64	2	-	-
Underwood	19	7	43	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Edwards made his last appearance in Test matches
--> M Hendrick (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> RGD Willis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JR Thomson in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-56)
--> RGD Willis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> FJ Titmus reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed RW Marsh, his 2nd wicket in the Australia first innings

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