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| 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*) |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
Notes
--> M Hendrick (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> WJ Edwards made his last appearance in Test matches
--> 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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