f31724 t808	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1977 (5th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th August 1977 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	England (1) 181/9 (Hendrick 1*, Willis 6*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 11/1 (McCosker 2*, Chappell 7*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (1) 226/6 (Marsh 53*, Bright 6*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Malone	39	146	176	2	-
G Boycott	c McCosker b Walker	39	128	171	3	-
RA Woolmer	lbw b Thomson	15	49	53	1	-
DW Randall	c Marsh b Malone	3	31	47	-	-
AW Greig	c Bright b Malone	0	4	7	-	-
GRJ Roope	b Thomson	38	85	110	2	-
+APE Knott	c McCosker b Malone	6	18	23	-	-
JK Lever	lbw b Malone	3	25	28	-	-
DL Underwood	b Thomson	20	43	58	1	-
M Hendrick	b Thomson	15	46	63	3	-
RGD Willis	not out	24	40	54	4	-
Extras	(6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 402 minutes, 101.2 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-86 (Boycott), 2-88 (Brearley), 3-104 (Randall), 4-104 (Woolmer), 5-106 (Greig), 6-122 (Knott), 7-130 (Lever), 8-169 (Roope), 9-174 (Underwood), 10-214 (Hendrick, 101.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	23.2	3	87	4	-	-
Malone	47	20	63	5	-	-
Walker	28	11	51	1	-	-
Bright	3	2	1	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Serjeant	lbw b Willis	0	6	4	-	-
RB McCosker	lbw b Willis	32	147	199	2	-
*GS Chappell	c and b Underwood	39	78	111	3	-
KJ Hughes	c Willis b Hendrick	1	37	53	-	-
DW Hookes	c Knott b Greig	85	113	153	12	-
KD Walters	b Willis	4	14	18	1	-
+RW Marsh	lbw b Hendrick	57	151	194	4	1
RJ Bright	lbw b Willis	16	62	107	-	-
MHN Walker	not out	78	84	153	10	-
MF Malone	b Lever	46	81	105	6	-
JR Thomson	b Willis	17	19	25	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 569 minutes, 131.3 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Serjeant), 2-54 (Chappell), 3-67 (Hughes), 4-84 (McCosker), 5-104 (Walters), 6-184 (Hookes), 7-236 (Marsh), 8-252 (Bright), 9-352 (Malone), 10-385 (Thomson, 131.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	29.3	5	102	5	-	-
Hendrick	37	5	93	2	-	-
Lever	22	6	61	1	-	-
Underwood	35	9	102	1	-	-
Greig	8	2	17	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Serjeant b Thomson	4	10	11	1	-
G Boycott	not out	25	78	101	2	-
RA Woolmer	c Marsh b Malone	6	13	19	-	-
DW Randall	not out	20	55	68	2	-
AW Greig	did not bat
GRJ Roope	did not bat
+APE Knott	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(2 w)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 101 minutes, 26 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Brearley), 2-16 (Woolmer)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	5	1	22	1	-	-
Malone	10	4	14	1	-	-
Walker	8	2	14	0	-	-
Bright	3	2	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ Hughes made his debut in Test matches
--> MF Malone made his debut in Test matches
--> MHN Walker made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MF Malone made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AW Greig made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Boycott (1) passed 31500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> RGD Willis (1) equalled his previous highest score of 24 in Test matches
--> DW Hookes (1) 50 in 66 balls, 100 minutes
--> DW Hookes (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Test matches
--> DW Hookes (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> RW Marsh (1) 50 in 134 balls, 173 minutes
--> RJ Bright (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> MHN Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Test matches
--> MHN Walker (1) 50 in 53 balls, 94 minutes
--> MHN Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in First-Class matches
--> MF Malone (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> G Boycott (2) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> KJ Hughes made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> MF Malone made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> MF Malone achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> JR Thomson reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GRJ Roope, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> RGD Willis reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed KD Walters, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings

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