f35937 t1022	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1985 (6th Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 29th, 30th, 31st August, 2nd September 1985 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by an innings and 94 runs
Umpires	HD Bird, KE Palmer
Close of play day 1	England (1) 376/3 (Gooch 179*, Emburey 0*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 145/6 (Ritchie 20*, Bennett 0*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 62/4 (Border 26*, Ritchie 6*)
Man of the Match	GA Gooch

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	c and b McDermott	196	310	423	27	-
RT Robinson	b McDermott	3	21	35	-	-
*DI Gower	c Bennett b McDermott	157	216	335	20	-
MW Gatting	c Border b Bennett	4	27	25	-	-
JE Emburey	c Wellham b Lawson	9	17	27	1	-
AJ Lamb	c McDermott b Lawson	1	15	28	-	-
IT Botham	c Phillips b Lawson	12	23	34	2	-
+PR Downton	b McDermott	16	46	75	1	-
RM Ellison	c Phillips b Gilbert	3	32	43	-	-
PH Edmonds	lbw b Lawson	12	26	34	2	-
LB Taylor	not out	1	10	15	-	-
Extras	(13 b, 11 lb, 26 nb)	50
Total	(all out, 118.2 overs)	464
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Robinson), 2-371 (Gower), 3-376 (Gatting), 4-403 (Gooch), 5-405 (Emburey), 6-418 (Lamb), 7-425 (Botham), 8-447 (Ellison), 9-452 (Downton), 10-464 (Edmonds, 118.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	29.2	6	101	4	-	-
McDermott	31	2	108	4	-	-
Gilbert	21	2	96	1	-	-
Bennett	32	8	111	1	-	-
Border	2	0	8	0	-	-
Wessels	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	lbw b Botham	22	27	31	3	-
AMJ Hilditch	c Gooch b Botham	17	32	60	1	-
KC Wessels	b Emburey	12	51	56	-	-
*AR Border	b Edmonds	38	67	105	4	-
DM Wellham	c Downton b Ellison	13	41	52	2	-
GM Ritchie	not out	64	156	195	5	-
+WB Phillips	b Edmonds	18	29	38	2	-
MJ Bennett	c Robinson b Ellison	12	46	49	1	-
GF Lawson	c Botham b Taylor	14	26	29	1	-
CJ McDermott	run out	25	23	34	2	1
DR Gilbert	b Botham	1	9	13	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 2 w)	5
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Wood), 2-52 (Hilditch), 3-56 (Wessels), 4-101 (Wellham), 5-109 (Border), 6-144 (Phillips), 7-171 (Bennett), 8-192 (Lawson), 9-235 (McDermott), 10-241 (Gilbert, 84 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	20	3	64	3	-	-
Taylor	13	1	39	1	-	-
Ellison	18	5	35	2	-	-
Emburey	19	7	48	1	-	-
Edmonds	14	2	52	2	-	-

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Australia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	b Botham	6	18	27	1	-
AMJ Hilditch	c Gower b Taylor	9	27	36	-	-
KC Wessels	c Downton b Botham	7	21	34	-	-
*AR Border	c Botham b Ellison	58	92	157	7	-
DM Wellham	lbw b Ellison	5	17	19	-	-
GM Ritchie	c Downton b Ellison	6	42	58	-	-
+WB Phillips	c Downton b Botham	10	24	30	1	-
MJ Bennett	c and b Taylor	11	29	43	1	-
GF Lawson	c Downton b Ellison	7	10	16	1	-
CJ McDermott	c Botham b Ellison	2	4	3	-	-
DR Gilbert	not out	0	0	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 46.3 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Wood), 2-16 (Hilditch), 3-37 (Wessels), 4-51 (Wellham), 5-71 (Ritchie), 6-96 (Phillips), 7-114 (Border), 8-127 (Lawson), 9-129 (McDermott), 10-129 (Bennett, 46.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Botham	17	3	44	3	-	-
Taylor	11.3	1	34	2	-	-
Ellison	17	3	46	5	-	-
Emburey	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 153 in Test matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 169
--> DR Gilbert made his debut in Test matches
--> CJ McDermott reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed GA Gooch, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> LB Taylor reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed GF Lawson, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> RM Ellison reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed DM Wellham, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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