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
Scorers	TC Billson (England), MP Ringham (Australia)
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*)
Player 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.
--> DR Gilbert made his debut in Test matches
--> LB Taylor made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MJ Bennett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GA Gooch (1) 50 in 118 balls, 151 minutes
--> GA Gooch (1) 100 in 193 balls, 294 minutes with 13 fours
--> GA Gooch (1) 150 in 268 balls with 20 fours
--> 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
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 64 balls, 104 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 100 in 123 balls, 199 minutes with 12 fours
--> DI Gower (1) 150 in 201 balls with 20 fours
--> GM Ritchie (1) 50 in 124 balls, 159 minutes
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 87 balls, 145 minutes
--> DR Gilbert made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> MJ Bennett made his debut in England 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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