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Scorecard - The Ashes: 1st Test, 1975

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England v Australia @ Edgbaston, Birmingham
10, 11, 12, 14 July 1975 (five-day match)

Toss: England (field)
Umpires: HD Bird, AE Fagg
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 85 runs

Australia

		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
1. Rick McCosker	b Geoff Arnold	59	135	180	3	-
2. Alan Turner	c Mike Denness b John Snow	37	96	125	4	-
*3. Ian Chappell	c Keith Fletcher b John Snow	52	0	109	7	-
4. Greg Chappell	lbw b Chris Old	0	8	11	-	-
5. Ross Edwards	c Graham Gooch b Chris Old	56	163	256	5	-
6. Doug Walters	c Chris Old b Tony Greig	14	0	32	2	-
+7. Rod Marsh	c Keith Fletcher b Geoff Arnold	61	0	110	8	1
8. Max Walker	c Alan Knott b John Snow	7	22	28	-	-
9. Jeff Thomson	c Geoff Arnold b Derek Underwood	49	67	76	5	-
10. Dennis Lillee	c Alan Knott b Geoff Arnold	3	8	12	-	-
11. Ashley Mallett	not out	3	19	25	-	-

FOW	1-80 (Alan Turner), 2-126 (Rick McCosker), 3-135 (Greg Chappell), 4-161 (Ian Chappell), 5-186 (Doug Walters), 6-265 (Rod Marsh), 7-286 (Max Walker), 8-332 (Ross Edwards), 9-343 (Dennis Lillee), 359 (Jeff Thomson).
Extras	1b, 8lb, 0w, 9nb, 0pen) 18
Total	(for 10 wickets, 121 ovs) 359

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Extras
Geoff Arnold	33	3	91	3	(0w,0nb)
John Snow	33	6	86	3	(0w,0nb)
Chris Old	33	7	111	2	(0w,0nb)
Tony Greig	15	2	43	1	(0w,0nb)
Derek Underwood	7	3	10	1	(0w,0nb)

England

		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
1. John Edrich	lbw b Dennis Lillee	34	123	164	2	-
2. Dennis Amiss	c Jeff Thomson b Dennis Lillee	4	0	36	-	-
3. Keith Fletcher	c Ashley Mallett b Max Walker	6	0	14	1	-
*4. Mike Denness	c Greg Chappell b Max Walker	3	0	46	-	-
5. Graham Gooch	c Rod Marsh b Max Walker	0	3	1	-	-
6. Tony Greig	c Rod Marsh b Max Walker	8	12	15	2	-
+7. Alan Knott	b Dennis Lillee	14	0	33	2	-
8. Derek Underwood	b Dennis Lillee	10	0	25	1	-
9. Chris Old	c Greg Chappell b Max Walker	13	26	30	2	-
10. John Snow	lbw b Dennis Lillee	0	0	8	-	-
11. Geoff Arnold	not out	0	1	2	-	-

FOW	1-9 (Dennis Amiss), 2-24 (Keith Fletcher), 3-46 (Mike Denness), 4-46 (Graham Gooch), 5-54 (Tony Greig), 6-75 (Alan Knott), 7-78 (John Edrich), 8-87 (Derek Underwood), 9-97 (John Snow), 101 (Chris Old).
Extras	0b, 3lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 9
Total	(for 10 wickets, 45.3 ovs) 101

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Extras
Dennis Lillee	15	8	15	5	(0w,0nb)
Jeff Thomson	10	3	21	0	(0w,0nb)
Max Walker	17.3	5	48	5	(0w,0nb)
Ashley Mallett	3	1	8	0	(0w,0nb)

England

		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
1. John Edrich	c Rod Marsh b Max Walker	5	17	26	1	-
2. Dennis Amiss	c sub b Jeff Thomson	5	0	85	-	-
3. Keith Fletcher	c Doug Walters b Dennis Lillee	51	0	129	6	-
*4. Mike Denness	b Jeff Thomson	8	0	25	-	-
5. Graham Gooch	c Rod Marsh b Jeff Thomson	0	7	7	-	-
6. Tony Greig	c Rod Marsh b Max Walker	7	26	32	1	-
+7. Alan Knott	c Rick McCosker b Jeff Thomson	38	0	176	4	-
8. Chris Old	c Doug Walters b Dennis Lillee	7	22	22	-	-
9. John Snow	c Rod Marsh b Jeff Thomson	34	0	46	4	1
10. Derek Underwood	b Ashley Mallett	3	0	17	-	-
11. Geoff Arnold	not out	6	4	3	1	-

FOW	1-7 (John Edrich), 2-18 (Mike Denness), 3-20 (Graham Gooch), 4-52 (Tony Greig), 5-90 (Keith Fletcher), 6-100 (Chris Old), 7-122 (Dennis Amiss), 8-151 (Alan Knott), 9-167 (John Snow), 173 (Derek Underwood).
Extras	0b, 5lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 9
Total	(for 10 wickets, 75.2 ovs) 173