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England v Australia @ Lord's, London
31 July, 1, 2, 4, 5 August 1975 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: WE Alley, TW Spencer
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Barry Wood | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 2. John Edrich | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 9 | 30 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 3. David Steele | b Jeff Thomson | 50 | 103 | 163 | 9 | - |
| 4. Dennis Amiss | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 5. Graham Gooch | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 6 | 17 | 25 | 1 | - |
| *6. Tony Greig | c Ian Chappell b Max Walker | 96 | 129 | 160 | 15 | - |
| +7. Alan Knott | lbw b Jeff Thomson | 69 | 0 | 134 | 8 | - |
| 8. Bob Woolmer | c Alan Turner b Ashley Mallett | 33 | 108 | 114 | 4 | - |
| 9. John Snow | c Max Walker b Ashley Mallett | 11 | 0 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | not out | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| 11. Peter Lever | lbw b Max Walker | 4 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Barry Wood), 2-29 (John Edrich), 3-31 (Dennis Amiss), 4-49 (Graham Gooch), 5-145 (David Steele), 6-222 (Tony Greig), 7-288 (Alan Knott), 8-309 (John Snow), 9-310 (Bob Woolmer), 315 (Peter Lever). |
| Extras | 3b, 1lb, 4w, 23nb, 0pen) 31 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 87.4 ovs) 315 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 20 | 4 | 84 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 24 | 7 | 92 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Max Walker | 21.4 | 7 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Mallett | 22 | 4 | 56 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Rick McCosker | c & b Peter Lever | 29 | 59 | 80 | 3 | - |
| 2. Alan Turner | lbw b John Snow | 9 | 14 | 27 | - | - |
| *3. Ian Chappell | c Alan Knott b John Snow | 2 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| 4. Greg Chappell | lbw b John Snow | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ross Edwards | lbw b Bob Woolmer | 99 | 132 | 201 | 15 | - |
| 6. Doug Walters | c Tony Greig b Peter Lever | 2 | 0 | 8 | - | - |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c Dennis Amiss b Tony Greig | 3 | 0 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Max Walker | b John Snow | 5 | 19 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 9. Jeff Thomson | b Derek Underwood | 17 | 52 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 10. Dennis Lillee | not out | 73 | 103 | 136 | 8 | 3 |
| 11. Ashley Mallett | lbw b David Steele | 14 | 57 | 69 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Alan Turner), 2-29 (Ian Chappell), 3-37 (Greg Chappell), 4-54 (Rick McCosker), 5-56 (Doug Walters), 6-64 (Rod Marsh), 7-81 (Max Walker), 8-133 (Jeff Thomson), 9-199 (Ross Edwards), 268 (Ashley Mallett). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 77.4 ovs) 268 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Snow | 21 | 4 | 66 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Lever | 15 | 0 | 83 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Woolmer | 13 | 5 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 15 | 5 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 13 | 5 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Steele | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Barry Wood | c Rod Marsh b Jeff Thomson | 52 | 161 | 199 | 7 | - |
| 2. John Edrich | c Jeff Thomson b Ashley Mallett | 175 | 420 | 538 | 21 | - |
| 3. David Steele | c & b Doug Walters | 45 | 111 | 135 | 6 | - |
| 4. Dennis Amiss | c Greg Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 5. Graham Gooch | b Ashley Mallett | 31 | 71 | 88 | 4 | - |
| *6. Tony Greig | c Doug Walters b Ian Chappell | 41 | 42 | 52 | 5 | 1 |
| +7. Alan Knott | not out | 22 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - |
| 8. Bob Woolmer | b Ashley Mallett | 31 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| 9. John Snow | ||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | ||||||
| 11. Peter Lever |
| FOW | 1-111 (Barry Wood), 2-215 (David Steele), 3-249 (Dennis Amiss), 4-315 (Graham Gooch), 5-380 (Tony Greig), 6-387 (John Edrich), 7-436 (Bob Woolmer). |
| Extras | 0b, 18lb, 2w, 9nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 147.4 ovs) 436 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 33 | 10 | 80 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 29 | 8 | 73 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Max Walker | 37 | 8 | 95 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Mallett | 36.4 | 10 | 127 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Chappell | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Rick McCosker | lbw b David Steele | 79 | 224 | 262 | 8 | - |
| 2. Alan Turner | c Graham Gooch b Tony Greig | 21 | 39 | 64 | 3 | - |
| *3. Ian Chappell | lbw b Tony Greig | 86 | 0 | 249 | 13 | - |
| 4. Greg Chappell | not out | 73 | 119 | 146 | 10 | 1 |
| 5. Ross Edwards | not out | 52 | 76 | 92 | 9 | - |
| 6. Doug Walters | ||||||
| +7. Rod Marsh | ||||||
| 8. Max Walker | ||||||
| 9. Jeff Thomson | ||||||
| 10. Dennis Lillee | ||||||
| 11. Ashley Mallett |
| FOW | 1-50 (Alan Turner), 2-169 (Rick McCosker), 3-222 (Ian Chappell). |
| Extras | 4b, 0lb, 0w, 14nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 109 ovs) 329 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Snow | 19 | 3 | 82 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Lever | 20 | 5 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Woolmer | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 26 | 6 | 82 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 31 | 14 | 64 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Steele | 9 | 4 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Barry Wood | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Barry Wood, John Edrich, David Steele, Dennis Amiss, Graham Gooch, Tony Greig, Alan Knott, Bob Woolmer, John Snow, Derek Underwood, Peter Lever
