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Test no. 762
The Ashes - 3rd Test
England v Australia
1975 season

Played at Headingley, Leeds, on 14,15,16,18,19 August 1975 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood lbw b Gilmour 9 35 30 2 0 30.00
JH Edrich c Mallett b Thomson 62 162 121 9 0 51.23
DS Steele c Walters b Thomson 73 255 169 8 0 43.19
JH Hampshire lbw b Gilmour 14 40 36 2 0 38.88
KWR Fletcher c Mallett b Lillee 8 44 32 1 0 25.00
captain AW Greig run out 51 126 102 8 0 50.00
wicketkeeper APE Knott lbw b Gilmour 14 93 59 1 0 23.72
PH Edmonds not out 13 53 36 1 0 36.11
CM Old b Gilmour 5 31 26 0 0 19.23
JA Snow c Walters b Gilmour 0 1 3 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood c GS Chappell b Gilmour 0 5 3 0 0 0.00
    Extras (b 4, lb 15, w 11, nb 9) 39
    Total (all out; 101.2 overs) 288 (2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Wood), 2-137 (Edrich), 3-159 (Hampshire), 4-189 (Fletcher), 5-213 (Steele), 6-268 (Greig), 7-269 (Knott), 8-284 (Old), 9-284 (Snow), 10-288 (Underwood)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 28 12 53 1 1.89
 JR Thomson 22 8 53 2 2.40
 GJ Gilmour 31.2 10 85 6 2.71
 MHN Walker 18 4 54 0 3.00
 IM Chappell 2 0 4 0 2.00

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker c Hampshire b Old 0 22 18 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper RW Marsh b Snow 25 65 64 3 0 39.06
captain IM Chappell b Edmonds 35 147 102 5 0 34.31
GS Chappell c Underwood b Edmonds 13 66 56 0 0 23.21
R Edwards lbw b Edmonds 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
KD Walters lbw b Edmonds 19 63 62 2 0 30.64
GJ Gilmour c Greig b Underwood 6 32 34 1 0 17.64
MHN Walker c Old b Edmonds 0 14 14 0 0 0.00
JR Thomson c Steele b Snow 16 61 60 0 0 26.66
DK Lillee b Snow 11 39 42 2 0 26.19
AA Mallett not out 1 12 11 0 0 9.09
    Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 3) 9
    Total (all out; 76.5 overs) 135 (1.75 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-8 (McCosker), 2-53 (Marsh), 3-78 (GS Chappell), 4-78 (Edwards), 5-81 (IM Chappell), 6-96 (Gilmour), 7-104 (Walker), 8-107 (Walters), 9-128 (Lillee), 10-135 (Thomson)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JA Snow 18.5 7 22 3 1.16
 CM Old 11 3 30 1 2.72
 AW Greig 3 0 14 0 4.66
 B Wood 5 2 10 0 2.00
 DL Underwood 19 12 22 1 1.15
 PH Edmonds 20 7 28 5 1.40

England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood lbw b Walker 25 99 74 3 0 33.78
JH Edrich b Mallett 35 131 90 5 0 38.88
DS Steele c GS Chappell b Gilmour 92 266 222 7 1 41.44
KWR Fletcher c GS Chappell b Lillee 14 56 44 1 0 31.81
captain AW Greig c & b Mallett 49 108 71 7 0 69.01
CM Old st wicketkeeperMarsh b Mallett 10 15 16 2 0 62.50
JH Hampshire c GS Chappell b Thomson 0 3 4 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper APE Knott c Thomson b Lillee 31 48 29 4 1 106.89
PH Edmonds c sub (A Turner) b Gilmour 8 17 12 1 0 66.66
JA Snow c wicketkeeperMarsh b Gilmour 9 16 15 1 0 60.00
DL Underwood not out 0 2 0 0 0 -
    Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 2, nb 9) 18
    Total (all out; 94 overs) 291 (3.09 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-55 (Wood), 2-70 (Edrich), 3-103 (Fletcher), 4-197 (Greig), 5-209 (Old), 6-210 (Hampshire), 7-272 (Steele), 8-276 (Knott), 9-285 (Edmonds), 10-291 (Snow)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 20 5 48 2 2.40
 JR Thomson 20 6 67 1 3.35
 GJ Gilmour 20 5 72 3 3.60
 MHN Walker 15 4 36 1 2.40
 AA Mallett 19 4 50 3 2.63

Australia 2nd innings (target: 445 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker not out 95 260 214 12 0 44.39
wicketkeeper RW Marsh b Underwood 12 69 47 2 0 25.53
captain IM Chappell lbw b Old 62 123 127 11 1 48.81
GS Chappell c Steele b Edmonds 12 12 11 3 0 109.09
KD Walters not out 25 49 42 5 0 59.52
    Extras (b 4, lb 8, nb 2) 14
    Total (3 wickets; 73 overs) 220 (3.01 runs per over)

Did not bat R Edwards, GJ Gilmour, MHN Walker, JR Thomson, DK Lillee, AA Mallett

Fall of wickets1-55 (Marsh), 2-161 (IM Chappell), 3-174 (GS Chappell)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JA Snow 15 6 21 0 1.40
 CM Old 17 5 61 1 3.58
 AW Greig 9 3 20 0 2.22
 DL Underwood 15 4 40 1 2.66
 PH Edmonds 17 4 64 1 3.76

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 4-match series 1-0

Test debut PH Edmonds (England)

Umpires DJ Constant and AE Fagg

Close of play
14 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 251/5 (AW Greig 46*, APE Knott 7*)
15 Aug day 2 - Australia 1st innings 107/8 (JR Thomson 3*, DK Lillee 0*)
16 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 184/3 (DS Steele 59*, AW Greig 38*)
17 Aug rest day
18 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 220/3 (RB McCosker 95*, KD Walters 25*, 73 ov)
19 Aug day 5 - no play

Match notes

  • Match was abandoned as a draw after vandals, campaigning for the release from prison of a convicted criminal, sabotaged the Rugby Ground end of the pitch with knives and oil.*
  • Edmonds took 5 wickets on his debut*
  • Underwood became the 4th bowler to take over 200 wkts for England after A.V.Bedser,F.S.Trueman and J.B.Statham.

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