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t748 Australia v England

Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1974/75 (2nd Test)

Venue Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th December 1974 (5-day match)

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia won the toss and decided to field

Result Australia won by 9 wickets

Umpires RC Bailhache, TF Brooks

Close of play day 1 Australia (1) 1/0 (Redpath 1*, WJ Edwards 0*)

Close of play day 2 Australia (1) 352/4 (R Edwards 79*, Walters 103*)

Close of play day 3 England (2) 102/1 (Denness 13*, Greig 28*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c GS Chappell b Thomson	49	157	187	6	-
BW Luckhurst	c Mallett b Walker	27	53	81	6	-
MC Cowdrey	b Thomson	22	101	125	3	-
AW Greig	c Mallett b Walker	23	46	65	3	-
KWR Fletcher	c Redpath b Lillee	4	17	24	1	-
*MH Denness	c GS Chappell b Lillee	2	12	13	-	-
+APE Knott	c Redpath b Walters	51	70	86	5	-
FJ Titmus	c Redpath b Walters	10	66	94	-	-
CM Old	c GS Chappell b IM Chappell	7	7	5	1	-
GG Arnold	run out	1	1	1	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	4	2	2	1	-
Extras	(5 nb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 349 minutes, 65.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Luckhurst), 2-99 (Lloyd), 3-119 (Cowdrey), 4-128 (Fletcher), 5-132 (Denness), 6-132 (Greig), 7-194 (Knott), 8-201 (Old), 9-202 (Arnold), 10-208 (Titmus, 65.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	16	4	48	2	-	-
Thomson	15	6	45	2	-	-
Walker	20	5	49	2	-	-
Mallett	10	3	35	0	-	-
Walters	2.3	0	13	2	-	-
IM Chappell	2	0	10	1	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	st Knott b Titmus	41	92	111	2	-
WJ Edwards	c Lloyd b Greig	30	43	62	2	-
*IM Chappell	c Knott b Arnold	25	48	69	5	-
GS Chappell	c Greig b Willis	62	122	126	6	-
R Edwards	b Arnold	115	252	322	6	-
KD Walters	c Fletcher b Willis	103	119	140	11	1
+RW Marsh	c Lloyd b Titmus	41	93	120	5	-
MHN Walker	c Knott b Old	19	72	80	-	-
DK Lillee	b Old	11	20	13	1	-
AA Mallett	c Knott b Old	0	2	1	-	-
JR Thomson	not out	11	12	16	1	-
Extras	(7 b, 14 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 540 minutes, 108.6 overs)	481
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (WJ Edwards), 2-101 (Redpath), 3-113 (IM Chappell), 4-192 (GS Chappell), 5-362 (Walters), 6-416 (R Edwards), 7-449 (Marsh), 8-462 (Lillee), 9-462 (Mallett), 10-481 (Walker, 108.6 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	22	0	91	2	-	-
Arnold	27	1	129	2	-	-
Old	22.6	3	85	3	-	-
Greig	9	0	69	1	-	-
Titmus	28	3	84	2	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Lloyd	c GS Chappell b Walker	35	148	180	4	-
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Thomson	41	96	131	7	-
*MH Denness	c Redpath b Thomson	20	66	97	1	-
AW Greig	c GS Chappell b Thomson	32	49	58	6	-
KWR Fletcher	c Marsh b Thomson	0	1	1	-	-
+APE Knott	c GS Chappell b Lillee	18	31	32	3	-
BW Luckhurst	c Mallett b Lillee	23	107	136	2	-
FJ Titmus	c GS Chappell b Mallett	61	91	108	8	-
CM Old	c Thomson b Mallett	43	48	64	5	2
GG Arnold	c Mallett b Thomson	4	8	8	1	-
RGD Willis	not out	0	0	2	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 463 minutes, 91.1 overs)	293
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Cowdrey), 2-106 (Greig), 3-124 (Denness), 4-124 (Fletcher), 5-154 (Knott), 6-156 (Lloyd), 7-219 (Luckhurst), 8-285 (Old), 9-293 (Arnold), 10-293 (Titmus, 91.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	22	5	59	2	-	-
Thomson	25	4	93	5	-	-
Walker	24	7	76	1	-	-
Walters	9	4	17	0	-	-
Mallett	11.1	4	32	2	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IR Redpath	not out	12	21	22	2	-
WJ Edwards	lbw b Arnold	0	3	8	-	-
*IM Chappell	not out	11	7	12	1	-
GS Chappell	did not bat
R Edwards	did not bat
KD Walters	did not bat
+RW Marsh	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
AA Mallett	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 22 minutes, 3.7 overs)	23
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (WJ Edwards)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	2	0	8	0	-	-
Arnold	1.7	0	15	1	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 2000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 48
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 7500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 19
--> APE Knott (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 17
--> JR Thomson reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed MC Cowdrey, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> D Lloyd retired hurt in the England second innings having scored 17 (team score 52/0) - he returned when the score was 106/2

f30152 t748	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1974/75 (2nd Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th December 1974 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, TF Brooks
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 1/0 (Redpath 1, WJ Edwards 0)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 352/4 (R Edwards 79, Walters 103)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 102/1 (Denness 13, Greig 28)
Articles	`Dad's Army' Aussies may be past it for Ashes, warns Lillee