f30656 t760	England v Australia
	Australia in England 1975 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th July 1975 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by an innings and 85 runs
Umpires	HD Bird, AE Fagg
Scorers	P Pike (England), DK Sherwood (Australia)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 243/5 (Edwards 22*, Marsh 47*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 83/7 (Underwood 8*, Old 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 93/5 (Knott 10*, Old 2*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	b Arnold	59	135	180	3	-
A Turner	c Denness b Snow	37	96	125	4	-
*IM Chappell	c Fletcher b Snow	52	95	109	7	-
GS Chappell	lbw b Old	0	8	11	-	-
R Edwards	c Gooch b Old	56	163	256	5	-
KD Walters	c Old b Greig	14	26	32	2	-
+RW Marsh	c Fletcher b Arnold	61	97	110	8	1
MHN Walker	c Knott b Snow	7	22	28	-	-
JR Thomson	c Arnold b Underwood	49	67	76	5	-
DK Lillee	c Knott b Arnold	3	8	12	-	-
AA Mallett	not out	3	19	25	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 9 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 489 minutes, 121 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (Turner), 2-126 (McCosker), 3-135 (GS Chappell), 4-161 (IM Chappell), 5-186 (Walters), 6-265 (Marsh), 7-286 (Walker), 8-332 (Edwards), 9-343 (Lillee), 10-359 (Thomson, 121 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	33	3	91	3	-	-
Snow	33	6	86	3	-	-
Old	33	7	111	2	-	-
Greig	15	2	43	1	-	-
Underwood	7	3	10	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	lbw b Lillee	34	123	164	2	-
DL Amiss	c Thomson b Lillee	4	25	36	-	-
KWR Fletcher	c Mallett b Walker	6	13	14	1	-
*MH Denness	c GS Chappell b Walker	3	26	46	-	-
GA Gooch	c Marsh b Walker	0	3	1	-	-
AW Greig	c Marsh b Walker	8	12	15	2	-
+APE Knott	b Lillee	14	21	33	2	-
DL Underwood	b Lillee	10	22	25	1	-
CM Old	c GS Chappell b Walker	13	26	30	2	-
JA Snow	lbw b Lillee	0	3	8	-	-
GG Arnold	not out	0	1	2	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	9
Total	(all out, 197 minutes, 45.3 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Amiss), 2-24 (Fletcher), 3-46 (Denness), 4-46 (Gooch), 5-54 (Greig), 6-75 (Knott), 7-78 (Edrich), 8-87 (Underwood), 9-97 (Snow), 10-101 (Old, 45.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	15	8	15	5	-	-
Thomson	10	3	21	0	-	-
Walker	17.3	5	48	5	-	-
Mallett	3	1	8	0	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Marsh b Walker	5	17	26	1	-
DL Amiss	c sub (GJ Gilmour) b Thomson	5	78	85	-	-
KWR Fletcher	c Walters b Lillee	51	99	129	6	-
*MH Denness	b Thomson	8	23	25	-	-
GA Gooch	c Marsh b Thomson	0	7	7	-	-
AW Greig	c Marsh b Walker	7	26	32	1	-
+APE Knott	c McCosker b Thomson	38	125	176	4	-
CM Old	c Walters b Lillee	7	22	22	-	-
JA Snow	c Marsh b Thomson	34	40	46	4	1
DL Underwood	b Mallett	3	14	17	-	-
GG Arnold	not out	6	4	3	1	-
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	9
Total	(all out, 293 minutes, 75.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Edrich), 2-18 (Denness), 3-20 (Gooch), 4-52 (Greig), 5-90 (Fletcher), 6-100 (Old), 7-122 (Amiss), 8-151 (Knott), 9-167 (Snow), 10-173 (Underwood, 75.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	20	8	45	2	-	-
Walker	24	9	47	2	-	-
Thomson	18	8	38	5	-	-
Mallett	13.2	6	34	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> A Turner made his debut in Test matches
--> GA Gooch made his debut in Test matches
--> MH Denness made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GG Arnold made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RB McCosker (1) 50 in 123 balls, 158 minutes
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 87 balls, 98 minutes with 7 fours
--> R Edwards (1) 50 in 154 balls, 248 minutes
--> R Edwards (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> RW Marsh (1) 50 in 74 balls, 74 minutes
--> JR Thomson (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Test matches
--> KWR Fletcher (2) 50 in 89 balls, 122 minutes with 6 fours
--> AW Greig (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> GA Gooch made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> A Turner made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JR Thomson made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MHN Walker made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RB McCosker made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DL Amiss retired hurt in the England second innings having scored 2 (team score 7/0) - he returned when the score was 100/6

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