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Test Match #598 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1965-1966 Australia v England - 2nd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
30th December, 1965
 
 Australia 358 & 426
England 558 & 5/0
Match drawn

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bob Simpson* c Edrich b Allen 59  145  7  0 40.69 16.48%
Bill Lawry c Cowdrey b Allen 88  223  10  0 39.46 24.58%
Peter Burge b Jones 5  50  0  0 10.00 1.40%
Robert Cowper c Titmus b Jones 99  183  13  0 54.10 27.65%
Brian Booth lbw b Jones 23  42  3  0 54.76 6.42%
Doug Walters c †Parks b Knight 22  84  1  0 26.19 6.15%
Tom Veivers run out 19  67  1  0 28.36 5.31%
Peter Philpott b Knight 10  35  1  0 28.57 2.79%
Wally Grout† c Barber b Knight 11  26  1  0 42.31 3.07%
Graham McKenzie not out 12  22  1  0 54.55 3.35%
Alan Connolly c †Parks b Knight 0  6  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1) 10  
Total All Out   (107.5 overs @ 3.32 rpo) 358
Fall of Wickets
 
1-93 Simpson, 2-109 Burge, 3-203 Lawry, 4-262 Booth, 5-297 Cowper, 6-318 Walters,
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7-330 Philpott, 8-342 Veivers, 9-352 Grout, 10-358 Connolly
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Jeff Jones 24.0 4 92 3 3.83 30.00
Barry Knight 26.5 2 84 4 3.13 40.00
Fred Titmus 31.0 7 93 0 3.00
David Allen 20.0 4 55 2 2.75 20.00
Bob Barber 6.0 1 24 0 4.00
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott c McKenzie b Walters 51  85  5  0 60.00 9.14%
Bob Barber c †Grout b McKenzie 48  62  3  0 77.42 8.60%
John Edrich c & b Veivers 109  286  11  0 38.11 19.53%
Ken Barrington c Burge b Veivers 63  139  5  0 45.32 11.29%
Colin Cowdrey c Connolly b Cowper 104  187  9  0 55.61 18.64%
Mike Smith* c †Grout b McKenzie 41  92  4  0 44.57 7.35%
Jim Parks† c Cowper b McKenzie 71  124  5  0 57.26 12.72%
Barry Knight c Simpson b McKenzie 1  15  0  0 6.67 0.18%
Fred Titmus not out 56  128  7  0 43.75 10.04%
David Allen c †Grout b Connolly 2  22  0  0 9.09 0.36%
Jeff Jones b McKenzie 1  9  0  0 11.11 0.18%
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2) 11  
Total All Out   (143.2 overs @ 3.89 rpo) 558
Fall of Wickets
 
1-98 Boycott, 2-110 Barber, 3-228 Barrington, 4-333 Edrich, 5-409 Cowdrey, 6-443 Smith,
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7-447 Knight, 8-540 Parks, 9-551 Allen, 10-558 Jones
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Graham McKenzie 35.2 3 134 5 3.79 50.00
Alan Connolly 37.0 5 125 1 3.38 10.00
Peter Philpott 30.0 2 133 0 4.43
Doug Walters 10.0 2 32 1 3.20 10.00
Bob Simpson 16.0 4 61 0 3.81
Tom Veivers 12.0 3 46 2 3.83 20.00
Robert Cowper 3.0 0 16 1 5.33 10.00
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bob Simpson* c †Barrington b Knight 67  129  7  0 51.94 15.73%
Bill Lawry c Smith b Barber 78  198  5  0 39.39 18.31%
Robert Cowper lbw b Jones 5  24  0  0 20.83 1.17%
Peter Burge c Edrich b Boycott 120  193  12  0 62.18 28.17%
Brian Booth b Allen 10  43  0  0 23.26 2.35%
Doug Walters c & b Barrington 115  296  8  0 38.85 27.00%
Tom Veivers st †Parks b Boycott 3  18  0  0 16.67 0.70%
Peter Philpott b Knight 2  5  0  0 40.00 0.47%
Wally Grout† c Allen b Barrington 16  26  1  0 61.54 3.76%
Graham McKenzie run out 2  4  0  0 50.00 0.47%
Alan Connolly not out 0  0  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 3) 8  
Total All Out   (116.4 overs @ 3.65 rpo) 426
Fall of Wickets
 
1-120 Simpson, 2-141 Cowper, 3-163 Lawry, 4-176 Booth, 5-374 Burge, 6-382 Veivers,
nbsp;
7-385 Philpott, 8-417 Grout, 9-426 McKenzie, 10-426 Walters
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Jeff Jones 20.0 1 92 1 4.60 10.00
Barry Knight 21.0 4 61 2 2.90 20.00
Fred Titmus 22.0 6 43 0 1.95
David Allen 18.0 3 48 1 2.67 10.00
Bob Barber 17.0 0 87 1 5.12 10.00
Ken Barrington 7.4 0 47 2 6.13 20.00
Geoff Boycott 9.0 0 32 2 3.56 20.00
Mike Smith 2.0 0 8 0 4.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 227)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott not out 5  11  0  0 45.45 100.00%
Bob Barber not out 0  5  0  0 0.00
Extras 0  
Total 0 wickets   (2.0 overs @ 2.50 rpo) 5
 
Did not Bat
 
John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Smith*, Jim Parks†, Barry Knight,
 
Fred Titmus, David Allen, Jeff Jones
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
Graham McKenzie 1.0 0 2 0 2.00
Alan Connolly 1.0 0 3 0 3.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1965-1966 Australia v England  (The Ashes) - 2nd Test
Match No. Test #598
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 278/4 (RM Cowper 90*, KD Walters 7*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 208/2 (JH Edrich 48*, KF Barrington 54*)
Day 3 - England 1st innings 516/7 (JM Parks 66*, FJ Titmus 23*)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 131/1 (WM Lawry 61*, RM Cowper 1*)
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 5/0, 2.0 overs - end of match

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