Test Match #601 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1965-1966 Australia v England - 5th Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
11th February, 1966
 
Australia 543/8 dec
England 485/9 dec & 69/3
Match drawn

 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott c Stackpole b McKenzie 17  87  0  0 19.54 3.51%
Bob Barber run out 17  24  0  0 70.83 3.51%
John Edrich c McKenzie b Walters 85  226  7  0 37.61 17.53%
Ken Barrington c †Grout b Walters 115  153  8  2 75.16 23.71%
Colin Cowdrey c †Grout b Walters 79  143  7  0 55.24 16.29%
Mike Smith* c †Grout b Walters 0  6  0  0 0.00
Jim Parks run out 89  175  9  0 50.86 18.35%
Fred Titmus not out 42  128  2  0 32.81 8.66%
Barry Knight c †Grout b Hawke 13  39  1  0 33.33 2.68%
David Brown c & b Chappell 12  25  2  0 48.00 2.47%
Jeff Jones not out 4  14  0  0 28.57 0.82%
Extras (b 9, lb 2, nb 1) 12  
Total 9 wickets declared   (127.0 overs @ 3.82 rpo) 485
Fall of Wickets
 
1-36 Bob Barber, 2-41 Geoff Boycott, 3-219 Ken Barrington, 4-254 John Edrich,
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5-254 Mike Smith, 6-392 Colin Cowdrey, 7-419 Jim Parks, 8-449 Barry Knight,
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9-474 David Brown
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Graham McKenzie 26.0 5 100 1 3.85 10.00
Neil Hawke 35.0 5 109 1 3.11 10.00
Doug Walters 19.0 3 53 4 2.79 40.00
Bob Simpson 5.0 1 20 0 4.00
Keith Stackpole 10.0 2 43 0 4.30
Tom Veivers 15.0 3 78 0 5.20
Ian Chappell 17.0 4 70 1 4.12 10.00
 
 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Bill Lawry c Edrich b Jones 108  256  7  0 42.19 19.89%
Bob Simpson* b Brown 4  6  1  0 66.67 0.74%
Grahame Thomas c Titmus b Jones 19  25  2  0 76.00 3.50%
Robert Cowper b Knight 307  589  20  0 52.12 56.54%
Doug Walters c & b Barber 60  201  3  0 29.85 11.05%
Ian Chappell c †Parks b Jones 19  80  1  0 23.75 3.50%
Keith Stackpole b Knight 9  47  0  0 19.15 1.66%
Tom Veivers b Titmus 4  29  1  0 13.79 0.74%
Neil Hawke not out 0  3  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 5, nb 2) 13  
Total 8 wickets declared   (154.2 overs @ 3.52 rpo) 543
 
Did not Bat
 
Wally Grout†, Graham McKenzie
Fall of Wickets
 
1-15 Bob Simpson, 2-36 Grahame Thomas, 3-248 Bill Lawry, 4-420 Doug Walters,
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5-481 Ian Chappell, 6-532 Keith Stackpole, 7-543 Tom Veivers, 8-543 Robert Cowper
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
David Brown 31.0 3 134 1 4.32 10.00
Jeff Jones 29.0 1 145 3 5.00 30.00
Barry Knight 36.2 4 105 2 2.89 20.00
Fred Titmus 42.0 12 86 1 2.05 10.00
Bob Barber 16.0 0 60 1 3.75 10.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott lbw b McKenzie 1  10  0  0 10.00 1.45%
Bob Barber b McKenzie 20  21  4  0 95.24 28.99%
John Edrich b McKenzie 3  13  0  0 23.08 4.35%
Ken Barrington not out 32  50  3  0 64.00 46.38%
Colin Cowdrey not out 11  42  1  0 26.19 15.94%
Extras (lb 2) 2  
Total 3 wickets   (17.0 overs @ 4.06 rpo) 69
 
Did not Bat
 
Mike Smith*, Jim Parks†, Fred Titmus, Barry Knight, David Brown, Jeff Jones
Fall of Wickets
 
1-6 Geoff Boycott, 2-21 Bob Barber, 3-34 John Edrich
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Graham McKenzie 6.0 2 17 3 2.83 30.00
Neil Hawke 4.0 1 22 0 5.50
Doug Walters 2.0 0 16 0 8.00
Keith Stackpole 3.0 0 10 0 3.33
Ian Chappell 2.0 0 2 0 1.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1965-1966 Australia v England  (The Ashes) - 5th Test
Match No. Test #601
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 312/5 (MC Cowdrey 43*, JM Parks 29*)
Day 2 - Australia 1st innings 101/2 (WM Lawry 43*, RM Cowper 32*)
Day 3 - Australia 1st innings 333/3 (RM Cowper 159*, KD Walters 35*)
Day 4 - No play
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 69/3, 17.0 overs - end of match

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