f26146 t601	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1965/66 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th February 1966 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CJ Egar, LP Rowan
Scorers	BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (England)
Close of play day 1	England (1) 312/5 (Cowdrey 43*, Parks 29*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 101/2 (Lawry 43*, Cowper 32*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 333/3 (Cowper 159*, Walters 35*)
Close of play day 4	No play

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Stackpole b McKenzie	17	87	75	-	-
RW Barber	run out	17	24	55	-	-
JH Edrich	c McKenzie b Walters	85	226	239	7	-
KF Barrington	c Grout b Walters	115	153	178	8	2
MC Cowdrey	c Grout b Walters	79	143	190	7	-
*MJK Smith	c Grout b Walters	0	6	4	-	-
+JM Parks	run out	89	175	178	9	-
FJ Titmus	not out	42	128	122	2	-
BR Knight	c Grout b Hawke	13	39	43	1	-
DJ Brown	c and b Chappell	12	25	28	2	-
IJ Jones	not out	4	14	15	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	485
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Barber), 2-41 (Boycott), 3-219 (Barrington), 4-254 (Edrich), 5-254 (Smith), 6-392 (Cowdrey), 7-419 (Parks), 8-449 (Knight), 9-474 (Brown)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	26	5	100	1	-	-
Hawke	35	5	109	1	-	-
Walters	19	3	53	4	-	-
Simpson	5	1	20	0	-	-
Stackpole	10	2	43	0	-	-
Veivers	15	3	78	0	-	-
Chappell	17	4	70	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Lawry	c Edrich b Jones	108	256	369	7	-
*RB Simpson	b Brown	4	6	13	1	-
G Thomas	c Titmus b Jones	19	25	31	2	-
RM Cowper	b Knight	307	589	727	20	-
KD Walters	c and b Barber	60	201	236	3	-
IM Chappell	c Parks b Jones	19	80	81	1	-
KR Stackpole	b Knight	9	47	56	-	-
TR Veivers	b Titmus	4	29	22	1	-
NJN Hawke	not out	0	3	4	-	-
+ATW Grout	did not bat
GD McKenzie	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 154.2 overs)	543
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Simpson), 2-36 (Thomas), 3-248 (Lawry), 4-420 (Walters), 5-481 (Chappell), 6-532 (Stackpole), 7-543 (Veivers), 8-543 (Cowper, 154.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	31	3	134	1	-	-
Jones	29	1	145	3	-	-
Knight	36.2	4	105	2	-	-
Titmus	42	12	86	1	-	-
Barber	16	0	60	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b McKenzie	1	10	12	-	-
RW Barber	b McKenzie	20	21	22	4	-
JH Edrich	b McKenzie	3	13	21	-	-
KF Barrington	not out	32	50	52	3	-
MC Cowdrey	not out	11	42	40	1	-
*MJK Smith	did not bat
+JM Parks	did not bat
FJ Titmus	did not bat
BR Knight	did not bat
DJ Brown	did not bat
IJ Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(3 wickets, 17 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Boycott), 2-21 (Barber), 3-34 (Edrich)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	6	2	17	3	-	-
Hawke	4	1	22	0	-	-
Walters	2	0	16	0	-	-
Stackpole	3	0	10	0	-	-
Chappell	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Thomas made his last appearance in Test matches
--> ATW Grout made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> ATW Grout made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JH Edrich (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 56
--> KF Barrington (1) 100 in 122 balls
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 108
--> RM Cowper (1) passed his previous highest score of 143 in Test matches
--> RM Cowper (1) passed his previous highest score of 195 in first-class matches
--> RM Cowper (1) 200 in 535 minutes
--> RM Cowper (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 177
--> KD Walters (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 11
--> IM Chappell (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Test matches
--> RW Barber (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches for the season when he reached 19
--> KD Walters achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JH Edrich in the England first innings (previous best was 1-22)
--> KD Walters reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed KF Barrington, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> IJ Jones reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed IM Chappell, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> GD McKenzie reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed JH Edrich, his 3rd wicket in the England second innings

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Barrington's century won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

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