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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th December 1968 (5-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 30 runs | 
| Umpires | CJ Egar, LP Rowan | 
| Scorers | BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (West Indies) | 
| Close of play day 1 | West Indies (1) 176/6 (Fredericks 76*, Davis 3*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 263/1 (Lawry 117*, Chappell 133*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | West Indies (2) 25/1 (Fredericks 13*, Edwards 1*) | 
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Camacho | c Chappell b McKenzie | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| RC Fredericks | c Redpath b McKenzie | 76 | 226 | 281 | 4 | - | |
| MC Carew | c Gleeson b McKenzie | 7 | 33 | 34 | - | - | |
| SM Nurse | c Jarman b Freeman | 22 | 30 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| BF Butcher | lbw b Gleeson | 42 | 96 | 124 | 4 | - | |
| *GS Sobers | b McKenzie | 19 | 45 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| RB Kanhai | c Sheahan b McKenzie | 5 | 33 | 23 | - | - | |
| CA Davis | b McKenzie | 18 | 68 | 79 | - | - | |
| +JL Hendriks | c Chappell b McKenzie | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| RM Edwards | not out | 9 | 38 | 56 | - | - | |
| LR Gibbs | b McKenzie | 0 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 73 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Camacho), 2-14 (Carew), 3-42 (Nurse), 4-135 (Butcher), 5-158 (Sobers), 6-170 (Kanhai), 7-177 (Fredericks), 8-177 (Hendriks), 9-200 (Davis), 10-200 (Gibbs, 73 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 28 | 5 | 71 | 8 | - | - | |
| Connolly | 12 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Freeman | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gleeson | 25 | 8 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stackpole | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Redpath | c Hendriks b Edwards | 7 | 17 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| *WM Lawry | c Carew b Davis | 205 | 416 | 461 | 12 | 1 | |
| IM Chappell | b Sobers | 165 | 320 | 310 | 16 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Camacho b Sobers | 76 | 207 | 196 | 5 | - | |
| KR Stackpole | b Gibbs | 15 | 17 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| AP Sheahan | c and b Sobers | 18 | 64 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| +BN Jarman | c Butcher b Gibbs | 12 | 30 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| EW Freeman | c Carew b Gibbs | 2 | 10 | 10 | - | - | |
| GD McKenzie | b Sobers | 1 | 7 | 10 | - | - | |
| JW Gleeson | b Gibbs | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| AN Connolly | not out | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 136.3 overs) | 510 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Redpath), 2-312 (Chappell), 3-435 (Lawry), 4-453 (Stackpole), 5-488 (Walters), 6-501 (Sheahan), 7-505 (Jarman), 8-506 (Freeman), 9-506 (Gleeson), 10-510 (McKenzie, 136.3 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sobers | 33.3 | 4 | 97 | 4 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 26 | 1 | 128 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davis | 24 | 0 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gibbs | 43 | 8 | 139 | 4 | - | - | |
| Carew | 10 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Camacho | lbw b Gleeson | 11 | 66 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| RC Fredericks | c Freeman b Gleeson | 47 | 134 | 156 | 3 | - | |
| RM Edwards | run out | 21 | 71 | 72 | 3 | - | |
| RB Kanhai | c Redpath b Freeman | 4 | 22 | 19 | - | - | |
| SM Nurse | c Stackpole b Gleeson | 74 | 192 | 196 | 7 | - | |
| *GS Sobers | lbw b McKenzie | 67 | 148 | 167 | 7 | - | |
| BF Butcher | c Jarman b McKenzie | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| MC Carew | b Stackpole | 33 | 76 | 88 | 3 | - | |
| CA Davis | c Redpath b Gleeson | 10 | 44 | 50 | - | - | |
| +JL Hendriks | c Redpath b Gleeson | 3 | 19 | 23 | - | - | |
| LR Gibbs | not out | 0 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 98.4 overs) | 280 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Camacho), 2-76 (Edwards), 3-85 (Kanhai), 4-85 (Fredericks), 5-219 (Sobers), 6-219 (Butcher), 7-243 (Nurse), 8-264 (Davis), 9-278 (Carew), 10-280 (Hendriks, 98.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McKenzie | 20 | 2 | 88 | 2 | - | - | |
| Connolly | 19 | 7 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Freeman | 11 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gleeson | 26.4 | 9 | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stackpole | 13 | 9 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> RC Fredericks made his debut in Test matches
--> CA Davis made his debut in Test matches
--> RM Edwards made his debut in Test matches
--> RC Fredericks (1) 50 in 145 balls
--> WM Lawry (1) 50 in 103 balls with 1 four
--> WM Lawry (1) 100 in 221 balls, 246 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> WM Lawry (1) 150 in 325 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> WM Lawry (1) 200 in 408 balls, 441 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> WM Lawry (1) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 75
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 88 balls
--> IM Chappell (1) 100 in 220 balls, 195 minutes with 10 fours
--> IM Chappell (1) 150 in 305 balls with 14 fours
--> IM Chappell (1) passed his previous highest score of 151 in Test matches
--> IM Chappell (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 30
--> KD Walters (1) 50 in 145 balls
--> SM Nurse (2) 50 in 155 balls
--> GS Sobers (2) 50 in 96 balls
--> CA Davis made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> RM Edwards made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> RC Fredericks made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> GD McKenzie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed LR Gibbs in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 7-66)
--> GD McKenzie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed LR Gibbs in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 7-66)
--> JW Gleeson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the West Indies second innings (previous best was 5-122)
--> KR Stackpole reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MC Carew, his 1st wicket in the West Indies second innings
--> GD McKenzie reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GS Sobers, his 1st wicket in the West Indies second innings
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