f31507 t800	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Sri Lanka and Australia 1976/77 (Only Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th March 1977 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 45 runs
Umpires	TF Brooks, MG O'Connell
Close of play day 1	England (1) 29/1 (Brearley 12*, Underwood 5*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (2) 104/3 (Davis 45*, Walters 32*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 387/8 (Marsh 95*, McCosker 17*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 191/2 (Randall 87*, Amiss 34*)
Player of the Match	DW Randall

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Davis	lbw b Lever	5	22	28	-	-
RB McCosker	b Willis	4	17	33	-	-
GJ Cosier	c Fletcher b Lever	10	10	19	2	-
*GS Chappell	b Underwood	40	139	234	-	-
DW Hookes	c Greig b Old	17	19	32	2	-
KD Walters	c Greig b Willis	4	8	14	-	-
+RW Marsh	c Knott b Old	28	56	91	3	-
GJ Gilmour	c Greig b Old	4	20	24	-	-
KJ O'Keeffe	c Brearley b Underwood	0	2	2	-	-
DK Lillee	not out	10	53	59	1	-
MHN Walker	b Underwood	2	14	14	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 8 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 289 minutes, 43.6 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Davis), 2-13 (McCosker), 3-23 (Cosier), 4-45 (Hookes), 5-51 (Walters), 6-102 (Marsh), 7-114 (Gilmour), 8-117 (O'Keeffe), 9-136 (Chappell), 10-138 (Walker, 43.6 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	12	1	36	2	-	-
Willis	8	0	33	2	-	-
Old	12	4	39	3	-	-
Underwood	11.6	2	16	3	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	c Chappell b Lillee	9	30	43	1	-
JM Brearley	c Hookes b Lillee	12	40	64	1	-
DL Underwood	c Chappell b Walker	7	18	28	1	-
DW Randall	c Marsh b Lillee	4	20	35	-	-
DL Amiss	c O'Keeffe b Walker	4	18	18	-	-
KWR Fletcher	c Marsh b Walker	4	27	44	-	-
*AW Greig	b Walker	18	20	24	3	-
+APE Knott	lbw b Lillee	15	45	59	-	-
CM Old	c Marsh b Lillee	3	17	27	-	-
JK Lever	c Marsh b Lillee	11	25	39	2	-
RGD Willis	not out	1	17	20	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 211 minutes, 34.3 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Woolmer), 2-30 (Brearley), 3-34 (Underwood), 4-40 (Amiss), 5-40 (Randall), 6-61 (Greig), 7-65 (Fletcher), 8-78 (Old), 9-86 (Knott), 10-95 (Lever, 34.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	13.3	2	26	6	-	-
Walker	15	3	54	4	-	-
O'Keeffe	1	0	4	0	-	-
Gilmour	5	3	4	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Davis	c Knott b Greig	68	153	238	6	-
KJ O'Keeffe	c Willis b Old	14	36	50	1	-
*GS Chappell	b Old	2	14	15	-	-
GJ Cosier	c Knott b Lever	4	27	35	-	-
KD Walters	c Knott b Greig	66	143	213	5	-
DW Hookes	c Fletcher b Underwood	56	69	122	9	-
+RW Marsh	not out	110	173	295	10	-
GJ Gilmour	b Lever	16	31	44	1	-
DK Lillee	c Amiss b Old	25	56	86	3	-
RB McCosker	c Greig b Old	25	68	85	3	-
MHN Walker	not out	8	24	27	-	-
Extras	(10 lb, 15 nb)	25
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 620 minutes, 96.6 overs)	419
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (O'Keeffe), 2-40 (Chappell), 3-53 (Cosier), 4-132 (Davis), 5-187 (Walters), 6-244 (Hookes), 7-277 (Gilmour), 8-353 (Lillee), 9-407 (McCosker)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	21	1	95	2	-	-
Willis	22	0	91	0	-	-
Old	27.6	2	104	4	-	-
Greig	14	3	66	2	-	-
Underwood	12	2	38	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Woolmer	lbw b Walker	12	36	47	1	-
JM Brearley	lbw b Lillee	43	142	170	2	-
DW Randall	c Cosier b O'Keeffe	174	353	446	21	-
DL Amiss	b Chappell	64	185	227	3	-
KWR Fletcher	c Marsh b Lillee	1	8	12	-	-
*AW Greig	c Cosier b O'Keeffe	41	82	100	7	-
+APE Knott	lbw b Lillee	42	51	81	5	-
CM Old	c Chappell b Lillee	2	4	5	-	-
JK Lever	lbw b O'Keeffe	4	25	15	-	-
DL Underwood	b Lillee	7	19	21	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	5	5	10	1	-
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 7 nb, 3 w)	22
Total	(all out, 581 minutes, 112.4 overs)	417
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Woolmer), 2-113 (Brearley), 3-279 (Amiss), 4-290 (Fletcher), 5-346 (Randall), 6-369 (Greig), 7-380 (Old), 8-385 (Lever), 9-410 (Underwood), 10-417 (Knott, 112.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	34.4	7	139	5	-	-
Walker	22	4	83	1	-	-
Gilmour	4	0	29	0	-	-
O'Keeffe	33	6	108	3	-	-
Chappell	16	7	29	1	-	-
Walters	3	2	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Hookes made his debut in Test matches
--> GJ Gilmour made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> IC Davis (2) 50 in 116 balls, 198 minutes
--> DW Hookes (2) 50 in 65 balls, 117 minutes
--> KD Walters (2) 50 in 103 balls, 163 minutes
--> RW Marsh (2) 50 in 77 balls, 118 minutes
--> RW Marsh (2) 100 in 156 balls, 252 minutes with 9 fours
--> MHN Walker (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DW Randall (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Test matches
--> DW Randall (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> DW Randall (2) 50 in 89 balls, 116 minutes
--> DW Randall (2) 100 in 173 balls, 233 minutes with 10 fours
--> DW Randall (2) 150 in 300 balls with 18 fours
--> DL Amiss (2) 50 in 131 balls, 147 minutes
--> DW Hookes made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> RA Woolmer made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JM Brearley made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JK Lever made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> JK Lever made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DW Randall made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DL Underwood reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed GS Chappell, his 2nd wicket in the Australia first innings
--> DK Lillee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 6-66)
--> KJ O'Keeffe reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JK Lever, his 3rd wicket in the England second innings

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