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| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th July 1977 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | WE Alley, TW Spencer |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 247/7 (Bright 1*, O'Keeffe 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 206/3 (Woolmer 82*, Greig 16*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 436/9 (Underwood 10*, Willis 1*) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 8/0 (Amiss 0*, Brearley 6*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB McCosker | c Old b Willis | 2 | 16 | 19 | - | - | |
| IC Davis | c Knott b Old | 34 | 105 | 145 | 5 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Knott b Greig | 44 | 81 | 95 | 7 | - | |
| CS Serjeant | lbw b Lever | 14 | 48 | 80 | 1 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Greig b Miller | 88 | 157 | 205 | 15 | - | |
| DW Hookes | c Knott b Lever | 5 | 19 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Amiss b Miller | 36 | 100 | 116 | 6 | - | |
| RJ Bright | c Greig b Lever | 12 | 55 | 73 | 2 | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Knott b Willis | 12 | 51 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| MHN Walker | b Underwood | 9 | 18 | 33 | 1 | - | |
| JR Thomson | not out | 14 | 22 | 28 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (15 lb, 12 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 447 minutes, 109.2 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (McCosker), 2-80 (Chappell), 3-96 (Davis), 4-125 (Serjeant), 5-140 (Hookes), 6-238 (Marsh), 7-246 (Walters), 8-272 (O'Keeffe), 9-272 (Bright), 10-297 (Walker, 109.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 21 | 8 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 25 | 8 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| Old | 20 | 3 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 20.2 | 7 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greig | 13 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 10 | 3 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | c Chappell b Walker | 11 | 34 | 46 | 1 | - | |
| *JM Brearley | c Chappell b Thomson | 6 | 31 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| RA Woolmer | c Davis b O'Keeffe | 137 | 338 | 389 | 22 | - | |
| DW Randall | lbw b Bright | 79 | 143 | 166 | 12 | - | |
| AW Greig | c and b Walker | 76 | 186 | 244 | 11 | 1 | |
| +APE Knott | c O'Keeffe b Thomson | 39 | 85 | 109 | 7 | - | |
| G Miller | c Marsh b Thomson | 6 | 34 | 39 | - | - | |
| CM Old | c Marsh b Walker | 37 | 90 | 115 | 5 | - | |
| JK Lever | b Bright | 10 | 24 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| DL Underwood | b Bright | 10 | 47 | 52 | 2 | - | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 1 | 10 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 9 lb, 7 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 629 minutes, 169.1 overs) | 437 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Brearley), 2-23 (Amiss), 3-165 (Randall), 4-325 (Woolmer), 5-348 (Greig), 6-366 (Miller), 7-377 (Knott), 8-404 (Lever), 9-435 (Old), 10-437 (Underwood, 169.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 38 | 11 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Walker | 54 | 15 | 131 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bright | 35.1 | 12 | 69 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 36 | 11 | 114 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB McCosker | c Underwood b Willis | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| IC Davis | c Lever b Willis | 12 | 31 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | b Underwood | 112 | 230 | 280 | 15 | 1 | |
| CS Serjeant | c Woolmer b Underwood | 8 | 19 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| KD Walters | lbw b Greig | 10 | 21 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| DW Hookes | c Brearley b Miller | 28 | 63 | 80 | 3 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Randall b Underwood | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| RJ Bright | c and b Underwood | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | not out | 24 | 97 | 120 | 3 | - | |
| MHN Walker | c Greig b Underwood | 6 | 21 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| JR Thomson | c Randall b Underwood | 1 | 14 | 13 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 319 minutes, 81.5 overs) | 218 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (McCosker), 2-30 (Davis), 3-74 (Serjeant), 4-92 (Walters), 5-146 (Hookes), 6-147 (Marsh), 7-147 (Bright), 8-202 (Chappell), 9-212 (Walker), 10-218 (Thomson, 81.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 16 | 2 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 32.5 | 13 | 66 | 6 | - | - | |
| Old | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Greig | 12 | 6 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | not out | 28 | 94 | 107 | 4 | - | |
| *JM Brearley | c Walters b O'Keeffe | 44 | 83 | 101 | 7 | - | |
| RA Woolmer | not out | 0 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| DW Randall | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Greig | did not bat | ||||||
| +APE Knott | did not bat | ||||||
| G Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Old | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 7 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 107 minutes, 29.1 overs) | 82 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75 (Brearley) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 8 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 9.1 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bright | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RJ Bright made his debut in Test matches
--> DL Amiss made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KD Walters (1) 50 in 85 balls, 112 minutes
--> KJ O'Keeffe (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> RA Woolmer (1) 50 in 110 balls, 133 minutes
--> RA Woolmer (1) 100 in 238 balls, 273 minutes with 15 fours
--> DW Randall (1) 50 in 72 balls, 85 minutes
--> AW Greig (1) 50 in 142 balls, 186 minutes
--> AW Greig (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 31
--> GS Chappell (2) 50 in 68 balls, 91 minutes
--> GS Chappell (2) 100 in 195 balls, 245 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> RJ Bright made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> IC Davis made his debut in England in Test matches
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