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Test Match #637 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard       
1968 England v Australia - 1st Test
Old Trafford, Manchester
6th June, 1968
 
 England 165 & 253
Australia 357 & 220
 
Australia won by 159 runs

Australia 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Bill Lawry* c Boycott b Barber 81  155  7  2 52.26  22.69%
Ian Redpath lbw b Snow 8  35  1  0 22.86  2.24%
Robert Cowper b Snow 0  2  0  0 0.00
Doug Walters lbw b Barber 81  140  13  0 57.86  22.69%
Paul Sheahan c D'Oliveira b Snow 88  210  7  0 41.90  24.65%
Ian Chappell run out 73  151  5  0 48.34  20.45%
Barry Jarman† c & b Higgs 12  47  1  0 25.53  3.36%
Neil Hawke c †Knott b Snow 5  17  0  0 29.41  1.40%
Graham McKenzie c Cowdrey b D'Oliveira 0  9  0  0 0.00
John Gleeson c †Knott b Higgs 0  13  0  0 0.00
Alan Connolly not out 0  6  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 7, nb 2) 9  
Total All Out   (130.3 overs @ 2.74 rpo) 357  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-29  Redpath   2-29  Cowper   3-173  Walters   4-174  Lawry   
5-326  Chappell   6-341  Sheahan   7-351  Hawke   8-353  McKenzie   
9-357  Jarman   10-357  Gleeson   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
John Snow 34.0 5 97 4 2.85  40.00%
Ken Higgs 35.3 11 80 2 2.25  20.00%
Basil D'Oliveira 25.0 11 38 1 1.52  10.00%
Patrick Pocock 25.0 5 77 0 3.08
Bob Barber 11.0 0 56 2 5.09  20.00%
 
England 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
John Edrich run out 49  176  3  1 27.84  29.70%
Geoff Boycott c †Jarman b Cowper 35  191  1  0 18.32  21.21%
Colin Cowdrey* c Lawry b McKenzie 4  28  0  0 14.29  2.42%
Tom Graveney c McKenzie b Cowper 2  3  0  0 66.67  1.21%
Dennis Amiss c Cowper b McKenzie 0  10  0  0 0.00
Bob Barber c Sheahan b McKenzie 20  82  1  0 24.39  12.12%
Basil D'Oliveira b Connolly 9  38  2  0 23.68  5.45%
Alan Knott† c McKenzie b Cowper 5  37  1  0 13.51  3.03%
John Snow not out 18  28  1  1 64.29  10.91%
Ken Higgs lbw b Cowper 2  16  0  0 12.50  1.21%
Patrick Pocock c Redpath b Gleeson 6  17  1  0 35.29  3.64%
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 3) 15  
Total All Out   (104.3 overs @ 1.58 rpo) 165  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-86  Edrich   2-87  Boycott   3-89  Graveney   4-90  Amiss   
5-97  Cowdrey   6-120  D'Oliveira   7-137  Knott   8-137  Barber   
9-144  Higgs   10-165  Pocock   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Graham McKenzie 28.0 11 33 3 1.18  30.00%
Neil Hawke 15.0 7 18 0 1.20
Alan Connolly 28.0 15 26 1 0.93  10.00%
John Gleeson 6.3 2 21 1 3.23  10.00%
Robert Cowper 26.0 11 48 4 1.85  40.00%
Ian Chappell 1.0 0 4 0 4.00
 
Australia 2nd Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Bill Lawry* c Pocock b D'Oliveira 16  50  0  0 32.00  7.27%
Ian Redpath lbw b Snow 8  39  1  0 20.51  3.64%
Robert Cowper c & b Pocock 37  111  4  0 33.33  16.82%
Doug Walters lbw b Pocock 86  189  5  1 45.50  39.09%
Paul Sheahan c Graveney b Pocock 8  14  2  0 57.14  3.64%
Ian Chappell c †Knott b Pocock 9  26  0  1 34.62  4.09%
Barry Jarman† b Pocock 41  65  5  1 63.08  18.64%
Neil Hawke c Edrich b Pocock 0  2  0  0 0.00
Graham McKenzie c Snow b Barber 0  10  0  0 0.00
John Gleeson run out 2  13  0  0 15.38  0.91%
Alan Connolly not out 2  9  0  0 22.22  0.91%
Extras (b 2, lb 9) 11  
Total All Out   (88.0 overs @ 2.50 rpo) 220  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-24  Redpath   2-24  Lawry   3-106  Cowper   4-122  Sheahan   
5-140  Chappell   6-211  Walters   7-211  Hawke   8-214  Jarman   
9-214  McKenzie   10-220  Gleeson   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
John Snow 17.0 2 51 1 3.00  10.00%
Ken Higgs 23.0 8 41 0 1.78
Basil D'Oliveira 5.0 3 7 1 1.40  10.00%
Patrick Pocock 33.0 10 79 6 2.39  60.00%
Bob Barber 10.0 1 31 1 3.10  10.00%
 
England 2nd Innings (target 413) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
John Edrich c †Jarman b Cowper 38  119  4  0 31.93  15.02%
Geoff Boycott c Redpath b McKenzie 11  10  2  0 110.00  4.35%
Colin Cowdrey* c †Jarman b McKenzie 11  18  2  0 61.11  4.35%
Tom Graveney c †Jarman b Gleeson 33  109  4  0 30.28  13.04%
Dennis Amiss b Cowper 0  9  0  0 0.00
Bob Barber c Cowper b Hawke 46  116  4  0 39.66  18.18%
Basil D'Oliveira not out 87  188  13  1 46.28  34.39%
Alan Knott† lbw b Connolly 4  27  0  0 14.81  1.58%
John Snow c Lawry b Connolly 2  15  0  0 13.33  0.79%
Ken Higgs c †Jarman b Gleeson 0  5  0  0 0.00
Patrick Pocock lbw b Gleeson 10  44  2  0 22.73  3.95%
Extras (b 5, lb 6) 11  
Total All Out   (110.0 overs @ 2.30 rpo) 253  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-13  Boycott   2-25  Cowdrey   3-91  Edrich   4-91  Amiss   
5-105  Graveney   6-185  Barber   7-214  Knott   8-218  Snow   
9-219  Higgs   10-253  Pocock   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Graham McKenzie 18.0 3 52 2 2.89  20.00%
Neil Hawke 8.0 4 15 1 1.88  10.00%
Alan Connolly 13.0 4 35 2 2.69  20.00%
John Gleeson 30.0 14 44 3 1.47  30.00%
Robert Cowper 39.0 12 82 2 2.10  20.00%
Ian Chappell 2.0 0 14 0 7.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Old Trafford, Manchester
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1968 England v Australia  (The Ashes) - 1st Test
Match No. Test #637
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 319/4 (AP Sheahan 74*, IM Chappell 68*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 60/0 (JH Edrich 32*, G Boycott 26*)
Day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 60/2 (RM Cowper 14*, KD Walters 19*)
Day 4 - England 2nd innings 152/5 (RW Barber 29*, BL D'Oliveira 21*)
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 253, 110.0 overs - end of match

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