TestNo. 749MenScorecard

Australia v England

Match drawn

26 to 31 December 1974Melbourne

Australia

241 & 238/880 ov

England

242 & 24469 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

England innings

24288.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Dennis Amiss	caught	4	8	5	0	0	50.0
David Lloyd	caught	14	91	108	1	0	15.4
Colin Cowdrey	lbw	35	171	229	3	0	20.5
John Edrich	caught	49	124	130	3	0	39.5
Mike Denness	caught	8	40	43	0	0	20.0
Tony Greig	run out	28	62	63	4	0	45.2
Alan Knott	bowled	52	119	157	2	0	43.7
Fred Titmus	caught	10	45	55	0	0	22.2
Derek Underwood	caught	9	23	38	1	0	39.1
Bob Willis	caught	13	15	15	2	0	86.7
Mike Hendrick	not out	8*	18	22	2	0	44.4
Extras	lb 2, w 1, nb 9	12
Total	all out, 88.4 overs (8-ball)	242

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-4 Dennis Amiss2-34 David Lloyd3-110 Colin Cowdrey4-110 John Edrich5-141 Mike Denness6-157 Tony Greig7-176 Fred Titmus8-213 Derek Underwood9-232 Bob Willis10-242 Alan Knott

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	20	2	70	2	3.50
Jeff Thomson	22.4	4	72	4	3.20
Max Walker	24	10	36	1	1.50
Doug Walters	7	2	15	0	2.14
Ashley Mallett	15	3	37	2	2.47

Australia innings

24192.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Ian Redpath	caught	55	185	242	4	0	29.7
Wally Edwards	caught	29	123	136	4	0	23.6
Greg Chappell	caught	2	6	7	0	0	33.3
Ross Edwards	caught	1	6	5	0	0	16.7
Doug Walters	caught	36	73	79	3	0	49.3
Ian Chappell	lbw	36	89	80	6	0	40.4
Rod Marsh	caught	44	130	178	3	0	33.8
Max Walker	caught	30	109	115	2	0	27.5
Dennis Lillee	not out	2*	6	19	0	0	33.3
Ashley Mallett	run out	0	6	5	0	0	0.0
Jeff Thomson	bowled	2	6	10	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 2, lb 2	4
Total	all out, 92.5 overs (8-ball)	241

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-65 Wally Edwards2-67 Greg Chappell3-68 Ross Edwards4-121 Doug Walters5-126 Ian Redpath6-173 Ian Chappell7-237 Rod Marsh8-237 Max Walker9-238 Ashley Mallett10-241 Jeff Thomson

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	21.7	4	61	5	2.79
Mike Hendrick	2.6	1	8	0	2.91
Derek Underwood	22	6	62	0	2.82
Tony Greig	24	2	63	2	2.63
Fred Titmus	22	11	43	2	1.95

England innings

24469 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Dennis Amiss	caught	90	174	200	6	0	51.7
David Lloyd	caught	44	83	100	4	0	53.0
Colin Cowdrey	caught	8	26	31	0	0	30.8
John Edrich	caught	4	19	29	0	0	21.1
Mike Denness	caught	2	12	15	0	0	16.7
Tony Greig	caught	60	132	151	5	1	45.5
Alan Knott	caught	4	11	13	0	0	36.4
Fred Titmus	bowled	0	24	31	0	0	0.0
Derek Underwood	caught	4	5	3	1	0	80.0
Bob Willis	bowled	15	65	99	2	0	23.1
Mike Hendrick	not out	0*	3	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 9, w 2	13
Total	all out, 69 overs (8-ball)	244

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-115 David Lloyd2-134 Colin Cowdrey3-152 John Edrich4-156 Mike Denness5-158 Dennis Amiss6-165 Alan Knott7-178 Fred Titmus8-182 Derek Underwood9-238 Tony Greig10-244 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Dennis Lillee	17	3	55	2	3.24
Jeff Thomson	17	1	71	4	4.18
Max Walker	11	0	45	0	4.09
Ashley Mallett	24	6	60	4	2.50

Australia innings chasing 246

238/880 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Ian Redpath	run out	39	169	205	1	0	23.1
Wally Edwards	lbw	0	6	8	0	0	0.0
Ian Chappell	lbw	0	5	5	0	0	0.0
Greg Chappell	lbw	61	137	162	4	0	44.5
Ross Edwards	caught	10	21	33	1	0	47.6
Doug Walters	caught	32	60	76	2	0	53.3
Rod Marsh	caught	40	118	133	2	0	33.9
Max Walker	not out	23*	101	106	0	0	22.8
Dennis Lillee	caught	14	28	36	1	0	50.0
Ashley Mallett	not out	0*	1	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 6, lb 9, nb 4	19
Total	8 wickets, 80 overs (8-ball)	238

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-4 Wally Edwards2-5 Ian Chappell3-106 Greg Chappell4-120 Ross Edwards5-121 Ian Redpath6-171 Doug Walters7-208 Rod Marsh8-235 Dennis Lillee

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	14	2	56	1	4.00
Derek Underwood	19	7	43	0	2.26
Tony Greig	18	2	56	4	3.11
Fred Titmus	29	10	64	2	2.21

Tests in December 1974

4 matches

TestScorecardIndia220 & 25696.5West Indies493141West Indies won by an innings and 17 runsDelhi, 11 December TestScorecardEngland208 & 29391.1Australia481 & 23/13.7Australia won by 9 wicketsW.A.C.A, 13 December TestScorecardEngland242 & 24469Australia241 & 238/880Match drawnMelbourne, 26 December TestScorecardIndia233 & 316143.2West Indies240 & 22484.2India won by 85 runsEden Gardens, 27 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 749
Dates: 26 to 31 December 1974
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Match drawn
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1974-12-26-australia-v-england/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "england", "runs": 242,
    "batting": [{"player": "Alan Knott", "dismissal": "bowled",
      "runs": 52, "balls": 119, "minutes": 157, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Dennis Lillee", "overs": "20", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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Australia v England

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