1970–71 Ashes series - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Preliminaries

Ray
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

and Bill
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

dragged dedication around Australia for 103 days last summer...they dragged it from Brisbane to Perth and back across the Nullabor
Nullarbor Plain
The Nullarbor Plain is part of the area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country of southern Australia, located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its north. It is the world's largest single piece of limestone, and occupies an area of about...

to the eastern capitals as if it was their last dollar. Unfortunately they directed most of it towards avoidance of defeat during a seven-act performance which most of us were naive enough to believe was staged primarily for public entertainment and which was financed by the public.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Fast-medium bowler Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

Alan Lloyd "Froggy" Thomson , a school teacher, is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules football umpire.He played District cricket with the Fitzroy Cricket Club, and took 5/39 against Richmond in their first innings, in his first ever first XI match for the club, on Saturday, 27 March...

was called up for his debut after taking 6/80 and 3/101 in Victoria

Victorian Bushrangers

The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...

's victory over the tourists and wicket-keeper Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

Rodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western...

and leg-spinner Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...

also made their debuts for Australia. Opener Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

Brian William Luckhurst was an English cricketer, who played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. He played for Kent from 1958 to 1976, usually opening the batting, then in 1985, in an emergency, played in one more match against the Australians. He was cricket manager from 1981...

and fast bowler Ken Shuttleworth

Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)

Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...

made their debuts for England. The MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

had struggled in the state matches, losing one and drawing the three others. Though Geoff Boycott, Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

, John Edrich

John Edrich

John Edrich, MBE is a former English cricketer, who played for Surrey and England. He earned a reputation as a dogged and fearless batsman, and his figures show that he was amongst the best players of his generation...

and Basil d'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE , known affectionately around the world as "Dolly", was a South African-born English cricketer. D'Oliveira was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket, resulting in his emigration to England...

had batted well none of their bowlers had made their mark and Australia was confident that they had the upper hand. Australian umpire Tom Brooks

Tom Brooks

Thomas Francis Brooks OAM was an Australian Test cricket match umpire who was born in Paddington, New South Wales...

was officiating in his first Test.

Australia – First Innings

It was a remarkable day's cricket here at "The Gabba". The crowd on the hill shouted "Ave a Go" only 21 times. This was a record for the first day of the first Test against England
English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71
Ray Illingworth captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71, playing as England in the 1970-71 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. They had a successful tour, but an acrimonious one as Illingworth's team often argued with their own...

in Brisbane. The previous record was about 2,800. This was partly due to the eloquence with the bat of Keith Stackpole
Keith Stackpole
Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

...tremendously spectacular and entertaining to watch but you felt he was about to slip any second...When running between the wickets...he looks like one of those vintage steam traction engines. And almost as fast.

Keith Dunstan
Keith Dunstan
Keith Dunstan OAM is an Australian journalist and author born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of William Dunstan VC and Marjorie Dunstan. He attended Geelong Grammar School and was a Flight Lieutenant in 1943-46 with the Royal Australian Air Force, stationed at Labuan in the Pacific...

Bill Lawry

William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

won the toss and chose to bat on a good wicket, but became John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

's 100th Test victim, caught by Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

for 4 off an attempted hook. Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

had been promoted from the middle order to open the innings as along with Lawry he was the only Australian who had any confidence against short-pitched bowling. He should have been run out for 18, Geoff Boycott throwing down the wicket at the bowler's end with Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

backing up. The batsman was given the benefit of the doubt by Lou Rowan

Lou Rowan

Louis Patrick “Lou” Rowan , was an Australian Test cricket match umpire.He umpired 25 Test matches between 1963 and 1971. His first match was between Australian and England at Sydney on 11 January to 15 January 1963, when Alan Davidson took 9/79, and Bobby Simpson took 5/57 and made 91 and 36 not...

, but the Australian newspapers carried photographs the next day showing that he had failed to ground his bat as he crossed the line. This formed a major point of controversy in the media and Rowan's decision was hyperbolically labelled "one of the worst in cricket history". It probably cost England victory as Stackpole went on to make his highest Test score of 207, adding 151 with Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...

(59) and 209 with Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(112). The new ball was taken in the afternoon, but had to be replaced after five overs due to complaints from Snow and Shuttleworth, though Keith Miller

Keith Miller

Keith Ross Miller MBE was an Australian Test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. Because of his ability, irreverent manner and good looks he was a crowd favourite...

, Ray Lindwall

Ray Lindwall

Raymond Russell Lindwall MBE was a cricketer who represented Australia in 61 Tests from 1946 to 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time. He also played top-flight rugby league football with St...

, Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)

William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly , often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers to...

and Jack Fingleton

Jack Fingleton

John "Jack" Henry Webb Fingleton OBE was an Australian cricketer who was trained as a journalist and became a political and cricket commentator after the end of his playing career...

could find little wrong with it in the press box. Stackpole was told in the afternoon drinks break that he was nearing Bradman

Bradman

Bradman may refer to:* Sir Donald Bradman , Australian cricketer* Tony Bradman , English children's author* Bradman Weerakoon, retired senior bureaucrat of the Sri Lankan government...

's record 187 against England at The Gabba and as a result dug himself in and failed to score for the last half hour of the day, leaving Australian 308/2. John Edrich

John Edrich

met a spectator when fielding on the boundary who told him "You're following in your cousin

Bill Edrich

William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...

's footsteps you know. I was sitting here 25 years ago and he spent all day chasing the ball along the same piece of grass. He didn't stop much either". A frustrated Snow forced a nervous Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

to dodge three bouncers in a row and was warned by the umpires for intimidation, not for the last time in the series. Stackpole crawled to 200 on the second day, hit Illingworth for six and gave what may have been a catch behind off Snow at 372/3. He was visibly wilting in the heat and gladly took the opportunity to walk with 207 against his name. Australia looked set to make a huge score, but soon after lunch Illingworth threw himself full length to take a spectacular catch at silly mid-on to dismiss Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

off Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

(3/101). Keith Dunstan

Keith Dunstan

Keith Dunstan OAM is an Australian journalist and author born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of William Dunstan VC and Marjorie Dunstan. He attended Geelong Grammar School and was a Flight Lieutenant in 1943-46 with the Royal Australian Air Force, stationed at Labuan in the Pacific...

noted that "Underwood is inclined to wear a hole in the pitch by dropping the ball on the same spot...", but his first 236 balls had failed to take a wicket, now "Deadly Derek" took two wickets in four balls; dismissing Sheahan

Paul Sheahan

Andrew Paul Sheahan was an Australian Test cricketer who played 31 Tests and 3 One Day Internationals as an opening and middle order batsman between 1967 and 1974.He made his first class debut in 1965 for the Victorian Sheffield Shield against New South Wales scoring 62 and 5.An elegant stroke...

for a duck and Walters for 112 as 418/3 became 421/6. Snow (6/114) ran through the lower order – Jenner

Terry Jenner

, Gleeson

John Gleeson

John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...

and Thomson

Alan Thomson

all failed to score – and Australia were all out for 433. The loss of seven Australian wickets for 15 runs was their worst collapse since Alec Bedser

Alec Bedser

Sir Alec Victor Bedser, CBE was a professional English cricketer. He was the chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and the president of Surrey County Cricket Club...

took 14/99 and Australia fell from 237/3 to 249 all out at Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge

Trent Bridge is a Test, One-day international and County cricket ground located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England and is also the headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. As well as International cricket and Nottinghamshire's home games, the ground has hosted the Finals Day of...

in 1953. As commentator Ted Dexter

Ted Dexter

Edward Ralph Dexter CBE is a former English cricketer...

put it 'People say cricket's slow. I always tell them, "You just have to be prepared to wait a long time between the thrills"'.

England – First Innings

"As I departed just in front of Cannery Row there was a pile of beer cans like a golden pyramid. I would estimate the rate of the day's play at 2,000 cans per wicket and 20 cans per run." Dunstan
Keith Dunstan
Keith Dunstan OAM is an Australian journalist and author born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of William Dunstan VC and Marjorie Dunstan. He attended Geelong Grammar School and was a Flight Lieutenant in 1943-46 with the Royal Australian Air Force, stationed at Labuan in the Pacific...

wasn't far off target. On the first three days of the Test 35,093 spectators consumed 36,872 cans of beer and 890 gallon
Gallon
The gallon is a measure of volume. Historically it has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon which is used in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States liquid gallon and the lesser used United States dry...

s of draught
Draught beer
Draught beer is beer served from a cask or a pressurised keg.-History of draught:Until Joseph Bramah patented the beer engine in 1785, beer was served directly from the barrel and carried to the customer. The Old English word for carry was dragen which developed into a series of related words,...

. The grand total, according to statisticians, was 4,816 gallons...there could not have been many teetotalleer
Teetotalism
Teetotalism refers to either the practice of or the promotion of complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. A person who practices teetotalism is called a teetotaler or is simply said to be teetotal...

s at this Meeting Place of Many Waters.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

The veteran Garth McKenzie and debutant Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

departed from line and length with the new ball and Geoff Boycott (37) and Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

(74) added 92 for the first wicket. In the increasing gloom Boycott tried to square-cut a long hop from Johnny Gleeson and edged it to Rodney Marsh

Rod Marsh

, providing the keeper with their first of his 355 victims in Test cricket. Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

came in as nightwatchman and was bounced by Thomson in the poor light, Jack Fingleton

Jack Fingleton

John "Jack" Henry Webb Fingleton OBE was an Australian cricketer who was trained as a journalist and became a political and cricket commentator after the end of his playing career...

claiming that 'He can be excused. he doesn't know where he is bowling.'. In the morning – the first Sunday's play at The Gabba – Knott took his score to 73, joined by John Edrich

John Edrich

(79) and Basil d'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

(57) as they slowly batted into the fourth afternoon with the crowd giving them a slow hand-clap. The Monday was a rest day with three and a half inches of rain falling, but the wicket was covered, so there would be no danger of a gluepot as in the 1950–51 Brisbane Test. The following day Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976...

(28) overtook Wally Hammond

Wally Hammond

Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England...

's record of 7,249 runs to become the most prolific Test batsmen, which earned him an ovation from the crowd. The "Golden Arm" of Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

was able to both swing the ball and produce line and length to dismiss Knott, take the last two wickets and return figures of 3/12, but the other bowlers suffered; McKenzie 2/90, Thomson

Alan Thomson

1/136, Gleeson 2/92 and Jenner

Terry Jenner

1/86. Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

had been brought in as wicket-keeper because of his superior batting skills and took four catches, but dropped three as he fumbled the ball and was dubbed "Iron Gloves" by the press. England overtook the Australian total to finish with 464, the third highest Test innings without a century at the time, to give them a lead of 31 runs. The Australian selector Neil Harvey

Neil Harvey

Robert Neil Harvey MBE is a former Australian cricketer who represented the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement...

commented that Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

"gave up any thought of going for a win when he lost the toss", and most of the commentators agreed.

Australia – Second Innings

Snow
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

and Shuttleworth
Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)
Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...

simply lolled back to bowl and each of their overs occupied more than five minutes. The advantage to a pace bowler of slouching between deliveries and winning a longer rest while one's partner is bowling should be obvious...The spectators saw far more of Snow, Shuttleworth, Lever
Peter Lever
Peter Lever is a former English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. He was a successful wicket taker, taking 41 victims from those seventeen Tests, and a handy batsman with a top score of 88 not out...

snd Willis's
Bob Willis
Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

walking during the series than they saw of their running.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Australia lost two wickets before stumps, then collapsed on the fifth morning to 214 all out. Only the captain made any real resistance, batting for five and a half hours for his 84, though Redpath spent two hours making 28. Surprisingly the destroyer was debutant fast bowler Ken Shuttleworth

Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)

Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...

who took 5/47, his best bowling for England and his only 5 wicket haul in Tests.

England – Second Innings

Needing 183 in just over an hour England were unlikely to win and when Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

caught and bowled Boycott for 16 it was decided to call an end to the match. England were left on 39/1, paying the price for their slow first innings.

Result

Next morning Bobby Simpson
Bob Simpson (cricketer)
Robert Baddeley Simpson AO is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963–64 until 1967–68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team...

wrote , 'England have come out of the Test with a moral victory.' They could have had a flesh and blood triumph.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Despite the Australians collapsing in both innings they drew the First Test with England to leave the teams 0–0 in the series. 42,376 people attended the match over the five days, paying $36,612.10

Australian dollar

The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...

at the gate.

Second Test – Perth

Preliminaries

I wonder if Bill Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

and Ray Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

knew of the tremendous effort that had been put by the people of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

into the staging of this 205th Test between England and Australia? I wonder whether their teams were aware of it? If the answer to both of these questions is in the affirmative, their reaction was lamentable – by and large...they muffed it – massacred it.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

This was the inaugural Test match

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

at the WACA Ground

WACA Ground

The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....

in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

and the first new venue in an Ashes Test since the Brisbane Cricket Ground

Brisbane Cricket Ground

The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as The Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. It is named after the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located....

at Woolloongabba in 1928–29. Western Australia

Western Warriors

The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...

had won the Sheffield Shield in 1947–48 on percentages even though they had played fewer games than the eastern states and outright in 1968–69. Test status was granted to the WACA

WACA Ground

The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....

for the 1970–71 Ashes series and although its playing conditions were equal to any in Australia $400,000

Australian dollar

was raised to build extra stands and improve the facilities. The state government supplied $100,000

Australian dollar

and Perth

Perth, Western Australia

City Council another $20,000

Australian dollar

. The remaining $280,000

Australian dollar

was raised by public subscription, with Norm O'Neill

Norm O'Neill

Norman Clifford O'Neill OAM was an cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-handed batsman known for his back foot strokeplay, O'Neill made his state debut aged 18, before progressing to Test selection aged 21 in late 1958...

, Keith Slater

Keith Slater

Keith Nichol Slater is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player....

and Peter Loader

Peter Loader

Peter James Loader was an English cricketer and umpire, who played thirteen Test matches for England. He played for Surrey and Beddington Cricket Club. A whippet-thin fast bowler with a wide range of pace and a nasty bouncer, he took the first post-war Test hat-trick as part of his 6 for 36...

touring the state in aid of the cause. Farmers donated barley

Barley

Barley is a major cereal grain, a member of the grass family. It serves as a major animal fodder, as a base malt for beer and certain distilled beverages, and as a component of various health foods...

, wheat

Wheat

Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, oats

OATS

OATS - Open Source Assistive Technology Software - is a source code repository or "forge" for assistive technology software. It was launched in 2006 with the goal to provide a one-stop “shop” for end users, clinicians and open-source developers to promote and develop open source assistive...

, timber

Timber

Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...

, sheep and cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

to be sold for the fund, one town built and sold a house and the racehorse La Loire made $18,000

Australian dollar

in a raffle. 'Pre-Test interest was tremendous. You could not make a move in Perth just prior to the Test without breakfasting, lunching and dining-out on cricket...' On a pitch expected to suit fast bowling the two sides dropped their spinners Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

and Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

. The Lancashire fast-medium swing bowler Peter Lever

Peter Lever

Peter Lever is a former English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. He was a successful wicket taker, taking 41 victims from those seventeen Tests, and a handy batsman with a top score of 88 not out...

made his Test debut as did Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...

, the young South Australian

Southern Redbacks

The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia...

all-rounder who had been twelfth man at Brisbane. However, this gave Australia only three specialist bowlers; Garth McKenzie, Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

and John Gleeson

John Gleeson

John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...

and England four; John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

, Ken Shuttleworth

Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)

Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...

, Peter Lever

Peter Lever

and Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

. Lindsay Hassett

Lindsay Hassett

Arthur Lindsay Hassett MBE was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described by Wisden as, "... a master of nearly every stroke ... his superb timing, nimble footwork and strong wrists enabled him to make batting look a...

commented that "you can scarcely get a decent Test attack from the two sides".

England – First Innings

Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

, the conservative, became Lawry, the cavalier
Cavalier
Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...

...He was not the "Laughing Cavalier
Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier is a famous portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits"...

"...Did he hope that there was a vestige of early life in the reputedly fast Perth wicket? If he did, he was disappointed, for, while McKenzie did manage to make a few deliveries rise with shoulder strength and even rapped Luckhurst
Brian Luckhurst
Brian William Luckhurst was an English cricketer, who played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. He played for Kent from 1958 to 1976, usually opening the batting, then in 1985, in an emergency, played in one more match against the Australians. He was cricket manager from 1981...

painfully on the hand, the pitch remained placidly amenable all day.

Frank Tyson
Frank Tyson
Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...

Bill Lawry

won the toss and to the amazement of the Australian commentators put England

English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71

Ray Illingworth captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1970–71, playing as England in the 1970-71 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. They had a successful tour, but an acrimonious one as Illingworth's team often argued with their own...

in to bat, later saying that he had only one spinner and did not expect the wicket to turn. Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

requested the use of a roller on the wicket before play began, but this was turned down by umpire Lou Rowan

Lou Rowan

, who apologised in the lunch break when he realised his mistake. Even so Geoff Boycott and Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

added 171 for the first wicket when Boycott was out for 70. Luckhurst made his maiden Test century (131) despite having his thumb injured by McKenzie on 15. With the help of John Edrich

John Edrich

(47) he took England to 243 before a second wicket fell and they finished the first day on 257/2. Their cause was helped by Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

, Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

and Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

dropping five catches between them, three off Garth McKenzie playing on his home turf. The next day Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

caught and bowled Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

for 40 at 389/7 and McKenzie (4/66) wrapped up the tail to dismiss England for 397 after batting for 10 dreary hours. Greg Chappell (1/54), Walters (1/35) and Stackpole (0/33) bowled 54 eight-ball overs between them to make up for the loss of a fourth bowler.

Australia – First Innings

My first innings in Test cricket was, as you might expect, a trying experience, but proved to be one of the best cricket lessons of my career, thanks to Ian Redpath
Ian Redpath
Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

. I came to the wicket with Australian reeling at 5/107 to join "Redders", who had watched three quick wickets fall at the other end. Illingworth and Snow, sensing that one more wicket would see them through our batting line up, stepped up their attack on the senior member of our partnership. "Snowy" concentrated his attack short of a length on "Redders" off-stump, with a liberal sprinkling of shorter pitched balls for good measure. Ian made a point of not playing at anything he didn't have to and ducked or swayed away from the shorter deliveries. Each time he swayed or ducked he came back to the upright position and sneered at "Snowy". It may not have looked all that pretty, but it was pretty effective as both Illingworth and Snow became more and more frustrated. Ian's example at the other end made me feel that if it meant that much to him to keep his wicket intact then I had better make sure I try just as hard at my end to keep mine intact. Fortunately we both succeeded and out partnership put us into a sound position, but from my point of view I had received an invaluable lesson in what Test match batting was all about from one of the most courageous batsmen ever to play for Australia.

Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...

John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

(4/143) gave Australia a torrid start, sending Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

and Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

back to the pavilion with 8 runs on the board, having already survived lbw

Leg before wicket

In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...

appeals from Ken Shuttleworth

Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)

Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...

and Peter Lever

Peter Lever

. Lever then had Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

caught behind by Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

to make it 17/3. Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

(50) and Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

saw out the day and added 88 before they were parted, but Paul Sheahan

Paul Sheahan

was run out for 2 and Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

came in at 107/5. In 1968 a 21-year-old Chappell

Greg Chappell

had batted for Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

Somerset County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Somerset...

, but when they played Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...

at Hove he was cracked on the head by a nasty bouncer from Snow and forced to retire hurt. He was therefore under no illusions as to his likely reception from the fiery fast bowler in the Test arena. Redpath made his highest Test score of 171 before he was caught and bowled by Illingworth. Chappell spent 40 minutes making 1, but after tea he hit 58 runs inside an hour to bring up his maiden Test century, 108 in his first Test innings as they put on 219 for the sixth wicket. He was the eleventh Australian to make a century on his Ashes

The Ashes

The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

debut after Charles Bannerman

Charles Bannerman

Charles Bannerman was an Australian Test cricketer, a right-hand batsman, who played domestic cricket for New South Wales....

, Harry Graham

Harry Graham (cricketer)

Harry Graham was an Australian cricket player. A right-handed batsman, he played six Tests for Australia and also played cricket in New Zealand....

, Reggie Duff

Reggie Duff

Reginald Alexander Duff was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905....

, Roger Hartigan

Roger Hartigan

Michael Joseph 'Roger' Hartigan was an Australian Test cricketer and Administrator....

, Herbie Collins

Herbie Collins

Herbert Leslie Collins was an Australian cricketer who played 19 Tests between 1921 and 1926. An all-rounder, he captained the Australian team in eleven Tests, winning five, losing two with another four finishing in draws...

, Bill Ponsford

Bill Ponsford

William Harold "Bill" Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer. Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain...

, Archie Jackson

Archie Jackson

Archibald "Archie" Jackson , occasionally known as Archibald Alexander Jackson, was an Australian cricketer who played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. A teenage prodigy, he played first grade cricket at only 15 years of age and was selected for New South Wales at 17...

, Neil Harvey

Neil Harvey

, Jim Burke

Jim Burke (cricketer)

James Wallace Burke was an Australian cricketer who played in 24 Tests from 1951 to 1959.- Early years :...

and Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

. He gave Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

a catch off Ken Shuttleworth, but "Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

didn't go crook on me when I got back into the rooms, so I guess it didn't matter". Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

added 40 and Australia overtook England's total with seven wickets down and ended with 440, a lead of 43.

England – Second Innings

England's fourth day batting made the death march seem like an Irish jig.

Frank Tyson
Frank Tyson
Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...

Boycott and Luckhurst accounted for the arrears by adding 60 for the first wicket, but the Yorkshireman was stumped by Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

off Gleeson on 98/1, Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher is a former English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Essex", so christened by his Essex team-mate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear...

was lbw

Leg before wicket

in the same over and Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

soon followed and England were 101/4. John Edrich

John Edrich

made typically stalwart 115 not out, batting for nearly six hours, and allowed Illingworth to make a late declaration on 287/6, leaving Australia 245 to win less than three hours, which Lawry described as a 'joke'.

Australia – Second Innings

The England substitute fielder John Hampshire

John Hampshire

John Harry Hampshire John Harry Hampshire John Harry Hampshire (born 10 February 1941, Thurnscoe (near Barnsley, Yorkshire) better known as Jack Hampshire, is a former English cricketer, who played eight Tests and three ODIs for England between 1969 and 1975. He played first-class cricket for...

gave the tourists the hope of a collapse when he caught Stackpole and Ian Chappell off John Snow (2/17) and Australia were 20/2. Snow was twice warned by Rowan for intimidatory bowling, but continued to bowl short. He was given an official warning, but Illingworth told him that this was to be his last over in any case and the fast bowler sent his last ball flying over the head of Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

, turned to Rowan and said "Now that's a bouncer for you". Walters was bowled by Lever for 8, but Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

made 38 not out and Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

added an unbeaten 26 to his first innings century and the match ended with Australia 100/3.

Result

They came to watch cricket sanctioned by the uncharacteristically over-cautious Bradmans and Allens
Gubby Allen
Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE was a cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University, MCC and England. Australian-born, Allen was a fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, who captained England in eleven Test matches...

and the Illingworths
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

and the Lawrys
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

of this world, God pity them and theirs. And what was their reward? Some great bowling by John Snow
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

, one great 50 by Greg Chappell
Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...

, some cover drives from Geoff Boycott that would have done for Hobbs
Jack Hobbs
Sir John Berry "Jack" Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches from 1908 to 1930....

, Stackpole's
Keith Stackpole
Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

occasional audacity and some wicketkeeping from Alan Knott
Alan Knott
Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

that only Don Tallon
Don Tallon
Donald "Don" Tallon was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953...

has matched.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Australia and England drew the second Test to maintain their 0–0 tie in the series. Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

blamed his bowlers and Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

his fieldsmen for their failure to win the match. 84,142 spectators paid $106,748

Australian dollar

in gate money over the five days of the Test When the attendance figures were announced over the public address system and found to be almost double that of their Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

rivals there were large cheers from the Perth crowd.

Third Test – Melbourne

Our cricket administrators have been caught in the slops. But, perhaps, by unleashing this deluge
Deluge
Deluge can refer to:* A large downpour of rain* A floodMythical and prehistoric floods* Deluge myth, mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, and others* Deluge , prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths...

, the gods have conspired to save us from the even greater boredom of having to watch another Test grind relentlessly to yet another draw.

Tony Larkins, Melbourne Herald

The Australian selectors dropped Paul Sheahan

Paul Sheahan

(who Don Bradman had tipped as the future captain of Australia) and Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

and brought back the experienced fast-medium bowler Alan Connolly

Alan Connolly

Alan Norman Connolly is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971. Connolly had been a fast bowler in his youth, but slowed his pace to increase his accuracy and became a reliable support bowler in partnership with Garth McKenzie...

and the off-spinner Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

, who was not liked by Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

. England

English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71

kept the same team from Perth. Ray Illingworth won the toss and decided to field, but rain began to fall before the teams went out and after three days of continuous rain the match was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Desperate attempts to dry the boggy outfield were made by Ian Johnson

Ian Johnson (cricketer)

Ian William Geddes Johnson CBE was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000 runs at an average of...

and the MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

ground staff, who claimed that "if the match had been in England the teams would have played. The outfield was good, the wicket firm and bowlers' run-ups safe". Each day they announced that play would be able to start "as soon as the rain stopped" to encourage spectators to come to the ground. One English writer said that the 8,000 people who arrived on the Thursday would have 'gladly paid a dollar each to permit the M.C.G.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

to buy a proper cover'. Sir Cyril Hawker

Cyril Hawker

Sir Frank Cyril Hawker was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Essex. He was born in Epping and died in Hastings....

, President of the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

, and Gubby Allen

Gubby Allen

Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE was a cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University, MCC and England. Australian-born, Allen was a fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, who captained England in eleven Test matches...

, the treasurer, happened to be in Melbourne and with David Clark

David Clark (cricketer)

David Graham Clark is a former English cricketer and cricket administrator.Clark was born in Barming, Kent. He played first-class cricket for five years, appearing for Kent. He was Kent's captain for the last three years of his career. He retired at the end of the 1951 season...

arranged the historic One Day International for the fifth day with Sir Donald Bradman and the ABC. They also cancelled the second tour match between Victoria

Victorian Bushrangers

and the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

so that an extra Test could be played. Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

and the England players were not consulted and only found out when Bradman came into the dressing room to thank them for their co-operation. The players had severe misgivings about this state of affairs as the extra Test might cost them the Ashes

The Ashes

and cancelled one of their rest days. They now had only five rest days in the last six weeks of the tour, and these included official receptions and engagements. There was also the question of pay and it was several weeks before Clark was able to grant an extra £100, long after the Australians had agreed a pay deal with their team.

First One Day International – Melbourne

Preliminaries

When Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

won the toss and sent England into bat, the accepted move in one-day, limited number of overs games, I noted an edginess and expectation among player and crowd that had been absent, even from Test cricket, for decades.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

The first One Day International was hastily arranged for what would have been the fifth day of the abandoned Third Test. Fortunately there were enough senior officials in Melbourne from the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

and ACB to sanction the match. It was to consist of 40 eight-ball overs for each team (320 balls, or 53.2 six-ball overs).

England Innings

Then Boycott and Edrich
John Edrich
John Edrich, MBE is a former English cricketer, who played for Surrey and England. He earned a reputation as a dogged and fearless batsman, and his figures show that he was amongst the best players of his generation...

began to run what in the Tests had been 'impossible' runs, to play what had been 'impossible' strokes...the Australian out-fieldsmen were hurling themselves about along the fence in a manner I had not seen for years in desperate endeavour to save fours and reduce runs.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Bill Lawry

won the toss, elected to field and arth McKenzie bowled the first ball to Geoff Boycott. To everyone's surprise Boycott and Edrich proceeded to hit the Australian bowlers around the ground and 'some of the less credulous Pressmen nearly fainted when John Edrich

John Edrich

cracked Alan Connolly

Alan Connolly

over mid off for four'. Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

was reduced to bowling 25 bouncers in 8 overs to reduce the run rate, but was not called for intimidation as they lacked menace. Lawry caught Boycott (8) off Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

(1/22) for the first wicket to fall in a One Day International after 21 had been added for the first wicket. Edrich made 82 runs off 119 balls and 'made all his partners look like hacks' None of his partners made 25 and he was instrumental in the England total of 190. Although spin bowlers were regarded as a target in one day cricket Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

's off-spin took 3/34 and Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

's part-time leg-spin 3/40, which compared favourably with the figures of the three fast bowlers Garth McKenzie (2/22), Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

(0/21) and Alan Connolly

Alan Connolly

(0/62). England's 190 off 39.4 eight-ball overs was made at a rate of 60.12 runs per 100 balls (3.63 runs per six-ball over).

Australia Innings

The crowd were roaring their applause at every run now as Australia swept to 152 for 3 in 140 minutes and then Chappell
Ian Chappell
Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...

, hooking and driving and cutting with a will, took 14 of 17 from D'Oliveira's
Basil D'Oliveira
Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE , known affectionately around the world as "Dolly", was a South African-born English cricketer. D'Oliveira was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket, resulting in his emigration to England...

sixth over.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Australian needed 191 runs to win and did so without any great trouble. John Snow's

John Snow (cricketer)

first ball was a wide, but both he and the batsman Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

had to signal it before Umpire Brooks

Tom Brooks

Thomas Francis Brooks OAM was an Australian Test cricket match umpire who was born in Paddington, New South Wales...

accepted it. His second over was hit for 12 runs by Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

, who was caught and bowled by Ken Shuttleworth for 13. Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

made an awkward start and was out paced by Lawry, who made lots of quick singles until caught by Knott off Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

(3/50), the only Englishman to bowl with conviction and Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

took another catch and a stumping. With Snow taken off Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

'went mad', hitting Illingworth for a six and a four and hooking and pulling Basil d'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

for 26 runs in two overs, ending with 60 runs off 103 balls. Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

made hay with 41 off 51 balls with 6 fours as he added 66 with Chappell for the third wicket. Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

(22 not out) batted 'like an Australian Peter May

Peter May

-External links:* * at Cricket Archive*...

' and Australia won comfortably by five wickets. Their 191/5 off 34.6 eight-ball overs was made at a rate of 68.70 runs per 100 balls (4.12 runs per six-ball over).

Result

Terrific. If they played cricket all the time like this, they'd pack the M.C.G.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

No risk. You can't tell me there's any less skill involved. I'd reckon there's more skill.

Ben Gazzardi of Traralgon, La Trobe Valley, Victoria

Australia won the first One Day International by five wickets on the same ground where they had won the first Test match

Test cricket

93 years before. They won $2,400

Australian dollar

and England $400

Australian dollar

from the sponsors Rothmans. John Edrich

John Edrich

was awarded $200

Australian dollar

as Man of the Match

Man of the match

In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often in cricket before being adopted by other sports. This can be a...

by the England umpire Charlie Elliott

Charlie Elliott

Charles Standish 'Charlie' Elliott MBE was an English footballer, a first-class cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1932 and 1953 and an international cricket umpire.Elliott was born in Bolsover, Derbyshire...

because "without John's 82 there'd have been no match". Despite the rain over the previous week 46,006 spectators paid $33,894.40

Australian dollar

to attend the game, which was completed without a hitch. Even opponents of the limited over game such as E. W. Swanton

E. W. Swanton

Ernest William Swanton CBE is chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. W. Swanton. He worked as a sports journalist for The Daily Telegraph and as a broadcaster for BBC Radio for 30 years. He was a regular commentator on Test Match Special, easily recognised...

admitted "There is clearly a great future in this sort of thing", and within a few years One Day International games were being played all over the cricketing world.

Fourth Test – Sydney

Preliminaries

If you recall my would-be Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

ian assessment of Professor Moriarty
Professor Moriarty
Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and the archenemy of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the fiction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind, described by Holmes as the "Napoleon of Crime". Doyle lifted the phrase from a real Scotland Yard inspector who was...

's – sorry , Professor Illingworth's
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

– plan to recapture the Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

, you will remember that it is in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, in the Fourth Test, that this cricketing chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

player is due to strike and then retire to the corner of his web and seal off reprisals. Those who command the condition of Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

and its accessories gave him just the pitch he needed. By this time, I fancy, they were nauseated by negation and demanded a win at any price – even at the price of Australian defeat.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Unlike the flat, over-rolled batting tracks at the other venues the famous spinning wicket at the S.C.G.

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

was expected to give a result and Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

announced "This time there will be a result for sure". England

English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71

replaced their out of form vice-captain Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

with his Kentish

Kent County Cricket Club

Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...

team-mate Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

to give them five specialist bowlers. Ken Shuttleworth

Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer)

Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...

was replaced by fast bowler Bob Willis

Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

, playing his first Test. The Australians announced their team before the One Day International had been played, too late to replace Alan Connolly

Alan Connolly

who had been hit for 62 runs off eight overs in the knockabout game. The erratic fast-medium bowler Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

was replaced on the field by the spinner John Gleeson

John Gleeson

John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...

. Thomson was made twelfth man, but was so popular that drinks were served two overs late as he struggled though the crowd of people chatting to him and patting him on the back Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

won the toss again and chosen to bat on a 'hot and hostile' pitch which looked like helping the seamers, but was predicted to take increasing turn.

England – First Innings

This day Boycott was not so permissive and his innings shone like a sapphire
Sapphire
Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide , when it is a color other than red or dark pink; in which case the gem would instead be called a ruby, considered to be a different gemstone. Trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium can give...

in the sun. Lawry's
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

field-settings seemed to be mirrored in the Yorkshireman's mind, so much so that when he went for his strokes there might as well have been no fieldsmen on the ground.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

The wicket was not quite the batsman's paradise of the previous Tests, but after bowling a couple of maidens Garth McKenzie conceded 15 runs off his third over. Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

kept trying to steal singles, while his partner Geoff Boycott kept sending him back and England were 100/0 at lunch. Boycott was caught hooking by John Gleeson

John Gleeson

John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...

at fine-leg for 77 out of 116, and Gleeson had Luckhurst leg before wicket

Leg before wicket

for 38 at 130/2. John Edrich

John Edrich

made 55 before Gleeson caught him off Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

, Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

(4/40) accounted for Fletcher and D'Oliveira, had Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

stumped by Marsh

Rod Marsh

to reduce England from 200/2 to 219/6. Gleeson bowled Illingworth for 24 and England were 267/7 at the end of the day. John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

(37) made runs in the morning but Gleeson (4/83) struck again, dismissing him and Underwood in successive balls. Peter Lever

Peter Lever

(36) and Bob Willis

Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

(15 not out) added 41 for the last wicket to carry England to 332, the lowest first innings total of the series so far.

Australian – First Innings

Snow's
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

first second-spell over the Walters
Doug Walters
Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

and Redpath
Ian Redpath
Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

resembles one of those oldtime bombardments on the World War I Western Front
Western Front (World War I)
Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...

. His first delivery was just short of a length and straight. His second was a lofty bumper, under which Walters ducked. His third was lifting offside ball...The fifth ball, called a no ball
No ball
In the sport of cricket a no ball is a penalty against the fielding team, usually as a result of an illegal delivery by the bowler. The delivery of a no ball results in one run to be added to the batting team's score, and an additional ball must be bowled...

by Umpire Rowan
Lou Rowan
Louis Patrick “Lou” Rowan , was an Australian Test cricket match umpire.He umpired 25 Test matches between 1963 and 1971. His first match was between Australian and England at Sydney on 11 January to 15 January 1963, when Alan Davidson took 9/79, and Bobby Simpson took 5/57 and made 91 and 36 not...

, was perhaps the most vicious bumper of all...Redpath turned his back on this one and the thud on his rump could be heard from most parts of the ground.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

The Australian captain Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

chose to open with his vice-captain Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

, who did not look happy at the prospect, and Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

was returned to the middle order. Strangely, Lawry did not consider opening with fellow-Victorian

Victorian Bushrangers

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

during the series, despite having made a double century opening stand together against South Africa. However, in the 1970–71 season Lawry opened the Victorian batting with Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

with 'Redders' coming in at number three. Lawry and Chappell were soon out and it was Redpath (64) and Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(55) who made the most of Australian's 189/4 by the end of what was regarded as the best day's play of the series. Their stand of 99 was made against the hostile bowling of John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

(1/23) and Bob Willis

Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

(0/26), with the barrackers on the infamous Sydney Hill started hooting and counting Snow out as he bowled a host of short balls. in the end it was the spinners who did the damage, Walters was caught off Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

(1/59) after being deceived in flight. Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

had just been made Australia's Sportsman of the Year 1970 ahead of Evonne Goolagong

Evonne Goolagong

Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...

, Margaret Court, Heather McKay

Heather McKay

Heather Pamela McKay AM MBE is a retired Australian squash player, who is considered by many to be the greatest female player in the history of the game, and possibly also Australia's greatest-ever sportswoman...

and Rod Laver

Rod Laver

Rodney George "Rod" Laver MBE is an Australian former tennis player who holds the record for titles won in career, and was the World No. 1 player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970...

, but was caught and bowled by Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

for 15 and Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

caught Redpath off Basil d'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

's off-spin (2/20) just before stumps. Resuming after the rest day Deadly Derek

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

(4/66) dismissed Stackpole, Marsh and Mallett as Australia collapsed to 208/8 and 236 all out, 96 runs behind.

England – Second Innings

There are runs in that wicket but you have to be prepared to work for them.

Ray Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

England now had two and a half days to pile up the runs and set Australia an impossible target on a wearing wicket. Geoff Boycott took nearly seven hours to make 142 not out having seen his partners Luckhurst, Edrich (run out by Boycott) and Fletcher depart with only 48 runs on the board. He added 133 with d'Oliveira (56), 95 with Illingworth (53) and 43 with Knott (21 not out) before the captain declared at 319/5 on the afternoon of the fourth day.

Australian – Second Innings

I had not seen an Englishman bowl either faster or better than Snow
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

at Sydney
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

since Tyson
Frank Tyson
Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...

...In a fast bowler rhythm and accuracy generally go hand in hand. When everything is absolutely ticking, so to speak, a strong fellow like Snow finds not only an extra yard of pace but seems able to keep an unerring eye on the target. The merit of Snow is that in this form is not only that that high arm and loose wrist get the utmost life and lift from the pitch but that he is so extraordinarily straight.

E.W. Swanton

Australia were set 416 runs for victory, in 1970 no Test team had ever made such a total to win a Test match and Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

announced there was "no way" they could win. It quickly became apparent that Australia would not be breaking any batting records as John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

(7/40) soon dismissed Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

and both Chappells, Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

fell to Peter Lever

Peter Lever

, one of Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

's three catches, and Australia were 21/4. Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

(60 not out) and Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

(30) took them to 60/4 by stumps, but Stackpole was caught off Snow the next morning, followed by Marsh for a duck. Willis (1/1) took his first Test wicket, Garth McKenzie retired hurt after being hit in the face by a rising ball from Snow and retired from Test cricket just two wickets short of Richie Benaud

Richie Benaud

Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE is a former Australian cricketer who, since his retirement from international cricket in 1964, has become a highly regarded commentator on the game....

's Australian record haul of 248. Snow finished off the tail, bowling Gleeson for a duck and Connolly three balls later and Australia were all out for 116, Lawry carrying his bat throughout the debacle. It was a superb piece of fast bowling from Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

, aggressive, hostile and decisive.

Result

The Australian 'Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English language nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an egg and has appeared or been referred to in a large number of works of literature and popular culture...

' had fallen from the wall and, in our disgust at its fragility, we wondered how even all the king's horse and all the king's men, let alone Sir Donald Bradman, Sam Loxton
Sam Loxton
Samuel John Everett "Sam" Loxton OBE is a former Australian cricketer, footballer and politician. Among these three pursuits, his greatest achievements were attained on the cricket field; he played in 12 Tests for Australia from 1948 to 1951...

and Neil Harvey
Neil Harvey
Robert Neil Harvey MBE is a former Australian cricketer who represented the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement...

, could put it together again.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

England won by a huge margin of 299 runs, their biggest victory in Australia since 1936–37 to go 1–0 up in the series with three Tests to play. Geoff Boycott (77 and 142 not out) scored more runs for an English batsmen in Australia since Denis Compton

Denis Compton

Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...

(147 and 103 not out) in the Fourth Test of the 1946-47 Ashes series, a total since exceeded by Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook

Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...

(67 and 235 not out) in the First Test of the 2010-11 Ashes series. John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

became the seventh England bowler to take seven wickets in a Test innings in Australia after Tom Richardson

Tom Richardson

Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back , a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp lift on fast pitches even from the full, straight length he always bowled...

(8/94), George Lohmann

George Lohmann

George Alfred Lohmann is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time...

(8/35 and 8/58), Doug Wright

Doug Wright

Doug Wright is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2004 for his play, I Am My Own Wife.-Early years:Wright was born in Dallas, Texas...

(7/105), Frank Tyson

Frank Tyson

Frank Holmes Tyson is an England cricketer of the 1950s who became a journalist and cricket commentator after he emigrated to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets in...

(7/27), Brian Statham

Brian Statham

John Brian "George" Statham, CBE was one of the leading English fast bowlers in 20th-century English cricket. Initially a bowler of a brisk fast-medium pace, Statham was able to remodel his action to generate enough speed to become genuinely fast...

(7/57) and Fred Titmus

Fred Titmus

Frederick John Titmus MBE was an English cricketer, whose first-class career spanned five decades. Although he was best known for his off spin , he was an accomplished lower-order batsman who deserved to be called an all-rounder, even opening the batting for England on six occasions...

(7/79). 101,694 spectators came to the see the Test, paying $71,017

Australian dollar

in gate money.

Fifth Test – Melbourne

Preliminaries

Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

had moulded his men into a team. They had one mission uppermost in mind. High living, if it came at all, could come later.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

This Test was added to the series to make up for the abandoned Third Test despite the reservations of some of the England players, replacing the Victoria

Victorian Bushrangers

vs MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

tour match scheduled for 22–26 January 1971. After the heavy defeat at Sydney the response of the Australian press was to "Sack the Lot!", but the selectors kept all their failing batsman and reshuffled their limited bowling attack. Australian dropped Garth McKenzie, their fast bowling spearhead of the 1960s who had been injured in the Fourth Test and Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

m regardless of his 4/40. The fast-medium bowler Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

swopped his twelfth man position with Alan Connolly

Alan Connolly

The fast-medium bowler Ross Duncan

Ross Duncan

John Ross Frederick Duncan is a former Australian cricketer who played for Queensland. He was brought into the Test team for the Fifth Test at Melbourne which replaced the Victoria second tour match against the M.C.C. in the 1970-71 Ashes series...

made his Test debut, as did the leg-spinning all-rounder Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry James "Skull" O'Keeffe is a former Australian cricketer and now a commentator for ABC Radio. O'Keeffe played 24 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1971 and 1977.He was a spin bowler, bowling leg breaks...

who had taken 6/69 and hit 55 not out against the tourists earlier in the season. England

English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71

recalled their vice-captain Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

(who had been in the nets for much of the Fourth Test) to replace Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

, who had been injured in the tour match against North New South Wales. Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

bruised his fingers in the same game and had retired hurt, but was declared fit to play. Australian umpire Max O'Connell

Max O'Connell

Maxwell George O'Connell was an Australian Test cricket match umpire.He umpired 19 Test matches between 1971 and 1980. His first match, was the Fifth Test in the 1970–71 Ashes series at Melbourne on 21 January to 26 January 1971...

was officiating in his first Test.

Australian – First Innings

Snow
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

aroused the ire of the crowd by firing down two bumpers to welcome back the retired hurt
Substitute (cricket)
A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game...

Bill Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

back on the deck...A barracker yelled, 'Why don't you try to bump one onto the sightscreen, Snow? Bowl at the wicket.' Snow did just that next ball and took Redpath's
Ian Redpath
Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

leg stump – around behind his legs. Three for 269.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Bill Lawry won the toss and chose to bat on a good wicket with Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

as his new opening partner. John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

sent down three bouncers in the first four balls and Stackpole was caught by wicket-keeper Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

off the last ball of the first over. However, he was given not out because Max O'Connell

Max O'Connell

called "over" early and had already started his walk to square leg. Consequently he had not seen the catch and had to give Stackpole not out. Instead Stackpole (30) and Lawry (56) added 64 for the first wicket when d'Oliveira dismissed Stackpole, soon followed by Lawry who retired hurt

Substitute (cricket)

A substitute in the sport of cricket is a replacement player that the umpires allow when a player has been injured or become ill after the nomination of the players at the start of the game...

on 38 after he was hit on the hand several times with the score 86/1. They were followed by Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

(111) and Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

(72) who added another 180, a total of 202 for the second wicket. Lawry returned at 266/2 to a flurry of short balls from Snow, saw Redpath go on 269/3, but added 49 with Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(55). Bob Willis

Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

took 3/79 as the wickets were shared around the unfortunate England bowlers, whose cause was not helped by 8 dropped catches, 4 by Cowdrey's normally safe hands. Cowdrey and Chappell then had their Test caps

Cricket cap

A cricket cap is a type of soft cap, often made from felt that is a traditional form of headwear for players of the game of cricket, regardless of age or gender. It is usually a tight-fitting skullcap, usually made of six or eight sections, with a small crescent shaped brim that points downwards...

stolen when the crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate Chappell's maiden Ashes

The Ashes

century. Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

made 92 not out, after being dropped twice in one over off Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

, equalling the record set by Don Tallon

Don Tallon

Donald "Don" Tallon was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953...

for highest score by an Australian wicket-keeper. But Lawry declared the innings after batting for over 11 hours at 493/9 to get an extra hour of bowling before stumps at the end of the second day. When questioned by the press about his lost chance to make an historic century Marsh said he had gained forty runs instead of missing eight as he thought Lawry should have declared an hour earlier. Marsh would later make 132 against New Zealand at Adelaide in 1973–74, the first century by an Australian wicket-keeper, and his maiden Ashes century (110 not out) in the 1976–77 Centenary Test.

England – First Innings

Lawry's
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

unimaginative, deep field-settings for his spinners sent a highly expectant, eager-for-victory crowd of 65,000 home unhappy. Even the most loyal Victorian could see, and admit, that Lawry was not the captain to arrest those escaping Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

England survived the day without losing a wicket, thus negating the advantage of Lawry's early declaration and adding to the criticism he received in the press. The next morning "Froggie" Thomson

Alan Thomson

(3/110) dismissed Boycott and Edrich, John Gleeson

John Gleeson

John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...

(3/60) caught and bowled Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

and England were 88/3. Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

made a brave 109 to save the innings despite his hands being damaged again by Thomson's

Alan Thomson

short-pitched bowling. He had three fingers of his right hand bound together and his left hand was in plaster, but he added 140 with Basil d'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

(117). Thomson fired down six bouncers in one over against Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

(41) and several more at John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

, who was bowled by Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

for 1 after a stay of 47 minutes. Knott and Snow complained about Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

's "suspect" bowling action and were backed by Illingworth, which did not improve their popularity with the public, and Illingworth was booed in the final Tests as a result. England were finally out after tea on the fourth day for 392, 101 runs behind Australia.

Australia – Second Innings

While Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

was guilty of go-slow tactics it was Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

who helped put the lid on the coffin throughout the sweltering afternoon. His safety-first tactics were totally incomprehensible...Lawry Stackpole
Keith Stackpole
Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

and Chappell
Ian Chappell
Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...

were sad figures in that vast arena as they poked and prodded and had absolutely no desire to score runs as a reasonable pace.

Eric Beecher, Australian Cricket magazine

Australia needed quick runs for a declaration, but Lawry spent two and a half hours making 42 and Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

over two hours for 30. John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

bowled 12 eight ball overs for a mere 21 runs and the wickets of Lawry and Redpath. He was warned for intimidatory bowling by Max O'Connell

Max O'Connell

after bowling short at Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(39 not out), despite no action having been taken against Thomson's bouncers earlier in the Test. Snow was also photographed picking at the seam of a Kookaburra cricket ball, which caused a furore in the Australian press until it was realised that the Kookaburra did not have a seam and Snow had been playing a practical joke

Practical joke

A practical joke is a mischievous trick played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort. Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or...

on the cameraman. Lawry finally declared at 169/4, leaving England to make 271 in four hours.

England – Second Innings

Do you want any more? I did not. I drove off to Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

...to face the next ordeal...

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

An adventurous or desperate captain might have taken up the challenge, but Illingworth was neither, Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott OBE is a former Yorkshire and England cricketer. In a prolific and sometimes controversial playing career from 1962 to 1986, Boycott established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen...

and John Edrich

John Edrich

were disinclined to throw their wickets away and had made an unbeaten stand of 161 when the game finally drew to a close. Ross Duncan

Ross Duncan

in his only Test made 3 and took 0/30 in the first innings, did not bat or bowl in the second and took no catches.

Result

Australia and England drew the Fifth Test to maintain England's 1–0 lead in the series. 184,503 spectators attended, paying $135,022.80

Australian dollar

in gate money.

Sixth Test – Adelaide

Preliminaries

We were watching the crucifixion
Crucifixion
Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead...

of cricket with Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

and Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

washing their hands...like two Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilatus , known in the English-speaking world as Pontius Pilate , was the fifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36. He is best known as the judge at Jesus' trial and the man who authorized the crucifixion of Jesus...

s.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

With the Fourth Test replacing the tour match against Victoria

Victorian Bushrangers

Australia and England played back to back Test matches only two days apart, unusual at the time. Australian dropped the unfortunate Ross Duncan

Ross Duncan

and brought in a tearaway young fast bowler called Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

for his debut. Leg-spinner Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

was replaced by off-spinner Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

on his home ground. England

English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71

replaced the injured batsmen Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

and out of form vice-captain Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

with John Hampshire

John Hampshire

and Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

, who was fit again after missing the Fifth Test.

England – First Innings

We were near the entrance to a bar when a roar penetrated the alleyway under the stairs. It was a kind of reaction from a crowd I'd not heard before...The roar went on...and on. There was no following applause to greet a departing batsman. The roar dropped to a murmur. Then there was silence. It was all very eerie.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

England won the toss and understandably decided to bat, with a 1–0 lead in the series they had no incentive to hurry and spent ten and a half hours making 470. Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

gave the new ball to 'Froggie' Thomason

Alan Thomson

and had debutant Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

bowling into a strong southerly wind, even so Lillee was yards faster than Thomson, and more accurate. Geoff Boycott (58) and John Edrich

John Edrich

(130) added 107 for the first wicket before Boycott was given run out despite his strong opinion to the contrary. E.W. Swanton in the commentary box shouted "He's out!" when Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

threw down the stumps and as he had failed to ground his bat when reaching the crease Umpire O'Connell

Max O'Connell

had given him out. Convincing Boycott that he was out was always a difficult business and his displeasure was obvious when he threw his bat to the ground, he caused further trouble when he pointedly refused to apologise to the umpires for his behaviour (Boycott later apologised to Umpire O'Connell in private). He stormed off the field with the crowd howling in his ears and to wide condemnation by the press when a photograph showed he was clearly out. Some called on David Clark

David Clark (cricketer)

to withdraw Boycott's £150 good conduct bonus and Keith Miller

Keith Miller

said "This will cost Boycott the England and maybe also the Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

captaincy". Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

returned to form with 80 out of a stand of 169 with Edrich before the Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

opener was caught by Stackpole to give Lillee

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

his first, hard earned, Test wicket. Lillee (5/84) dismissed Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

, Alan Thomson

Alan Thomson

bowled Fletcher and England lost three wickets for 13 runs, but soon found their way again. Basil D'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

(47), John Hampshire

John Hampshire

(55), Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

(24) and John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

(38) took them to 458/6 before Lillee cleared up the tail, the last four wickets falling for twelve runs.

Australia – First Innings

The cream of Australian batsmanship, barring one or two Test rejects, had curdled...

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Bill Lawry

and Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

opened and Stackpole made 87 out of 117/2 before he was bowled by Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

. Australia collapsed to 180/7 thanks to Peter Lever

Peter Lever

(4/49). Rod Marsh

Rod Marsh

and Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

both made 28 and added 39 for the eighth wicket, but they were all out for 235 on Australia Day

Australia Day

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia...

, exactly half of England's score.

England – Second Innings

Both Ray Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

and Bill Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

have done some mystifying things this series, but the English captain must about win the prize with his decision not to force Australia to follow on...I know, for sure, that our captain in South Africa, Ali Bacher
Ali Bacher
Aron "Ali" Bacher is a former South African Test cricketer and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.-Biography:...

, would have told Lawry to put the pads on again.

Barry Richards
Barry Richards
Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African batsman. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful cricketers. He was able to play only four Test matches - all against Australia - before South Africa's exclusion from the...

Peter Lever

had a shoulder strain, John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

was suffering from an inflamed sacroiliac joint

Sacroiliac joint

The sacroiliac joint or SI joint is the joint in the bony pelvis between the sacrum and the ilium of the pelvis, which are joined together by strong ligaments. In humans, the sacrum supports the spine and is supported in turn by an ilium on each side...

and they did not feel that they could bowl through another innings. The 40 year old Illingworth was tired himself, took the advice of his bowlers and chose not to enforce the follow on, instead batting Australia out of the game. This caused great surprise to the pundits and old Test cricketers at the ground who felt that he had let Australia off the hook, This was a situation made for Geoff Boycott and ignoring the furore caused by his first innings he made 119 not out, making another century opening stand with John Edrich

John Edrich

(40). Thomson (3–79) took three quick wickets to help reduce 103/0 to 151/4, but Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

(48 not out) added 82 with Boycott before declaring on 233/4.

Australia – Second Innings

If the Australians play for turn they'll lose. If they play for no turn, they'll hit him
Derek Underwood
Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

in the middle of the bat.

Denis Compton
Denis Compton
Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...

Faced with an impossible 469 runs to win Australia had no choice but to try to bat out almost 9 hours of play. Lawry

Bill Lawry

(21) added 65 for the first wicket with Stackpole who made 136 with 16 fours. It would have been 17 boundaries but the ball was stopped in the outfield when it hit a seagull, which survived the experience and flew away. He added 202 for the second wicket with Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

(104), who was dropped by Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey

off John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

early in his innings. When they were out in the final session Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

(21 not out) and Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(36 not out) saw out the day for 328/3.

Result

Strong Recovery in Australian Bacon.

Headline from the Adelaide Advertiser on the last day of the Test

Australia and England drew another Test to maintain England's 1–0 lead in the series. 98,808 spectators attended, paying $65,836

Australian dollar

in gate money.

Seventh Test – Sydney

Preliminaries

Bill Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

, a defensive captain, had failed so far to defend the Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

. Was he more likely to be able to regain the ascendancy? Of course not. Was he more likely to return to his former batting form, his early club
Club cricket
Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are always observed...

and Shield batting form, if he were diplomatically relieved of the responsibility of leadership? Of course, yes. All the more likely if he were undiplomatically removed, because he would be nursing a grudge, burning to stage reprisals...

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Fully aware that they needed to win the last Test to retain the Ashes the Australian selectors axed Bill Lawry

Bill Lawry

, the first Australian captain ever to be dropped mid-series. Don Bradman, Sam Loxton

Sam Loxton

Samuel John Everett "Sam" Loxton OBE is a former Australian cricketer, footballer and politician. Among these three pursuits, his greatest achievements were attained on the cricket field; he played in 12 Tests for Australia from 1948 to 1951...

and Neil Harvey

Neil Harvey

delayed the announcement while they tried to locate Lawry at the end of the Sixth Test, but he had already left for his home in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

and they were unable to find him. He first heard the news on the radio and the selectors were much maligned in the press as a result. Lawry never played for Australia again despite being only 33 and averaging 47.15, but began his 40 year career as a commentator in the Seventh Test, saying "Well, I suppose we all have to get around to it some day". Although the appointment of the more aggressive Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

as captain (with an Redpath as his vice-captain) made sense, Lawry was still a redoubtable opening batsman who averaged 40.50 in the series and many thought that his services should have been retained. Instead the veteran Victorian

Victorian Bushrangers

opener Ken Eastwood

Ken Eastwood

Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1971. He replaced Bill Lawry, who was dropped altogether despite being the captain due to a dispute with the board...

was called up for his only Test after having made 177 against New South Wales

New South Wales Blues

The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...

. John Gleeson

John Gleeson

John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...

, Ashley Mallett

Ashley Mallett

Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...

and Ross Duncan

Ross Duncan

were all dropped and replaced by debutant Tony Dell

Tony Dell

Anthony Ross Dell is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1970-71 and 1973-74. He was a fast-medium seam bowler who made his debut against England for the vital Seventh Test at Sydney in the 1970-71 Ashes series...

, a left-arm fast medium bowler, and the leg-spinners Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

and Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

. The selectors made another mistake in not recalling Garth McKenzie to partner his Western Australia

Western Warriors

The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...

team-mate Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

after he had broken Geoff Boycott's arm on the same ground in a one day match. McKenzie could have been a real handful for the England batsmen, and was only two wickets short of Richie Benaud

Richie Benaud

Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE is a former Australian cricketer who, since his retirement from international cricket in 1964, has become a highly regarded commentator on the game....

's Australian Test record of 248 wickets (Benaud wrote 'Bring back McKenzie' in his newspaper column). This meant Australia's four man bowling attack had only 6 Test wickets to their name, the least since Wellington in 1945–46 when seven players made their debut after the war. Boycott was, of course, unfit to play and Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

returned to open the innings, having missed the Sixth Test because of his injured hands. John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

had been suffering from a inflamed sacroiliac joint

Sacroiliac joint

, which required traction

Traction (orthopedics)

In orthopedic medicine, traction refers to the set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the spine and skeletal system.There are two types of traction: skin traction and skeletal traction....

and complete rest, but he was declared fit in time for the Test. This was Australian umpire Lou Rowan

Lou Rowan

's last Test as he retired at the end of the season and the Australian selectors Don Bradman retired after 35 years, out of which Australian had held the Ashes

The Ashes

for all but 6 years.

England – First Innings

Ian's
Ian Chappell
Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...

got off to a great start as captain of Australia.

Bill Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

A good County
County cricket
County cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket in England and Wales. For the 2010 season, see 2010 English cricket season.-First-class counties:...

attack would have had England out for 150.

Trevor Bailey
Trevor Bailey
Trevor Edward Bailey CBE was an England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster.An all-rounder, Bailey was known for his skilful but unspectacular batting...

Ian Chappell

won the toss and fielded on a damp wicket with slow, uneven bounce that had produced the decisive Fourth Test victory for England. The injured Brian Luckhurst

Brian Luckhurst

took 37 minutes over his duck before was dismissed by Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(1/10) and England took an hour to reach 11/1. John Edrich

John Edrich

(30) and Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

(33) took the score to 60/1, but Dell (2/32) took his first Test wicket – Edrich caught by Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

– and England collapsed to 98/5 thanks to the leg-spinners Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

(3/42) and Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

(3/48), who were kept on even when the new ball became available. Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

fought back with a solid 42 before he was bowled by Jenner, but England

English cricket team in Australia in 1970-71

were all out for 184 and things were going Australia's way.

Australia – First Innings

Following another round of booing and the throwing of more cans, Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

ordered and led his men from the field and I noticed that to some of them he had to repeat his order at least twice...Had the Englishmen remained on the field I doubt whether play could have resumed.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Test Match Special – Illingworth leads England off the field

Peter Lever

Peter Lever

(3/43) had Ken Eastwood

Ken Eastwood

caught behind by Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

and John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

(1/68) removed Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

's off stump with a ball that came back a foot after pitching to leave Australian 13/2 at the end of the first day. Bob Willis

Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

(3/58) caught the nightwatchman

Nightwatchman (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...

Rod Marsh

and bowled Ian Chappell

Ian Chappell

the next morning and they were 66/4, but Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

(59) and Doug Walters

Doug Walters

Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...

(42) added 81. Walters was stumped on 41 by Knott, who made 6 dismissals in the match, but 'when Umpire Rowan

Lou Rowan

ruled Walters not out, Knott stood on the edge of the popping crease as if paralysed with unbelief. Walters was stumped off Underwood (2/39) on 42 and given out by Umpire O'Connell

Max O'Connell

and the spinner caught and bowled Ian Redpath

Ian Redpath

Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...

. When Kerry O'Keeffe

Kerry O'Keeffe

was out at 178/7 Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

(65) was left alone with the tail, but Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

retired hurt when he ducked into a short delivery from Snow on 8. Rowan warned the fast bowler for intimidatory bowling yet again, but Snow and Illingworth objected strongly, the captain saying "That's the only bouncer he's bowled" and that he would complain to the ABC, but Snow had bowled three other short balls at Jenner earlier in the over and Bob Willis

Bob Willis

Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...

had been brought in for the mis-hit. Rowan later claimed that Illingworth and Snow swore at him, which they denied. The bowler was loudly booed and "when he returned to his fielding position at long-leg Snow was pelted with bottles, cans and partially-eaten pies". Some of the crowd wanted to shake his hand, but then he was grabbed by a drunk at Paddington Hill

Sydney Cricket Ground

who was forced to let go by other spectators. In 1998 the eighty year old Trevor Guy told the Sydney Morning Herald that he was the man who had grabbed Snow in order to tell him what he thought about him hitting Jenner. Guy and Snow, in Australia for the 1998–99 Ashes series

English cricket team in Australia in 1998-99

-Second Test: 28-30 Nov 1998, Perth:-Third Test: 11-15 Dec 1998, Adelaide:-Fourth Test: 26-30 December, Melbourne:-Fifth Test: 2-6 January, Sydney:-References:* Playfair Cricket Annual* Wisden Cricketers Almanack...

, agreed that they had no hard feelings about the matter. To avoid injury to his team Illingworth took his men back to the dressing room without the permission of the umpires, an unprecedented move in Test cricket. He later justified his action by saying "I've seen people hit by bottles and it makes a bloody mess of them". The England manager David Clark

David Clark (cricketer)

tried to push Illingworth back onto the field and Lou Rowan

Lou Rowan

told them that if they did not immediately return they would forfeit the match (and the Ashes

The Ashes

) and was supported by Alan Barnes of the ABC. A furious Illingworth said he would not return until the playing area had been cleared and the crowd had calmed down. Furthermore he strongly objected to Clark constantly siding with the Australians against his own team. It took seven minutes for the groundstaff to move the debris, during which one was hit on the head with a beer-can and had to be taken to hospital, though most of the 40 cans were for soft drinks. The Australian batsmen Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

and Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee

Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

remained at the crease throughout the incident. Jenner returned to bat at 235/8 and made a brave 30, last man out on 264 to give Australia a lead of 80 runs.

England – Second Innings

Illingworth
Ray Illingworth
Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so...

led his team from the front, on and off the field during the seventh Test, giving to his task everything he had – even bowling for long periods on about 1½ legs while the issue was in the balance and battling with officials in the dressing room over the last two days...Had Chappell
Ian Chappell
Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation...

had Lawry
Bill Lawry
William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971...

amongst his batsmen and McKenzie partnering his State
Western Warriors
The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...

colleague Lillee
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...

with the new ball, it is more than possible that Australia would have won this match against the depleted Englishmen and by drawing the series retained the Ashes
The Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues...

.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

The ever-reliable England openers Luckhurst (59) and Edrich (57) made 94 for the first wicket and the first nine batsmen all made double figures, but only Basil D'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

(47) really got going as Dell (3/85) and O'Keeffe (3/96) regularly took wickets. Ken Eastwood

Ken Eastwood

(1/21), who barely bowled even at grade level, was brought on and took Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

's wicket with his "Chinamen"

Left-arm unorthodox spin

Left-arm unorthodox spin, or chinaman, is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket using the hand wrist. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use a wrist hand action to spin the ball which turns from off to leg side of the cricket pitch...

, caught by Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

. The scoring rate was understandably slow as England had the triple objective of overhauling their first innings deficit, batting out the match and setting Australia a large fourth innings target. In the end they took seven and a half hours to make 302, batting well into the fourth day.

Australia – Second Innings

One of the surprising, yet pleasant, features of the innings was the tremendous applause accord Snow
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

after he bowled Eastwood
Ken Eastwood
Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1971. He replaced Bill Lawry, who was dropped altogether despite being the captain due to a dispute with the board...

for nought behind his (Eastwood's) legs. All John's efforts to remain the villain of the piece had failed. He was even applauded the whole way back to his old querencia
Querencia
Querencia is an private golf community that sits at the tip of the Baja in the Los Cabos Corridor, Mexico, which is rapidly becoming one of North America's most popular spots for multi-million-dollar vacation homes...

by the crowd on The Hill
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

.

Richard Whitington
Richard Whitington
Richard Smallpeice Whitington was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for South Australia and after serving in World War II, represented the Australian Services cricket team, which played in the Victory Tests....

Test Match Special – England win the Ashes

Australia were set 223 to win and retain the Ashes

The Ashes

and their hopes must have been high even after Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

yorked

Yorker

Yorker is a term used in cricket that describes a ball bowled which hits the cricket pitch around the batsman's feet. When a batsman assumes a normal stance this generally means that the cricket ball bounces on the cricket pitch on or near the batsman's popping crease...

Ken Eastwood

for a duck. Unfortunately for England Snow had to retire after two overs when he smashed his finger on the wooden boundary fence trying to catch a six off Keith Stackpole

Keith Stackpole

Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...

. He was taken to hospital for an operation under general anaesthetic to reconstruct his shattered finger bones. Stackpole was caught off a thick edge by Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

off Peter Lever

Peter Lever

on 13, but was given not out, much to the disappointment of England skipper Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

who said "It was really unbelievable". Stackpole hit 2 sixes and 6 fours in his 67, but received little support as the rest of the team folded. Illingworth took 3/39 off 20 eight ball overs and accounted for Stackpole, Redpath and Greg Chappell

Greg Chappell

, d'Oliveira took 2/15 and Underwood 2/28 on a spinning wicket and Australia were all out for 160 to lose by 62 runs. The last wicket was that of Terry Jenner

Terry Jenner

caught by Keith Fletcher

Keith Fletcher

off Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood

Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....

, after which the England team chaired Ray Illingworth

Ray Illingworth

off the field in celebration.

Aftermath

Looking back over the series it is impossible to nominate any department of the game in which Australia were superior. For England to have lost this match and only drawn the series would have been a gross miscarriage of justice. Undoubtedly, they have been the better team throughout. Boycott established himself as a master batsman and John Snow
John Snow (cricketer)
John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...

stood head and shoulders over any bowler in the series.

Bobby Simpson
Bob Simpson (cricketer)
Robert Baddeley Simpson AO is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963–64 until 1967–68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team...

England won the series 2–0 to regain the Ashes

The Ashes

and celebrated in style. It was the only time a touring team has played a full Test series in Australia without losing a Test and the third and last time that Australia hosted a Test series without winning a Test in the season, the others being in 1886–87 and 1887–88

English cricket team in Australia in 1887-88

Two English cricket teams toured Australia in 1887-88. They are generally known as A Shrewsbury's XI and G F Vernon's XI.In previous Australian seasons, no more than one English team had toured. The formation of two teams in 1887-88 was described by Wisden as "a piece of folly will never be...

. 96,834 spectators attended, paying $68,081.90

Australian dollar

in gate money, a total of 678,486 people over the whole series (paying $532,220

Australian dollar

) with an estimated 30,000,000 watching it on television. Alan Knott

Alan Knott

Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman....

had made a record 24 dismissals in a Test series, beating Wally Grout

Wally Grout

Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout was a Test cricketer who kept wicket for Australia and Queensland.Grout played in 51 Test matches between 1957 and 1966...

's 23 against the West Indies in 1960–61. John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

's 31 wickets (22.83) was the most by an England bowler in Australia since Harold Larwood

Harold Larwood

Harold Larwood was an English cricket player, an extremely accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous "bodyline" Ashes Test series of 1932–33....

's 33 wickets (19.51) in 1932–33

English cricket team in Australia in 1932-33

A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932-33 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five Test matches in Australia, and England won The Ashes by four games to one...

. No England bowler after Snow has taken 25 wickets in a Test series in Australia. Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott

's 657 runs (93.85) the most by an England batsman in Australia since Wally Hammond's 905 (113.12) in 1928–29. John Edrich

John Edrich

' 648 runs (72.00) kept him at the crease for 33 hours and 26 minutes, a record for a Test series until broken by Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...

against India in 2001-02. Snow recalled 'the champagne-filled, beer-laden, hangover-inducing rejoicings of Sydney'. and Basil d'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

pushed his forefinger into the chest of the every Australian he met, saying "We stuffed you". Geoffrey Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott

and John Snow

John Snow (cricketer)

returned home early to recover from their injuries, and would face a disciplinary hearing at Lords for their behaviour on the field. The rest of the team proceeded to New Zealand

History of cricket in New Zealand from 1970-71 to 2000

This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket from the 1970-71 season until 2000.New Zealand's outstanding player in this period was the great fast bowler and all-rounder Richard Hadlee.-Domestic cricket:...

for the second leg of their long tour.

1970–71 Test Series Averages

source

Test Series Combined Batting Averages
Player	Team	Type	Matches !! Innings !! Not Out !! Runs !! Highest Score !! Average !! 100s !! 50s !!Ct Caught Caught is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. Being caught out is the most common method of dismissal at higher levels of competition... !! St
G. Boycott		Right-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	10	3	657	142* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	93.85	2	5	4
J.H. Edrich John Edrich John Edrich, MBE is a former English cricketer, who played for Surrey and England. He earned a reputation as a dogged and fearless batsman, and his figures show that he was amongst the best players of his generation...		Left-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	11	2	648	130	72.00	2	4	5
B.W. Luckhurst Brian Luckhurst Brian William Luckhurst was an English cricketer, who played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. He played for Kent from 1958 to 1976, usually opening the batting, then in 1985, in an emergency, played in one more match against the Australians. He was cricket manager from 1981...		Right-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	9	1	455	131	56.87	2	2	5
K.R. Stackpole Keith Stackpole Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...		Right-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	12		627	207	52.25	2	2	9
I.R. Redpath Ian Redpath Ian Ritchie Redpath is a former Australian cricketer who played in 66 Tests and 5 ODIs from 1964 to 1976...		Right-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	12	2	497	171	49.70	1	3	5
W.M. Lawry Bill Lawry William Morris "Bill" Lawry, AM is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971... (c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Left-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	10	2	324	84	40.50		3	3
I.M. Chappell Ian Chappell Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation... (vc) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	12		452	111	37.66	2	2	7
K.D. Walters Doug Walters Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	12	2	373	112	37.30	1	3	3
R. Illingworth Ray Illingworth Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so... (c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Right-Handed Middle Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	10	1	333	53	37.00		1	4
B.L. d'Oliveira Basil D'Oliveira Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE , known affectionately around the world as "Dolly", was a South African-born English cricketer. D'Oliveira was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket, resulting in his emigration to England...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	10		369	117	36.90	1	2	4
G.S. Chappell Greg Chappell Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	8	1	243	108	34.71	1	1	3
A.P.E. Knott Alan Knott Alan Philip Eric Knott is a former Kent County Cricket Club and English cricketer, as a wicket-keeper-batsman.... (wk)		Right-Handed Middle Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	9	2	222	73	31.71		1	21	3
R.W. Marsh Rod Marsh Rodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western... (wk)		Left-Handed Middle Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	9	1	215	92* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	26.87		1	11	3
K.W.R. Fletcher Keith Fletcher Keith Fletcher is a former English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Essex", so christened by his Essex team-mate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	9		225	80	25.00		1	3
J.A. Snow John Snow (cricketer) John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	6	7	1	141	38	23.50			2
J.H. Hampshire John Hampshire John Harry Hampshire John Harry Hampshire John Harry Hampshire (born 10 February 1941, Thurnscoe (near Barnsley, Yorkshire) better known as Jack Hampshire, is a former English cricketer, who played eight Tests and three ODIs for England between 1969 and 1975. He played first-class cricket for...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	4		92	55	23.00		1	2
A.L. Thomson Alan Thomson Alan Lloyd "Froggy" Thomson , a school teacher, is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules football umpire.He played District cricket with the Fitzroy Cricket Club, and took 5/39 against Richmond in their first innings, in his first ever first XI match for the club, on Saturday, 27 March...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	4	5	4	22	12* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	22.00
M.C. Cowdrey Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976... (vc) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	3	4		82	40	20.50			3
R.G.D. Willis Bob Willis Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	4	5	3	37	15* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	18.50			3
G.D. McKenzie		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	3	5	3	28	11* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	14.00			1
K.J. O'Keeffe Kerry O'Keeffe Kerry James "Skull" O'Keeffe is a former Australian cricketer and now a commentator for ABC Radio. O'Keeffe played 24 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1971 and 1977.He was a spin bowler, bowling leg breaks...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	3		42	27	14.00
P. Lever Peter Lever Peter Lever is a former English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. He was a successful wicket taker, taking 41 victims from those seventeen Tests, and a handy batsman with a top score of 88 not out...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	6		83	36	13.83			5
A.A. Mallett Ashley Mallett Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	3		38	28	12.66
A.P. Sheahan Paul Sheahan Andrew Paul Sheahan was an Australian Test cricketer who played 31 Tests and 3 One Day Internationals as an opening and middle order batsman between 1967 and 1974.He made his first class debut in 1965 for the Victorian Sheffield Shield against New South Wales scoring 62 and 5.An elegant stroke...		Right-Handed Top Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	3		38	36	12.66			1
T.J. Jenner Terry Jenner Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	4		36	30	9.00			2
A.N. Connolly Alan Connolly Alan Norman Connolly is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971. Connolly had been a fast bowler in his youth, but slowed his pace to increase his accuracy and became a reliable support bowler in partnership with Garth McKenzie...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	1	2		14	14	7.00			2
J.W. Gleeson John Gleeson John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	7		42	16	6.00			4
D.K. Lillee Dennis Lillee Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	3		16	10	5.33			2
D.L. Underwood Derek Underwood Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	5	6	3	16	8* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...	5.33			4
K. Shuttleworth Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer) Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	2	2		9	7	4.50			1
J.R.F. Duncan Ross Duncan John Ross Frederick Duncan is a former Australian cricketer who played for Queensland. He was brought into the Test team for the Fifth Test at Melbourne which replaced the Victoria second tour match against the M.C.C. in the 1970-71 Ashes series...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	1	1		3	3	3.00
K.H. Eastwood Ken Eastwood Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1971. He replaced Bill Lawry, who was dropped altogether despite being the captain due to a dispute with the board...		Left-Handed Opening Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	1	2		5	5	2.50
A.R. Dell Tony Dell Anthony Ross Dell is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1970-71 and 1973-74. He was a fast-medium seam bowler who made his debut against England for the vital Seventh Test at Sydney in the 1970-71 Ashes series...		Right-Handed Lower Order Batsman Batting order (cricket) In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...	1	2	2	6	3* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

Test Series Combined Bowling Averages
Player	Team	Type	8 Ball Overs	8 Ball Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Best Bowling	Average	5 Wt Wicket In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...	10 Wt
I.M. Chappell Ian Chappell Ian Michael Chappell is a former cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation... (vc) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Leg-Spin Bowler Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	3		10	1	1/10	10.00
A.R. Dell Tony Dell Anthony Ross Dell is a former Australian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1970-71 and 1973-74. He was a fast-medium seam bowler who made his debut against England for the vital Seventh Test at Sydney in the 1970-71 Ashes series...		Left-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	42.7	11	97	5	3/65	19.40
K.H. Eastwood Ken Eastwood Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1971. He replaced Bill Lawry, who was dropped altogether despite being the captain due to a dispute with the board...		Chinaman Bowler Left-arm unorthodox spin Left-arm unorthodox spin, or chinaman, is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket using the hand wrist. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use a wrist hand action to spin the ball which turns from off to leg side of the cricket pitch...	5		21	1	1/21	21.00
J.A. Snow John Snow (cricketer) John Augustine Snow played cricket for Sussex and England in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite being the son of a country vicar and publishing two volumes of poetry Snow was England's most formidable fast bowler between Fred Trueman and Bob Willis and played Test Matches with both of them at either end...		Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	225.5	47	520	31	7/40	22.83	2
D.K. Lillee Dennis Lillee Dennis Keith Lillee, AM, MBE is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation"...		Right-Arm Fast Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	62.3	5	199	8	5/84	24.87	1
K.D. Walters Doug Walters Kevin Douglas Walters MBE in Dungog New South Wales, known as Doug Walters, is a former Australian cricketer. He was known as an attacking batsman, and also as a typical ocker.-First-class career:...		Right-Arm Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	61.6	8	181	7	3/12	25.85
R.G.D. Willis Bob Willis Robert George Dylan Willis MBE , known as Bob Willis, is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey, Warwickshire, Northern Transvaal and England...		Right-Arm Fast Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	88	16	329	12	3/58	27.41
T.J. Jenner Terry Jenner Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman...		Leg-Spin Bowler Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	65.6	15	176	6	3/42	29.33
J.W. Gleeson John Gleeson John William Gleeson is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests from 1967 to 1972.-Early years:Gleeson grew up in the country town of Tamworth...		Mystery Spin Bowler Jack Iverson John Brian Iverson was an Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1950 to 1951. He was known for his unique "bent finger" grip, with which he briefly perplexed batsmen across Australia as well as the touring English cricket team...	219.6	57	605	14	4–83	43.21
A.A. Mallett Ashley Mallett Ashley Alexander Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in 38 Tests and 9 One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980...		Off-Spin Bowler Finger spin Finger spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, generally used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is wrist spin...	56.7	8	188	6	4/40	31.33
D.L. Underwood Derek Underwood Derek Underwood MBE is an English former international cricketer, and a former President of the MCC....		Slow Left Arm Bowler Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch...	194.6	50	520	16	4/66	32.50
P. Lever Peter Lever Peter Lever is a former English cricketer, who played in seventeen Tests and ten ODIs for England from 1970 to 1975. He was a successful wicket taker, taking 41 victims from those seventeen Tests, and a handy batsman with a top score of 88 not out...		Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	143.5	25	439	13	4/49	33.76
K. Shuttleworth Ken Shuttleworth (cricketer) Kenneth Shuttleworth is an English former cricketer. He played five Test matches and one One Day International for England in the early 1970s.-Life and career:...		Right-Arm Fast Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	75.5	13	242	7	5/47	34.57	1
R. Illingworth Ray Illingworth Raymond Illingworth, CBE is a former English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator. He was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in First class cricket, and the last one to do so... (c) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Off-Spin Bowler Finger spin Finger spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, generally used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is wrist spin...	132	43	349	10	3/39	34.90
K.J. O'Keeffe Kerry O'Keeffe Kerry James "Skull" O'Keeffe is a former Australian cricketer and now a commentator for ABC Radio. O'Keeffe played 24 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1971 and 1977.He was a spin bowler, bowling leg breaks...		Leg-Spin Bowler Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	100	30	260	6	3/48	43.33
B.L. d'Oliveira Basil D'Oliveira Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE , known affectionately around the world as "Dolly", was a South African-born English cricketer. D'Oliveira was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket, resulting in his emigration to England...		Right-Arm Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... Slow Off-Spin Finger spin Finger spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, generally used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is wrist spin...	114	28	290	6	2/15	48.33
G.D. McKenzie		Right-Arm Fast Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	110.5	14	351	7	4/66	50.14
G.S. Chappell Greg Chappell Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway World Series Cricket organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983...		Right-Arm Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... Slow Leg-Spin Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	93	15	255	5	2/54	51.00
A.L. Thomson Alan Thomson Alan Lloyd "Froggy" Thomson , a school teacher, is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules football umpire.He played District cricket with the Fitzroy Cricket Club, and took 5/39 against Richmond in their first innings, in his first ever first XI match for the club, on Saturday, 27 March...		Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	189.7	33	654	12	3–79	54.50
A.N. Connolly Alan Connolly Alan Norman Connolly is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971. Connolly had been a fast bowler in his youth, but slowed his pace to increase his accuracy and became a reliable support bowler in partnership with Garth McKenzie...		Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	27	3	81	1	1/43	81.00
K.W.R. Fletcher Keith Fletcher Keith Fletcher is a former English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Essex", so christened by his Essex team-mate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear...		Leg-Spin Bowler Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	20	1	101	1	1/48	101.00
K.R. Stackpole Keith Stackpole Keith Raymond Stackpole Junior is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator...		Leg-Spin Bowler Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	92.6	20	261	2	1/41	130.50
G. Boycott		Right-Arm Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	1		7		0/7
M.C. Cowdrey Colin Cowdrey Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976... (vc) Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...		Leg-Spin Bowler Wrist spin Wrist spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball...	6		36		0/8
J.R.F. Duncan Ross Duncan John Ross Frederick Duncan is a former Australian cricketer who played for Queensland. He was brought into the Test team for the Fifth Test at Melbourne which replaced the Victoria second tour match against the M.C.C. in the 1970-71 Ashes series...		Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...	14	4	30		0/30

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Allan Border
Allan Border
Allan Robert Border AO is a former Australian cricketer. A batsman, Border was for many years the captain of the Australian team. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Test matches in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh...

and David Gower
David Gower
David Ivon Gower OBE is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports. Although he eventually rose to the captaincy of the England cricket team during the 1980s, he is best known for being one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of the modern era. Gower played 117 Test...

, The Best Of The Ashes – 1970–1987, 2 Entertain Video, 1991

DVD

David Steele, England Cricket Six of the Best: The Seventies, A Sharpe Focus Production for Green Umbrella, 2009 (showing England's 299 run victory in the Fourth Test at Sydney in 1970–71)

External links

CricketArchive tour itinerary

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Preliminaries

Australia – First Innings

England – First Innings

Australia – Second Innings

England – Second Innings

Result

Second Test – Perth

Preliminaries

England – First Innings

Australia – First Innings

England – Second Innings

Australia – Second Innings

Result

Third Test – Melbourne

First One Day International – Melbourne

Preliminaries

England Innings

Australia Innings

Result

Fourth Test – Sydney

Preliminaries

England – First Innings

Australian – First Innings

England – Second Innings

Australian – Second Innings

Result

Fifth Test – Melbourne

Preliminaries

Australian – First Innings

England – First Innings

Australia – Second Innings

England – Second Innings

Result

Sixth Test – Adelaide

Preliminaries

England – First Innings

Australia – First Innings

England – Second Innings

Australia – Second Innings

Result

Seventh Test – Sydney

Preliminaries

England – First Innings

Australia – First Innings

England – Second Innings

Australia – Second Innings

Aftermath

1970–71 Test Series Averages

Further reading

Video

DVD

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