BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Simpson (c)	c Edrich b Allen	59	145	145	7	0	40.68
Bill Lawry	c Cowdrey b Allen	88	223	266	10	0	39.46
Peter Burge	b Jones	5	50	30	0	0	10.00
Bob Cowper	c Titmus b Jones	99	183	203	13	0	54.09
Brian Booth	lbw b Jones	23	42	63	3	0	54.76
Doug Walters	c †Parks b Knight	22	84	92	1	0	26.19
Tom Veivers	run out	19	67	92	1	0	28.35
Peter Philpott	b Knight	10	35	28	1	0	28.57
Wally Grout †	c Barber b Knight	11	26	32	1	0	42.30
Graham McKenzie	not out	12	22	20	1	0	54.54
Alan Connolly	c †Parks b Knight	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 1)	10
TOTAL	107.5 Ov (RR: 3.32)	358
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Bob Simpson), 2-109 (Peter Burge), 3-203 (Bill Lawry), 4-262 (Brian Booth), 5-297 (Bob Cowper), 6-318 (Doug Walters), 7-330 (Peter Philpott), 8-342 (Tom Veivers), 9-352 (Wally Grout), 10-358 (Alan Connolly)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Jones	24	4	92	3	2.87	-	-	-
Barry Knight	26.5	2	84	4	2.36	-	-	-
Fred Titmus	31	7	93	0	2.25	-	-	-
David Allen	20	4	55	2	2.06	-	-	-
Bob Barber	6	1	24	0	3.00	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c McKenzie b Walters	51	85	77	5	0	60.00
Bob Barber	c †Grout b McKenzie	48	62	97	3	0	77.41
John Edrich	c & b Veivers	109	286	310	11	0	38.11
Ken Barrington	c Burge b Veivers	63	139	158	5	0	45.32
Colin Cowdrey	c Connolly b Cowper	104	187	197	9	0	55.61
Mike Smith (c)	c †Grout b McKenzie	41	92	103	4	0	44.56
Jim Parks †	c Cowper b McKenzie	71	124	160	5	0	57.25
Barry Knight	c Simpson b McKenzie	1	15	10	0	0	6.66
Fred Titmus	not out	56	128	143	7	0	43.75
David Allen	c †Grout b Connolly	2	22	16	0	0	9.09
Jeff Jones	b McKenzie	1	9	15	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 2)	11
TOTAL	143.2 Ov (RR: 3.89)	558
Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Geoff Boycott), 2-110 (Bob Barber), 3-228 (Ken Barrington), 4-333 (John Edrich), 5-409 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-443 (Mike Smith), 7-447 (Barry Knight), 8-540 (Jim Parks), 9-551 (David Allen), 10-558 (Jeff Jones)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	35.2	3	134	5	2.85	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	37	5	125	1	2.53	-	-	-
Peter Philpott	30	2	133	0	3.32	-	-	-
Doug Walters	10	2	32	1	2.40	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	16	4	61	0	2.85	-	-	-
Tom Veivers	12	3	46	2	2.87	-	-	-
Bob Cowper	3	0	16	1	4.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Simpson (c)	c Barrington b Knight	67	129	147	7	0	51.93
Bill Lawry	c Smith b Barber	78	198	222	5	0	39.39
Bob Cowper	lbw b Jones	5	24	42	0	0	20.83
Peter Burge	c Edrich b Boycott	120	193	255	12	0	62.17
Brian Booth	b Allen	10	43	29	0	0	23.25
Doug Walters	c & b Barrington	115	296	263	8	0	38.85
Tom Veivers	st †Parks b Boycott	3	18	23	0	0	16.66
Peter Philpott	b Knight	2	5	5	0	0	40.00
Wally Grout †	c Allen b Barrington	16	26	27	1	0	61.53
Graham McKenzie	run out	2	4	8	0	0	50.00
Alan Connolly	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)	8
TOTAL	116.4 Ov (RR: 3.65)	426
Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Bob Simpson), 2-141 (Bob Cowper), 3-163 (Bill Lawry), 4-176 (Brian Booth), 5-374 (Peter Burge), 6-382 (Tom Veivers), 7-385 (Peter Philpott), 8-417 (Wally Grout), 9-426 (Graham McKenzie), 10-426 (Doug Walters)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Jones	20	1	92	1	3.45	-	-	-
Barry Knight	21	4	61	2	2.17	-	-	-
Fred Titmus	22	6	43	0	1.46	-	-	-
David Allen	18	3	48	1	2.00	-	-	-
Bob Barber	17	0	87	1	3.83	-	-	-
Ken Barrington	7.4	0	47	2	4.70	-	-	-
Geoff Boycott	9	0	32	2	2.66	-	-	-
Mike Smith	2	0	8	0	3.00	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 227 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	not out	5	11	10	0	0	45.45
Bob Barber	not out	0	5	10	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
TOTAL	2 Ov (RR: 2.50)	5/0
Did not bat: John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Smith (c), Jim Parks †, Barry Knight, Fred Titmus, David Allen, Jeff Jones

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graham McKenzie	1	0	2	0	1.50	-	-	-	0	0
Alan Connolly	1	0	3	0	2.25	-	-	-	0	0

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Thu, 30 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 278/4 (Bob Cowper 90*, Doug Walters 7*)

Fri, 31 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 208/2 (John Edrich 48*, Ken Barrington 54*, 48 ov)

Sat, 01 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 516/7 (Jim Parks 66*, Fred Titmus 23*)

Sun, 02 Jan - rest day

Mon, 03 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 131/1 (Bill Lawry 61*, Bob Cowper 1*)

Tue, 04 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 5/0 (2 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1965/66
Series result	5-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 598
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Bill Smyth Col Egar

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At Melbourne, December 30, 31, January 1, 3, 4

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
G Boycott	not out	5	11
RW Barber	not out	0	5
Total	5(0 wkts; 2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McKenzie	1	0	2	0	1.5
AN Connolly	1	0	3	0	2.25

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	5	Bob Barber	Geoff Boycott

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