f27265 t637	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1968 (1st Test)
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th June 1968 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 159 runs
Umpires	JS Buller, CS Elliott
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 319/4 (Sheahan 74*, Chappell 68*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 60/0 (Edrich 32*, Boycott 26*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 60/2 (Cowper 14*, Walters 19*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 152/5 (Barber 29*, D'Oliveira 21*)
Batter of the Match	KD Walters, BL D'Oliveira
Bowler of the Match	RM Cowper, PI Pocock

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	c Boycott b Barber	81	155	197	7	2
IR Redpath	lbw b Snow	8	35	41	1	-
RM Cowper	b Snow	0	2	1	-	-
KD Walters	lbw b Barber	81	140	144	13	-
AP Sheahan	c D'Oliveira b Snow	88	210	206	7	-
IM Chappell	run out	73	151	167	5	-
+BN Jarman	c and b Higgs	12	47	69	1	-
NJN Hawke	c Knott b Snow	5	17	14	-	-
GD McKenzie	c Cowdrey b D'Oliveira	0	9	9	-	-
JW Gleeson	c Knott b Higgs	0	13	18	-	-
AN Connolly	not out	0	6	4	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 130.3 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Redpath), 2-29 (Cowper), 3-173 (Walters), 4-174 (Lawry), 5-326 (Chappell), 6-341 (Sheahan), 7-351 (Hawke), 8-353 (McKenzie), 9-357 (Jarman), 10-357 (Gleeson, 130.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	34	5	97	4	-	-
Higgs	35.3	11	80	2	-	-
D'Oliveira	25	11	38	1	-	-
Pocock	25	5	77	0	-	-
Barber	11	0	56	2	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	run out	49	176	198	3	1
G Boycott	c Jarman b Cowper	35	191	204	1	-
*MC Cowdrey	c Lawry b McKenzie	4	28	31	-	-
TW Graveney	c McKenzie b Cowper	2	3	5	-	-
DL Amiss	c Cowper b McKenzie	0	10	8	-	-
RW Barber	c Sheahan b McKenzie	20	82	86	1	-
BL D'Oliveira	b Connolly	9	38	34	2	-
+APE Knott	c McKenzie b Cowper	5	37	36	1	-
JA Snow	not out	18	28	37	1	1
K Higgs	lbw b Cowper	2	16	15	-	-
PI Pocock	c Redpath b Gleeson	6	17	16	1	-
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	15
Total	(all out, 104.3 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-86 (Edrich), 2-87 (Boycott), 3-89 (Graveney), 4-90 (Amiss), 5-97 (Cowdrey), 6-120 (D'Oliveira), 7-137 (Knott), 8-137 (Barber), 9-144 (Higgs), 10-165 (Pocock, 104.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	28	11	33	3	-	-
Hawke	15	7	18	0	-	-
Connolly	28	15	26	1	-	-
Gleeson	6.3	2	21	1	-	-
Cowper	26	11	48	4	-	-
Chappell	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WM Lawry	c Pocock b D'Oliveira	16	50	59	-	-
IR Redpath	lbw b Snow	8	39	53	1	-
RM Cowper	c and b Pocock	37	111	127	4	-
KD Walters	lbw b Pocock	86	189	204	5	1
AP Sheahan	c Graveney b Pocock	8	14	15	2	-
IM Chappell	c Knott b Pocock	9	26	19	-	1
+BN Jarman	b Pocock	41	65	53	5	1
NJN Hawke	c Edrich b Pocock	0	2	1	-	-
GD McKenzie	c Snow b Barber	0	10	8	-	-
JW Gleeson	run out	2	13	10	-	-
AN Connolly	not out	2	9	8	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Redpath), 2-24 (Lawry), 3-106 (Cowper), 4-122 (Sheahan), 5-140 (Chappell), 6-211 (Walters), 7-211 (Hawke), 8-214 (Jarman), 9-214 (McKenzie), 10-220 (Gleeson, 88 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	17	2	51	1	-	-
Higgs	23	8	41	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	5	3	7	1	-	-
Pocock	33	10	79	6	-	-
Barber	10	1	31	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Jarman b Cowper	38	119	113	4	-
G Boycott	c Redpath b McKenzie	11	10	14	2	-
*MC Cowdrey	c Jarman b McKenzie	11	18	20	2	-
TW Graveney	c Jarman b Gleeson	33	109	101	4	-
DL Amiss	b Cowper	0	9	9	-	-
RW Barber	c Cowper b Hawke	46	116	102	4	-
BL D'Oliveira	not out	87	188	172	13	1
+APE Knott	lbw b Connolly	4	27	25	-	-
JA Snow	c Lawry b Connolly	2	15	9	-	-
K Higgs	c Jarman b Gleeson	0	5	3	-	-
PI Pocock	lbw b Gleeson	10	44	42	2	-
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Boycott), 2-25 (Cowdrey), 3-91 (Edrich), 4-91 (Amiss), 5-105 (Graveney), 6-185 (Barber), 7-214 (Knott), 8-218 (Snow), 9-219 (Higgs), 10-253 (Pocock, 110 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	18	3	52	2	-	-
Hawke	8	4	15	1	-	-
Connolly	13	4	35	2	-	-
Gleeson	30	14	44	3	-	-
Cowper	39	12	82	2	-	-
Chappell	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Barber made his last appearance in Test matches
--> K Higgs made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WM Lawry (1) 50 in 109 balls, 139 minutes
--> KD Walters (1) 50 in 99 balls, 108 minutes
--> AP Sheahan (1) 50 in 105 balls, 98 minutes
--> AP Sheahan (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Test matches
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 92 balls, 96 minutes
--> IM Chappell (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 45
--> JH Edrich (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> KD Walters (2) 50 in 146 balls, 145 minutes
--> BL D'Oliveira (2) 50 in 111 balls, 101 minutes
--> BN Jarman made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AN Connolly made his debut in England in Test matches
--> IM Chappell made his debut in England in Test matches
--> KD Walters made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JW Gleeson made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AP Sheahan made his debut in England in Test matches
--> PI Pocock made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RM Cowper achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-49)
--> RM Cowper reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed APE Knott, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> PI Pocock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed IM Chappell in the Australia second innings (previous best was 2-66)
--> PI Pocock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia second innings
--> JW Gleeson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England second innings (previous best was 3-50)

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