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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th July 1975 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 85 runs |
| Umpires | HD Bird, AE Fagg |
| Scorers | P Pike (England), DK Sherwood (Australia) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 243/5 (Edwards 22*, Marsh 47*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 83/7 (Underwood 8*, Old 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 93/5 (Knott 10*, Old 2*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB McCosker | b Arnold | 59 | 135 | 180 | 3 | - | |
| A Turner | c Denness b Snow | 37 | 96 | 125 | 4 | - | |
| *IM Chappell | c Fletcher b Snow | 52 | 95 | 109 | 7 | - | |
| GS Chappell | lbw b Old | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| R Edwards | c Gooch b Old | 56 | 163 | 256 | 5 | - | |
| KD Walters | c Old b Greig | 14 | 26 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Fletcher b Arnold | 61 | 97 | 110 | 8 | 1 | |
| MHN Walker | c Knott b Snow | 7 | 22 | 28 | - | - | |
| JR Thomson | c Arnold b Underwood | 49 | 67 | 76 | 5 | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Knott b Arnold | 3 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| AA Mallett | not out | 3 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 9 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 489 minutes, 121 overs) | 359 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-80 (Turner), 2-126 (McCosker), 3-135 (GS Chappell), 4-161 (IM Chappell), 5-186 (Walters), 6-265 (Marsh), 7-286 (Walker), 8-332 (Edwards), 9-343 (Lillee), 10-359 (Thomson, 121 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Arnold | 33 | 3 | 91 | 3 | - | - | |
| Snow | 33 | 6 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| Old | 33 | 7 | 111 | 2 | - | - | |
| Greig | 15 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | lbw b Lillee | 34 | 123 | 164 | 2 | - | |
| DL Amiss | c Thomson b Lillee | 4 | 25 | 36 | - | - | |
| KWR Fletcher | c Mallett b Walker | 6 | 13 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| *MH Denness | c GS Chappell b Walker | 3 | 26 | 46 | - | - | |
| GA Gooch | c Marsh b Walker | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| AW Greig | c Marsh b Walker | 8 | 12 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| +APE Knott | b Lillee | 14 | 21 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| DL Underwood | b Lillee | 10 | 22 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| CM Old | c GS Chappell b Walker | 13 | 26 | 30 | 2 | - | |
| JA Snow | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - | |
| GG Arnold | not out | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 5 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 197 minutes, 45.3 overs) | 101 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (Amiss), 2-24 (Fletcher), 3-46 (Denness), 4-46 (Gooch), 5-54 (Greig), 6-75 (Knott), 7-78 (Edrich), 8-87 (Underwood), 9-97 (Snow), 10-101 (Old, 45.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 15 | 8 | 15 | 5 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 10 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walker | 17.3 | 5 | 48 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Edrich | c Marsh b Walker | 5 | 17 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| DL Amiss | c sub (GJ Gilmour) b Thomson | 5 | 78 | 85 | - | - | |
| KWR Fletcher | c Walters b Lillee | 51 | 99 | 129 | 6 | - | |
| *MH Denness | b Thomson | 8 | 23 | 25 | - | - | |
| GA Gooch | c Marsh b Thomson | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| AW Greig | c Marsh b Walker | 7 | 26 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| +APE Knott | c McCosker b Thomson | 38 | 125 | 176 | 4 | - | |
| CM Old | c Walters b Lillee | 7 | 22 | 22 | - | - | |
| JA Snow | c Marsh b Thomson | 34 | 40 | 46 | 4 | 1 | |
| DL Underwood | b Mallett | 3 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |
| GG Arnold | not out | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 293 minutes, 75.2 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Edrich), 2-18 (Denness), 3-20 (Gooch), 4-52 (Greig), 5-90 (Fletcher), 6-100 (Old), 7-122 (Amiss), 8-151 (Knott), 9-167 (Snow), 10-173 (Underwood, 75.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 20 | 8 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Walker | 24 | 9 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 18 | 8 | 38 | 5 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 13.2 | 6 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> A Turner made his debut in Test matches
--> GA Gooch made his debut in Test matches
--> MH Denness made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GG Arnold made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RB McCosker (1) 50 in 123 balls, 158 minutes
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 87 balls, 98 minutes with 7 fours
--> R Edwards (1) 50 in 154 balls, 248 minutes
--> R Edwards (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> RW Marsh (1) 50 in 74 balls, 74 minutes
--> JR Thomson (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Test matches
--> KWR Fletcher (2) 50 in 89 balls, 122 minutes with 6 fours
--> AW Greig (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> GA Gooch made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> A Turner made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JR Thomson made his debut in England in Test matches
--> MHN Walker made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RB McCosker made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DL Amiss retired hurt in the England second innings having scored 2 (team score 7/0) - he returned when the score was 100/6
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