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Test Championship
2nd Test
Thu, 30 December 1965, Starts from 00:00
Melbourne
Australia - 531/10 (20.00) , 426/10 (116.4)
vs
England - 465/5 (20.00) , 5/10 (2)
The Ashes (England in Australia)
Match drawn
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
531/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Bob Simpson), 2-109 (Peter Burge), 3-203 (Bill Lawry), 4-262 (Brian Booth), 5
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 7, nb 1)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
358(107.5 Ov, RR: 3.32)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Bob Simpson (c)
c Edrich b Allen
59
145
145
7
0
40.68
In 1965
Career
Bill Lawry
c Cowdrey b Allen
88
266
223
10
0
39.46
In 1965
Career
Peter Burge
b Jones
5
30
50
0
0
10.00
In 1965
Career
Bob Cowper
c Titmus b Jones
99
203
183
13
0
54.09
In 1965
Career
Brian Booth
lbw b Jones
23
63
42
3
0
54.76
In 1965
Career
Doug Walters
c †Parks b Knight
22
92
84
1
0
26.19
In 1965
Career
Tom Veivers
run out
19
92
67
1
0
28.35
In 1965
Career
Peter Philpott
b Knight
10
28
35
1
0
28.57
In 1965
Career
Wally Grout (WK)
c Barber b Knight
11
32
26
1
0
42.30
In 1965
Career
Graham McKenzie
not out
12
20
22
1
0
54.54
In 1965
Career
Alan Connolly
c †Parks b Knight
0
10
6
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 7, nb 1)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Jeff Jones
24.00
4
92
3
2.87
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Barry Knight
26.50
2
84
4
2.36
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Fred Titmus
31.00
7
93
0
2.25
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
David Allen
20.00
4
55
2
2.06
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Bob Barber
6.00
1
24
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
England innigs
465/5 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Jim Parks †
c Cowper b McKenzie
71
160
124
5
0
57.25
In 1965
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Geoff Boycott), 2-110 (Bob Barber), 3-228 (Ken Barrington), 4-333 (John Edric
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 5, w 2)
11
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
558(143.2 Ov, RR: 3.89)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Geoff Boycott
c McKenzie b Walters
51
77
85
5
0
60.00
In 1965
Career
Bob Barber
c †Grout b McKenzie
48
97
62
3
0
77.41
In 1965
Career
John Edrich
c & b Veivers
109
310
286
11
0
38.11
In 1965
Career
Ken Barrington
c Burge b Veivers
63
158
139
5
0
45.32
In 1965
Career
Colin Cowdrey
c Connolly b Cowper
104
197
187
9
0
55.61
In 1965
Career
Mike Smith (c)
c †Grout b McKenzie
41
103
92
4
0
44.56
In 1965
Career
Jim Parks (WK)
c Cowper b McKenzie
71
160
124
5
0
57.25
In 1965
Career
Barry Knight
c Simpson b McKenzie
1
10
15
0
0
6.66
In 1965
Career
Fred Titmus
not out
56
143
128
7
0
43.75
In 1965
Career
David Allen
c †Grout b Connolly
2
16
22
0
0
9.09
In 1965
Career
Jeff Jones
b McKenzie
1
15
9
0
0
11.11
In 1965
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 5, w 2)
11
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graham McKenzie
35.20
3
134
5
2.85
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Alan Connolly
37.00
5
125
1
2.53
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Peter Philpott
30.00
2
133
0
3.32
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Doug Walters
10.00
2
32
1
2.40
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Bob Simpson
16.00
4
61
0
2.85
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Tom Veivers
12.00
3
46
2
2.87
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Bob Cowper
3.00
0
16
1
4.00
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Australia innigs
426/10 (116.4)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Bob Simpson), 2-141 (Bob Cowper), 3-163 (Bill Lawry), 4-176 (Brian Booth), 5
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)
8
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
426(116.4 Ov, RR: 3.65)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Bob Simpson (c)
c Barrington b Knight
67
147
129
7
0
51.93
In 1965
Career
Bill Lawry
c Smith b Barber
78
222
198
5
0
39.39
In 1965
Career
Bob Cowper
lbw b Jones
5
42
24
0
0
20.83
In 1965
Career
Peter Burge
c Edrich b Boycott
120
255
193
12
0
62.17
In 1965
Career
Brian Booth
b Allen
10
29
43
0
0
23.25
In 1965
Career
Doug Walters
c & b Barrington
115
263
296
8
0
38.85
In 1965
Career
Tom Veivers
st †Parks b Boycott
3
23
18
0
0
16.66
In 1965
Career
Peter Philpott
b Knight
2
5
5
0
0
40.00
In 1965
Career
Wally Grout (WK)
c Allen b Barrington
16
27
26
1
0
61.53
In 1965
Career
Graham McKenzie
run out
2
8
4
0
0
50.00
In 1965
Career
Alan Connolly
not out
0
2
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 3, w 1)
8
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Jeff Jones
20.00
1
92
1
3.45
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Barry Knight
21.00
4
61
2
2.17
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Fred Titmus
22.00
6
43
0
1.46
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
David Allen
18.00
3
48
1
2.00
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Bob Barber
17.00
0
87
1
3.83
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Ken Barrington
7.40
0
47
2
4.70
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Geoff Boycott
9.00
0
32
2
2.66
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Mike Smith
2.00
0
8
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
England innigs
5/10 (2)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Did not bat: John Edrich, Ken Barrington, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Smith (c), Jim Parks †, Barry Knight,
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
5(2 Ov, RR: 2.50)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Geoff Boycott
not out
5
10
11
0
0
45.45
In 1965
Career
Bob Barber
not out
0
10
5
0
0
0.00
In 1965
Career
Extras
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graham McKenzie
1.00
0
2
0
1.50
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
Alan Connolly
1.00
0
3
0
2.25
0
0
0
In 1965
Career
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