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England v Australia, 1985, 1st test
Leeds (Headingley), 13/06/1985 - 18/06/1985

Toss: Australia
Umpires: BJ Meyer, KE Palmer
Result: England won by 5 wickets

Australia
GM Wood               lbw                b Allott                14
AMJ Hilditch          c Downton          b Gooch                119
KC Wessels            c Botham           b Emburey               36
*AR Border            c Botham           b Cowans                32
DC Boon               lbw                b Gooch                 14
GM Ritchie                               b Botham                46
+WB Phillips          c Gower            b Emburey               30
CJ McDermott                             b Botham                18
SP O'Donnell          lbw                b Botham                 0
GF Lawson             c Downton          b Allott                 0
JR Thomson            not out                                     4
Extras                b 0, lb 13, w 4, nb 1                      18
Total                 all out                                   331

Fall Of Wickets
1-23 (Wood)                   2-155 (Wessels)               
3-201 (Hilditch)              4-229 (Boon)                  
5-229 (Border)                6-284 (Phillips)              
7-326 (Ritchie)               8-326 (O'Donnell)             
9-327 (Lawson)                10-331 (McDermott)            

Bowling
Cowans              20      4    78     1
Allott              22      3    74     2
Botham              29.1    8    86     3
Gooch               21      4    57     2
Emburey              6      1    23     2

England
GA Gooch              lbw                b McDermott              5
RT Robinson           c Boon             b Lawson               175
*DI Gower             c Phillips         b McDermott             17
MW Gatting            c Hilditch         b McDermott             53
AJ Lamb                                  b O'Donnell             38
IT Botham                                b Thomson               60
P Willey              c Hilditch         b Lawson                36
+PR Downton           c Border           b McDermott             54
JE Emburey                               b Lawson                21
PJW Allott            c Boon             b Thomson               12
NG Cowans             not out                                    22
Extras                b 5, lb 16, w 5, nb 14                     40
Total                 all out                                   533

Fall Of Wickets
1-14 (Gooch)                  2-50 (Gower)                  
3-186 (Gatting)               4-264 (Lamb)                  
5-344 (Botham)                6-417 (Robinson)              
7-422 (Willey)                8-462 (Emburey)               
9-484 (Allott)                10-533 (Downton)              

Bowling
Lawson              26      4   117     3
McDermott           32      2   134     4
Thomson             34      3   166     2
O'Donnell           27      8    77     1
Border               3      0    16     0
Wessels              3      2     2     0

Australia
GM Wood               c Lamb             b Botham                 3
AMJ Hilditch          c Robinson         b Emburey               80
KC Wessels                               b Emburey               64
*AR Border            c Downton          b Botham                 8
DC Boon                                  b Cowans                22
GM Ritchie                               b Emburey                1
+WB Phillips          c Lamb             b Botham                91
SP O'Donnell          c Downton          b Botham                24
GF Lawson             c Downton          b Emburey               15
CJ McDermott          c Gooch            b Emburey                6
JR Thomson            not out                                     2
Extras                b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 0                        8
Total                 all out                                   324

Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Wood)                    2-144 (Wessels)               
3-151 (Hilditch)              4-159 (Border)                
5-160 (Ritchie)               6-192 (Boon)                  
7-272 (O'Donnell)             8-307 (Phillips)              
9-318 (Lawson)                10-324 (McDermott)            

Bowling
Cowans              13      2    50     1
Allott              17      4    57     0
Botham              33      7   107     4
Gooch                9      3    21     0
Emburey             43.4   14    82     5

England
GA Gooch              lbw                b O'Donnell             28
RT Robinson                              b Lawson                21
*DI Gower             c Border           b O'Donnell              5
MW Gatting            c Phillips         b Lawson                12
AJ Lamb               not out                                    31
IT Botham                                b O'Donnell             12
P Willey              not out                                     3
Extras                b 0, lb 7, w 1, nb 3                       11
Total                 for 5 wickets                             123

Fall Of Wickets
1-44 (Robinson)               2-59 (Gower)                  
3-71 (Gooch)                  4-83 (Gatting)                
5-110 (Botham)                

Bowling
Lawson              16      4    51     2
McDermott            4      0    20     0
Thomson              3      0     8     0
O'Donnell           15.4    5    37     3