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England v Australia, 1972, 1st test
Manchester (Old Trafford), 08/06/1972 - 13/06/1972

Toss: England
Umpires: CS Elliott, TW Spencer
Result: England won by 89 runs

England
G Boycott             c Stackpole        b Gleeson                8
JH Edrich             run out                                    49
BW Luckhurst                             b Colley                14
MJK Smith             lbw                b Lillee                10
BL D'Oliveira                            b Chappell              23
AW Greig              lbw                b Colley                57
+APE Knott            c Marsh            b Lillee                18
*R Illingworth        not out                                    26
JA Snow                                  b Colley                 3
N Gifford             run out                                    15
GG Arnold             c Francis          b Gleeson                1
Extras                b 10, lb 9, w 2, nb 4                      25
Total                 all out                                   249

Fall Of Wickets
1-50 (Luckhurst)              2-86 (Smith)                  
3-99 (Edrich)                 4-118 (D'Oliveira)            
5-127 (Boycott)               6-190 (Greig)                 
7-200 (Knott)                 8-209 (Snow)                  
9-243 (Gifford)               10-249 (Arnold)               

Bowling
Lillee              29     14    40     2
Colley              33      3    83     3
Chappell            16      6    28     1
Walters              5      1     7     0
Watson               4      2     8     0
Gleeson             24.4   10    45     2
Inverarity           9      3    13     0

Australia
KR Stackpole          lbw                b Arnold                53
BC Francis            lbw                b D'Oliveira            27
*IM Chappell          c Smith            b Greig                  0
GS Chappell           c Greig            b Snow                  24
GD Watson             c Knott            b Arnold                 2
KD Walters            c Illingworth      b Snow                  17
RJ Inverarity         c Knott            b Arnold                 4
+RW Marsh             c Edrich           b Arnold                 8
DJ Colley                                b Snow                   1
JW Gleeson                               b Snow                   0
DK Lillee             not out                                     1
Extras                b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 0                        5
Total                 all out                                   142

Fall Of Wickets
1-68 (Francis)                2-69 (Chappell)               
3-91 (Stackpole)              4-99 (Watson)                 
5-119 (Chappell)              6-124 (Inverarity)            
7-134 (Marsh)                 8-137 (Colley)                
9-137 (Gleeson)               10-142 (Walters)              

Bowling
Snow                20      7    41     4
Arnold              25      4    62     4
Greig                7      1    21     1
D'Oliveira           6      1    13     1

England
G Boycott             lbw                b Gleeson               47
JH Edrich             c Marsh            b Watson                26
BW Luckhurst          c Marsh            b Colley                 0
MJK Smith             c Marsh            b Lillee                34
BL D'Oliveira         c Watson           b Lillee                37
AW Greig                                 b Chappell              62
+APE Knott            c Marsh            b Lillee                 1
*R Illingworth        c Chappell         b Lillee                14
JA Snow               lbw                b Lillee                 0
N Gifford             c Marsh            b Lillee                 0
GG Arnold             not out                                     0
Extras                b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 1                       13
Total                 all out                                   234

Fall Of Wickets
1-60 (Boycott)                2-65 (Luckhurst)              
3-81 (Edrich)                 4-140 (D'Oliveira)            
5-182 (Smith)                 6-192 (Knott)                 
7-234 (Illingworth)           8-234 (Snow)                  
9-234 (Gifford)               10-234 (Greig)                

Bowling
Lillee              30      8    66     6
Colley              23      3    68     1
Chappell            21.2    6    42     1
Watson               5      0    29     1
Gleeson              7      3    16     1

Australia
KR Stackpole                             b Greig                 67
BC Francis            lbw                b Snow                   6
*IM Chappell          c Knott            b Snow                   7
GS Chappell           c D'Oliveira       b Arnold                23
GD Watson                            c & b Snow                   0
KD Walters                               b Greig                 20
RJ Inverarity         c Luckhurst        b D'Oliveira             3
+RW Marsh             c Knott            b Greig                 91
DJ Colley             c Greig            b Snow                   4
JW Gleeson                               b Greig                 30
DK Lillee             not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 0, w 1, nb 0                        1
Total                 all out                                   252

Fall Of Wickets
1-9 (Francis)                 2-31 (Chappell)               
3-77 (Chappell)               4-78 (Watson)                 
5-115 (Walters)               6-120 (Inverarity)            
7-136 (Stackpole)             8-147 (Colley)                
9-251 (Marsh)                 10-252 (Gleeson)              

Bowling
Snow                27      2    87     4
Arnold              20      2    59     1
Greig               19.2    7    53     4
D'Oliveira          16      4    23     1
Gifford              3      0    29     0