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England v Australia, 1972, 5th test
The Oval, 10/08/1972 - 16/08/1972

Toss: England
Umpires: AE Fagg, AEG Rhodes
Result: Australia won by 5 wickets

England
B Wood                c Marsh            b Watson                26
JH Edrich             lbw                b Lillee                 8
PH Parfitt                               b Lillee                51
JH Hampshire          c Inverarity       b Mallett               42
BL D'Oliveira         c Chappell         b Mallett                4
AW Greig              c Stackpole        b Mallett               16
*R Illingworth        c Chappell         b Lillee                 0
+APE Knott            c Marsh            b Lillee                92
JA Snow               c Marsh            b Lillee                 3
GG Arnold                                b Inverarity            22
DL Underwood          not out                                     3
Extras                b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 8                       17
Total                 all out                                   284

Fall Of Wickets
1-25 (Edrich)                 2-50 (Wood)                   
3-133 (Hampshire)             4-142 (D'Oliveira)            
5-145 (Parfitt)               6-145 (Illingworth)           
7-159 (Greig)                 8-181 (Snow)                  
9-262 (Arnold)                10-284 (Knott)                

Bowling
Lillee              24.2    7    58     5
Massie              27      5    69     0
Watson              12      4    23     1
Mallett             23      4    80     3
Chappell             2      0    18     0
Inverarity           4      0    19     1

Australia
GD Watson             c Knott            b Arnold                13
KR Stackpole                             b Snow                  18
*IM Chappell          c Snow             b Arnold               118
GS Chappell           c Greig            b Illingworth          113
R Edwards                                b Underwood             79
AP Sheahan            c Hampshire        b Underwood              5
+RW Marsh                                b Underwood              0
RJ Inverarity         c Greig            b Underwood             28
AA Mallett            run out                                     5
RAL Massie                               b Arnold                 4
DK Lillee             not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 7                       16
Total                 all out                                   399

Fall Of Wickets
1-24 (Watson)                 2-34 (Stackpole)              
3-235 (Chappell)              4-296 (Chappell)              
5-310 (Sheahan)               6-310 (Marsh)                 
7-383 (Edwards)               8-387 (Inverarity)            
9-399 (Massie)                10-399 (Mallett)              

Bowling
Arnold              35     11    87     3
Snow                34.5    5   111     1
Greig               18      9    25     0
D'Oliveira           9      4    17     0
Underwood           38     16    90     4
Illingworth         17      4    53     1

England
B Wood                lbw                b Massie                90
JH Edrich                                b Lillee                18
PH Parfitt                               b Lillee                18
JH Hampshire          c Chappell         b Watson                20
BL D'Oliveira         c Chappell         b Massie                43
AW Greig              c Marsh            b Lillee                29
*R Illingworth        lbw                b Lillee                31
+APE Knott                               b Lillee                63
JA Snow               c Stackpole        b Mallett               14
GG Arnold             lbw                b Mallett                4
DL Underwood          not out                                     0
Extras                b 11, lb 8, w 0, nb 7                      26
Total                 all out                                   356

Fall Of Wickets
1-56 (Edrich)                 2-81 (Parfitt)                
3-114 (Hampshire)             4-194 (Wood)                  
5-205 (D'Oliveira)            6-270 (Greig)                 
7-271 (Illingworth)           8-333 (Snow)                  
9-356 (Arnold)                10-356 (Knott)                

Bowling
Lillee              32.2    8   123     5
Massie              32     10    77     2
Watson              19      8    32     1
Mallett             23      7    66     2
Inverarity          15      4    32     0

Australia
GD Watson             lbw                b Arnold                 6
KR Stackpole          c Knott            b Greig                 79
*IM Chappell          c                  b Underwood             37
GS Chappell           lbw                b Underwood             16
R Edwards             lbw                b Greig                  1
AP Sheahan            not out                                    44
+RW Marsh             not out                                    43
Extras                b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 10                      16
Total                 for 5 wickets                             242

Fall Of Wickets
1-16 (Watson)                 2-132 (Stackpole)             
3-136 (Chappell)              4-137 (Edwards)               
5-171 (Chappell)              

Bowling
Arnold              15      5    26     1
Snow                 6      1    21     0
Greig               25.3   10    49     2
Underwood           35     11    94     2
Illingworth          8.5    2    26     0
Parfitt              2      0    10     0