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England v Australia, 1977, 5th test
The Oval, 25/08/1977 - 30/08/1977

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Result: Match Drawn

England
*JM Brearley          c Marsh            b Malone                39
G Boycott             c McCosker         b Walker                39
RA Woolmer            lbw                b Thomson               15
DW Randall            c Marsh            b Malone                 3
AW Greig              c Bright           b Malone                 0
GRJ Roope                                b Thomson               38
+APE Knott            c McCosker         b Malone                 6
JK Lever              lbw                b Malone                 3
DL Underwood                             b Thomson               20
M Hendrick                               b Thomson               15
RGD Willis            not out                                    24
Extras                b 0, lb 6, w 1, nb 5                       12
Total                 all out                                   214

Fall Of Wickets
1-86 (Boycott)                2-88 (Brearley)               
3-104 (Randall)               4-104 (Woolmer)               
5-106 (Greig)                 6-122 (Knott)                 
7-130 (Lever)                 8-169 (Roope)                 
9-174 (Underwood)             10-214 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
Thomson             23.2    3    87     4
Malone              47     20    63     5
Walker              28     11    51     1
Bright               3      2     1     0

Australia
CS Serjeant           lbw                b Willis                 0
RB McCosker           lbw                b Willis                32
*GS Chappell                         c & b Underwood             39
KJ Hughes             c Willis           b Hendrick               1
DW Hookes             c Knott            b Greig                 85
KD Walters                               b Willis                 4
+RW Marsh             lbw                b Hendrick              57
RJ Bright             lbw                b Willis                16
MHN Walker            not out                                    78
MF Malone                                b Lever                 46
JR Thomson                               b Willis                17
Extras                b 1, lb 6, w 0, nb 3                       10
Total                 all out                                   385

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Serjeant)                2-54 (Chappell)               
3-67 (Hughes)                 4-84 (McCosker)               
5-104 (Walters)               6-184 (Hookes)                
7-236 (Marsh)                 8-252 (Bright)                
9-352 (Malone)                10-385 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Willis              29.3    5   102     5
Hendrick            37      5    93     2
Lever               22      6    61     1
Underwood           35      9   102     1
Greig                8      2    17     1

England
*JM Brearley          c Serjeant         b Thomson                4
G Boycott             not out                                    25
RA Woolmer            c Marsh            b Malone                 6
DW Randall            not out                                    20
Extras                b 0, lb 0, w 2, nb 0                        2
Total                 for 2 wickets                              57

Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Brearley)                2-16 (Woolmer)                

Bowling
Thomson              5      1    22     1
Malone              10      4    14     1
Walker               8      2    14     0
Bright               3      2     5     0