England v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1964 (1964) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 4 June 1964

Match drawn

Match drawn. Ted Dexter top-scored with 68 for England. Graham McKenzie took 5/53.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of England - 1964 (1964)
Ground: Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Dates: 4 June 1964 to 9 June 1964
Toss: England, chose to bat
Result: Match drawn
Captains: Ted Dexter (England), Bob Simpson (Australia)
Debuts: Geoff Boycott (England), Grahame Corling (Australia)
Umpires: CS Elliott and JS Buller

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. Geoff Boycott and Grahame Corling played their first Tests.

England batted first and made 216 for 8. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 48 off 118 balls. Tom Veivers took 3 for 39 for Australia.

Australia replied with 168 all out. Bob Simpson top-scored with 50 off 145 balls. Len Coldwell took 3 for 48 for England. England led by 48 on first innings.

England made 193 for 9 in their second innings. Ted Dexter top-scored with 68 off 88 balls. Graham McKenzie took 5 for 53 for Australia. From 174 for 4 they lost 5 wickets for 19 runs, to 193 for 9.

Set 242 to win, Australia made 40 for 2. Norm O'Neill top-scored with 24 not out off 23 balls.

Match drawn.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 216 FOR 8

Batter	How out	R	B
Geoff Boycott	c Bob Simpson	48	118
Fred Titmus	c Ian Redpath	16	60
Ted Dexter	c Wally Grout	9	49
Colin Cowdrey	bowled	32	93
Ken Barrington	c Bill Lawry	22	57
Phil Sharpe	not out	35	124
Jim Parks	c Brian Booth	15	20
Fred Trueman	c Bob Simpson	0	1
David Allen	c Wally Grout	21	85
Len Coldwell	not out	0	7

Did not bat: Jack Flavell

Extras 18 · Total 216 for 8

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Graham McKenzie	28	7	53	1
Grahame Corling	23	7	38	1
Neil Hawke	35	15	68	3
Tom Veivers	16	2	39	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-38 (Fred Titmus), 2-70 (Ted Dexter), 3-90 (Geoff Boycott), 4-135 (Ken Barrington), 5-141 (Colin Cowdrey), 6-164 (Jim Parks), 7-165 (Fred Trueman), 8-212 (David Allen)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Fred Titmus and Geoff Boycott	38
second	Ted Dexter and Geoff Boycott	32
third	Colin Cowdrey and Geoff Boycott	20
fourth	Colin Cowdrey and Ken Barrington	45
fifth	Colin Cowdrey and Phil Sharpe	6
sixth	Jim Parks and Phil Sharpe	23
seventh	Fred Trueman and Phil Sharpe	1
eighth	David Allen and Phil Sharpe	47
ninth	Len Coldwell and Phil Sharpe	4

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 168 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Bill Lawry	c Ken Barrington	11	55
Ian Redpath	bowled	6	28
Norm O'Neill	bowled	26	55
Peter Burge	lbw	31	66
Brian Booth	run out (Fred Trueman)	0	3
Bob Simpson	c Ken Barrington	50	145
Tom Veivers	c Fred Trueman	8	58
Graham McKenzie	c Jim Parks	4	20
Neil Hawke	not out	10	21
Wally Grout	c Jim Parks	13	22
Grahame Corling	bowled	3	4

Extras 6 · Total 168 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Fred Trueman	20.3	3	58	3
Len Coldwell	22	3	48	3
David Allen	16	8	22	1
Jack Flavell	16	3	28	1
Fred Titmus	4	1	6	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-8 (Ian Redpath), 2-37 (Bill Lawry), 3-57 (Norm O'Neill), 4-61 (Brian Booth), 5-91 (Peter Burge), 6-118 (Tom Veivers), 7-137 (Graham McKenzie), 8-141 (Bob Simpson), 9-165 (Wally Grout), 10-168 (Grahame Corling, 78.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Bill Lawry and Ian Redpath	8
second	Norm O'Neill and Bill Lawry	29
third	Peter Burge and Norm O'Neill	20
fourth	Peter Burge and Brian Booth	4
fifth	Peter Burge and Bob Simpson	30
sixth	Bob Simpson and Tom Veivers	27
seventh	Bob Simpson and Graham McKenzie	19
eighth	Bob Simpson and Neil Hawke	4
ninth	Wally Grout and Neil Hawke	24
tenth	Neil Hawke and Grahame Corling	3

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 193 FOR 9

Batter	How out	R	B
Ted Dexter	c Norm O'Neill	68	88
Fred Titmus	lbw	17	98
Colin Cowdrey	bowled	33	70
Ken Barrington	lbw	33	62
Jim Parks	c Neil Hawke	19	39
Phil Sharpe	c Tom Veivers	1	9
Fred Trueman	c Wally Grout	4	20
David Allen	lbw	3	11
Jack Flavell	c Brian Booth	7	8
Len Coldwell	not out	0	1

Did not bat: Geoff Boycott

Extras 8 · Total 193 for 9

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Graham McKenzie	24	5	53	5
Neil Hawke	19	5	53	0
Grahame Corling	15.5	4	54	2
Tom Veivers	8	0	25	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-90 (Ted Dexter), 2-95 (Fred Titmus), 3-147 (Ken Barrington), 4-174 (Jim Parks), 5-179 (Phil Sharpe), 6-180 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-186 (David Allen), 8-187 (Fred Trueman), 9-193 (Jack Flavell, 66.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Fred Titmus and Ted Dexter	90
second	Colin Cowdrey and Fred Titmus	5
third	Colin Cowdrey and Ken Barrington	52
fourth	Jim Parks and Colin Cowdrey	27
fifth	Colin Cowdrey and Phil Sharpe	5
sixth	Fred Trueman and Colin Cowdrey	1
seventh	Fred Trueman and David Allen	6
eighth	Fred Trueman and Jack Flavell	1
ninth	Jack Flavell and Len Coldwell	6

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 40 FOR 2

Batter	How out	R	B
Bill Lawry	run out	3	4
Ian Redpath	c Jim Parks	2	9
Norm O'Neill	retired not out	24	23
Peter Burge	not out	4	12
Brian Booth	not out	6	10

Did not bat: Bob Simpson, Tom Veivers, Graham McKenzie, Neil Hawke, Wally Grout, Grahame Corling

Extras 1 · Total 40 for 2

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Fred Trueman	5	0	28	0
Jack Flavell	4.2	0	11	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Bill Lawry), 2-25 (Ian Redpath), 2-31 (Norm O'Neill)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	Bill Lawry and Ian Redpath	3
second	Norm O'Neill and Ian Redpath	22
third	Peter Burge and Norm O'Neill	6
fourth	Peter Burge and Brian Booth	9

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