Australia v England 5th Test
England tour of Australia - 1965 (1965/66) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 11 February 1966 · England won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn
Match drawn. Bob Cowper top-scored with 307 for Australia.
England, 473 (9 wkts)
| Geoff Boycott | caught (Keith Stackpole) | 17 | 87 |
| Bob Barber | run out | 17 | 24 |
| John Edrich | caught (Graham McKenzie) | 85 | 226 |
| Ken Barrington | caught (Wally Grout) | 115 | 153 |
| Colin Cowdrey | caught (Wally Grout) | 79 | 143 |
| Mike Smith | caught (Wally Grout) | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Parks | run out | 89 | 175 |
| Fred Titmus | not out | 42 | 128 |
| Barry Knight | caught (Wally Grout) | 13 | 39 |
| David Brown | caught (Ian Chappell) | 12 | 25 |
| Jeff Jones | not out | 4 | 14 |
Graham McKenzie 26.00-5-100-1Neil Hawke 35.00-5-109-1Doug Walters 19.00-3-53-4Bob Simpson 5.00-1-20-0Keith Stackpole 10.00-2-43-0Tom Veivers 15.00-3-78-0Ian Chappell 17.00-4-70-1
Australia, 530 (8 wkts)
| Bob Cowper | bowled | 307 | 589 |
| Bill Lawry | caught (John Edrich) | 108 | 256 |
| Bob Simpson | bowled | 4 | 6 |
| Grahame Thomas | caught (Fred Titmus) | 19 | 25 |
| Doug Walters | caught (Bob Barber) | 60 | 201 |
| Ian Chappell | caught (Jim Parks) | 19 | 80 |
| Keith Stackpole | bowled | 9 | 47 |
| Tom Veivers | bowled | 4 | 29 |
| Neil Hawke | not out | 0 | 3 |
| Wally Grout | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Graham McKenzie | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
David Brown 31.00-3-134-1Jeff Jones 29.00-1-145-3Barry Knight 36.20-4-105-2Fred Titmus 42.00-12-86-1Bob Barber 16.00-0-60-1
England, 67 (3 wkts)
| Geoff Boycott | lbw | 1 | 10 |
| Bob Barber | bowled | 20 | 21 |
| John Edrich | bowled | 3 | 13 |
| Ken Barrington | not out | 32 | 50 |
| Colin Cowdrey | not out | 11 | 42 |
| Mike Smith | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Parks | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Titmus | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Knight | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| David Brown | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Jones | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Graham McKenzie 6.00-2-17-3Neil Hawke 4.00-1-22-0Doug Walters 2.00-0-16-0Keith Stackpole 3.00-0-10-0Ian Chappell 2.00-0-2-0
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