New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, 20-24 Feb 1976

Sheffield Shield, 1975/76
New South Wales v Western Australia
Sydney Cricket Ground
20,21,23,24 February 1976 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: New South Wales 10, Western Australia 0

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: TF Brooks and RA French
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: No play Day 2: No play Day 3: Western Australia 176/8 (Lillee 19*, Malone 4*) Western Australia 1st innings BM Laird c Pascoe b Colley 27 RI Charlesworth lbw b Pascoe 1 WJ Edwards c McCosker b Gilmour 23 KJ Hughes b Colley 19 *+RW Marsh b Gilmour 9 RS Langer run out (Toohey/Rixon) 16 IJ Brayshaw c & b O'Keeffe 37 B Yardley c Rixon b Pascoe 14 DK Lillee c Toohey b Hourn 36 MF Malone c McCosker b O'Keeffe 12 TM Alderman not out 0 Extras (b 2, lb 4, nb 2) 8 Total (all out, 61.3 overs, 290 mins) 202 FoW: 1-6, 2-52, 3-52, 4-70, 5-82, 6-121, 7-146, 8-164, 9-199, 10-202. Bowling O M R W Pascoe 12 2 40 2 (1nb) Gilmour 11 1 34 2 Colley 9 1 37 2 Hourn 13 1 49 1 (1nb) Walters 8 4 12 0 O'Keeffe 8.3 1 22 2 New South Wales 1st innings A Turner b Lillee 6 RB McCosker c & b Malone 0 *KD Walters c & b Alderman 102 PM Toohey c & b Brayshaw 54 GC Hughes not out 32 GJ Gilmour not out 5 Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 1) 6 Total (4 wickets, 46.4 overs, 235 mins) 205 DNB: KJ O'Keeffe, +SJ Rixon, DJ Colley, LS Pascoe, DW Hourn. FoW: 1-2, 2-10, 3-107, 4-196. Bowling O M R W Lillee 12 0 40 1 Malone 4 0 12 1 Yardley 13.3 3 68 0 Alderman 11 0 45 1 (1nb) Brayshaw 5 0 18 1 Edwards 1.1 0 16 0 12th Men:J Dyson (NSW) and RG Paulsen (WA) Crowds: no play, no play, 623, 1015. Total: 1,638. Receipts: $527

South Australia v Victoria at Adelaide Oval, 20-23 Feb 1976

Sheffield Shield, 1975/76
South Australia v Victoria
Adelaide Oval
20,21,22,23 February 1976 (4-day match)

Result: South Australia won by 2 wickets
Points: South Australia 15, Victoria 8

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and MG O'Connell
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: Victoria 247, South Australia 26/2 (Chappell 22*) Day 2: South Australia 146, Victoria 147/5 (Laughlin 25*, Robinson 16*) Day 3: Victoria 262, South Australia 167/2 (Chappell 60*, Darling 40*) Victoria 1st innings PA Hibbert c Hookes b Jenner 52 WL Stillman c Yagmich b Hogg 8 GN Yallop lbw b Hogg 77 RJ Baldry c Curtin b Mallett 41 WJ Scholes c Jenner b Hogg 10 TJ Laughlin c Hookes b Mallett 30 *+RD Robinson c Chappell b Jenner 7 RJ Bright c Curtin b Mallett 7 MHN Walker b Mallett 0 JD Higgs c Yagmich b Jenner 2 AG Hurst not out 0 Extras (b 3, lb 3, nb 7) 13 Total (all out, 57.2 overs, 274 mins) 247 FoW: 1-15, 2-110, 3-166, 4-178, 5-202, 6-223, 7-234, 8-234, 9-245, 10-247. Bowling O M R W Attenborough 12 3 59 0 (2nb) Hogg 9 0 56 3 (5nb) Cosier 5 1 8 0 Mallett 10.2 0 38 4 Jenner 20 5 69 3 Chappell 1 0 4 0 South Australia 1st innings BG Curtin c Robinson b Hurst 0 AJ Woodcock b Bright 2 *IM Chappell lbw b Hurst 39 GJ Cosier lbw b Walker 8 WM Darling lbw b Walker 1 DW Hookes c Robinson b Walker 32 TJ Jenner b Walker 12 AA Mallett c Robinson b Hurst 21 +DB Yagmich lbw b Walker 16 GR Attenborough c Robinson b Walker 1 RM Hogg not out 3 Extras (lb 1, nb 10) 11 Total (all out, 34.6 overs, 194 mins) 146 FoW: 1-0, 2-26, 3-44, 4-46, 5-54, 6-91, 7-119, 8-137, 9-140, 10-146. Bowling O M R W Hurst 10.6 0 66 3 (1nb) Walker 14 2 49 6 (9nb) Bright 7 4 10 1 Higgs 2 0 8 0 Laughlin 1 0 2 0 Victoria 2nd innings PA Hibbert c Yagmich b Hogg 55 WL Stillman c Yagmich b Mallett 13 GN Yallop lbw b Mallett 13 RJ Baldry c Jenner b Mallett 9 WJ Scholes c Attenborough b Hogg 14 TJ Laughlin c Curtin b Mallett 36 *+RD Robinson not out 71 RJ Bright c Chappell b Hookes 32 MHN Walker b Hogg 5 JD Higgs lbw b Hogg 2 AG Hurst c Curtin b Attenborough 0 Extras (b 5, lb 4, nb 3) 12 Total (all out, 71.6 overs, 324 mins) 262 FoW: 1-27, 2-51, 3-65, 4-103, 5-106, 6-169, 7-236, 8-253, 9-260, 10-262. Bowling O M R W Hogg 12 0 57 4 (2nb) Attenborough 6.6 1 20 1 Mallett 26 4 71 4 (1nb) Jenner 17 3 66 0 Chappell 3 0 10 0 Cosier 5 0 18 0 Hookes 2 0 8 1 South Australia 2nd innings (target: 364 runs) AJ Woodcock b Hurst 12 BG Curtin c Stillman b Bright 52 *IM Chappell hit wicket b Higgs 171 WM Darling c Robinson b Hurst 41 GJ Cosier c Yallop b Higgs 26 DW Hookes c Stillman b Higgs 0 TJ Jenner lbw b Higgs 4 AA Mallett c Robinson b Hurst 19 +DB Yagmich not out 20 GR Attenborough not out 6 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 5) 13 Total (8 wickets, 93.3 overs, 482 mins) 364 DNB: RM Hogg. FoW: 1-37, 2-84, 3-169, 4-219, 5-219, 6-225, 7-288, 8-358. Bowling O M R W Hurst 21 3 97 3 (1w) Walker 25 5 66 0 (5nb,1w) Bright 18 2 65 1 Laughlin 6 0 37 0 Higgs 23.3 4 86 4 12th Men: RH Drewer (SA) and CG Thwaites (Vic) Crowds: 1877, 3136, 2409, 1750. Total: 9,172. Receipts: $5,948

South Australia v Western Australia at Adelaide Oval, 14-17 Feb 1976

Sheffield Shield, 1975/76
South Australia v Western Australia
Adelaide Oval
14,15,16,17 February 1976 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by 4 wickets
Points: Western Australia 16, South Australia 4

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and AE Crapp
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: No play Day 2: South Australia 87, Western Australia 127/4 (Marsh 5*, Langer 8*) Day 3: Western Australia 177, South Australia 163/3 (Woodcock 59*, Darling 29*) South Australia 1st innings AJ Woodcock c Marsh b Malone 20 RH Drewer c Laird b Lillee 0 *IM Chappell c Marsh b Lillee 14 GJ Cosier c Charlesworth b Brayshaw 6 WM Darling c Langer b Lillee 2 DW Hookes b Brayshaw 20 TJ Jenner c Marsh b Lillee 2 AA Mallett c Marsh b Lillee 12 +DB Yagmich c Langer b Lillee 1 GR Attenborough lbw b Lillee 4 W Prior not out 4 Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2 Total (all out, 27.3 overs, 138 mins) 87 FoW: 1-1, 2-20, 3-40, 4-42, 5-43, 6-45, 7-63, 8-73, 9-83, 10-87. Bowling O M R W Lillee 9.3 0 41 7 (1nb) Malone 8 1 19 1 Brayshaw 10 3 25 2 Western Australia 1st innings WJ Edwards c Jenner b Prior 4 BM Laird c Drewer b Mallett 18 RI Charlesworth lbw b Cosier 38 KJ Hughes b Mallett 45 *+RW Marsh c Darling b Mallett 9 RS Langer c Chappell b Mallett 17 IJ Brayshaw c Yagmich b Attenborough 4 B Yardley b Attenborough 1 DK Lillee st Yagmich b Jenner 16 RG Paulsen st Yagmich b Mallett 11 MF Malone not out 2 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 4, nb 1) 12 Total (all out, 66 overs, 292 mins) 177 FoW: 1-8, 2-39, 3-105, 4-117, 5-133, 6-139, 7-145, 8-149, 9-175, 10-177. Bowling O M R W Prior 7 2 16 1 (4w) Attenborough 18 3 52 2 Cosier 9 3 17 1 Mallett 27 8 68 5 (1nb) Jenner 5 0 12 1 South Australia 2nd innings AJ Woodcock b Lillee 59 RH Drewer c Brayshaw b Lillee 5 *IM Chappell c & b Brayshaw 17 GJ Cosier c Marsh b Malone 51 WM Darling c Brayshaw b Lillee 32 TJ Jenner c Hughes b Malone 8 DW Hookes c Marsh b Lillee 18 AA Mallett c Marsh b Malone 29 +DB Yagmich c Marsh b Lillee 6 GR Attenborough not out 6 W Prior c Charlesworth b Malone 3 Extras (lb 4, nb 1) 5 Total (all out, 78 overs, 375 mins) 239 FoW: 1-14, 2-47, 3-126, 4-163, 5-170, 6-179, 7-204, 8-218, 9-233, 10-239. Bowling O M R W Lillee 24 4 72 5 (1nb) Malone 20 2 74 4 Brayshaw 8 2 21 1 Paulsen 5 0 19 0 Yardley 21 7 48 0 Western Australia 2nd innings (target: 150 runs) WJ Edwards c & b Mallett 13 BM Laird c Jenner b Cosier 2 B Yardley c Yagmich b Cosier 13 KJ Hughes not out 54 *+RW Marsh c & b Cosier 15 RS Langer c Attenborough b Mallett 4 RI Charlesworth c Yagmich b Mallett 0 IJ Brayshaw not out 50 Extras (b 1) 1 Total (6 wickets, 43.7 overs, 199 mins) 152 DNB: DK Lillee, RG Paulsen, MF Malone. FoW: 1-5, 2-18, 3-33, 4-50, 5-61, 6-62. Bowling O M R W Attenborough 8 1 28 0 Cosier 8 0 20 3 Mallett 16.7 1 71 3 Jenner 10 4 29 0 Chappell 1 0 3 0 12th Men: BG Curtin (SA) and TM Alderman (WA) Crowds: no play, 4157, 3245, 1945. Total: 9,347. Receipts: $6,222

Final: Queensland v Western Australia at Perth, 8 Feb 1976

Gillette Cup (Australia), 1975/76, Final
Queensland v Western Australia
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
8 February 1976 (40-over match)

Result: Queensland won by 4 runs
Series: Queensland wins the 1975/76 Gillette Cup (Australia)

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: SR Doxey and CE Harvey
Man of the match: GS Chappell

Balls per over: 8

Queensland innings (40 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
MJ Walters            c Marsh            b Yardley             35  75  69  3 1
IC Davis              c Yardley          b Clark               44  60  57  8 0
AD Ogilvie                               b Lillee               4  33  36  0 0
*GS Chappell          c Clark            b Lillee              61  98  63  7 0
MF Kent               c Edwards          b Langer              61  88  72  6 1
PH Carlson            c Marsh            b Lillee               9  14   9  0 0
JR Thomson            not out                                   7  12   7  1 0
JN Langley            c Marsh            b Langer               0   4   5  0 0
+JA Maclean           not out                                   4   2   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 11)                                  11
Total                 (7 wickets, 40 overs, 198 mins)         236

DNB: FM Francke, G Dymock.

FoW: 1-73 (Davis), 2-80 (Walters), 3-89 (Ogilvie),
  4-206 (Chappell), 5-223 (Kent), 6-228 (Carlson),
  7-231 (Langley).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Clark                        8      2     24      1
Malone                       8      0     40      0
Yardley                      8      1     53      1
Lillee                       8      1     41      3
Brayshaw                     5      0     49      0
Langer                       3      0     18      2

Western Australia innings (target: 237 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
BM Laird              c Chappell         b Francke             16  46  44  1 1
WJ Edwards            c Ogilvie          b Dymock               1  19   6  0 0
KJ Hughes             lbw                b Thomson             10  15  13  1 0
*+RW Marsh            c Dymock           b Carlson             35  40  51  3 1
RS Langer                                b Francke             39  78  55  4 0
IJ Brayshaw           lbw                b Dymock              52  75  64  6 2
B Yardley             lbw                b Chappell            20  33  20  1 0
RI Charlesworth       c Maclean          b Chappell             5  18  13  0 0
DK Lillee             c Francke          b Chappell            32  22  20  4 0
WM Clark              not out                                   8  26  14  1 0
MF Malone             c Chappell         b Thomson              2  17  19  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, nb 5)                        12
Total                 (all out, 39 overs, 201 mins)           232

FoW: 1-17 (Edwards), 2-28 (Hughes), 3-37 (Laird), 4-69 (Marsh),
  5-122 (Langer), 6-184 (Brayshaw), 7-186 (Yardley),
  8-211 (Charlesworth), 9-226 (Lillee), 10-232 (Malone).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                      8      1     47      2 (4nb)
Dymock                       8      0     54      2
Francke                      8      0     40      2
Carlson                      8      1     41      1 (1nb)
Chappell                     7      0     38      3

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

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• Scorers: FW Hooper (South Australia) and R Spence (Queensland)
• 12th Men: DC Schuller (Queensland) and TM Alderman (Western Australia)
• Attendance: 11,134

6th TEST: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 31 Jan-5 Feb 1976

Test # 770 (769/41)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1975/76, 6th Test
Australia v West Indies
Melbourne Cricket Ground
31 January, 1,2,4,5 February 1976 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 165 runs
Australia wins the 6-Test series 5-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: TF Brooks and MG O'Connell
Man of the match: IR Redpath

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 263/6 (Yallop 21*, Gilmour 1*) Day 2: Australia 351, West Indies 32/0 (Fredericks 19*, Richards 11*) Day 3: West Indies 160, Australia 163/2 (McCosker 50*, IM Chappell 11*) Day 4: Australia 300/3d, West Indies 248/8 (Lloyd 42*, Holder 0*) Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 IR Redpath c Holding b Gibbs 101 325 230 11 0 A Turner c Gibbs b Holder 30 59 46 4 0 RB McCosker b Boyce 21 57 44 0 0 IM Chappell b Holder 1 9 11 0 0 *GS Chappell c Boyce b Fredericks 68 135 135 2 1 GN Yallop c Holding b Boyce 57 180 168 6 0 +RW Marsh b Holding 7 17 20 0 0 GJ Gilmour lbw b Gibbs 9 31 27 2 0 AA Mallett lbw b Boyce 16 48 34 0 0 JR Thomson lbw b Holder 0 5 2 0 0 DK Lillee not out 19 14 12 2 1 Extras (b 4, lb 11, nb 7) 22 Total (all out, 90.2 overs) 351 FoW: 1-44 (Turner), 2-92 (McCosker), 3-96 (IM Chappell), 4-220 (GS Chappell), 5-250 (Redpath), 6-261 (Marsh), 7-277 (Gilmour), 8-317 (Mallett), 9-323 (Thomson), 10-351 (Yallop). Bowling O M R W Boyce 17.2 1 75 3 Holding 16 4 51 1 Holder 20 2 86 3 Lloyd 7 2 20 0 Fredericks 6 0 29 1 Gibbs 24 4 68 2 West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks c Thomson b Gilmour 22 45 37 3 0 IVA Richards c Marsh b Lillee 50 98 54 7 0 L Baichan c GS Chappell b Gilmour 3 12 13 0 0 AI Kallicharran b Gilmour 4 2 3 1 0 *CH Lloyd c Redpath b Lillee 37 91 46 4 0 LG Rowe c Marsh b Gilmour 6 15 16 0 0 +DL Murray c Marsh b Lillee 1 7 8 0 0 KD Boyce lbw b Gilmour 0 3 3 0 0 MA Holding b Lillee 9 48 39 1 0 VA Holder not out 14 30 29 2 0 LR Gibbs c Marsh b Lillee 2 7 3 0 0 Extras (lb 5, w 1, nb 6) 12 Total (all out, 30.3 overs) 160 FoW: 1-44 (Fredericks), 2-49 (Baichan), 3-53 (Kallicharran), 4-99 (Richards), 5-110 (Rowe), 6-113 (Murray), 7-118 (Boyce), 8-140 (Lloyd), 9-151 (Holding), 10-160 (Gibbs). Bowling O M R W Thomson 9 0 51 0 Lillee 11.3 0 63 5 Gilmour 10 3 34 5 Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 IR Redpath c sub (CG Greenidge) b Holder 70 152 126 4 0 A Turner lbw b Boyce 21 59 52 1 0 RB McCosker not out 109 249 267 7 0 IM Chappell c Holder b Boyce 31 58 72 3 0 *GS Chappell not out 54 96 109 5 0 Extras (b 5, lb 9, nb 1) 15 Total (3 wickets declared, 78 overs) 300 DNB: GN Yallop, +RW Marsh, GJ Gilmour, AA Mallett, JR Thomson, DK Lillee. FoW: 1-53 (Turner), 2-132 (Redpath), 3-190 (IM Chappell). Bowling O M R W Boyce 19 2 74 2 Holding 1 0 2 0 Holder 18 0 81 1 Lloyd 4 1 14 0 Fredericks 3 1 14 0 Gibbs 26 3 62 0 Richards 7 0 38 0 West Indies 2nd innings (target: 492 runs) R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks b Thomson 6 2 4 1 0 IVA Richards c GS Chappell b Lillee 98 170 103 14 0 L Baichan b Thomson 20 45 39 1 0 AI Kallicharran c McCosker b Lillee 44 107 90 5 0 *CH Lloyd not out 91 140 88 13 0 LG Rowe c Redpath b Mallett 6 13 16 1 0 +DL Murray c Marsh b Lillee 5 11 13 0 0 KD Boyce c GS Chappell b Mallett 11 18 17 2 0 MA Holding c Gilmour b Mallett 4 7 5 1 0 VA Holder b Thomson 22 67 63 3 0 LR Gibbs c Marsh b Thomson 0 1 3 0 0 Extras (b 6, lb 10, nb 3) 19 Total (all out, 54.5 overs) 326 FoW: 1-6 (Fredericks), 2-53 (Baichan), 3-170 (Kallicharran), 4-175 (Richards), 5-186 (Rowe), 6-199 (Murray), 7-226 (Boyce), 8-238 (Holding), 9-326 (Holder), 10-326 (Gibbs). Bowling O M R W Thomson 12.5 0 80 4 Lillee 18 1 112 3 Gilmour 7 1 26 0 GS Chappell 2 0 6 0 IM Chappell 2 0 10 0 Mallett 13 1 73 3