3rd TEST: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26-30 Dec 1975

Test # 766 (766/38)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1975/76, 3rd Test
Australia v West Indies
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,30 December 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 6-Test series 2-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and JR Collins
Test Debuts: GJ Cosier (Aus).
Man of the match: JR Thomson

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: West Indies 224, Australia 38/0 (Redpath 16*, Turner 16*) Day 2: Australia 270/4 (GS Chappell 42*, Cosier 44*) Day 3: Australia 485, West Indies 92/3 (Kallicharran 9*, Richards 34*) West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks c McCosker b Thomson 59 142 115 6 0 CG Greenidge c Marsh b Thomson 3 35 18 0 0 LG Rowe c IM Chappell b Thomson 0 3 3 0 0 AI Kallicharran c Marsh b Thomson 20 86 48 0 0 IVA Richards b Lillee 41 85 54 4 0 *CH Lloyd c GS Chappell b Thomson 2 12 9 0 0 +DL Murray c Walker b Lillee 24 48 38 3 0 BD Julien c Mallett b Lillee 18 38 34 2 0 VA Holder b Walker 24 72 47 2 0 AME Roberts c Marsh b Lillee 6 33 28 0 0 LR Gibbs not out 0 9 6 0 0 Extras (lb 4, w 1, nb 22) 27 Total (all out, 47 overs, 287 mins) 224 FoW: 1-22 (Greenidge), 2-22 (Rowe), 3-91 (Kallicharran), 4-103 (Fredericks), 5-108 (Lloyd), 6-167 (Murray), 7-172 (Richards), 8-199 (Julien), 9-218 (Roberts), 10-224 (Holder). Bowling O M R W Lillee 14 2 56 4 (4nb) Thomson 11 1 62 5 (13nb, 1w) Walker 13 1 46 1 (6nb) Cosier 4 0 15 0 Mallett 5 1 18 0 (1nb) Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 IR Redpath b Roberts 102 320 258 10 0 A Turner b Roberts 21 94 47 1 0 RB McCosker c Murray b Julien 4 20 10 0 0 IM Chappell c Kallicharran b Gibbs 35 149 105 3 0 *GS Chappell c Murray b Julien 52 193 127 3 0 GJ Cosier c Kallicharran b Roberts 109 254 186 13 0 +RW Marsh c & b Gibbs 56 143 109 5 0 MHN Walker c Murray b Roberts 1 3 2 0 0 DK Lillee c Richards b Holder 25 85 69 3 0 JR Thomson lbw b Julien 44 79 47 3 2 AA Mallett not out 3 15 13 0 0 Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 22) 33 Total (all out, 118.3 overs, 683 mins) 485 FoW: 1-49 (Turner), 2-61 (McCosker), 3-151 (IM Chappell), 4-188 (Redpath), 5-302 (GS Chappell), 6-390 (Cosier), 7-392 (Walker), 8-415 (Marsh), 9-471 (Lillee), 10-485 (Thomson). Bowling O M R W Roberts 32 2 126 4 (6nb) Holder 27 2 123 1 (12nb) Julien 28.3 5 120 3 (8nb) Gibbs 30 9 81 2 Richards 1 0 2 0 West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks b GS Chappell 26 59 44 4 0 CG Greenidge c Marsh b Walker 8 22 23 2 0 LG Rowe c Marsh b Lillee 8 41 19 0 0 AI Kallicharran c Marsh b Lillee 32 141 117 0 0 IVA Richards c Marsh b Thomson 36 68 51 5 0 *CH Lloyd c Lillee b Mallett 102 206 121 14 0 +DL Murray c Marsh b Lillee 22 75 82 3 0 BD Julien b Walker 27 53 56 3 0 VA Holder run out 15 39 31 1 0 AME Roberts c Mallett b IM Chappell 5 5 5 1 0 LR Gibbs not out 5 22 25 1 0 Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 14) 26 Total (all out, 69.2 overs, 372 mins) 312 FoW: 1-14 (Greenidge), 2-48 (Fredericks), 3-48 (Rowe), 4-99 (Richards), 5-151 (Kallicharran), 6-229 (Murray), 7-278 (Julien), 8-288 (Lloyd), 9-297 (Roberts), 10-312 (Holder). Bowling O M R W Lillee 15 1 70 3 (6nb) Walker 19 1 74 2 (4nb) GS Chappell 7 1 23 1 (1nb) IM Chappell 5.2 3 7 1 Thomson 9 0 51 1 (7nb) Mallett 14 0 61 1 (2nb) Australia 2nd innings (target: 52 runs) R M B 4 6 RB McCosker not out 22 52 32 1 0 A Turner b Roberts 7 27 22 1 0 IR Redpath c sub (KD Boyce) b Julien 9 6 7 2 0 IM Chappell not out 13 16 14 3 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 3) 4 Total (2 wickets, 8.7 overs) 55 DNB: *GS Chappell, GJ Cosier, +RW Marsh, MHN Walker, DK Lillee, JR Thomson, AA Mallett. FoW: 1-23 (Turner), 2-36 (Redpath). Bowling O M R W Roberts 3 0 19 1 (4nb) Julien 3 0 13 1 Greenidge 1 1 0 0 Rowe 1 0 6 0 Kallicharran 0.7 0 13 0 Attendances: 85596, 50466, 44965, 41728 (222755) Receipts $310230.50

South Australia v West Indians at Adelaide Oval, 21-23 Dec 1975

West Indies in Australia, 1975/76
South Australia v West Indians
Adelaide Oval
21,22,23 December 1975 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: West Indians
Umpires: RC Bailhache and MG O'Connell
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: West Indians 188, South Australia 85/1 (Drewer 50*, Cosier 7*) Day 2: South Australia 419/8d West Indians 1st innings CG Greenidge c Woodcock b Prior 3 L Baichan run out (Hookes) 72 LG Rowe c Yagmich b Attenborough 7 IVA Richards c Drewer b Prior 8 BD Julien c sub (JR Barnes) b Attenborough 14 KD Boyce c Yagmich b Prior 0 RC Fredericks c Hookes b Prior 54 *+DL Murray b Prior 8 Inshan Ali not out 7 VA Holder st Yagmich b Mallett 0 AL Padmore b Prior 4 Extras (lb 6, nb 5) 11 Total (all out, 42.2 overs, 224 mins) 188 FoW: 1-6, 2-20, 3-41, 4-64, 5-66, 6-158, 7-168, 8-178, 9-182, 10-188. Bowling O M R W Prior 12.2 2 41 6 (4nb) Attenborough 7 0 43 2 Mallett 12 3 39 1 (1nb) Cosier 5 0 20 0 Jenner 6 0 34 0 South Australia 1st innings *AJ Woodcock lbw b Boyce 20 RH Drewer c Murray b Holder 64 GJ Cosier c Julien b Holder 107 BG Curtin c Rowe b Padmore 101 WM Darling c Fredericks b Padmore 2 DW Hookes b Julien 44 TJ Jenner not out 50 +DB Yagmich c & b Julien 9 AA Mallett b Holder 2 GR Attenborough not out 0 Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 13) 20 Total (8 wickets dec, 83 overs, 438 mins) 419 DNB: W Prior. FoW: 1-64, 2-115, 3-271, 4-284, 5-333, 6-391, 7-401, 8-410. Bowling O M R W Boyce 8 0 49 1 (5nb) Julien 19 0 98 2 (3nb) Holder 17 0 90 3 (5nb) Ali 19 2 87 0 Padmore 20 4 75 2 West Indians 2nd innings CG Greenidge b Cosier 64 L Baichan retired hurt 4 LG Rowe b Mallett 74 IVA Richards not out 59 RC Fredericks c Cosier b Mallett 27 *+DL Murray c Yagmich b Hookes 47 BD Julien not out 0 Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 14 Total (4 wickets, 69 overs, 332 mins) 289 DNB: KD Boyce, Inshan Ali, VA Holder, AL Padmore. FoW: 1-146, 2-148, 3-189, 4-288. Bowling O M R W Prior 13 0 75 0 (1w) Attenborough 16 3 79 0 Cosier 14 3 28 1 Jenner 10 3 30 0 (1w) Mallett 12 2 46 2 (1nb) Hookes 4 1 17 1 12th Men: JR Barnes (SA) and AME Roberts (WI) Crowds: 2530, 1935, 1530. Total: 5,995. Receipts: $4,756

Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 19-22 Dec 1975

Sheffield Shield, 1975/76
Victoria v New South Wales
Melbourne Cricket Ground
19,20,21,22 December 1975 (4-day match)

Result: Victoria won by 146 runs
Points: Victoria 18, New South Wales 4

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: KJ Carmody and JR Collins
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: Victoria 318/4 (Yallop 108*, Scholes 44*) Day 2: Victoria 318/4d, New South Wales 236/7 (Rixon 2*) Day 3: New South Wales 284, Victoria 270/6d, New South Wales 4/0 (Webster 4*, Dyson 0*) Victoria 1st innings PA Hibbert c Rixon b Pascoe 49 WL Stillman c Chardon b Pascoe 57 GN Yallop not out 108 RJ Baldry c Rixon b Chardon 25 TJ Laughlin c Toohey b Colley 24 WJ Scholes not out 44 Extras (lb 4, nb 7) 11 Total (4 wickets dec, 65 overs, 330 mins) 318 DNB: *+RD Robinson, RJ Bright, LJ Baker, JR Douglas, AG Hurst. FoW: 1-106, 2-111, 3-170, 4-226. Bowling O M R W Pascoe 15 1 72 2 Colley 17 0 85 1 (5nb) Chardon 11 0 72 1 (1nb) Collins 14 3 45 0 O'Keeffe 8 0 33 0 (1nb) New South Wales 1st innings SE Webster c Bright b Hurst 46 J Dyson c Robinson b Douglas 18 RP Collins lbw b Laughlin 1 PM Toohey b Hurst 31 GR Beard c Robinson b Hurst 75 GC Hughes c Stillman b Bright 19 *KJ O'Keeffe c Robinson b Douglas 37 +SJ Rixon c Robinson b Hurst 5 DJ Colley not out 24 DM Chardon b Douglas 16 LS Pascoe b Douglas 2 Extras (lb 3, nb 7) 10 Total (all out, 77.4 overs, 371 mins) 284 FoW: 1-42, 2-46, 3-100, 4-101, 5-141, 6-228, 7-236, 8-240, 9-274, 10-284. Bowling O M R W Hurst 19 3 70 4 (4nb) Douglas 15.4 3 65 4 (3nb) Laughlin 14 2 50 1 Bright 24 3 67 1 Baker 5 0 22 0 Victoria 2nd innings PA Hibbert c Hughes b Collins 44 WL Stillman c O'Keeffe b Collins 42 GN Yallop c Hughes b Pascoe 95 TJ Laughlin lbw b Collins 7 RJ Baldry run out (Webster/Dyson) 14 WJ Scholes c Rixon b Chardon 48 *+RD Robinson not out 5 Extras (b 3, lb 5, nb 7) 15 Total (6 wickets dec, 55.2 overs, 261 mins) 270 DNB: RJ Bright, LJ Baker, JR Douglas, AG Hurst. FoW: 1-65, 2-111, 3-123, 4-144, 5-254, 6-270. Bowling O M R W Pascoe 8.2 0 45 1 Colley 9 1 45 0 (5nb) Collins 14 0 63 3 Beard 2 0 8 0 Chardon 8 0 47 1 (1nb) O'Keeffe 14 2 47 0 (1nb) New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 305 runs) SE Webster run out (Douglas) 26 J Dyson c Robinson b Hurst 8 RP Collins c Robinson b Laughlin 1 PM Toohey c Robinson b Laughlin 3 GR Beard c Baker b Laughlin 16 GC Hughes b Bright 13 *KJ O'Keeffe not out 56 +SJ Rixon c & b Bright 27 DJ Colley st Robinson b Bright 4 DM Chardon c Hurst b Bright 0 LS Pascoe run out (Laughlin) 1 Extras (lb 2, nb 1) 3 Total (all out, 48 overs, 211 mins) 158 FoW: 1-23, 2-30, 3-39, 4-39, 5-63, 6-71, 7-127, 8-131, 9-131, 10-158. Bowling O M R W Hurst 9 2 31 1 (1nb) Douglas 2 0 8 0 Laughlin 8 1 24 3 Bright 16 4 37 4 Baker 6 0 26 0 Scholes 7 0 29 0 12th Men: DF Whatmore (Vic) and DW Hourn (NSW) Crowds: 3070, 2313, 3720, 2145. Total: 11,248. Receipts: $6,228

ODI: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide Oval, 20 Dec 1975

ODI # 34
Australia v West Indies, 1975/76, Only One-day International
Adelaide Oval
20 December 1975 (40-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
Australia wins the one-off ODI

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and MG O'Connell
ODI Debuts: GJ Cosier (Aus); LG Rowe (WI).
Man of the Match: IM Chappell

Balls per over: 8

West Indies innings (40 overs maximum)                          R   M   B  4 6
RC Fredericks                            b Lillee              21  28  21  3 0
CG Greenidge                         c & b Cosier              41  87  63  1 2
LG Rowe               c Marsh            b Gilmour              5  17  21  0 0
IVA Richards          c Cosier           b Gilmour             74 123  87  7 1
*CH Lloyd             c Marsh            b Walker               1  14  11  0 0
AI Kallicharran       c Mallett          b GS Chappell         37  71  55  2 0
BD Julien                                b GS Chappell          9  16  16  1 0
+DL Murray                               b Walker               8  29  19  0 0
KD Boyce                             c & b Walker               9  22  17  1 0
VA Holder             lbw                b Walker               0   1   1  0 0
AME Roberts           not out                                   3   3   4  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 11)                       16
Total                 (all out, 37.6 overs)                   224

FoW: 1-39 (Fredericks), 2-48 (Rowe), 3-86 (Greenidge),
    4-96 (Lloyd), 5-188 (Richards), 6-189 (Kallicharran),
    7-201 (Julien), 8-220 (Murray), 9-220 (Boyce),
    10-224 (Holder).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                       8      1     44      1
Gilmour                      8      0     48      2
Cosier                       6      1     33      1
Walker                       6.6    0     19      4
Mallett                      2      0     21      0
GS Chappell                  7      0     43      2

Australia innings (target: 225 runs from 40 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
A Turner              c Murray           b Holder              46  65  50  8 0
RB McCosker           c Murray           b Roberts              0   3   2  0 0
IM Chappell           c Greenidge        b Boyce               63 148 105  8 2
*GS Chappell                         c & b Holder              59 100  82  6 0
IR Redpath            run out                                  24  45  32  0 0
GJ Cosier             not out                                  25  33  32  1 0
MHN Walker            not out                                   3   6   5  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 2)                              5
Total                 (5 wickets, 31.5 overs)                 225

DNB: +RW Marsh, GJ Gilmour, DK Lillee, AA Mallett.

FoW: 1-1 (McCosker), 2-86 (Turner), 3-119 (IM Chappell),
    4-179 (GS Chappell), 5-214 (Redpath).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Roberts                      4      0     22      1
Julien                       8      0     66      0
Holder                       7.5    1     53      2
Boyce                        7      0     41      1
Lloyd                        3      0     28      0
Richards                     2      0     10      0

2nd TEST: Australia v West Indies at Perth, 12-16 Dec 1975

Test # 765 (765/37)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1975/76, 2nd Test
Australia v West Indies
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
12,13,14,16 December 1975 (5-day match)

Result: West Indies won by an innings and 87 runs
6-Test series level 1-1

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RR Ledwidge and MG O'Connell
Man of the match: RC Fredericks

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 317/7 (IM Chappell 148*, Lillee 9*) Day 2: Australia 329, West Indies 350/4 (Lloyd 42*, Murray 21*) Day 3: West Indies 585, Australia 104/4 (GS Chappell 32*, Marsh 23*) Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 RB McCosker lbw b Roberts 0 2 2 0 0 A Turner c Gibbs b Roberts 23 52 34 3 0 IM Chappell b Holding 156 377 261 16 0 *GS Chappell c Murray b Julien 13 41 29 1 0 IR Redpath c Murray b Julien 33 94 78 2 0 +RW Marsh c Julien b Boyce 23 56 51 3 0 GJ Gilmour c Julien b Gibbs 45 65 61 5 2 MHN Walker c Richards b Holding 1 15 10 0 0 DK Lillee not out 12 56 36 1 0 JR Thomson b Holding 0 1 1 0 0 AA Mallett b Holding 0 5 5 0 0 Extras (b 12, lb 5, nb 6) 23 Total (all out, 69.7 overs, 389 mins) 329 FoW: 1-0 (McCosker), 2-37 (Turner), 3-70 (GS Chappell), 4-149 (Redpath), 5-189 (Marsh), 6-277 (Gilmour), 7-285 (Walker), 8-329 (IM Chappell), 9-329 (Thomson), 10-329 (Mallett). Bowling O M R W Roberts 13 1 65 2 (1nb) Boyce 12 2 53 1 (6nb) Holding 18.7 1 88 4 Julien 12 0 51 2 (2nb) Gibbs 14 4 49 1 West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks c GS Chappell b Lillee 169 212 145 27 1 BD Julien c Mallett b Gilmour 25 60 40 5 0 LG Rowe c Marsh b Thomson 19 28 23 4 0 AI Kallicharran c IM Chappell b Walker 57 177 152 8 0 IVA Richards c Gilmour b Thomson 12 53 37 2 0 *CH Lloyd b Gilmour 149 218 186 22 1 +DL Murray c Marsh b Lillee 63 150 100 8 1 MA Holding c Marsh b Thomson 0 1 2 0 0 KD Boyce not out 49 106 75 7 0 AME Roberts b Walker 0 2 4 0 0 LR Gibbs run out 13 32 19 1 0 Extras (b 2, lb 16, nb 11) 29 Total (all out, 95.4 overs, 529 mins) 585 FoW: 1-91 (Julien), 2-134 (Rowe), 3-258 (Fredericks), 4-297 (Richards), 5-461 (Murray), 6-461 (Holding), 7-522 (Lloyd), 8-548 (Kallicharran), 9-548 (Roberts), 10-585 (Gibbs). Bowling O M R W Lillee 20 0 123 2 (1nb) Thomson 17 0 128 3 (13nb) Gilmour 14 0 103 2 (2nb) Walker 17 1 99 2 Mallett 26 4 103 0 (2nb) IM Chappell 1.4 1 0 0 Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 RB McCosker c Rowe b Roberts 13 26 16 3 0 A Turner c Murray b Roberts 0 5 1 0 0 IM Chappell c sub (CG Greenidge) b Roberts 20 55 37 2 0 *GS Chappell c Rowe b Roberts 43 161 109 0 0 IR Redpath lbw b Roberts 0 1 1 0 0 +RW Marsh c Murray b Roberts 39 150 109 3 0 GJ Gilmour c Fredericks b Roberts 3 11 4 0 0 MHN Walker c sub (CG Greenidge) b Julien 3 5 6 0 0 DK Lillee c Lloyd b Julien 4 14 9 0 0 JR Thomson b Julien 9 28 13 0 0 AA Mallett not out 18 20 18 1 0 Extras (b 13, lb 2, nb 2) 17 Total (all out, 40.7 overs, 243 mins) 169 FoW: 1-0 (Turner), 2-25 (McCosker), 3-45 (IM Chappell), 4-45 (Redpath), 5-124 (GS Chappell), 6-128 (Gilmour), 7-132 (Walker), 8-142 (Marsh), 9-146 (Lillee), 10-169 (Thomson). Bowling O M R W Roberts 14 3 54 7 Holding 10.6 1 53 0 Julien 10.1 1 32 3 (2nb) Boyce 2 0 8 0 Gibbs 3 1 3 0 Fredericks 1 0 2 0 AI Kallicharran (1) retired hurt on 46* from 271/3 to 522/7 Aus 2nd innings MA Holding bowled only six balls of the 30th over before pulling a groin muscle. The over was not completed by another player. Total Attendance: 65,974, Receipts $140,354

Western Australia v West Indians at Perth, 6-9 Dec 1975

West Indies in Australia, 1975/76
Western Australia v West Indians
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
6,7,8,9 December 1975 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by 115 runs

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: G Duperouzel and DL Hawks
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: Western Australia 291/9d, West Indians 19/1 (Fredericks 12*, Padmore 4*) Day 2: West Indians 479, Western Australia 10/0 (Edwards 5*, Laird 3*) Day 3: Western Australia 394/4 (Langer 57*, Marsh 44*) Western Australia 1st innings BM Laird c Julien b Boyce 0 WJ Edwards c Murray b Boyce 8 RI Charlesworth c Murray b Julien 12 KJ Hughes c Richards b Boyce 0 RS Langer b Padmore 96 *+RW Marsh c Murray b Holder 5 IJ Brayshaw not out 100 MF Malone b Boyce 6 RG Paulsen c Lloyd b Boyce 0 SA Jones c Greenidge b Holder 36 TM Alderman not out 10 Extras (lb 3, nb 15) 18 Total (9 wickets dec, 52.4 overs, 293 mins) 291 FoW: 1-1, 2-13, 3-13, 4-77, 5-93, 6-154, 7-163, 8-172, 9-219. Bowling O M R W Boyce 13 2 72 5 (7nb) Julien 12.4 2 81 1 (7nb) Holder 13 3 59 2 Padmore 14 1 61 1 (1nb) West Indians 1st innings RC Fredericks b Paulsen 108 CG Greenidge c Edwards b Malone 3 AL Padmore c Marsh b Jones 20 L Baichan c Brayshaw b Alderman 10 AI Kallicharran c Marsh b Alderman 8 IVA Richards c Paulsen b Edwards 175 *CH Lloyd c Edwards b Brayshaw 105 +DA Murray c Edwards b Alderman 19 BD Julien b Malone 3 KD Boyce not out 9 VA Holder b Malone 5 Extras (lb 11, w 1, nb 2) 14 Total (all out, 71.7 overs, 326 mins) 479 FoW: 1-14, 2-59, 3-94, 4-102, 5-187, 6-351, 7-453, 8-456, 9-471, 10-479. Bowling O M R W Jones 11 2 88 1 Malone 17.7 6 69 3 Alderman 10 1 66 3 (2nb,1w) Paulsen 19 1 153 1 Laird 5 0 32 0 Brayshaw 5 0 34 1 Edwards 4 0 23 1 Western Australia 2nd innings WJ Edwards c & b Padmore 61 BM Laird lbw b Fredericks 77 RI Charlesworth b Boyce 37 KJ Hughes c Murray b Holder 102 RS Langer c Baichan b Boyce 71 *+RW Marsh b Boyce 53 IJ Brayshaw not out 62 MF Malone c Padmore b Holder 9 RG Paulsen b Kallicharran 24 SA Jones c Murray b Richards 2 TM Alderman lbw b Richards 1 Extras (b 2, lb 7, w 1, nb 11) 21 Total (all out, 94.3 overs, 454 mins) 520 FoW: 1-116, 2-164, 3-206, 4-346, 5-406, 6-428, 7-440, 8-509, 9-512, 10-520. Bowling O M R W Holder 15 1 88 2 (2nb) Julien 9 0 68 0 (3nb,1w) Boyce 14 1 93 3 (4nb) Padmore 27 4 98 1 (1nb) Fredericks 16 0 97 1 Richards 11.3 1 42 2 Kallicharran 2 0 13 1 (1nb) West Indians 2nd innings (target: 333 runs) CG Greenidge c & b Alderman 29 L Baichan c Jones b Paulsen 14 RC Fredericks b Paulsen 3 AI Kallicharran c Hughes b Paulsen 34 BD Julien run out (Brayshaw) 20 IVA Richards c Hughes b Paulsen 40 *CH Lloyd c Marsh b Paulsen 33 +DA Murray c Jones b Paulsen 14 KD Boyce b Paulsen 14 VA Holder b Paulsen 9 AL Padmore not out 0 Extras (lb 2, nb 5) 7 Total (all out, 35.1 overs, 169 mins) 217 FoW: 1-45, 2-47, 3-54, 4-101, 5-106, 6-177, 7-180, 8-196, 9-212, 10-217. Bowling O M R W Jones 4 0 20 0 (3nb) Malone 7 1 44 0 Alderman 4 0 25 1 (1nb) Paulsen 13.1 0 71 8 (1nb) Edwards 7 0 50 0 12th Men: PA O'Meara (WA) and MA Holding (WI) Crowds: 5031, 5843, 1833, 2287. Total: 14,994. Receipts: $11,481

New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney Cricket Ground, 5-9 Dec 1975

Sheffield Shield, 1975/76
New South Wales v Queensland
Sydney Cricket Ground
5,6,8,9 December 1975 (4-day match)

Result: Queensland won by 172 runs
Points: Queensland 20, New South Wales 7

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: TF Brooks and JC McLean
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: Queensland 340/7 (Maclean 32*, Thomson 42*) Day 2: Queensland 381, New South Wales 260, Queensland 10/0 (Trimble 8*, Davis 1*) Day 3: Queensland 276/5d, New South Wales 115/1 (Turner 56*, Rixon 39*) Queensland 1st innings IC Davis c McCosker b Pascoe 37 SC Trimble b Pascoe 0 AD Ogilvie lbw b Pascoe 14 *GS Chappell c Hourn b Colley 124 MF Kent b Colley 11 PH Carlson st Rixon b O'Keeffe 64 +JA Maclean c sub (GR Beard) b Pascoe 34 DC Schuller c McCosker b Hourn 5 JR Thomson c Rixon b Colley 42 FM Francke b Pascoe 36 G Dymock not out 3 Extras (lb 5, nb 6) 11 Total (all out, 74.5 overs, 366 mins) 381 FoW: 1-12, 2-56, 3-66, 4-118, 5-246, 6-274, 7-279, 8-340, 9-346, 10-381. Bowling O M R W Gilmour 8 0 45 0 Pascoe 22.5 4 96 5 (2nb) Colley 21 2 121 3 (4nb) Hourn 8 0 49 1 O'Keeffe 15 1 59 1 New South Wales 1st innings *RB McCosker c Maclean b Dymock 25 LM Richardson retired hurt 87 A Turner c Trimble b Thomson 30 PM Toohey c Schuller b Thomson 76 GJ Gilmour st Maclean b Francke 0 J Dyson c Ogilvie b Francke 13 KJ O'Keeffe c Maclean b Thomson 12 DJ Colley c Maclean b Thomson 0 +SJ Rixon st Maclean b Francke 9 LS Pascoe c Francke b Thomson 1 DW Hourn not out 0 Extras (lb 4, nb 3) 7 Total (all out, 52.2 overs, 259 mins) 260 FoW: 1-53, 2-95, 3-221, 4-231, 5-242, 6-243, 7-252, 8-260, 9-260. Bowling O M R W Thomson 16.2 1 84 5 (2nb) Dymock 12 2 60 1 (1nb) Francke 15 4 61 3 Schuller 6 0 35 0 Chappell 3 0 13 0 Queensland 2nd innings SC Trimble lbw b Gilmour 19 IC Davis c Gilmour b O'Keeffe 61 AD Ogilvie not out 132 *GS Chappell c Pascoe b Gilmour 24 MF Kent c Pascoe b Hourn 26 PH Carlson c Turner b O'Keeffe 12 Extras (b 1, nb 1) 2 Total (5 wickets dec, 49.7 overs, 228 mins) 276 DNB: +JA Maclean, DC Schuller, JR Thomson, FM Francke, G Dymock. FoW: 1-28, 2-130, 3-196, 4-255, 5-276. Bowling O M R W Gilmour 15 0 76 2 Pascoe 10 1 67 0 (1nb) Colley 5 0 34 0 Hourn 5 0 35 1 O'Keeffe 14.7 1 62 2 New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 398 runs) *RB McCosker c Maclean b Thomson 18 A Turner lbw b Dymock 77 +SJ Rixon c Maclean b Francke 39 PM Toohey c Chappell b Thomson 0 GJ Gilmour c Maclean b Francke 32 J Dyson run out (Davis/Maclean) 8 KJ O'Keeffe c & b Dymock 36 DJ Colley c Thomson b Francke 4 LS Pascoe b Francke 0 DW Hourn not out 6 LM Richardson absent hurt - Extras (lb 1, nb 4) 5 Total (all out, 55 overs, 267 mins) 225 FoW: 1-42, 2-116, 3-117, 4-159, 5-171, 6-177, 7-201, 8-218, 9-225. Bowling O M R W Thomson 15 0 65 2 Dymock 18 3 79 2 (3nb) Francke 20 6 70 4 Schuller 2 1 6 0 (1nb) 12th Men: GR Beard (NSW) and JN Langley (Qld) LM Richardson retired hurt at 225/3 Crowds: 2775, 3362, 2457, 1429. Total: 10,023. Receipts: $4,026

Victoria v South Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 5-8 Dec 1975

Sheffield Shield, 1975/76
Victoria v South Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
5,6,7,8 December 1975 (4-day match)

Result: South Australia won by 7 runs
Points: South Australia 17, Victoria 7

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: KJ Carmody and JR Collins
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: South Australia 279/5d Day 2: Victoria 275/7d, South Australia 8/0 (Woodcock 1*, Drewer 7*) Day 3: South Australia 177, Victoria 17/2 (Hibbert 10*, Stillman 0*) South Australia 1st innings AJ Woodcock c Robinson b Hurst 18 RH Drewer c Stillman b Walker 51 *IM Chappell c Bright b Laughlin 9 GJ Cosier c Laughlin b Walker 71 WM Darling c & b Baker 26 DW Hookes not out 54 TJ Jenner not out 38 Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 9) 12 Total (5 wickets dec, 71 overs, 335 mins) 279 DNB: +DB Yagmich, AA Mallett, GR Attenborough, W Prior. FoW: 1-33, 2-54, 3-119, 4-181, 5-199. Bowling O M R W Hurst 12 1 42 1 (8nb) Walker 21 4 77 2 (1nb) Laughlin 10 1 56 1 Bright 13 1 43 0 Baker 14 3 49 1 Redpath 1 1 0 0 Victoria 1st innings *IR Redpath c Yagmich b Cosier 11 PA Hibbert c Attenborough b Prior 63 GN Yallop c & b Jenner 79 WL Stillman c Hookes b Mallett 12 RJ Baldry b Mallett 1 TJ Laughlin c & b Jenner 12 +RD Robinson not out 55 RJ Bright c Drewer b Attenborough 17 MHN Walker not out 16 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 1) 9 Total (7 wickets dec, 64 overs, 307 mins) 275 DNB: LJ Baker, AG Hurst. FoW: 1-38, 2-100, 3-120, 4-122, 5-141, 6-215, 7-258. Bowling O M R W Prior 13 1 48 1 Attenborough 12 2 55 1 (1w) Cosier 4 0 10 1 Mallett 18 2 64 2 (1nb) Jenner 17 0 89 2 South Australia 2nd innings AJ Woodcock b Baker 24 RH Drewer c Robinson b Walker 10 *IM Chappell c Laughlin b Walker 6 GJ Cosier c Robinson b Walker 49 WM Darling run out (Laughlin/Robinson) 48 DW Hookes c Robinson b Bright 1 TJ Jenner b Walker 0 +DB Yagmich b Bright 5 AA Mallett st Robinson b Bright 23 GR Attenborough b Bright 4 W Prior not out 0 Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 2) 7 Total (all out, 55.4 overs, 268 mins) 177 FoW: 1-21, 2-35, 3-64, 4-114, 5-115, 6-116, 7-133, 8-162, 9-170, 10-177. Bowling O M R W Hurst 12 1 65 0 (1nb) Walker 14 6 26 4 Bright 20.4 8 58 4 (1nb) Laughlin 2 0 4 0 Baker 7 1 17 1 Victoria 2nd innings (target: 182 runs) *IR Redpath c Drewer b Attenborough 0 PA Hibbert c Drewer b Attenborough 22 RJ Baldry lbw b Attenborough 6 WL Stillman b Mallett 4 GN Yallop c Drewer b Mallett 62 TJ Laughlin c Yagmich b Mallett 17 +RD Robinson b Mallett 27 MHN Walker b Prior 13 RJ Bright lbw b Prior 13 LJ Baker b Prior 0 AG Hurst not out 2 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 1) 8 Total (all out, 66.1 overs, 308 mins) 174 FoW: 1-1, 2-17, 3-27, 4-46, 5-78, 6-138, 7-147, 8-169, 9-169, 10-174. Bowling O M R W Prior 13.1 4 28 3 (1nb) Attenborough 15 5 40 3 Mallett 21 5 42 4 Jenner 17 4 56 0 (1w) 12th Men: WJ Scholes (Vic) and JR Barnes (SA) Crowds: 3835, 2852, 4179, 2836. Total: 13,702. Receipts: $9,401

1st TEST: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 28 Nov-2 Dec 1975

Test # 764 (764/36)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1975/76, 1st Test
Australia v West Indies
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
28,29,30 November, 2 December 1975 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 6-Test series 1-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks
Test Debuts: MA Holding (WI).
Man of the match: GS Chappell

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: West Indies 214, Australia 94/0 (Redpath 38*, Turner 55*) Day 2: Australia 366, West Indies 8/1 (Fredericks 4*, Holding 0*) Day 3: West Indies 318/7 (Murray 17*, Roberts 0*) West Indies 1st innings R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks c Marsh b Gilmour 46 47 30 6 1 CG Greenidge lbw b Lillee 0 3 3 0 0 LG Rowe run out 28 86 44 4 0 AI Kallicharran c Turner b Lillee 4 7 9 0 0 IVA Richards c Gilmour b Lillee 0 10 3 0 0 *CH Lloyd c Marsh b Gilmour 7 11 9 1 0 +DL Murray c Mallett b Gilmour 66 106 69 7 3 MA Holding c GS Chappell b Gilmour 34 58 54 7 0 Inshan Ali c Redpath b Thomson 12 41 37 1 0 AME Roberts c IM Chappell b Mallett 3 32 26 0 0 LR Gibbs not out 11 25 19 1 0 Extras (lb 1, nb 2) 3 Total (all out, 37.5 overs, 220 mins) 214 FoW: 1-3 (Greenidge), 2-63 (Fredericks), 3-70 (Kallicharran), 4-70 (Richards), 5-81 (Lloyd), 6-99 (Rowe), 7-171 (Holding), 8-199 (Murray), 9-199 (Ali), 10-214 (Roberts). Bowling O M R W Lillee 11 0 84 3 (1nb) Thomson 10 0 69 1 (1nb) Gilmour 12 1 42 4 Jenner 4 1 15 0 Mallett 0.5 0 1 1 Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 IR Redpath run out 39 150 131 3 0 A Turner b Roberts 81 225 181 11 0 IM Chappell lbw b Gibbs 41 124 108 6 0 *GS Chappell c Greenidge b Roberts 123 231 232 15 2 RB McCosker c Kallicharran b Ali 1 16 11 0 0 +RW Marsh c Murray b Gibbs 48 137 138 1 0 GJ Gilmour c Lloyd b Gibbs 13 28 18 3 0 TJ Jenner not out 6 25 15 1 0 DK Lillee b Roberts 1 10 7 0 0 JR Thomson lbw b Gibbs 4 5 10 1 0 AA Mallett c Fredericks b Gibbs 0 1 2 0 0 Extras (lb 5, nb 4) 9 Total (all out, 106 overs, 483 mins) 366 FoW: 1-99 (Redpath), 2-142 (Turner), 3-178 (IM Chappell), 4-195 (McCosker), 5-317 (Marsh), 6-350 (GS Chappell), 7-354 (Gilmour), 8-361 (Lillee), 9-366 (Thomson), 10-366 (Mallett). Bowling O M R W Roberts 25 2 85 3 (4nb) Holding 20 4 81 0 Gibbs 38 7 102 5 Ali 17 1 67 1 Lloyd 6 1 22 0 (1nb) West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4 6 RC Fredericks c Marsh b Gilmour 7 21 19 1 0 CG Greenidge c McCosker b Gilmour 0 9 6 0 0 MA Holding c Turner b Lillee 19 57 45 4 0 LG Rowe c IM Chappell b Jenner 107 267 235 15 0 AI Kallicharran b Mallett 101 267 207 13 0 *CH Lloyd c Redpath b Jenner 0 3 4 0 0 IVA Richards run out 12 17 18 3 0 +DL Murray c & b Mallett 55 120 90 6 0 Inshan Ali b Lillee 24 34 23 4 0 AME Roberts lbw b Lillee 3 29 28 0 0 LR Gibbs not out 4 30 32 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 15, w 5, nb 14) 38 Total (all out, 86.4 overs, 435 mins) 370 FoW: 1-6 (Greenidge), 2-12 (Fredericks), 3-50 (Holding), 4-248 (Rowe), 5-248 (Lloyd), 6-269 (Richards), 7-275 (Kallicharran), 8-346 (Roberts), 9-348 (Ali), 10-370 (Murray). Bowling O M R W Lillee 16 3 72 3 (1w) Gilmour 11 4 26 2 (11nb) Thomson 18 3 89 0 (2nb) Mallett 21.4 6 70 2 (2nb) Jenner 20 2 75 2 Australia 2nd innings (target: 219 runs) R M B 4 6 RB McCosker c Murray b Roberts 2 15 12 0 0 A Turner b Gibbs 26 95 92 2 0 IM Chappell not out 74 237 176 7 0 *GS Chappell not out 109 157 172 14 1 Extras (b 5, lb 2, nb 1) 8 Total (2 wickets, 56.2 overs) 219 DNB: IR Redpath, +RW Marsh, GJ Gilmour, TJ Jenner, DK Lillee, JR Thomson, AA Mallett. FoW: 1-7 (McCosker), 2-60 (Turner). Bowling O M R W Roberts 14 2 47 1 (2nb) Holding 10 0 46 0 Gibbs 20 8 48 1 Ali 10 0 57 0 Fredericks 2 0 12 0 Kallicharran 0.2 0 1 0 WI 2nd innings Rowe scored 14x4 and 1x5 Attendances: 17,026 17,637 18,205 11,515 (Total 64,383) Inshan Ali (2) retired hurt on 24* from 308/7 to 346/8