English cricket team in Australia in 1974–75

Mike Denness captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1974–75, playing as England in the 1974-75 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. The lost the Test series and the Ashes 4-1 thanks to the battering they received from the fast bowling of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, but won the One Day International and with Lillee and Thomson injured they came back to win the Sixth Test by an innings.

Touring Team

Test Statistics of England Team in 1970-71
Name	County	Age	Role	Tests	Runs	Highest	Average	100s	50s	Ct	St	Wickets	Best	Average	5 Wt	10 Wt
A.V. Bedser	Surrey	56	Manager	51	714	79	12.75		1	26		236	7/44	24.89	15	5
A.C. Smith	Warwickshire	39	Assistant-manager	6	118	69*	29.50		1	20
B. Thomas	Warwickshire		Physiotherapist
J.H. Edrich (vc)	Surrey	37	Left-Handed Opening Batsman	77	5138	310*	43.54	12	24	43			0/6
D. Lloyd	Lancashire	27	Left-Handed Opening Batsman	9	552	214*	42.46	1		11			0/4
D.L. Amiss	Warwickshire	31	Right-Handed Opening Batsman	50	3612	262*	46.30	11	11	24
B.W. Luckhurst	Kent	35	Right-Handed Opening Batsman	21	1298	131	36.05	4	5	14		1	1/9	32.00
M.C. Cowdrey	Kent	41	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	114	7624	182	44.06	22	38	120
M.H. Denness (c)	Kent	33	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	28	1667	188	39.69	3	7	28
K.W.R. Fletcher	Essex	30	Right-Handed Top Order Batsman	59	3272	216	39.90	7	19	54		2	1/6	96.50
A.P.E. Knott	Kent	28	Wicket Keeper	95	4389	135	32.75	5	30	250	19
R.W. Taylor	Derbyshire	29	Wicket Keeper	57	1156	97	16.28		3	167	7		0/6
R.G.D. Willis	Warwickshire	21	Right-Arm Fast Bowler	90	840	28*	11.50			39		325	8/43	25.20	16
G.G. Arnold	Surrey	30	Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler	34	421	59	12.02		1	9		115	6/45	28.29	6
M. Hendrick	Derbyshire	26	Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler	30	128	15	6.40			25		87	4/28	25.83
P. Lever	Lancashire	34	Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler	17	350	88*	21.87		2	11		41	6/38	36.80	2
C.M. Old	Yorkshire	25	Right-Arm Fast-Medium Bowler	46	845	65	14.82		2	22		143	7/50	28.11	4
A.W. Greig	Sussex	28	Right-Arm Medium Bowler Off-Spin Bowler	58	3599	148	40.43	8	20	87		141	8/86	32.20	6	2
F.J. Titmus	Middlesex	53	Off-Spin Bowler	53	1449	85*	22.29		10	35		153	7/79	32.22	7
D.L. Underwood	Kent	25	Slow Left Arm Bowler	86	937	45*	11.56			44		297	8/51	25.83	17	6

First Test – Brisbane

29 November–4 December 1974 scorecard	Australia 309	v	England 265	Australia won by 166 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS)
	I.M. Chappell (c) 90 G.S. Chappell (vc) 58 R.G.D. Willis 4/56		A.W. Greig 110 M.H.N. Walker 4/59 J.R. Thomson 3/59
	288/5 (dec)		166
	G.S. Chappell (vc) 71 K.D. Walters 62* R. Edwards 53 R.G.D. Willis 3/45		D.L. Underwood 30 J.R. Thomson 6/46

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Second Test – Perth

13–17 December 1974 scorecard	England 208	v	Australia 481	Australia won by 9 wickets Western Australia Cricket Ground, Perth, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS)
	A.P.E. Knott (wk) 51 K.D. Walters 2/13 G.S. Chappell (vc) 3 Ct I.R. Redpath 3 Ct		R. Edwards 115 K.D. Walters 103 G.S. Chappell (vc) 62 C.M. Old 3/85 A.P.E. Knott (wk) 3 Ct and 1 St
	293		23/1
	F.J. Titmus 61 J.R. Thomson 5/93 G.S. Chappell (vc) 4 Ct		I.R. Redpath 12* G.G. Arnold 1/15

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Third Test – Melbourne

26–31 December 1974 scorecard	England 242	v	Australia 241	Match drawn Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS)
	A.P.E. Knott (wk) 52 J.R. Thomson 4/72 R.W. Marsh (wk) 3 Ct		I.R. Redpath 55 R.G.D. Willis 5/61 A.P.E. Knott (wk) 3 Ct
	244		238/8
	D.L. Amiss 90 A.W. Greig 60 A.A. Mallett 4/60 J.R. Thomson 4/71 I.M. Chappell (c) 3 Ct		G.S. Chappell (vc) 61 A.W. Greig 4/56

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First One Day International - Melbourne

1 January 1975 scorecard	Australia 190	v	England 191/7	England won by 3 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS) Player of the match: I.M. Chappell (c) and D.L. Amiss
	G.S. Chappell (vc) 44 I.M. Chappell (c) 42 C.M. Old 4/57		D. Lloyd 49 D.L. Amiss 47 A.G. Hurst 2/27

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Fourth Test – Sydney

4–9 January 1975 scorecard	Australia 405	v	England 295	Australia won by 171 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS)
	G.S. Chappell (vc) 84 R.B. McCosker 80 I.M. Chappell (c) 53 G.G. Arnold 5/86 A.W. Greig 4/104		A.P.E. Knott (wk) 82 J.H. Edrich (c) 50 J.R. Thomson 4/74
	289/6 (dec)		228
	G.S. Chappell (vc) 144 I.R. Redpath 105 D.L. Underwood 2/55		A.W. Greig 54 A.A. Mallett 4/21

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Fifth Test – Adelaide

25–30 January 1975 scorecard	Australia 304	v	England 172	Australia won by 163 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS)
	R.M. Marsh (wk) 74 T.J. Jenner 74 K.D. Walters 55 D.L. Underwood 7/113		M.H. Denness (c) 51 D.K. Lillee 4/49 A.A. Mallett 3/14 M.H.M. Walker 3/58
	272/5 (dec)		241
	K.D. Walters 71* R.M. Marsh (wk) 55 I.R. Redpath 52 D.L. Underwood 4/102		A.P.E. Knott 106* K.W.R. Fletcher 63 D.K. Lillee 4/69 M.H.N. Walker 3/89

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Sixth Test – Sydney

8–13 February 1975 scorecard	Australia 152	v	England 529	England won by an innings and 4 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: R.C. Bailhache (AUS) & T.F. Brooks (AUS)
	I.M. Chappell (c) 65 P. Lever 6/38 A.P.E. Knott (wk) 3 Ct		M.H. Denness (c) 188 K.W.R. Fletcher 146 A.W. Greig 89 J.H. Edrich (vc) 70 M.H.N. Walker 8/143 R.W. Marsh (wk) 3 Ct
	373
	G.S. Chappell (vc) 102 I.R. Redpath 83 R.B. McCosker 76 I.M. Chappell (c) 50 A.W. Greig 4/88 P. Lever 3/65 G.G. Arnold 3/83 A.P.E. Knott (wk) 3 Ct

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External sources

• CricketArchive tour itinerary

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1975
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1976

Further reading

• Mark Browning, Rod Marsh: A Life in Cricket, Rosenberg Publishing, 2003
• Ian Brayshaw, The Chappell Era, ABC Enterprises, 1984
• Greg Chappell, Old Hands Showed The Way, Test Series Official Book 1986-87, The Clashes For The Ashes, Australia vs England, Playbill Sport Publication, 1986
• Ian Chappell, Austin Robertson and Paul Rigby, Chappelli Has the Last Laugh, Lansdowne Press, 1980
• Ian Chappell and Ashley Mallett, Hitting Out: The Ian Chappell Story, Orion, 2006
• Colin Cowdrey, M. C. C. The Autobiography of a Cricketer, Coronet Books, 1977
• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Colin Firth, Pageant of Cricket, The MacMillian Company of Australia,1987
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ed Jaggard, Garth: The Story of Graham McKenzie, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1993
• Ken Kelly and David Lemmon, Cricket Reflections: Five Decades of Cricket Photographs, Heinemann, 1985
• Dennis Lillee, Lillee, My Life in Cricket, Methuen Australia, 1982
• Dennis Lillee, Menace: the Autobiography, Headline Book Publishing, 2003
• Brian Luckhurst and Mike Baldwin, Boot Boy to President, KOS Media, 2004
• Ashley Mallett, Rowdy, Lynton Publications, 1973
• Ashley Mallett, Spin Out, Garry Sparke & Associates, 1977
• Ashley Mallett, One Of A Kind: The Doug Walters Story, Orion, 2009
• Rod Marsh, The Gloves of Irony, Pan, 1999
• Adrian McGregor, Greg Chappell, Collins, 1985
• Mark Peel, The Last Roman: A Biography of Colin Cowdrey, Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1999
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
• E.W. Swanton(ed), The Barclays World of Cricket, Collins, 1986
• Derek Underwood, Beating the Bat: An Autobiography, S.Paul, 1975
• Bob Willis, Lasting the Pace, Collins, 1985

Videos and DVDs

• Allan Border and David Gower, The Best Of The Ashes - 1970 - 1987, 2 Entertain Video, 1991

References

• Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of World of Cricket, W.H. Smith, 1985
• Ashley Brown, A Pictorial History of Cricket, Bison Books Ltd, 1988
• Criss Freddi, The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Guinness Publishing, 1996
• David Gower, Heros and Contemporaries, Granada Publishing Ltd, 1985
• Tom Graveney and Norman Miller, The Ten Greatest Test Teams, Sidgewick and Jackson, 1988
• John Snow, Cricket Rebel: An Autobiography, Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1976
• E.W. Swanton, Swanton in Australia with MCC 1946-1975, Fontana, 1977
• Alan Synge, Sins of Omission, The Story of the Test Selectors 1899-1990, Pelham Books, 1990
• Frank Tyson, Test of Nerves, Test series 1974-75 Australia versus England, Manark Pty Ltd, 1975
• Bob Willis and Patrick Murphy, Starting With Grace, A Pictorial Celebration of Cricket 1864-1986, Stanley Paul, 1986