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Tour of England 1975 Captain: Ian Chappell
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37th
Australian Test tour
26th
Test-playing tour of England by Australia
(May
- September 1975)
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The
first Prudential one-day World Cup was held in England in 1975. Australia were beaten in the final.
The
Australian Board agreed to play three Test matches, later increased to
four, in the second half of the summer. Then England would be put to the
test by Lillee and Thomson who had destroyed the
English batting in the previous winter. The first match at Edgbaston was won by an innings as England seemed to be
continuing their misfortunes of the last Ashes series under Mike Denness, in his last appearance as England captain.
This was enough to retain the Ashes but England fought doggedly under the
new captain Tony Greig to restrict the Australian
margin of victory to a single Test.
The
third Test at Headingley was abandoned
after protesters had poured oil onto the pitch before what would have
been an interesting final day's play.
In a summer of unusually dry and hot weather, Lillee
took 21 wickets and Thomson 16 in the four Test matches.
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Other
Australian Tours
Previous
Test tour
New Zealand
1973-74
Next
tour
South
Africa 1975-76cancelled
New Zealand
1976-77
Next
tour of England
1977
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Members
of the Test tour party (16)
Opening
batsmen:
Bruce Laird, Rick McCosker, Alan Turner
Middle-order
batsmen: Greg Chappell, Ian
Chappell, Ross Edwards, Doug Walters
Wicket-keepers: Rodney Marsh, Richie Robinson
Spin
bowlers: Ashley Mallett,
Jim Higgs,
Fast
bowlers: Gary Gilmour, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Alan Hurst, Max Walker.
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G S Chappell
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S
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26
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RHB
RM
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ODI
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I M Chappell
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S
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31
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RHB LB captain
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ODI
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R Edwards
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W
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32
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RHB
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ODI
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G J Gilmour
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N
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24
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LHB LFM
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ODI
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J D Higgs
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V
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25
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LBG
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A G Hurst
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V
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24
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RFM
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ODI
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B M Laird
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W
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24
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LHB opener
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ODI
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D K Lillee
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W
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25
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RF
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ODI
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R B McCosker
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N
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28
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RHB opener
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ODI
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A A
Mallett
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29
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OB
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ODI
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R W Marsh
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W
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24
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WK LHB
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ODI
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R D Robinson
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29
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RHB second WK
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J R Thomson
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Q
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24
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RF
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ODI
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A Turner
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N
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24
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LHB opener
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ODI
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M H N Walker
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V
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26
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RFM
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ODI
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K D Walters
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N
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29
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RHB RM
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ODI
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State representation
Sheffield Shield teams
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New South Wales (4)
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Queensland (1)
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South Australia (3)
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Tasmania (0)
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Victoria (4)
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Western Australia (4)
Average age of team at time of first Test match
(10 July 1975) :
27 yrs 3 months
ODI Member of the squad for Prudential
Trophy
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Test
Appearances made before the tour
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I M Chappell 62, Walters 53, Marsh 31,
G S Chappell 30, Mallett 25, Lillee 17,
Walker 17, Edwards 16, Thomson 6, Gilmour 3, McCosker
3, Hurst 1, Higgs 0,
Laird 0, Robinson 0, Turner 0.
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Tour
Officials
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Fred Bennett
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Manager
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David Sherwood
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Scorer
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Dave MacErlane
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Physiotherapist
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Tony Smith
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Transport/Baggage
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Selectors
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Neil Harvey (New South Wales), Sam Loxton (Victoria),
Phil Ridings (South Australia).
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Selection
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Unavailable:
Ian Redpath (for family reasons - to be
present at the birth of his baby - and to devote time to his antique
business).
Tour
Party Announced : 10 March 1975.
Not
selected :
Geoff Dymock, Terry Jenner, Kerry O'Keefe, Wally Edwards.
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Time between selection and departure from Australia
(10
March - 19 May)
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Travel
Sydney Q
Vancouver
Toronto Q
London
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The team flew from Sydney on 19 May to Vancouver.
They played five one-day matches across
Canada (one of which they lost) and then flew into Heathrow Airport, London, on 29 May 1975.
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Time
spent in England
99 days
(29
May - 5 September)
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On-tour
selection
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Ian
Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell (vice-captain), Rodney Marsh (third selector and deputy captain)..
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Reinforcements
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None
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Fixtures/Results
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a
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†Brockton Point
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British Columbia
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Won 153 r
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b
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†Victoria
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Canada West
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Drawn
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†Toronto
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Eastern Canada
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Lost 5 w
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†Toronto
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Ontario
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Won 159 r
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†Toronto
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Toronto
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Drawn
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†Lord's
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Middlesex (one
-day practice match)
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Won 24 r
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§ Headingley
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Pakistan (1st
World Cup ODI)
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Won 73 r
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§ Kennington
Oval
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Sri Lanka (2nd
World Cup ODI)
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Won 52 r
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§ Kennington
Oval
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West Indies (3rd
World Cup ODI)
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Lost 7 w
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§ Headingley
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England (World
Cup semi-final ODI)
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Won 4 w
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§ Lord's
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West Indies (World
Cup ODI final)
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Lost 17 r
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Canterbury
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Kent
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Lost 4 w
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Southampton
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Hampshire
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Won 4 w
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Lord's
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M C C
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Won 7 w
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Swansea
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Glamorgan
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Won 7 w
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BIRMINGHAM
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ENGLAND First Test
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WON inns 85 r
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Hove
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Sussex
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Drawn
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Chesterfield
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Derbyshire
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Won inns 38 r
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Manchester
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Lancashire
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Drawn
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Leicester
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Leicestershire
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Lost 31 r
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LORD'S
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ENGLAND Second Test
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DRAWN
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Taunton
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Somerset
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Won 9 w
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Northampton
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Northamptonshire
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Won 5 w
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HEADINGLEY
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ENGLAND Third Test
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DRAWN
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Chelmsford
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Essex
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Won 98 r
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KENNINGTON OVAL
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ENGLAND Fourth Test
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DRAWN
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not first-class
§ one-day international
Time spent in England before First
Test:
42 days
(29 May - 10 July)
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Test
appearances on tour
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4 -
G S Chappell, I M
Chappell, Edwards, Lillee, McCosker, Mallett, Marsh,
Thomson, Walker, Walters.
3 -
Turner.
2 -
1 - Gilmour.
0 -
Higgs,
Hurst, Laird, Robinson.
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Highlights
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• Rick McCosker was
denied a century at Headingley, being 95 not out
before the final day's play was cancelled.
• McCosker scored
his century (127) in the final Test at the Oval and skipper Ian Chappell
also made a hundred (192).
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Tour
Summary
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W
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Aban
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Test
Matches
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4
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1
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0
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3
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Other
first-class matches
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11
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7
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2
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Minor matches
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6
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3
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One-day internationals
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5
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3
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All
Matches
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26
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14
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5
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7
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Return
to Australia
London Q
Sydney
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For
the first time in nearly a century a Test match was still in progress in
England during the month of September.
After
a day's rest, the Australian team flew out of London’s Heathrow Airport on
5 September 1975.
They
landed at Perth and Sydney on Saturday 6 September
(and the players flew on to Melbourne, Brisbane, etc).
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Time
away from Australia
110 days
(19
May to 6 September)
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Finances
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Written
accounts of the tour
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Postscript
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By
1975 the income of the Australian players from tours had slipped to merely 13
% better than average national male earnings, sowing the seeds of the
Packer affair two years later.
The
chairman of the Australian Cricket Board, Mr Tim Caldwell, announced in
Sydney on Tuesday 18 Feb 1975 that the planned Australian cricket tour of
South Africa, scheduled for the 1975-76 season, was cancelled. After
discussion with the cricket boards ofIndia, Pakistan and New Zealand about a tour to take
its place, a visit by West Indies was negotiated.
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