Ashes Tour 1974/75

The 1974/75 Ashes Tour was the tour of England's national cricket team that included the 48th Ashes edition and was conducted between November 29, 1974 and February 13, 1975. The Ashes Series 1974/75 itself was played in the form of six test matches between Australia and England. The venues were always Australian stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in the winter of 1974/75 . The test series was won by Australia with 4–1, the ODI series with one game carried out was also won by England with 1–0.

prehistory

It was the two teams' first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1972 season .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth (WACA) Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	5th test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd & 6th test & 1st ODI
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	4th test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
Australia	England	Australia	England
Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Geoff Dymock Ross Edwards Wally Edwards Terry Jenner Dennis Lillee Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Rick McCosker Ian Redpath Jeff Thomson Max Walker Doug Walters	Dennis Amiss Geoff Arnold Chris Cowdrey Mike Denness John Edrich Keith Fletcher Ian Greig Mike Hendrick Alan Knott John Lever David Lloyd Brian Luckhurst Chris Old Fred Titmus Derek Underwood Bob Willis	Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Ross Edwards Wally Edwards Alan Hurst Terry Jenner Geoff Marsh Ian Redpath Jeff Thomson Max Walker Doug Walters	Dennis Amiss Geoff Arnold Mike Denness Keith Fletcher Ian Greig Alan Knott John Lever David Lloyd Brian Luckhurst Chris Old Derek Underwood

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 29th - December 4th scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 309 (92.5) & 288-5d (85)	-	England 265 (80.5) & 166 (56.5)
		Australia wins with 166 runs

Second test in Perth

December 13th - 17th Scorecard	Perth	England 208 (65.3) & 293 (91.1)	-	Australia 481 (108.3) & 23-1 (3.7)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Melbourne

December 26th - 31st scorecard	Melbourne	England 242 (88.4) & 244 (69)	-	Australia 241 (92.5) & 238-8 (80)
		draw

Fourth test in Sydney

January 4-9 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 405 (89.7) & 289-4d (64.3)	-	England 295 (73.1) & 228 (79.5)
		Australia wins with 171 runs

Fifth test in Adelaide

January 25-30 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 304 (68.2) & 272-5d (66)	-	England 172 (46.5) & 241 (75)
		Australia wins with 163 runs

Sixth test in Melbourne

February 8-13 Scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 152 (36.7) & 373 (106.7)	-	England 529 (151.2)
		England wins with one innings and 4 runs

One-Day International in Melbourne

January 1st scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 190 (34.5 / 40)	-	England 191-7 (37.1 / 40)
		England wins with 3 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo