and, after being established in the 1890s, the WACA Ground in Perth would finally host its first Test match. Illingworth's team would also become the first to play on Sundays (which had traditionally been designated as rest days) in most Australian state capitals. As a consequence, rest days were removed from the four-day first-class tour matches and the Test match rest days shifted to Monday. Just as it had hosted the first Test match back in 1877, the Melbourne Cricket Ground would also host what eventually became recognized as the first One-Day International (ODI), which had been hastily arranged after the Third Test was abandoned due to rain and wet conditions preventing play from starting after the first two scheduled days. It was also during this series that a number of Australian players made their Test debuts, most notably Rod Marsh, Greg Chappell and Dennis Lillee. All three would retire from Test cricket 14 years later holding a number of Australian - and world - Test cricket records. Ashes Test matches First Test This was the ninth Test match between Australia and England hosted at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. England had not won at the venue since 1936, and the previous two meetings had resulted in draws; prior to those, Australia had won the last four encounters. Bill Lawry won the toss and batted first and indeed, after a few signs of life in the pitch early, it settled down and became, in the words of Sydney Morning Herald's cricket correspondent Phil Wilkins, "a batsman's treasure trove". Indeed, the only batsman on day one who failed to take advantage of the conditions was Lawry, whose 24-minute stay for four runs ended when he was caught behind gloving an attempted hook shot off John Snow. It would turn out to be one of few moments of joy that day for the tourists. Ian Chappell was next in and combined with Keith Stackpole to add 151 to Australia's total, but not before Stackpole was the beneficiary of some luck. First, he survived what photographic evidence displayed the following day in The Times suggested should have been a run-out, but umpire Lou Rowan ruled that Stackpole had successfully made his ground. Australia's score at the time was 1 for 32. Then he was dropped twice; by John Edrich on 42 and Geoffrey Boycott on 51. Second Test Prior to the momentous occasion of