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f10874
t159 Australia v England

Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1924/25 (2nd Test)

Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th January 1925 (timeless match)

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australia won by 81 runs

Umpires RM Crockett, C Garing

Close of play day 1 Australia (1) 300/4 (Ponsford 128*, VY Richardson 39*)

Close of play day 2 Australia (1) 600 all out

Close of play day 3 England (1) 283/0 (Hobbs 154*, Sutcliffe 123*)

Close of play day 4 Australia (2) 63/3 (Collins 17*, Taylor 25*)

Close of play day 5 England (2) 54/1 (Sutcliffe 12*, Strudwick 15*)

Close of play day 6 England (2) 259/6 (Sutcliffe 114*, Douglas 0*)

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HL Collins	c Strudwick b Tate	9	63	40	1	-
W Bardsley	c Strudwick b Gilligan	19	52	76	-	-
AJ Richardson	run out	14	33	31	-	-
WH Ponsford	b Tate	128	233	222	6	-
JM Taylor	run out	72	142	130	3	-
VY Richardson	run out	138	217	198	13	-
C Kelleway	c Strudwick b Gilligan	32	138	132	2	-
AEV Hartkopf	c Chapman b Gilligan	80	158	162	8	-
JM Gregory	c Gilligan b Tate	44	56	40	5	-
+WAS Oldfield	not out	39	100	106	2	-
AA Mailey	lbw b Douglas	1	6	4	-	-
Extras	(18 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 149.5 overs)	600
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Collins), 2-47 (AJ Richardson), 3-47 (Bardsley), 4-208 (Taylor), 5-301 (Ponsford), 6-424 (VY Richardson), 7-439 (Kelleway), 8-499 (Gregory), 9-599 (Hartkopf), 10-600 (Mailey, 149.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	45	10	142	3	-	-
Douglas	19.5	0	95	1	-	-
Tyldesley	35	3	130	0	-	-
Gilligan	26	1	114	3	-	-
Hearne	13	1	69	0	-	-
Woolley	11	3	26	0	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	b Mailey	154	340	288	11	-
H Sutcliffe	b Kelleway	176	481	431	17	-
FE Woolley	b Gregory	0	8	5	-	-
JW Hearne	b Mailey	9	57	42	-	-
EH Hendren	c Oldfield b Kelleway	32	66	57	1	-
APF Chapman	c Oldfield b Gregory	28	35	41	2	1
JWHT Douglas	c Collins b AJ Richardson	8	40	45	-	-
RK Tyldesley	c Collins b Gregory	5	11	7	1	-
MW Tate	b AJ Richardson	34	35	39	4	-
*AER Gilligan	not out	17	23	21	3	-
+H Strudwick	b Hartkopf	4	14	12	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 138 overs)	479
Fall of wickets: 1-283 (Hobbs), 2-284 (Woolley), 3-305 (Hearne), 4-373 (Hendren), 5-404 (Sutcliffe), 6-412 (Chapman), 7-418 (Tyldesley), 8-453 (Douglas), 9-458 (Tate), 10-479 (Strudwick, 138 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	34	4	124	3	-	-
Kelleway	30	10	62	2	-	-
Mailey	34	5	141	2	-	-
Hartkopf	26	1	120	1	-	-
AJ Richardson	14	6	20	2	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HL Collins	b Hearne	30	117	114	1	-
W Bardsley	lbw b Tate	2	3	2	-	-
AJ Richardson	b Tate	9	13	9	1	-
WH Ponsford	b Tate	4	9	13	-	-
JM Taylor	b Tate	90	180	149	7	-
VY Richardson	c Strudwick b Hearne	8	31	19	-	-
C Kelleway	c and b Hearne	17	87	58	2	-
AEV Hartkopf	lbw b Tate	0	6	8	-	-
JM Gregory	not out	36	101	86	4	-
+WAS Oldfield	lbw b Hearne	39	76	70	3	-
AA Mailey	b Tate	3	15	9	-	-
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	250
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Bardsley), 2-13 (AJ Richardson), 3-27 (Ponsford), 4-106 (Collins), 5-126 (VY Richardson), 6-166 (Taylor), 7-168 (Kelleway), 8-168 (Hartkopf), 9-239 (Oldfield), 10-250 (Mailey, 79.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	33.3	8	99	6	-	-
Gilligan	11	2	40	0	-	-
Tyldesley	2	0	6	0	-	-
Hearne	29	5	84	4	-	-
Douglas	4	0	9	0	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	lbw b Mailey	22	59	45	2	-
H Sutcliffe	c Gregory b Mailey	127	390	379	12	-
+H Strudwick	lbw b Gregory	22	63	42	1	-
JW Hearne	lbw b Gregory	23	70	60	2	-
FE Woolley	lbw b AJ Richardson	50	152	128	6	-
EH Hendren	b Gregory	18	55	54	3	-
RK Tyldesley	c Ponsford b Mailey	0	10	4	-	-
JWHT Douglas	b Mailey	14	41	46	-	-
APF Chapman	not out	4	11	16	-	-
*AER Gilligan	c and b Mailey	0	1	1	-	-
MW Tate	b Gregory	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	290
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Hobbs), 2-75 (Strudwick), 3-121 (Hearne), 4-211 (Woolley), 5-254 (Hendren), 6-255 (Tyldesley), 7-280 (Sutcliffe), 8-289 (Douglas), 9-289 (Gilligan), 10-290 (Tate, 106.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gregory	27.3	6	87	4	-	-
Kelleway	18	4	42	0	-	-
AJ Richardson	22	7	35	1	-	-
Mailey	24	2	92	5	-	-
Hartkopf	4	1	14	0	-	-
Collins	11	3	10	0	-	-

Notes
--> WH Ponsford (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 110
--> VY Richardson (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 42
--> VY Richardson (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 135
--> AEV Hartkopf made his debut in Test Matches
--> JB Hobbs (1) passed 3500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 3
--> JB Hobbs (1) passed 39500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 129
--> H Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 122
--> H Sutcliffe (1) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 23
--> WAS Oldfield (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 20
--> H Sutcliffe (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 61

f10874 t159	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1924/25 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th January 1925 (timeless match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 81 runs
Umpires	RM Crockett, C Garing
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 300/4 (Ponsford 128, VY Richardson 39)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 600 all out
Close of play day 3	England (1) 283/0 (Hobbs 154, Sutcliffe 123)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 63/3 (Collins 17, Taylor 25)
Close of play day 5	England (2) 54/1 (Sutcliffe 12, Strudwick 15)
Close of play day 6	England (2) 259/6 (Sutcliffe 114, Douglas 0)