Cricket Archive

f12369
t180 Australia v England

Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1928/29 (5th Test)

Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground on 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th March 1929 (timeless match)

Balls per over 6

Toss England won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australia won by 5 wickets

Umpires GA Hele, AC Jones

Close of play day 1 England (1) 240/4 (Duckworth 3*)

Close of play day 2 England (1) 485/9 (Leyland 110*, White 2*)

Close of play day 3 Australia (1) 152/2 (Woodfull 78*, Ryder 4*)

Close of play day 4 Australia (1) 367/4 (Bradman 109*, Fairfax 50*)

Close of play day 5 England (2) 18/1 (Hobbs 3*, Larwood 11*)

Close of play day 6 Australia (2) 7/0 (Oldfield 6*, Hornibrook 1*)

Close of play day 7 Australia (2) 173/4 (Kippax 12*, Ryder 8*)

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	lbw b Ryder	142	301	278	11	-
DR Jardine	c Oldfield b Wall	19	126	101	-	-
WR Hammond	c Fairfax b Wall	38	100	76	4	-
GE Tyldesley	c Hornibrook b Ryder	31	116	107	3	-
+G Duckworth	c Fairfax b Hornibrook	12	37	32	1	-
EH Hendren	c Hornibrook b Fairfax	95	188	190	10	-
M Leyland	c Fairfax b Oxenham	137	330	300	18	-
H Larwood	b Wall	4	3	6	1	-
G Geary	b Hornibrook	4	14	22	-	-
MW Tate	c sub (EL a'Beckett) b Hornibrook	15	35	46	-	-
*JC White	not out	9	48	54	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 215.1 overs)	519
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Jardine), 2-146 (Hammond), 3-235 (Hobbs), 4-240 (Tyldesley), 5-261 (Duckworth), 6-401 (Hendren), 7-409 (Larwood), 8-428 (Geary), 9-470 (Tate), 10-519 (Leyland, 215.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wall	49	8	123	3	-	-
Hornibrook	48	8	142	3	-	-
Oxenham	45.1	15	86	1	-	-
Grimmett	25	11	40	0	-	-
Fairfax	27	4	84	1	-	-
Ryder	18	5	29	2	-	-
Kippax	3	1	2	0	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Woodfull	c Geary b Larwood	102	381	325	3	-
A Jackson	run out	30	95	89	3	-
AF Kippax	c Duckworth b White	38	145	116	2	-
*J Ryder	c Tate b Hammond	30	125	112	2	-
DG Bradman	c Tate b Geary	123	247	217	8	-
AG Fairfax	lbw b Geary	65	242	232	2	-
RK Oxenham	c Duckworth b Geary	7	79	69	-	-
+WAS Oldfield	c and b Geary	6	24	22	-	-
CV Grimmett	not out	38	170	146	1	-
TW Wall	c Duckworth b Geary	9	18	21	2	-
PM Hornibrook	lbw b White	26	106	95	2	-
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 271.3 overs)	491
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Jackson), 2-143 (Kippax), 3-203 (Ryder), 4-203 (Woodfull), 5-386 (Bradman), 6-399 (Fairfax), 7-409 (Oldfield), 8-420 (Oxenham), 9-432 (Wall), 10-491 (Hornibrook, 271.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larwood	34	7	83	1	-	-
Tate	62	26	108	0	-	-
Geary	81	36	105	5	-	-
White	75.3	22	136	2	-	-
Hammond	16	3	31	1	-	-
Leyland	3	0	11	0	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	c Fairfax b Grimmett	65	126	116	6	-
DR Jardine	c Oldfield b Wall	0	1	2	-	-
H Larwood	b Wall	11	21	17	2	-
WR Hammond	c Ryder b Fairfax	16	42	44	-	-
GE Tyldesley	c Oldfield b Wall	21	62	65	1	-
EH Hendren	b Grimmett	1	7	5	-	-
M Leyland	not out	53	138	140	6	-
MW Tate	c Fairfax b Hornibrook	54	57	55	8	-
G Geary	b Wall	3	18	19	-	-
*JC White	c Oxenham b Wall	4	20	18	-	-
+G Duckworth	lbw b Oxenham	9	27	27	1	-
Extras	(19 b, 1 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Jardine), 2-19 (Larwood), 3-75 (Hammond), 4-119 (Hobbs), 5-123 (Hendren), 6-131 (Tyldesley), 7-212 (Tate), 8-217 (Geary), 9-231 (White), 10-257 (Duckworth, 86.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wall	26	5	66	5	-	-
Hornibrook	19	5	51	1	-	-
Fairfax	7	0	20	1	-	-
Grimmett	24	7	66	2	-	-
Oxenham	10.3	1	34	1	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WAS Oldfield	b Hammond	48	156	155	3	-
PM Hornibrook	b Hammond	18	116	97	1	-
WM Woodfull	b Hammond	35	154	128	2	-
A Jackson	b Geary	46	75	85	4	-
AF Kippax	run out	28	70	82	-	-
*J Ryder	not out	57	172	139	4	-
DG Bradman	not out	37	89	72	3	-
AG Fairfax	did not bat
RK Oxenham	did not bat
CV Grimmett	did not bat
TW Wall	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, 134.1 overs)	287
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Hornibrook), 2-80 (Oldfield), 3-129 (Woodfull), 4-158 (Jackson), 5-204 (Kippax)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Larwood	32.1	5	81	0	-	-
Tate	38	13	76	0	-	-
White	18	8	28	0	-	-
Geary	20	5	31	1	-	-
Hammond	26	8	53	3	-	-

Notes
--> WM Woodfull (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 39
--> DG Bradman (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 112
--> DG Bradman (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 54
--> AG Fairfax made his debut in Test Matches
--> CV Grimmett (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 35
--> TW Wall made his debut in Test Matches
--> PM Hornibrook made his debut in Test Matches
--> JB Hobbs (2) passed 5000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 18
--> WR Hammond (2) passed 13500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 14
--> EH Hendren (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 1
--> MW Tate (2) equalled his previous highest Test Matches score of 54

f12369 t180	Australia v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia 1928/29 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th March 1929 (timeless match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 5 wickets
Umpires	GA Hele, AC Jones
Close of play day 1	England (1) 240/4 (Duckworth 3*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 485/9 (Leyland 110, White 2)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 152/2 (Woodfull 78, Ryder 4)
Close of play day 4	Australia (1) 367/4 (Bradman 109, Fairfax 50)
Close of play day 5	England (2) 18/1 (Hobbs 3, Larwood 11)
Close of play day 6	Australia (2) 7/0 (Oldfield 6, Hornibrook 1)
Close of play day 7	Australia (2) 173/4 (Kippax 12, Ryder 8)