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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 30th December 1911, 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1912 (timeless match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | England won by 8 wickets | 
| Umpires | RM Crockett, DA Elder | 
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 38/1 (Rhodes 16*, Hearne 12*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 265 all out | 
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 269/8 (Cotter 18*, Carter 12*) | 
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Kelleway | lbw b Barnes | 2 | 16 | 19 | - | - | |
| W Bardsley | b Barnes | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| *C Hill | b Barnes | 4 | 18 | 20 | - | - | |
| WW Armstrong | c Smith b Barnes | 4 | 16 | 13 | - | - | |
| VT Trumper | b Foster | 13 | 48 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| VS Ransford | c Smith b Hitch | 43 | 65 | 94 | 2 | - | |
| RB Minnett | c Hobbs b Barnes | 2 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| HV Hordern | not out | 49 | 126 | 141 | 6 | - | |
| A Cotter | run out | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | - | |
| +H Carter | c Smith b Douglas | 29 | 36 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| WJ Whitty | b Woolley | 14 | 31 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.1 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bardsley), 2-5 (Kelleway), 3-8 (Hill), 4-11 (Armstrong), 5-33 (Trumper), 6-38 (Minnett), 7-80 (Ransford), 8-97 (Cotter), 9-140 (Carter), 10-184 (Whitty, 62.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Foster | 16 | 2 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 23 | 9 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hitch | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Douglas | 15 | 4 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woolley | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Rhodes | c Trumper b Cotter | 61 | 144 | 134 | 6 | - | |
| JB Hobbs | c Carter b Cotter | 6 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |
| JW Hearne | c Carter b Cotter | 114 | 243 | 225 | 11 | - | |
| G Gunn | lbw b Armstrong | 10 | 32 | 35 | - | - | |
| CP Mead | c Armstrong b Whitty | 11 | 50 | 49 | - | - | |
| FR Foster | c Hill b Cotter | 9 | 20 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| *JWHT Douglas | b Hordern | 9 | 40 | 56 | - | - | |
| FE Woolley | c Ransford b Hordern | 23 | 38 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| +EJ Smith | b Hordern | 5 | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| SF Barnes | lbw b Hordern | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| JW Hitch | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 4 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 98.1 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Hobbs), 2-137 (Rhodes), 3-174 (Gunn), 4-213 (Mead), 5-224 (Hearne), 6-227 (Foster), 7-258 (Woolley), 8-260 (Douglas), 9-262 (Barnes), 10-265 (Smith, 98.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cotter | 21 | 2 | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Whitty | 19 | 2 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hordern | 23.1 | 1 | 66 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kelleway | 15 | 7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Minnett | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Kelleway | c Gunn b Foster | 13 | 37 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| W Bardsley | run out | 16 | 34 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| *C Hill | c Gunn b Barnes | 0 | 16 | 17 | - | - | |
| WW Armstrong | b Foster | 90 | 160 | 148 | 14 | - | |
| VT Trumper | b Barnes | 2 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| VS Ransford | c Smith b Foster | 32 | 94 | 102 | 3 | - | |
| HV Hordern | c Mead b Foster | 31 | 65 | 85 | 4 | - | |
| RB Minnett | b Foster | 34 | 67 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| A Cotter | c Hobbs b Foster | 41 | 40 | 42 | 5 | 1 | |
| +H Carter | b Barnes | 16 | 36 | 41 | 1 | - | |
| WJ Whitty | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (14 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.1 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Kelleway), 2-34 (Bardsley), 3-34 (Hill), 4-38 (Trumper), 5-135 (Ransford), 6-168 (Armstrong), 7-232 (Minnett), 8-235 (Hordern), 9-298 (Cotter), 10-299 (Carter, 91.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Foster | 38 | 9 | 91 | 6 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 32.1 | 7 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Douglas | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woolley | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hitch | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rhodes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Rhodes | c Carter b Cotter | 28 | 50 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| JB Hobbs | not out | 126 | 206 | 207 | 8 | - | |
| G Gunn | c Carter b Whitty | 43 | 109 | 114 | 2 | - | |
| JW Hearne | not out | 12 | 39 | 33 | - | - | |
| CP Mead | did not bat | ||||||
| FR Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| *JWHT Douglas | did not bat | ||||||
| FE Woolley | did not bat | ||||||
| +EJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| SF Barnes | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Hitch | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 67.1 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57 (Rhodes), 2-169 (Gunn) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cotter | 14 | 5 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Whitty | 18 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hordern | 17 | 0 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kelleway | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Minnett | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ransford | 1.1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EJ Smith made his debut in Test matches
--> JW Hitch made his debut in Test matches
--> W Rhodes (1) 50 in 107 balls, 101 minutes
--> W Rhodes (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> W Rhodes (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> JW Hearne (1) 50 in 116 balls, 113 minutes with 4 fours
--> JW Hearne (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in Test matches
--> JW Hearne (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> JW Hearne (1) 100 in 210 balls, 191 minutes with 9 fours
--> EJ Smith (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> WW Armstrong (2) 50 in 98 balls, 93 minutes with 8 fours
--> WW Armstrong (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> H Carter (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> JB Hobbs (2) 50 in 97 balls, 97 minutes with 3 fours
--> JB Hobbs (2) 100 in 184 balls, 184 minutes with 6 fours
--> JW Hitch made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> EJ Smith made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> FR Foster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed A Cotter in the Australia second innings (previous best was 5-92)
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