The Ashes, 1907/08, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
21,22,24,25,26,27 February 1908 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 49 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-1
Toss: England
Umpires: W Hannah and AC Jones
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 137, England 116/1 (Hobbs 65*, Gunn 50*)
Day 2: England 187/3 (Gunn 77*, Hardstaff 17*)
Day 3: England 281, Australia 18/0 (Noble 11*, O'Connor 4*)
Day 4: Australia 357/6 (Armstrong 19*, Ransford 4*)
Day 5: Australia 422, England 117/6 (Rhodes 32*, Young 9*)
Australia 1st innings
*MA Noble b Barnes 35
CG Macartney c Crawford b Barnes 1
JDA O'Connor c Young b Crawford 9
SE Gregory c & b Barnes 44
C Hill c Hutchings b Barnes 12
WW Armstrong c & b Crawford 3
VT Trumper c Braund b Barnes 10
VS Ransford c Gunn b Barnes 11
RJ Hartigan c & b Crawford 1
+H Carter not out 1
JV Saunders c Young b Barnes 0
Extras (b 9, lb 1) 10
Total (all out, 50.4 overs) 137
FoW: 1-10, 2-46, 3-46, 4-64, 5-73,
6-94, 7-124, 8-129, 9-137, 10-137.
Bowling O M R W
Barnes 22.4 6 60 7
Rhodes 10 5 15 0
Crawford 18 4 52 3
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs b Saunders 72
FL Fane b Noble 0
G Gunn not out 122
KL Hutchings run out 13
J Hardstaff snr c O'Connor b Saunders 17
JN Crawford c Hill b Saunders 6
LC Braund st Carter b Macartney 31
W Rhodes c Noble b Armstrong 10
+RA Young st Carter b Macartney 0
*AO Jones b Macartney 0
SF Barnes run out 1
Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9
Total (all out, 96.1 overs) 281
FoW: 1-1, 2-135, 3-168, 4-189, 5-197,
6-245, 7-264, 8-271, 9-271, 10-281.
Bowling O M R W
Noble 28 9 62 1
Saunders 35 5 114 3
O'Connor 6 0 23 0
Macartney 15.1 3 44 3
Armstrong 12 2 29 1
Australia 2nd innings
*MA Noble lbw b Rhodes 34
JDA O'Connor b Barnes 6
VT Trumper c Gunn b Rhodes 166
SE Gregory b Crawford 56
CG Macartney c Jones b Crawford 12
C Hill c Young b Crawford 44
WW Armstrong c Gunn b Crawford 32
VS Ransford not out 21
RJ Hartigan b Crawford 5
+H Carter c Hobbs b Rhodes 22
JV Saunders c Young b Rhodes 0
Extras (b 21, lb 3) 24
Total (all out, 127.4 overs) 422
FoW: 1-25, 2-52, 3-166, 4-192, 5-300,
6-342, 7-373, 8-387, 9-422, 10-422.
Bowling O M R W
Barnes 27 6 78 1
Rhodes 37.4 7 102 4
Crawford 36 10 141 5
Braund 20 3 64 0
Hobbs 7 3 13 0
England 2nd innings (target: 279 runs)
JB Hobbs c Gregory b Saunders 13
FL Fane b Noble 46
G Gunn b Macartney 0
KL Hutchings b Macartney 2
J Hardstaff snr b Saunders 8
LC Braund c Noble b Saunders 0
W Rhodes b Noble 69
+RA Young c O'Connor b Saunders 11
*AO Jones b Armstrong 34
JN Crawford not out 24
SF Barnes b Saunders 11
Extras (b 5, lb 6) 11
Total (all out, 105.1 overs) 229
FoW: 1-21, 2-26, 3-30, 4-51, 5-57,
6-87, 7-123, 8-176, 9-198, 10-229.
Bowling O M R W
Noble 24 6 56 2
Saunders 35.1 5 82 5
O'Connor 13 3 29 0
Macartney 15 4 24 2
Armstrong 18 7 27 1 |
