The Ashes, 1911/12, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
15,16,18,19,20,21 December 1911 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 146 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RM Crockett and WG Curran
Test Debuts: RB Minnett (Aus); JWHT Douglas, FR Foster, JW Hearne,
SP Kinneir, CP Mead (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 317/5 (Trumper 95*, Minnett 22*)
Day 2: Australia 447, England 142/4 (Hobbs 63*, Hearne 9*)
Day 3: England 318, Australia 119/1 (Kelleway 47*, Hill 49*)
Day 4: Australia 308, England 65/1 (Kinneir 27*, Gunn 16*)
Day 5: England 263/8 (Douglas 32*)
Australia 1st innings
W Bardsley c Strudwick b Douglas 30
C Kelleway c & b Woolley 20
*C Hill run out 46
WW Armstrong st Strudwick b Hearne 60
VT Trumper c Hobbs b Woolley 113
VS Ransford c Hearne b Barnes 26
RB Minnett c Foster b Barnes 90
HV Hordern not out 17
A Cotter c & b Barnes 6
+H Carter b Foster 13
WJ Whitty b Foster 0
Extras (b 9, lb 15, nb 2) 26
Total (all out, 127 overs) 447
FoW: 1-44, 2-77, 3-121, 4-198, 5-278,
6-387, 7-420, 8-426, 9-447, 10-447.
Bowling O M R W
Foster 29 6 105 2
Douglas 24 5 62 1
Barnes 35 5 107 3
Hearne 10 1 44 1
Woolley 21 2 77 2
Rhodes 8 0 26 0
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs c Hill b Whitty 63
SP Kinneir b Kelleway 22
G Gunn b Cotter 4
W Rhodes c Hill b Hordern 41
CP Mead c & b Hordern 0
JW Hearne c Trumper b Kelleway 76
FR Foster b Hordern 56
FE Woolley b Hordern 39
*JWHT Douglas c Trumper b Hordern 0
SF Barnes b Kelleway 9
+H Strudwick not out 0
Extras (b 3, lb 3, w 1, nb 1) 8
Total (all out, 101.5 overs) 318
FoW: 1-45, 2-53, 3-115, 4-129, 5-142,
6-231, 7-293, 8-293, 9-310, 10-318.
Bowling O M R W
Cotter 19 0 88 1
Whitty 28 13 60 1
Kelleway 16.5 3 46 3
Hordern 27 4 85 5
Armstrong 9 3 28 0
Minnett 2 1 3 0
Australia 2nd innings
W Bardsley b Foster 12
C Kelleway b Douglas 70
*C Hill b Foster 65
WW Armstrong b Foster 28
VT Trumper c & b Douglas 14
VS Ransford c Rhodes b Barnes 34
HV Hordern b Foster 18
RB Minnett b Douglas 17
A Cotter lbw b Douglas 2
+H Carter c Gunn b Foster 15
WJ Whitty not out 9
Extras (b 16, lb 7, nb 1) 24
Total (all out, 104.3 overs) 308
FoW: 1-29, 2-150, 3-169, 4-191, 5-218,
6-246, 7-268, 8-274, 9-283, 10-308.
Bowling O M R W
Foster 31.3 5 92 5
Douglas 21 3 50 4
Barnes 30 8 72 1
Hearne 13 2 51 0
Woolley 6 1 15 0
Rhodes 3 1 4 0
England 2nd innings (target: 438 runs)
JB Hobbs c Carter b Cotter 22
SP Kinneir c Trumper b Hordern 30
G Gunn c Whitty b Hordern 62
CP Mead run out 25
W Rhodes c Trumper b Hordern 0
FR Foster c Ransford b Hordern 21
JW Hearne b Hordern 43
FE Woolley c Armstrong b Cotter 7
*JWHT Douglas b Hordern 32
SF Barnes b Hordern 14
+H Strudwick not out 12
Extras (b 14, lb 8, nb 1) 23
Total (all out, 123.2 overs) 291
FoW: 1-29, 2-69, 3-141, 4-141, 5-148,
6-167, 7-177, 8-263, 9-276, 10-291.
Bowling O M R W
Cotter 27 3 71 2
Whitty 20 8 41 0
Kelleway 19 6 27 0
Hordern 42.2 11 90 7
Armstrong 15 3 39 0 |
