The Ashes, 1920/21, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
17,18,20,21,22 December 1920 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 377 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RM Crockett and AC Jones
Test Debuts: HL Collins, JM Gregory, AA Mailey, WAS Oldfield,
CE Pellew, J Ryder, JM Taylor (Aus); EH Hendren, CH Parkin,
CAG Russell, A Waddington
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 250/8 (Ryder 5*, Oldfield 0*)
Day 2: Australia 267, England 190, Australia 46/0 (Collins 17*,
Bardsley 23*)
Day 3: Australia 332/5 (Kelleway 23*)
Day 4: Australia 581, England 47/1 (Hobbs 18*, Hearne 23*)
Australia 1st innings
CG Macartney b Waddington 19
HL Collins run out 70
W Bardsley c Strudwick b Hearne 22
C Kelleway run out 33
*WW Armstrong st Strudwick b Woolley 12
JM Gregory c Strudwick b Woolley 8
JM Taylor lbw b Hearne 34
CE Pellew c Hendren b Hearne 36
J Ryder run out 5
+WAS Oldfield c Hobbs b Parkin 7
AA Mailey not out 10
Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11
Total (all out, 114.5 overs) 267
FoW: 1-40, 2-80, 3-140, 4-162, 5-173,
6-176, 7-244, 8-249, 9-250, 10-267.
Bowling O M R W
Hitch 10 0 37 0
Waddington 18 3 35 1
Parkin 26.5 5 58 1
Hearne 34 8 77 3
Woolley 23 7 35 2
Douglas 3 0 14 0
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs b Gregory 49
CAG Russell b Kelleway 0
JW Hearne c Gregory b Mailey 14
EH Hendren c Gregory b Ryder 28
FE Woolley c Mailey b Ryder 52
*JWHT Douglas st Oldfield b Mailey 21
W Rhodes c Gregory b Mailey 3
JW Hitch c Kelleway b Gregory 3
A Waddington run out 7
CH Parkin not out 4
+H Strudwick lbw b Gregory 2
Extras (b 3, lb 4) 7
Total (all out, 59.1 overs) 190
FoW: 1-0, 2-50, 3-70, 4-144, 5-145,
6-158, 7-165, 8-180, 9-188, 10-190.
Bowling O M R W
Kelleway 6 2 10 1
Gregory 23.1 3 56 3
Mailey 23 4 95 3
Ryder 6 1 20 2
Armstrong 1 0 2 0
Australia 2nd innings
W Bardsley b Hearne 57
HL Collins c Waddington b Douglas 104
CG Macartney b Douglas 69
JM Taylor c Woolley b Parkin 51
CE Pellew lbw b Woolley 16
C Kelleway c Russell b Woolley 78
*WW Armstrong b Parkin 158
J Ryder run out 6
JM Gregory run out 0
+WAS Oldfield c Strudwick b Parkin 16
AA Mailey not out 0
Extras (b 17, lb 7, nb 2) 26
Total (all out, 192.3 overs) 581
FoW: 1-123, 2-234, 3-241, 4-282, 5-332,
6-519, 7-536, 8-540, 9-578, 10-581.
Bowling O M R W
Hitch 8 0 40 0
Waddington 23 4 53 0
Parkin 35.3 5 102 3
Hearne 42 7 124 1
Douglas 26 3 79 2
Woolley 36 11 90 2
Rhodes 22 2 67 0
England 2nd innings (target: 659 runs)
JB Hobbs lbw b Armstrong 59
CAG Russell c Oldfield b Gregory 5
JW Hearne b Gregory 57
EH Hendren b Kelleway 56
FE Woolley st Oldfield b Mailey 16
*JWHT Douglas c Armstrong b Mailey 7
W Rhodes c Ryder b Mailey 45
JW Hitch c Taylor b Gregory 19
A Waddington b Kelleway 3
CH Parkin b Kelleway 4
+H Strudwick not out 1
Extras (b 6, lb 3) 9
Total (all out, 102.5 overs) 281
FoW: 1-5, 2-105, 3-149, 4-170, 5-178,
6-231, 7-264, 8-271, 9-279, 10-281.
Bowling O M R W
Kelleway 15.5 3 45 3
Gregory 33 6 70 3
Mailey 24 2 105 3
Ryder 17 6 24 0
Armstrong 10 0 21 1
Macartney 3 0 7 0 |