The Ashes, 1924/25, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,3,5,6,7,8 January 1925 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 81 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RM Crockett and C Garing
Test Debuts: AEV Hartkopf (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 300/4 (Ponsford 128*, VY Richardson 39*)
Day 2: Australia 600
Day 3: England 283/0 (Hobbs 154*, Sutcliffe 123*)
Day 4: England 479, Australia 63/3 (Collins 17*, Taylor 25*)
Day 5: Australia 250, England 54/1 (Sutcliffe 12*, Strudwick 15*)
Day 6: England 259/6 (Sutcliffe 114*, Douglas 0*)
Australia 1st innings
*HL Collins c Strudwick b Tate 9
W Bardsley c Strudwick b Gilligan 19
AJ Richardson run out 14
WH Ponsford b Tate 128
JM Taylor run out 72
VY Richardson run out 138
C Kelleway c Strudwick b Gilligan 32
AEV Hartkopf c Chapman b Gilligan 80
JM Gregory c Gilligan b Tate 44
+WAS Oldfield not out 39
AA Mailey lbw b Douglas 1
Extras (b 18, lb 5, nb 1) 24
Total (all out, 149.5 overs) 600
FoW: 1-22, 2-47, 3-47, 4-208, 5-301,
6-424, 7-439, 8-499, 9-599, 10-600.
Bowling O M R W
Tate 45 10 142 3
Douglas 19.5 0 95 1
Tyldesley 35 3 130 0
Gilligan 26 1 114 3
Hearne 13 1 69 0
Woolley 11 3 26 0
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs b Mailey 154
H Sutcliffe b Kelleway 176
FE Woolley b Gregory 0
JW Hearne b Mailey 9
EH Hendren c Oldfield b Kelleway 32
APF Chapman c Oldfield b Gregory 28
JWHT Douglas c Collins b AJ Richardson 8
RK Tyldesley c Collins b Gregory 5
MW Tate b AJ Richardson 34
*AER Gilligan not out 17
+H Strudwick b Hartkopf 4
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 4) 12
Total (all out, 138 overs) 479
FoW: 1-283, 2-284, 3-305, 4-373, 5-404,
6-412, 7-418, 8-453, 9-458, 10-479.
Bowling O M R W
Gregory 34 4 124 3
Kelleway 30 10 62 2
Mailey 34 5 141 2
Hartkopf 26 1 120 1
AJ Richardson 14 6 20 2
Australia 2nd innings
*HL Collins b Hearne 30
W Bardsley lbw b Tate 2
AJ Richardson b Tate 9
WH Ponsford b Tate 4
JM Taylor b Tate 90
VY Richardson c Strudwick b Hearne 8
C Kelleway c & b Hearne 17
AEV Hartkopf lbw b Tate 0
JM Gregory not out 36
+WAS Oldfield lbw b Hearne 39
AA Mailey b Tate 3
Extras (b 11, lb 1) 12
Total (all out, 79.3 overs) 250
FoW: 1-3, 2-13, 3-27, 4-106, 5-126,
6-166, 7-168, 8-168, 9-239, 10-250.
Bowling O M R W
Tate 33.3 8 99 6
Douglas 4 0 9 0
Tyldesley 2 0 6 0
Gilligan 11 2 40 0
Hearne 29 5 84 4
England 2nd innings (target: 372 runs)
JB Hobbs lbw b Mailey 22
H Sutcliffe c Gregory b Mailey 127
+H Strudwick lbw b Gregory 22
JW Hearne lbw b Gregory 23
FE Woolley lbw b AJ Richardson 50
EH Hendren b Gregory 18
RK Tyldesley c Ponsford b Mailey 0
JWHT Douglas b Mailey 14
APF Chapman not out 4
*AER Gilligan c & b Mailey 0
MW Tate b Gregory 0
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 2) 10
Total (all out, 106.3 overs) 290
FoW: 1-36, 2-75, 3-121, 4-211, 5-254,
6-255, 7-280, 8-289, 9-289, 10-290.
Bowling O M R W
Gregory 27.3 6 87 4
Kelleway 18 4 42 0
Mailey 24 2 92 5
Hartkopf 4 1 14 0
AJ Richardson 22 7 35 1
Collins 11 3 10 0 |
