The Ashes, 1928/29, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,31 December 1928, 1,2,3,4,5 January 1929 (timeless match)
Result: England won by 3 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 3-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: DA Elder and GA Hele
Test Debuts: EL a'Beckett, RK Oxenham (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 276/4 (Ryder 111*, Bradman 26*)
Day 2: Australia 397, England 47/1 (Sutcliffe 15*, Hammond 12*)
Day 3: England 312/4 (Hammond 169*, Jardine 21*)
Day 4: England 417, Australia 118/2 (Woodfull 64*, Kippax 34*)
Day 5: Australia 347/8 (Oxenham 39*, Grimmett 0*)
Day 6: Australia 351, England 171/1 (Sutcliffe 83*, Jardine 18*)
Australia 1st innings
WM Woodfull c Jardine b Tate 7
VY Richardson c Duckworth b Larwood 3
HSTL Hendry c Jardine b Larwood 23
AF Kippax c Jardine b Larwood 100
*J Ryder c Hendren b Tate 112
DG Bradman b Hammond 79
+WAS Oldfield b Geary 3
EL a'Beckett c Duckworth b White 41
RK Oxenham b Geary 15
CV Grimmett c Duckworth b Geary 5
DD Blackie not out 2
Extras (b 4, lb 3) 7
Total (all out, 180.5 overs) 397
FoW: 1-5, 2-15, 3-57, 4-218, 5-282,
6-287, 7-373, 8-387, 9-394, 10-397.
Bowling O M R W
Larwood 37 3 127 3
Tate 46 17 87 2
Geary 31.5 4 83 3
Hammond 8 4 19 1
White 57 30 64 1
Jardine 1 0 10 0
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs c Oldfield b a'Beckett 20
H Sutcliffe b Blackie 58
WR Hammond c a'Beckett b Blackie 200
*APF Chapman b Blackie 24
EH Hendren c a'Beckett b Hendry 19
DR Jardine c & b Blackie 62
H Larwood c & b Blackie 0
G Geary lbw b Grimmett 1
MW Tate c Kippax b Grimmett 21
+G Duckworth b Blackie 3
JC White not out 8
Extras (b 1) 1
Total (all out, 195 overs) 417
FoW: 1-28, 2-161, 3-201, 4-238, 5-364,
6-364, 7-381, 8-385, 9-391, 10-417.
Bowling O M R W
a'Beckett 37 7 92 1
Hendry 20 8 35 1
Grimmett 55 14 114 2
Oxenham 35 11 67 0
Blackie 44 13 94 6
Ryder 4 0 14 0
Australia 2nd innings
WM Woodfull c Duckworth b Tate 107
VY Richardson b Larwood 5
HSTL Hendry st Duckworth b White 12
AF Kippax b Tate 41
*J Ryder b Geary 5
DG Bradman c Duckworth b Geary 112
+WAS Oldfield b White 7
EL a'Beckett b White 6
RK Oxenham b White 39
CV Grimmett not out 4
DD Blackie b White 0
Extras (b 6, lb 7) 13
Total (all out, 165.5 overs) 351
FoW: 1-7, 2-60, 3-138, 4-143, 5-201,
6-226, 7-252, 8-345, 9-351, 10-351.
Bowling O M R W
Larwood 16 3 37 1
Tate 47 15 70 2
Geary 30 4 94 2
Hammond 16 6 30 0
White 56.5 20 107 5
England 2nd innings (target: 332 runs)
JB Hobbs lbw b Blackie 49
H Sutcliffe lbw b Grimmett 135
DR Jardine b Grimmett 33
WR Hammond run out 32
EH Hendren b Oxenham 45
*APF Chapman c Woodfull b Ryder 5
MW Tate run out 0
G Geary not out 4
+G Duckworth not out 0
Extras (b 15, lb 14) 29
Total (7 wickets, 159.5 overs) 332
DNB: H Larwood, JC White.
FoW: 1-105, 2-199, 3-257, 4-318, 5-326, 6-328, 7-328.
Bowling O M R W
a'Beckett 22 5 39 0
Hendry 23 5 33 0
Grimmett 42 12 96 2
Oxenham 28 10 44 1
Blackie 39 11 75 1
Ryder 5.5 1 16 1 |
