The Ashes, 1928/29, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16 March 1929 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
England wins the 5-Test series 4-1
Toss: England
Umpires: GA Hele and AC Jones
Test Debuts: AG Fairfax, PM Hornibrook, TW Wall (Aus).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 240/4 (Duckworth 3*)
Day 2: England 485/9 (Leyland 110*, White 2*)
Day 3: England 519, Australia 152/2 (Woodfull 78*, Ryder 4*)
Day 4: Australia 367/4 (Bradman 109*, Fairfax 50*)
Day 5: Australia 491, England 18/1 (Hobbs 3*, Larwood 11*)
Day 6: England 257, Australia 7/0 (Oldfield 6*, Hornibrook 1*)
Day 7: Australia 173/4 (Kippax 12*, Ryder 8*)
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs lbw b Ryder 142
DR Jardine c Oldfield b Wall 19
WR Hammond c Fairfax b Wall 38
GE Tyldesley c Hornibrook b Ryder 31
+G Duckworth c Fairfax b Hornibrook 12
EH Hendren c Hornibrook b Fairfax 95
M Leyland c Fairfax b Oxenham 137
H Larwood b Wall 4
G Geary b Hornibrook 4
MW Tate c sub b Hornibrook 15
*JC White not out 9
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 13
Total (all out, 215.1 overs) 519
FoW: 1-61, 2-146, 3-235, 4-240, 5-261,
6-401, 7-409, 8-428, 9-470, 10-519.
Bowling O M R W
Wall 49 8 123 3
Hornibrook 48 8 142 3
Oxenham 45.1 15 86 1
Grimmett 25 11 40 0
Fairfax 27 4 84 1
Ryder 18 5 29 2
Kippax 3 1 2 0
Australia 1st innings
WM Woodfull c Geary b Larwood 102
A Jackson run out 30
AF Kippax c Duckworth b White 38
*J Ryder c Tate b Hammond 30
DG Bradman c Tate b Geary 123
AG Fairfax lbw b Geary 65
RK Oxenham c Duckworth b Geary 7
+WAS Oldfield c & b Geary 6
CV Grimmett not out 38
TW Wall c Duckworth b Geary 9
PM Hornibrook lbw b White 26
Extras (b 6, lb 9, w 2) 17
Total (all out, 271.3 overs) 491
FoW: 1-54, 2-143, 3-203, 4-203, 5-386,
6-399, 7-409, 8-420, 9-432, 10-491.
Bowling O M R W
Larwood 34 7 83 1
Tate 62 26 108 0
Geary 81 36 105 5
White 75.3 22 136 2
Hammond 16 3 31 1
Leyland 3 0 11 0
England 2nd innings
JB Hobbs c Fairfax b Grimmett 65
DR Jardine c Oldfield b Wall 0
H Larwood b Wall 11
WR Hammond c Ryder b Fairfax 16
GE Tyldesley c Oldfield b Wall 21
EH Hendren b Grimmett 1
M Leyland not out 53
MW Tate c Fairfax b Hornibrook 54
G Geary b Wall 3
*JC White c Oxenham b Wall 4
+G Duckworth lbw b Oxenham 9
Extras (b 19, lb 1) 20
Total (all out, 86.3 overs) 257
FoW: 1-1, 2-19, 3-75, 4-119, 5-123,
6-131, 7-212, 8-217, 9-231, 10-257.
Bowling O M R W
Wall 26 5 66 5
Hornibrook 19 5 51 1
Oxenham 10.3 1 34 1
Grimmett 24 7 66 2
Fairfax 7 0 20 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 286 runs)
+WAS Oldfield b Hammond 48
PM Hornibrook b Hammond 18
WM Woodfull b Hammond 35
A Jackson b Geary 46
AF Kippax run out 28
*J Ryder not out 57
DG Bradman not out 37
Extras (b 12, lb 6) 18
Total (5 wickets, 134.1 overs) 287
DNB: AG Fairfax, RK Oxenham, CV Grimmett, TW Wall.
FoW: 1-51, 2-80, 3-129, 4-158, 5-204.
Bowling O M R W
Larwood 32.1 5 81 0
Tate 38 13 76 0
Geary 20 5 31 1
White 18 8 28 0
Hammond 26 8 53 3 |
