The Ashes, 1897/98, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,31 January, 1,2 February 1898 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Phillips
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 275/7 (Hill 182*, Kelly 22*)
Day 2: Australia 323, England 174 and 7/1 (Briggs 4*)
Day 3: England 254/7 (Mason 25*, Storer 24*)
Australia 1st innings
CE McLeod b Hearne 1
J Darling c Hearne b Richardson 12
C Hill c Stoddart b Hearne 188
SE Gregory b Richardson 0
FA Iredale c Storer b Hearne 0
MA Noble c & b Hearne 4
*GHS Trott c Storer b Hearne 7
H Trumble c Mason b Storer 46
+JJ Kelly c Storer b Briggs 32
E Jones c Hayward b Hearne 20
WP Howell not out 9
Extras (b 3, w 1) 4
Total (all out, 101.4 overs) 323
FoW: 1-1, 2-25, 3-25, 4-26, 5-32,
6-58, 7-223, 8-283, 9-303, 10-323.
Bowling O M R W
Richardson 26 2 102 2
Hearne 35.4 13 98 6
Hayward 10 4 24 0
Briggs 17 4 38 1
Stoddart 6 1 22 0
Storer 4 0 24 1
Wainwright 3 1 11 0
England 1st innings
AC MacLaren b Howell 8
E Wainwright c Howell b Trott 6
KS Ranjitsinhji c Iredale b Trumble 24
TW Hayward c Gregory b Noble 22
NF Druce lbw b Jones 24
+W Storer c & b Trumble 2
JR Mason b Jones 30
*AE Stoddart c Darling b Jones 17
J Briggs not out 21
JT Hearne c Trott b Jones 0
T Richardson b Trott 20
Extras 0
Total (all out, 61.1 overs) 174
FoW: 1-14, 2-16, 3-60, 4-60, 5-67,
6-103, 7-121, 8-148, 9-148, 10-174.
Bowling O M R W
Howell 16 7 34 1
Trott 11.1 1 33 2
Noble 7 1 21 1
Trumble 15 4 30 2
Jones 12 2 56 4
England 2nd innings (following on)
J Briggs c Darling b Howell 23
E Wainwright c McLeod b Jones 2
AC MacLaren c Iredale b Trumble 45
KS Ranjitsinhji b Noble 55
TW Hayward c & b Trumble 25
*AE Stoddart b Jones 25
NF Druce c Howell b Trott 16
JR Mason b Howell 26
+W Storer c Darling b McLeod 26
JT Hearne not out 4
T Richardson c Trumble b McLeod 2
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 1) 14
Total (all out, 114.2 overs) 263
FoW: 1-7, 2-63, 3-94, 4-147, 5-157,
6-192, 7-211, 8-259, 9-259, 10-263.
Bowling O M R W
Howell 30 12 58 2
Trott 12 2 39 1
Noble 16 6 31 1
Trumble 23 6 40 2
Jones 25 7 70 2
McLeod 8.2 4 11 2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 115 runs)
CE McLeod not out 64
J Darling c Druce b Hayward 29
C Hill lbw b Hayward 0
SE Gregory not out 21
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (2 wickets, 39.4 overs) 115
DNB: FA Iredale, MA Noble, *GHS Trott, H Trumble, +JJ Kelly,
E Jones, WP Howell.
FoW: 1-50, 2-50.
Bowling O M R W
Hearne 7 3 19 0
Hayward 10 4 24 2
Briggs 6 1 31 0
Wainwright 9 2 21 0
Mason 4 1 10 0
Ranjitsinhji 3.4 1 9 0 |
