The Ashes, 1897/98, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
26,28 February, 1,2 March 1898 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-1
Toss: England
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Phillips
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 301/5 (Druce 43*, Hirst 43*)
Day 2: England 335, Australia 184/5 (Noble 31*, Trott 14*)
Day 3: Australia 239, England 172/9 (Hearne 3*)
England 1st innings
*AC MacLaren b Trott 65
E Wainwright c Hill b Trumble 49
KS Ranjitsinhji c Gregory b Trott 2
TW Hayward b Jones 47
+W Storer b Jones 44
NF Druce lbw b Noble 64
GH Hirst b Jones 44
JR Mason c Howell b Jones 7
J Briggs b Jones 0
JT Hearne not out 2
T Richardson b Jones 1
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 129.2 overs) 335
FoW: 1-111, 2-117, 3-119, 4-197, 5-230,
6-308, 7-318, 8-324, 9-334, 10-335.
Bowling O M R W
Noble 26 6 57 1
Howell 17 6 40 0
Trumble 26 4 67 1
Jones 26.2 3 82 6
Trott 23 6 56 2
McLeod 11 4 23 0
Australia 1st innings
CE McLeod b Richardson 64
J Darling c Mason b Briggs 14
C Hill b Richardson 8
J Worrall c Ranjitsinhji b Richardson 26
SE Gregory c Storer b Richardson 21
MA Noble c Storer b Richardson 31
*GHS Trott c Ranjitsinhji b Hearne 18
H Trumble b Richardson 12
+JJ Kelly not out 27
WP Howell c MacLaren b Richardson 10
E Jones c Storer b Richardson 1
Extras (b 5, w 1, nb 1) 7
Total (all out, 100.1 overs) 239
FoW: 1-36, 2-45, 3-99, 4-132, 5-137,
6-188, 7-188, 8-221, 9-232, 10-239.
Bowling O M R W
Richardson 36.1 7 94 8
Briggs 17 4 39 1
Hearne 21 9 40 1
Storer 5 1 13 0
Mason 13 7 20 0
Hayward 4 0 12 0
Hirst 4 1 14 0
England 2nd innings
*AC MacLaren c Darling b Jones 0
E Wainwright b Noble 6
KS Ranjitsinhji lbw b Jones 12
TW Hayward c Worrall b Trumble 43
+W Storer c Gregory b Trumble 31
NF Druce c Howell b Trumble 18
GH Hirst c Trott b Jones 7
JR Mason b Trumble 11
J Briggs b Howell 29
JT Hearne not out 3
T Richardson b Howell 6
Extras (lb 12) 12
Total (all out, 78.1 overs) 178
FoW: 1-0, 2-16, 3-30, 4-99, 5-104,
6-121, 7-137, 8-148, 9-172, 10-178.
Bowling O M R W
Noble 15 4 34 1
Howell 6.1 0 22 2
Trumble 24 7 37 4
Jones 26 3 61 3
Trott 7 1 12 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 275 runs)
CE McLeod b Hearne 4
J Darling c Wainwright b Richardson 160
C Hill b Richardson 2
J Worrall c Hirst b Hayward 62
SE Gregory not out 22
MA Noble not out 15
Extras (b 6, w 1, nb 4) 11
Total (4 wickets, 62.4 overs) 276
DNB: *GHS Trott, H Trumble, +JJ Kelly, WP Howell, E Jones.
FoW: 1-23, 2-40, 3-233, 4-252.
Bowling O M R W
Richardson 21.4 1 110 2
Briggs 5 1 25 0
Hearne 15 5 52 1
Mason 11 1 27 0
Hayward 3 0 18 1
Hirst 7 0 33 0
Darling's hundred took only 91 minutes.
Tom Richardson ended his Test career by returning his best analysis.
His 88 wickets in only 14 matches included 11 instances of five or more
in an innings.
Darling was the first batsman to score three hundreds in the same Test
rubber and the first to aggregate 500 runs in one.
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