The Ashes, 1903/04, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
11,12,14,15,16,17 December 1903 (timeless match)
Result: England won by 5 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RM Crockett and AC Jones
Test Debuts: EG Arnold, BJT Bosanquet, RE Foster, AE Relf (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 259/7 (Noble 131*)
Day 2: Australia 285, England 243/4 (Foster 73*, Braund 67*)
Day 3: England 577, Australia 16/0 (Gregory 6*, Kelly 5*)
Day 4: Australia 367/5 (Trumper 119*, Armstrong 14*)
Day 5: Australia 485, England 122/4 (Hayward 60*, Hirst 21*)
Australia 1st innings
RA Duff c Lilley b Arnold 3
VT Trumper c Foster b Arnold 1
C Hill c Lilley b Hirst 5
*MA Noble c Foster b Arnold 133
WW Armstrong b Bosanquet 48
AJY Hopkins b Hirst 39
WP Howell c Relf b Arnold 5
SE Gregory b Bosanquet 23
F Laver lbw b Rhodes 4
+JJ Kelly c Braund b Rhodes 10
JV Saunders not out 11
Extras (nb 3) 3
Total (all out, 118.2 overs) 285
FoW: 1-2, 2-9, 3-12, 4-118, 5-200,
6-207, 7-259, 8-263, 9-271, 10-285.
Bowling O M R W
Hirst 24 8 47 2
Arnold 32 7 76 4
Braund 26 9 39 0
Bosanquet 13 0 52 2
Rhodes 17.2 3 41 2
Relf 6 1 27 0
England 1st innings
TW Hayward b Howell 15
*PF Warner c Kelly b Laver 0
JT Tyldesley b Noble 53
EG Arnold c Laver b Armstrong 27
RE Foster c Noble b Saunders 287
LC Braund b Howell 102
GH Hirst b Howell 0
BJT Bosanquet c Howell b Noble 2
+AFA Lilley c Hill b Noble 4
AE Relf c Armstrong b Saunders 31
W Rhodes not out 40
Extras (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 16
Total (all out, 181.2 overs) 577
FoW: 1-0, 2-49, 3-73, 4-117, 5-309,
6-311, 7-318, 8-332, 9-447, 10-577.
Bowling O M R W
Saunders 36.2 8 125 2
Laver 37 12 119 1
Howell 31 7 111 3
Noble 34 8 99 3
Armstrong 23 3 47 1
Hopkins 11 1 40 0
Trumper 7 2 12 0
Gregory 2 0 8 0
Australia 2nd innings
SE Gregory c Lilley b Rhodes 43
+JJ Kelly b Arnold 13
RA Duff c Relf b Rhodes 84
C Hill run out 51
VT Trumper not out 185
*MA Noble st Lilley b Bosanquet 22
WW Armstrong c Bosanquet b Rhodes 27
AJY Hopkins c Arnold b Rhodes 20
F Laver c Relf b Rhodes 6
WP Howell c Lilley b Arnold 4
JV Saunders run out 2
Extras (b 10, lb 15, w 2, nb 1) 28
Total (all out, 145.2 overs) 485
FoW: 1-36, 2-108, 3-191, 4-254, 5-334,
6-393, 7-441, 8-468, 9-473, 10-485.
Bowling O M R W
Hirst 29 1 79 0
Arnold 28 2 93 2
Braund 12 2 56 0
Bosanquet 23 1 100 1
Rhodes 40.2 10 94 5
Relf 13 5 35 0
England 2nd innings (target: 194 runs)
TW Hayward st Kelly b Saunders 91
*PF Warner b Howell 8
JT Tyldesley c Noble b Saunders 9
RE Foster st Kelly b Armstrong 19
LC Braund c Noble b Howell 0
GH Hirst not out 60
BJT Bosanquet not out 1
Extras (b 3, lb 1, w 2) 6
Total (5 wickets, 95.5 overs) 194
DNB: EG Arnold, +AFA Lilley, AE Relf, W Rhodes.
FoW: 1-21, 2-39, 3-81, 4-82, 5-181.
Bowling O M R W
Saunders 18.5 3 51 2
Laver 16 4 37 0
Howell 31 18 35 2
Noble 12 2 37 0
Armstrong 18 6 28 1 |
