The Ashes, 1907/08, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
13,14,16,17,18,19 December 1907 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: RM Crockett and W Hannah
Test Debuts: H Carter, GR Hazlitt, CG Macartney, VS Ransford (Aus);
G Gunn, J Hardstaff snr, KL Hutchings, RA Young (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 273, Australia 50/1 (Trumper 31*, Hill 16*)
Day 2: Australia 300, England 19/0 (Rhodes 10*, Fane 8*)
Day 3: England 293/9 (Braund 31*)
Day 4: England 300, Australia 63/3 (Noble 27*, Armstrong 17*)
Day 5: No play
England 1st innings
*FL Fane c Trumper b Cotter 2
+RA Young c Carter b Cotter 13
G Gunn c Hazlitt b Cotter 119
KL Hutchings c & b Armstrong 42
LC Braund b Cotter 30
J Hardstaff snr b Armstrong 12
W Rhodes run out 1
JN Crawford b Armstrong 31
SF Barnes b Cotter 1
C Blythe b Cotter 5
A Fielder not out 1
Extras (b 7, lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 16
Total (all out, 76.5 overs) 273
FoW: 1-11, 2-18, 3-91, 4-208, 5-221,
6-223, 7-246, 8-253, 9-271, 10-273.
Bowling O M R W
Cotter 21.5 0 101 6
Saunders 11 0 42 0
Hazlitt 9 2 32 0
Armstrong 26 10 63 3
Macartney 3 0 5 0
Noble 6 1 14 0
Australia 1st innings
VT Trumper b Fielder 43
PA McAlister c Hutchings b Barnes 3
C Hill c Gunn b Fielder 87
*MA Noble c Braund b Fielder 37
WW Armstrong c Braund b Fielder 7
VS Ransford c Braund b Rhodes 24
CG Macartney c Young b Fielder 35
+H Carter b Braund 25
GR Hazlitt not out 18
A Cotter b Braund 2
JV Saunders c Braund b Fielder 9
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 2) 10
Total (all out, 91.2 overs) 300
FoW: 1-4, 2-72, 3-164, 4-177, 5-184,
6-222, 7-253, 8-277, 9-281, 10-300.
Bowling O M R W
Fielder 30.2 4 82 6
Barnes 22 3 74 1
Blythe 12 1 33 0
Braund 17 2 74 2
Crawford 5 1 14 0
Rhodes 5 2 13 1
England 2nd innings
*FL Fane c Noble b Saunders 33
W Rhodes c McAlister b Macartney 29
G Gunn c Noble b Cotter 74
KL Hutchings c Armstrong b Saunders 17
J Hardstaff snr b Noble 63
LC Braund not out 32
+RA Young b Noble 3
JN Crawford c Hazlitt b Cotter 5
SF Barnes b Saunders 11
C Blythe c Noble b Saunders 15
A Fielder lbw b Armstrong 6
Extras (b 2, w 3, nb 7) 12
Total (all out, 109 overs) 300
FoW: 1-56, 2-82, 3-105, 4-218, 5-223,
6-227, 7-241, 8-262, 9-293, 10-300.
Bowling O M R W
Cotter 26 1 101 2
Saunders 23 6 68 4
Hazlitt 4 2 24 0
Armstrong 27 14 33 1
Macartney 14 2 39 1
Noble 15 5 23 2
Australia 2nd innings (target: 274 runs)
VT Trumper b Barnes 3
CG Macartney c Crawford b Fielder 9
C Hill b Fielder 1
*MA Noble b Barnes 27
WW Armstrong b Crawford 44
VS Ransford c & b Blythe 13
PA McAlister b Crawford 41
+H Carter c Young b Fielder 61
A Cotter not out 33
GR Hazlitt not out 34
Extras (b 6, nb 3) 9
Total (8 wickets, 98.3 overs) 275
DNB: JV Saunders.
FoW: 1-7, 2-12, 3-27, 4-75, 5-95, 6-124, 7-185, 8-219.
Bowling O M R W
Fielder 27.3 4 88 3
Barnes 30 7 63 2
Blythe 19 5 55 1
Braund 7 2 14 0
Crawford 8 2 33 2
Rhodes 7 3 13 0 |
