The Ashes, 1907/08, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
7,8,10,11 February 1908 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 308 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: P Argall and RM Crockett
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 214, England 9/0 (Hobbs 9*, Gunn 0*)
Day 2: England 105, Australia 49/3 (Hill 18*, Gregory 13*)
Day 3: Australia 358/8 (Armstrong 114*, O'Connor 12*)
Australia 1st innings
*MA Noble b Crawford 48
VT Trumper c Crawford b Fielder 0
C Hill b Barnes 7
PA McAlister c Jones b Fielder 37
SE Gregory c Fielder b Crawford 10
WW Armstrong b Crawford 32
VS Ransford c Braund b Fielder 51
CG Macartney c Hardstaff b Fielder 12
+H Carter c & b Crawford 2
JDA O'Connor c Fielder b Crawford 2
JV Saunders not out 1
Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 1) 12
Total (all out, 85.5 overs) 214
FoW: 1-1, 2-14, 3-89, 4-103, 5-105,
6-196, 7-196, 8-198, 9-212, 10-214.
Bowling O M R W
Fielder 22 3 54 4
Barnes 23 11 37 1
Braund 12 3 42 0
Crawford 23.5 3 48 5
Rhodes 5 0 21 0
England 1st innings
JB Hobbs b Noble 57
G Gunn c & b Saunders 13
J Hardstaff snr c Carter b O'Connor 8
KL Hutchings b Saunders 8
LC Braund run out 4
W Rhodes c McAlister b Saunders 0
JN Crawford b Saunders 1
*AO Jones b Noble 3
SF Barnes c O'Connor b Noble 3
+J Humphries not out 3
A Fielder st Carter b Saunders 1
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) 4
Total (all out, 34.2 overs) 105
FoW: 1-58, 2-69, 3-88, 4-90, 5-90,
6-92, 7-96, 8-100, 9-103, 10-105.
Bowling O M R W
O'Connor 6 1 40 1
Armstrong 1 0 4 0
Macartney 6 1 18 0
Saunders 15.2 8 28 5
Noble 6 0 11 3
Australia 2nd innings
*MA Noble b Crawford 10
VT Trumper b Crawford 0
C Hill run out 25
PA McAlister c Humphries b Fielder 4
SE Gregory lbw b Fielder 29
WW Armstrong not out 133
VS Ransford c Humphries b Rhodes 54
CG Macartney c Gunn b Crawford 29
+H Carter c Braund b Fielder 66
JDA O'Connor c Humphries b Barnes 18
JV Saunders c Jones b Fielder 2
Extras (b 7, lb 2, nb 6) 15
Total (all out, 124 overs) 385
FoW: 1-4, 2-21, 3-28, 4-65, 5-77,
6-162, 7-217, 8-329, 9-374, 10-385.
Bowling O M R W
Fielder 31 2 91 4
Barnes 35 13 69 1
Braund 7 0 48 0
Crawford 25 5 72 3
Rhodes 24 5 66 1
Hutchings 2 0 24 0
England 2nd innings (target: 495 runs)
JB Hobbs c & b Saunders 0
G Gunn b Saunders 43
J Hardstaff snr c Carter b Saunders 39
KL Hutchings b Noble 3
LC Braund b Macartney 10
W Rhodes c Carter b O'Connor 2
JN Crawford c Carter b O'Connor 0
*AO Jones c Saunders b O'Connor 31
SF Barnes not out 22
+J Humphries c Carter b Saunders 11
A Fielder b Armstrong 20
Extras (lb 4, nb 1) 5
Total (all out, 68.1 overs) 186
FoW: 1-0, 2-61, 3-64, 4-79, 5-88,
6-88, 7-128, 8-132, 9-146, 10-186.
Bowling O M R W
O'Connor 21 3 58 3
Armstrong 3.1 0 18 1
Macartney 6 1 15 1
Saunders 26 2 76 4
Noble 12 6 14 1 |
