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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 56 (56/50)
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                                           R   M   B  4 6
    CE McLeod                                b Hearne               1   5      0 0
    J Darling             c Hearne           b Richardson          12  32      1 0
    C Hill                c Stoddart         b Hearne             188 305     21 0
    SE Gregory                               b Richardson           0   1   1  0 0
    FA Iredale            c Storer           b Hearne               0   2      0 0
    MA Noble                             c & b Hearne               4   6      0 0
    *GHS Trott            c Storer           b Hearne               7  35      0 0
    H Trumble             c Mason            b Storer              46 152      4 0
    +JJ Kelly             c Storer           b Briggs              32  66      6 0
    E Jones               c Hayward          b Hearne              20  37      2 0
    WP Howell             not out                                   9  10      0 0
    Extras                (b 3, w 1)                                4
    Total                 (all out, 101.4 overs)                  323
    
    FoW: 1-1 (McLeod), 2-25 (Darling), 3-25 (Gregory),
         4-26 (Iredale), 5-32 (Noble), 6-58 (Trott), 7-223 (Trumble),
         8-283 (Kelly), 9-303 (Hill), 10-323 (Jones).
    
    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                                             R   M   4  6
    AC MacLaren                              b Howell               8  17   0  0
    E Wainwright          c Howell           b Trott                6  19   0  0
    KS Ranjitsinhji       c Iredale          b Trumble             24  27   3  0
    TW Hayward            c Gregory          b Noble               22  37   3  0
    NF Druce              lbw                b Jones               24  44   3  0
    +W Storer                            c & b Trumble              2  16   0  0
    JR Mason                                 b Jones               30  65   2  0
    *AE Stoddart          c Darling          b Jones               17  22   1  0
    J Briggs              not out                                  21  43   2  0
    JT Hearne             c Trott            b Jones                0   1   0  0
    T Richardson                             b Trott               20  19   4  0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (all out, 61.1 overs)                   174
    
    FoW: 1-14 (MacLaren), 2-16 (Wainwright), 3-60 (Ranjitsinhji),
         4-60 (Hayward), 5-67 (Storer), 6-103 (Druce),
         7-121 (Stoddart), 8-148 (Mason), 9-148 (Hearne),
         10-174 (Richardson).
    
    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)                              R   M   4  6
    J Briggs              c Darling          b Howell              23  52   1  0
    E Wainwright          c McLeod           b Jones                2  13   0  0
    AC MacLaren           c Iredale          b Trumble             45  68   6  0
    KS Ranjitsinhji                          b Noble               55  97   2  0
    TW Hayward                           c & b Trumble             25  98   0  0
    *AE Stoddart                             b Jones               25 100   2  0
    NF Druce              c Howell           b Trott               16  29   2  0
    JR Mason                                 b Howell              26  95   0  0
    +W Storer             c Darling          b McLeod              26  54   2  0
    JT Hearne             not out                                   4   8   0  0
    T Richardson          c Trumble          b McLeod               2   5   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 1)                  14
    Total                 (all out, 114.2 overs)                  263
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Wainwright), 2-63 (Briggs), 3-94 (MacLaren),
         4-147 (Ranjitsinhji), 5-157 (Hayward), 6-192 (Druce),
         7-211 (Stoddart), 8-259 (Mason), 9-259 (Storer),
         10-263 (Richardson).
    
    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)                        R   M   4  6
    CE McLeod             not out                                  64  99   5  0
    J Darling             c +Druce           b Hayward             29  38   4  0
    C Hill                lbw                b Hayward              0   8   0  0
    SE Gregory            not out                                  21  53   2  0
    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 (Darling), 2-56 (Hill).
    
    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
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: CE McLeod, J Darling, C Hill, SE Gregory, FA Iredale, MA Noble, GHS Trott, H Trumble, JJ Kelly, E Jones, WP Howell.

    England Player Pages: AC MacLaren, E Wainwright, KS Ranjitsinhji, TW Hayward, NF Druce, W Storer, JR Mason, AE Stoddart, J Briggs, JT Hearne, T Richardson.

    Match Officials' Pages: C Bannerman, J Phillips.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by John.McDonald (jdon@wpo.nerc.ac.uk)  
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