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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 57 (57/51)
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                                             R   M   4  6
    *AC MacLaren                             b Trott               65 113   8  0
    E Wainwright          c Hill             b Trumble             49 117      0
    KS Ranjitsinhji       c Gregory          b Trott                2   6   0  0
    TW Hayward                               b Jones               47  95   5  0
    +W Storer                                b Jones               44 108   4  0
    NF Druce              lbw                b Noble               64 114  10  0
    GH Hirst                                 b Jones               44  80   3  0
    JR Mason              c Howell           b Jones                7  10      0
    J Briggs                                 b Jones                0  10   0  0
    JT Hearne             not out                                   2   5   0  0
    T Richardson                             b Jones                1   1   0  0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 1)                   10
    Total                 (all out, 129.2 overs)                  335
    
    FoW: 1-111 (MacLaren), 2-117 (Wainwright), 3-119 (Ranjitsinhji),
         4-197 (Hayward), 5-230 (Storer), 6-308 (Hirst),
         7-318 (Mason), 8-324 (Briggs), 9-334 (Druce),
         10-335 (Richardson).
    
    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                                           R   M   4  6
    CE McLeod                                b Richardson          64 163   8  0
    J Darling             c Mason            b Briggs              14  40      0
    C Hill                                   b Richardson           8  10      0
    J Worrall             c Ranjitsinhji     b Richardson          26  65      0
    SE Gregory            c Storer           b Richardson          21  22      0
    MA Noble              c Storer           b Richardson          31  75      0
    *GHS Trott            c Ranjitsinhji     b Hearne              18  55      0
    H Trumble                                b Richardson          12          0
    +JJ Kelly             not out                                  27  60      0
    WP Howell             c MacLaren         b Richardson          10          0
    E Jones               c Storer           b Richardson           1       0  0
    Extras                (b 5, w 1, nb 1)                          7
    Total                 (all out, 100.1 overs)                  239
    
    FoW: 1-36 (Darling), 2-45 (Hill), 3-99 (Worrall),
         4-132 (Gregory), 5-137 (McLeod), 6-188 (Trott),
         7-188 (Noble), 8-221 (Trumble), 9-232 (Howell),
         10-239 (Jones).
    
    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                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *AC MacLaren          c Darling          b Jones                0   1   1  0 0
    E Wainwright                             b Noble                6  25        0
    KS Ranjitsinhji       lbw                b Jones               12  58        0
    TW Hayward            c Worrall          b Trumble             43 105        0
    +W Storer             c Gregory          b Trumble             31  65        0
    NF Druce              c Howell           b Trumble             18  25        0
    GH Hirst              c Trott            b Jones                7  30      0 1
    JR Mason                                 b Trumble             11  30        0
    J Briggs                                 b Howell              29  45        0
    JT Hearne             not out                                   3  25      0 0
    T Richardson                             b Howell               6   5        0
    Extras                (lb 12)                                  12
    Total                 (all out, 78.1 overs)                   178
    
    FoW: 1-0 (MacLaren), 2-16 (Wainwright), 3-30 (Ranjitsinhji),
         4-99 (Storer), 5-104 (Hayward), 6-121 (Druce),
         7-137 (Hirst), 8-148 (Mason), 9-172 (Briggs),
         10-178 (Richardson).
    
    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)                        R   M   4  6
    CE McLeod                                b Hearne               4  10   0  0
    J Darling             c Wainwright       b Richardson         160 171  30  0
    C Hill                                   b Richardson           2  10   0  0
    J Worrall             c Hirst            b Hayward             62 121   9  0
    SE Gregory            not out                                  22  45      0
    MA Noble              not out                                  15  17      0
    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 (McLeod), 2-40 (Hill), 3-233 (Worrall),
         4-252 (Darling).
    
    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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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

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

    Match Officials' Pages: C Bannerman, J Phillips.

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