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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 100 (100/81)
The Ashes, 1907/08, 5th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
21,22,24,25,26,27 February 1908 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 49 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-1

Toss: England
Umpires: W Hannah and AC Jones

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 137, England 116/1 (Hobbs 65*, Gunn 50*)
  • Day 2: England 187/3 (Gunn 77*, Hardstaff 17*)
  • Day 3: England 281, Australia 18/0 (Noble 11*, O'Connor 4*)
  • Day 4: Australia 357/6 (Armstrong 19*, Ransford 4*)
  • Day 5: Australia 422, England 117/6 (Rhodes 32*, Young 9*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Noble                                b Barnes              35  55      5 0
    CG Macartney          c Crawford         b Barnes               1   8      0 0
    JDA O'Connor          c Young            b Crawford             9  39      2 0
    SE Gregory                           c & b Barnes              44 101      5 0
    C Hill                c Hutchings        b Barnes              12  18      1 0
    WW Armstrong                         c & b Crawford             3  11      0 0
    VT Trumper            c Braund           b Barnes              10  17      1 0
    VS Ransford           c Gunn             b Barnes              11  22      1 0
    MJ Hartigan                          c & b Crawford             1   4      0 0
    +H Carter             not out                                   1  17      0 0
    JV Saunders           c Young            b Barnes               0   1   1  0 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 1)                              10
    Total                 (all out, 50.4 overs)                   137
    
    FoW: 1-10 (Macartney), 2-46 (O'Connor), 3-46 (Noble),
         4-64 (Hill), 5-73 (Armstrong), 6-94 (Trumper),
         7-124 (Ransford), 8-129 (Hartigan), 9-137 (Gregory),
         10-137 (Saunders).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Barnes                      22.4    6     60      7
    Rhodes                      10      5     15      0
    Crawford                    18      4     52      3
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JB Hobbs                                 b Saunders            72 143      7 0
    FL Fane                                  b Noble                0   1   2  0 0
    G Gunn                not out                                 122 287      7 1
    KL Hutchings          run out                                  13  18      2 0
    J Hardstaff snr       c O'Connor         b Saunders            17  21      4 0
    JN Crawford           c Hill             b Saunders             6   8      1 0
    LC Braund             st Carter          b Macartney           31  46      5 0
    W Rhodes              c Noble            b Armstrong           10  19      1 0
    +RA Young             st Carter          b Macartney            0   1      0 0
    *AO Jones                                b Macartney            0   5      0 0
    SF Barnes             run out                                   1  10      0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 3)                               9
    Total                 (all out, 96.1 overs)                   281
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Fane), 2-135 (Hobbs), 3-168 (Hutchings),
         4-189 (Hardstaff), 5-197 (Crawford), 6-245 (Braund),
         7-264 (Rhodes), 8-271 (Young), 9-271 (Jones),
         10-281 (Barnes).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Noble                       28      9     62      1
    Saunders                    35      5    114      3
    O'Connor                     6      0     23      0
    Macartney                   15.1    3     44      3
    Armstrong                   12      2     29      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Noble             lbw                b Rhodes              34  77      3 0
    JDA O'Connor                             b Barnes               6  23      0 0
    VT Trumper            c Gunn             b Rhodes             166 241     18 0
    SE Gregory                               b Crawford            56  85      3 0
    CG Macartney          c Jones            b Crawford            12  20        0
    C Hill                c Young            b Crawford            44 112      4 0
    WW Armstrong          c Gunn             b Crawford            32  58      4 0
    VS Ransford           not out                                  21  58      1 0
    MJ Hartigan                              b Crawford             5   5      1 0
    +H Carter             c Hobbs            b Rhodes              22  14      4 0
    JV Saunders           c Young            b Rhodes               0  10   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 21, lb 3)                             24
    Total                 (all out, 127.4 overs)                  422
    
    FoW: 1-25 (O'Connor), 2-52 (Noble), 3-166 (Gregory),
         4-192 (Macartney), 5-300 (Trumper), 6-342 (Hill),
         7-373 (Armstrong), 8-387 (Hartigan), 9-422 (Carter),
         10-422 (Saunders).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Barnes                      27      6     78      1
    Rhodes                      37.4    7    102      4
    Crawford                    36     10    141      5
    Braund                      20      3     64      0
    Hobbs                        7      3     13      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 279 runs)                          R   M   4  6
    JB Hobbs              c Gregory          b Saunders            13  26   0  0
    FL Fane                                  b Noble               46 134   4  0
    G Gunn                                   b Macartney            0   8   0  0
    KL Hutchings                             b Macartney            2   5   0  0
    J Hardstaff snr                          b Saunders             8  31   1  0
    LC Braund             c Noble            b Saunders             0  15   0  0
    W Rhodes                                 b Noble               69 160   4  0
    +RA Young             c O'Connor         b Saunders            11  37   1  0
    *AO Jones                                b Armstrong           34  54   4  0
    JN Crawford           not out                                  24  55   3  0
    SF Barnes                                b Saunders            11  30   2  0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 6)                              11
    Total                 (all out, 105.1 overs)                  229
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Hobbs), 2-26 (Gunn), 3-30 (Hutchings),
         4-51 (Hardstaff), 5-57 (Braund), 6-87 (Fane), 7-123 (Young),
         8-176 (Jones), 9-198 (Rhodes), 10-229 (Barnes).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Noble                       24      6     56      2
    Saunders                    35.1    5     82      5
    O'Connor                    13      3     29      0
    Macartney                   15      4     24      2
    Armstrong                   18      7     27      1
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: MA Noble, CG Macartney, JDA O'Connor, SE Gregory, C Hill, WW Armstrong, VT Trumper, VS Ransford, MJ Hartigan, H Carter, JV Saunders.

    England Player Pages: JB Hobbs, FL Fane, G Gunn, KL Hutchings, J Hardstaff snr, JN Crawford, LC Braund, W Rhodes, RA Young, AO Jones, SF Barnes.

    Match Officials' Pages: W Hannah, AC Jones.

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