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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 158 (158/105)
The Ashes, 1924/25, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
19,20,22,23,24,26,27 December 1924 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 193 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AC Jones and AP Williams
Test Debuts: WH Ponsford, AJ Richardson, VY Richardson (Aus); AP Freeman (Eng).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 282/3 (AJ Richardson 21*, Taylor 1*)
  • Day 2: Australia 450, England 72/0 (Hobbs 42*, Sutcliffe 28*)
  • Day 3: England 298, Australia 61/1 (AJ Richardson 30*, Kelleway 9*)
  • Day 4: Australia 258/5 (Collins 58*, Hendry 6*)
  • Day 5: Australia 452, England 42/0 (Hobbs 13*, Sutcliffe 27*)
  • Day 6: England 362/8 (Woolley 94*, Freeman 33*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *HL Collins           c Hendren          b Tate               114 235 311  9 0
    W Bardsley            c Woolley          b Freeman             21  51  49  1 0
    WH Ponsford                              b Gilligan           110 228 275  8 0
    AJ Richardson                            b Hearne              22  60  69  2 0
    JM Taylor             c Strudwick        b Tate                43  96 120  2 0
    VY Richardson                            b Freeman             42  93 100  3 0
    C Kelleway            c Woolley          b Tate                17  33  43  1 0
    HSTL Hendry           c Strudwick        b Tate                 3  15  15  0 0
    JM Gregory            c Strudwick        b Tate                 0   2   3  0 0
    +WAS Oldfield         not out                                  39  93 136  3 0
    AA Mailey                                b Tate                21  87  95  1 0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 8)                             18
    Total                 (all out, 152.2 overs)                  450
    
    FoW: 1-46 (Bardsley), 2-236 (Collins), 3-275 (Ponsford),
         4-286 (AJ Richardson), 5-364 (Taylor),
         6-374 (VY Richardson), 7-387 (Hendry), 8-387 (Gregory),
         9-388 (Kelleway), 10-450 (Mailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tate                        55.1   11    130      6
    Gilligan                    23      0     92      1
    Freeman                     49     11    124      2
    Hearne                      12.1    3     28      1
    Woolley                      9      0     35      0
    Hobbs                        2      0     13      0
    Chapman                      2      0     10      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JB Hobbs              c Kelleway         b Gregory            115 219 266  7 0
    H Sutcliffe           c VY Richardson    b Mailey              59 160 171  5 0
    JW Hearne             c sub              b Mailey               7  15  20  1 0
    FE Woolley                               b Gregory              0   8  10  0 0
    EH Hendren            not out                                  74 113 109  6 1
    A Sandham                                b Mailey               7  28  25  0 0
    APF Chapman           run out                                  13  12  11  2 0
    MW Tate               c sub              b Mailey               7  13  12  0 0
    *AER Gilligan                            b Gregory              1   3   4  0 0
    AP Freeman                               b Gregory              0   2   4  0 0
    +H Strudwick          lbw                b Gregory              6  13  13  1 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 5, nb 3)                         9
    Total                 (all out, 79.7 overs)                   298
    
    FoW: 1-157 (Sutcliffe), 2-171 (Hearne), 3-172 (Woolley),
         4-202 (Hobbs), 5-235 (Sandham), 6-254 (Chapman),
         7-272 (Tate), 8-274 (Gilligan), 9-274 (Freeman),
         10-298 (Strudwick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gregory                     28.7    2    111      5
    Kelleway                    14      3     44      0
    Mailey                      31      2    129      4
    Hendry                       5      1      5      0
    AJ Richardson                1      1      0      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AJ Richardson                        c & b Freeman             98 169 197 10 0
    W Bardsley                               b Tate                22  25  27  2 0
    C Kelleway                               b Gilligan            23  76  87  2 0
    *HL Collins           c Chapman          b Tate                60 154 192  3 0
    WH Ponsford           c Woolley          b Freeman             27  30  52  3 0
    VY Richardson         c Hendren          b Tate                18  32  35  2 0
    HSTL Hendry           c Strudwick        b Tate                22  56  58  1 0
    JM Taylor                                b Tate               108 164 217  8 0
    JM Gregory            c Woolley          b Freeman              2   6   6  0 0
    +WAS Oldfield         c Strudwick        b Gilligan            18  44  56  1 0
    AA Mailey             not out                                  46  79  81  4 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 5, w 1)                          8
    Total                 (all out, 125.7 overs)                  452
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Bardsley), 2-115 (Kelleway), 3-168 (AJ Richardson),
         4-210 (Ponsford), 5-241 (VY Richardson), 6-260 (Collins),
         7-281 (Hendry), 8-286 (Gregory), 9-325 (Oldfield),
         10-452 (Taylor).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tate                        33.7    8     98      5
    Gilligan                    27      6    114      2
    Freeman                     37      4    134      3
    Hearne                      25      2     88      0
    Chapman                      3      1     10      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 605 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    JB Hobbs              c Hendry           b Mailey              57 111 128  1 0
    H Sutcliffe           c Gregory          b Mailey             115 247 254 11 0
    JW Hearne                                b Gregory              0  16  22  0 0
    APF Chapman           c Oldfield         b Hendry              44  46  65  2 2
    EH Hendren            c Gregory          b Hendry               9  26  39  0 0
    FE Woolley            c Mailey           b Gregory            123 146 139 15 1
    A Sandham             c Oldfield         b Mailey               2   6   6  0 0
    MW Tate               c Ponsford         b Kelleway             0   3   6  0 0
    *AER Gilligan                            b Kelleway             1   7  12  0 0
    AP Freeman            not out                                  50  88  98  8 0
    +H Strudwick          c Oldfield         b Hendry               2   5   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 3, nb 1)                         8
    Total                 (all out, 96.7 overs)                   411
    
    FoW: 1-110 (Hobbs), 2-127 (Hearne), 3-195 (Chapman),
         4-212 (Hendren), 5-263 (Sutcliffe), 6-269 (Sandham),
         7-270 (Tate), 8-276 (Gilligan), 9-404 (Woolley),
         10-411 (Strudwick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gregory                     28      2    115      2
    Kelleway                    21      5     60      2
    Mailey                      32      0    179      3
    Hendry                      10.7    2     36      3
    AJ Richardson                5      0     13      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: HL Collins, W Bardsley, WH Ponsford, AJ Richardson, JM Taylor, VY Richardson, C Kelleway, HSTL Hendry, JM Gregory, WAS Oldfield, AA Mailey.

    England Player Pages: JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe, JW Hearne, FE Woolley, EH Hendren, A Sandham, APF Chapman, MW Tate, AER Gilligan, AP Freeman, H Strudwick.

    Match Officials' Pages: AC Jones, AP Williams.

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