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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 167 (167/114)
The Ashes, 1926, 5th Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
14,16,17,18 August 1926 (timeless match)

Result: England won by 289 runs
England wins the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: F Chester and HI Young

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 280, Australia 60/4 (Woodfull 22*, Collins 1*)
  • Day 2: Australia 302, England 49/0 (Hobbs 28*, Sutcliffe 20*)
  • Day 3: England 375/6 (Rhodes 0*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    JB Hobbs                                 b Mailey              37  55      0
    H Sutcliffe                              b Mailey              76 210   6  0
    FE Woolley                               b Mailey              18          0
    EH Hendren                               b Gregory              8          0
    *APF Chapman          st Oldfield        b Mailey              49  75      0
    GTS Stevens           c Andrews          b Mailey              17       2  1
    W Rhodes              c Oldfield         b Mailey              28  45      0
    G Geary               run out                                   9          0
    MW Tate                                  b Grimmett            23  15      1
    H Larwood             c Andrews          b Grimmett             0       0  0
    +H Strudwick          not out                                   4       1  0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 5)                              11
    Total                 (all out, 95.5 overs)                   280
    
    FoW: 1-53 (Hobbs), 2-91 (Woolley), 3-108 (Hendren),
         4-189 (Chapman), 5-213 (Stevens), 6-214 (Sutcliffe),
         7-231 (Geary), 8-266 (Tate), 9-266 (Larwood),
         10-280 (Rhodes).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gregory                     15      4     31      1
    Grimmett                    33     12     74      2
    Mailey                      33.5    3    138      6
    Macartney                    7      4     16      0
    Richardson                   7      2     10      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    WM Woodfull                              b Rhodes              35 120      0
    W Bardsley            c Strudwick        b Larwood              2       0  0
    CG Macartney                             b Stevens             25  30      0
    WH Ponsford           run out                                   2       0  0
    TJE Andrews                              b Larwood              3       0  0
    *HL Collins           c Stevens          b Larwood             61 230   2  0
    AJ Richardson         c Geary            b Rhodes              16          0
    JM Gregory            c Stevens          b Tate                73 100  10  0
    +WAS Oldfield         not out                                  33          0
    CV Grimmett                              b Tate                35  75      0
    AA Mailey             c Strudwick        b Tate                 0       0  0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 12)                             17
    Total                 (all out, 152.1 overs)                  302
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Bardsley), 2-44 (Macartney), 3-51 (Ponsford),
         4-59 (Andrews), 5-90 (Woodfull), 6-122 (Richardson),
         7-229 (Gregory), 8-231 (Collins), 9-298 (Grimmett),
         10-302 (Mailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tate                        37.1   17     40      3
    Larwood                     34     11     82      3
    Geary                       27      8     43      0
    Stevens                     29      3     85      1
    Rhodes                      25     15     35      2
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   4  6
    JB Hobbs                                 b Gregory            100 221  10  0
    H Sutcliffe                              b Mailey             161 428  16  0
    FE Woolley            lbw                b Richardson          27          0
    EH Hendren            c Oldfield         b Grimmett            15          0
    *APF Chapman                             b Richardson          19          0
    GTS Stevens           c Mailey           b Grimmett            22          0
    W Rhodes              lbw                b Grimmett            14          0
    G Geary               c Oldfield         b Gregory              1       0  0
    MW Tate               not out                                  33  50      0
    H Larwood                                b Mailey               5  10      0
    +H Strudwick          c Andrews          b Mailey               2   5   0  0
    Extras                (b 19, lb 18)                            37
    Total                 (all out, 182.5 overs)                  436
    
    FoW: 1-172 (Hobbs), 2-220 (Woolley), 3-277 (Hendren),
         4-316 (Chapman), 5-373 (Stevens), 6-375 (Sutcliffe),
         7-382 (Geary), 8-425 (Rhodes), 9-430 (Larwood),
         10-436 (Strudwick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gregory                     18      1     58      2
    Grimmett                    55     17    108      3
    Mailey                      42.5    6    128      3
    Macartney                   26     16     24      0
    Richardson                  41     21     81      2
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 415 runs)                        R   M   4  6
    WM Woodfull           c Geary            b Larwood              0       0  0
    WH Ponsford           c Larwood          b Rhodes              12          0
    CG Macartney          c Geary            b Larwood             16          0
    W Bardsley            c Woolley          b Rhodes              21  65      0
    *HL Collins           c Woolley          b Rhodes               4          0
    TJE Andrews           c Tate             b Larwood             15          0
    JM Gregory            c Sutcliffe        b Tate                 9          0
    AJ Richardson                            b Rhodes               4          0
    +WAS Oldfield                            b Stevens             23          0
    CV Grimmett           not out                                   8          0
    AA Mailey                                b Geary                6          0
    Extras                (lb 7)                                    7
    Total                 (all out, 52.3 overs)                   125
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Woodfull), 2-31 (Macartney), 3-31 (Ponsford),
         4-35 (Collins), 5-63 (Andrews), 6-83 (Bardsley),
         7-83 (Gregory), 8-87 (Richardson), 9-114 (Oldfield),
         10-125 (Mailey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Tate                         9      4     12      1
    Larwood                     14      3     34      3
    Geary                        6.3    2     15      1
    Stevens                      3      1     13      1
    Rhodes                      20      9     44      4
    


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    Team Pages: England, Australia.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    England Player Pages: JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe, FE Woolley, EH Hendren, APF Chapman, GTS Stevens, W Rhodes, G Geary, MW Tate, H Larwood, H Strudwick.

    Australia Player Pages: WM Woodfull, W Bardsley, CG Macartney, WH Ponsford, TJE Andrews, HL Collins, AJ Richardson, JM Gregory, WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, AA Mailey.

    Match Officials' Pages: F Chester, HI Young.

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