Date-stamped : 03 Feb1998 - 10:55 Australia v England, 1928-29 Adelaide. One of the best test matches of all, the closeness of the game is indicated by the innings scores of 334, 369, 383 and 336. Hobbs and Sutcliffe got England off to a century stand yet again, the first wicket falling at 143. As wickets fell regularly, Hammond again took control and scored 119 of the next 191 runs unbeaten to get England to 334, only Chapman staying around long enough to help with 39. The 19 year-old Jackson opened the batting in his first test and soon Australia were in trouble at 3 for 19. He held the innings together with partnerships of 126 with the captain Ryder (63), 82 with Bradman (40) and 60 with a'Beckett (36). Jackson reached his century by square cutting Tate for four. He was later dismissed for 164 and at the time was the youngest ever test century maker. Early on the 4th morning, Hobbs and Sutcliffe were both out in the 2nd innings with the score at 21. Hammond and Jardine batted out the rest of the day and by the close England were 206 for 2. The partnership continued well into the next day and was eventually ended for 262 with the score at 283 for 3. Tate, batting at number 9, scored an important 47 and England were all out for 383, the last 8 wickets falling for 100. In an tense Australian 2nd Innings, all the batsmen except Hendry got over 30 but none could get the century that was needed to ensure a victory, Ryder again playing a fine captains knock of 87. With the innings at 7/320, Bradman was run out for 58 when Oldfield chanced a risky single to Hobbs, a fine fieldsman, at cover. Bradman later said that although he was well out of his crease, the wicketkeeper Duckworth, who had his back to the umpire, did not have the ball in his gloves when he broke the wicket. Australia were in trouble with only Grimmett and Blackie to come and 28 required to win. 'Farmer' Jack White was bowling at his best and took the final 2 wickets. Australia had gone down by 12 runs. At the end of this match, Hammond's series scores of 251, 200, 32 run out, 119 not out and 177 gave him an average of 194.75 in the 4 tests so far. Although he and Jackson were the stars of the match with the bat, it was White who won the game for England with 8-126 in the second innings and match figures of 13-256 from 124.5 overs. Contributed by KDWalters