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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 180 (180/119)
The Ashes, 1928/29, 5th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16 March 1929 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
England wins the 5-Test series 4-1

Toss: England
Umpires: GA Hele and AC Jones
Test Debuts: AG Fairfax, PM Hornibrook, TW Wall (Aus).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 240/4 (Duckworth 3*)
  • Day 2: England 485/9 (Leyland 110*, White 2*)
  • Day 3: England 519, Australia 152/2 (Woodfull 78*, Ryder 4*)
  • Day 4: Australia 367/4 (Bradman 109*, Fairfax 50*)
  • Day 5: Australia 491, England 18/1 (Hobbs 3*, Larwood 11*)
  • Day 6: England 257, Australia 7/0 (Oldfield 6*, Hornibrook 1*)
  • Day 7: Australia 173/4 (Kippax 12*, Ryder 8*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JB Hobbs              lbw                b Ryder              142 278 301 11 0
    DR Jardine            c Oldfield         b Wall                19 101 126  0 0
    WR Hammond            c Fairfax          b Wall                38  76 100  4 0
    GE Tyldesley          c Hornibrook       b Ryder               31 107 116  3 0
    +G Duckworth          c Fairfax          b Hornibrook          12  32  37  1 0
    EH Hendren            c Hornibrook       b Fairfax             95 190 188 10 0
    M Leyland             c Fairfax          b Oxenham            137 300 330 18 0
    H Larwood                                b Wall                 4   6   3  1 0
    G Geary                                  b Hornibrook           4  22  14  0 0
    MW Tate               c sub              b Hornibrook          15  46  35  0 0
    *JC White             not out                                   9  54  48  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 2)                   13
    Total                 (all out, 215.1 overs)                  519
    
    FoW: 1-64 (Jardine), 2-146 (Hammond), 3-235 (Hobbs),
         4-240 (Tyldesley), 5-261 (Duckworth), 6-401 (Hendren),
         7-409 (Larwood), 8-428 (Geary), 9-470 (Tate),
         10-519 (Leyland).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wall                        49      8    123      3
    Hornibrook                  48      8    142      3
    Oxenham                     45.1   15     86      1
    Grimmett                    25     11     40      0
    Fairfax                     27      4     84      1
    Ryder                       18      5     29      2
    Kippax                       3      1      2      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    WM Woodfull           c Geary            b Larwood            102 325 381  3 0
    A Jackson             run out                                  30  89  95  3 0
    AF Kippax             c Duckworth        b White               38 116 145  2 0
    *J Ryder              c Tate             b Hammond             30 112 125  2 0
    DG Bradman            c Tate             b Geary              123 217 247  8 0
    AG Fairfax            lbw                b Geary               65 232 242  2 0
    RK Oxenham            c Duckworth        b Geary                7  69  79  0 0
    +WAS Oldfield                        c & b Geary                6  22  24  0 0
    CV Grimmett           not out                                  38 146 170  1 0
    TW Wall               c Duckworth        b Geary                9  21  18  2 0
    PM Hornibrook         lbw                b White               26  95 106  2 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 9, w 2)                         17
    Total                 (all out, 271.3 overs)                  491
    
    FoW: 1-54 (Jackson), 2-143 (Kippax), 3-203 (Ryder),
         4-203 (Woodfull), 5-386 (Bradman), 6-399 (Fairfax),
         7-409 (Oldfield), 8-420 (Oxenham), 9-432 (Wall),
         10-491 (Hornibrook).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Larwood                     34      7     83      1
    Tate                        62     26    108      0
    Geary                       81     36    105      5
    White                       75.3   22    136      2
    Hammond                     16      3     31      1
    Leyland                      3      0     11      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    JB Hobbs              c Fairfax          b Grimmett            65 116 126  6 0
    DR Jardine            c Oldfield         b Wall                 0   2   1  0 0
    H Larwood                                b Wall                11  17  21  2 0
    WR Hammond            c Ryder            b Fairfax             16  44  42  0 0
    GE Tyldesley          c Oldfield         b Wall                21  65  62  1 0
    EH Hendren                               b Grimmett             1   5   7  0 0
    M Leyland             not out                                  53 140 138  6 0
    MW Tate               c Fairfax          b Hornibrook          54  55  57  8 0
    G Geary                                  b Wall                 3  19  18  0 0
    *JC White             c Oxenham          b Wall                 4  18  20  0 0
    +G Duckworth          lbw                b Oxenham              9  27  27  1 0
    Extras                (b 19, lb 1)                             20
    Total                 (all out, 86.3 overs)                   257
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Jardine), 2-19 (Larwood), 3-75 (Hammond),
         4-119 (Hobbs), 5-123 (Hendren), 6-131 (Tyldesley),
         7-212 (Tate), 8-217 (Geary), 9-231 (White),
         10-257 (Duckworth).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wall                        26      5     66      5
    Hornibrook                  19      5     51      1
    Oxenham                     10.3    1     34      1
    Grimmett                    24      7     66      2
    Fairfax                      7      0     20      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 286 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    +WAS Oldfield                            b Hammond             48 155 156  3 0
    PM Hornibrook                            b Hammond             18  97 116  1 0
    WM Woodfull                              b Hammond             35 128 154  2 0
    A Jackson                                b Geary               46  85  75  4 0
    AF Kippax             run out                                  28  82  70  0 0
    *J Ryder              not out                                  57 139 172  4 0
    DG Bradman            not out                                  37  72  89  3 0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 6)                             18
    Total                 (5 wickets, 134.1 overs)                287
    
    DNB: AG Fairfax, RK Oxenham, CV Grimmett, TW Wall.
    
    FoW: 1-51 (Hornibrook), 2-80 (Oldfield), 3-129 (Woodfull),
         4-158 (Jackson), 5-204 (Kippax).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Larwood                     32.1    5     81      0
    Tate                        38     13     76      0
    Geary                       20      5     31      1
    White                       18      8     28      0
    Hammond                     26      8     53      3
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: JB Hobbs, DR Jardine, WR Hammond, GE Tyldesley, G Duckworth, EH Hendren, M Leyland, H Larwood, G Geary, MW Tate, JC White.

    Australia Player Pages: WM Woodfull, A Jackson, AF Kippax, J Ryder, DG Bradman, AG Fairfax, RK Oxenham, WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, TW Wall, PM Hornibrook.

    Match Officials' Pages: GA Hele, AC Jones.

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