First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, February 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 1908. Australia won by 49 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 *M.A.Noble b Barnes 35 lbw b Rhodes 34 2 C.G.Macartney c Crawford b Barnes 1 (5) c Jones b Crawford 12 3 J.D.A.O’Connor c Young b Crawford 9 (2) b Barnes 6 4 S.E.Gregory c and b Barnes 44 b Crawford 56 5 C.Hill c Hutchings b Barnes 12 (6) c Young b Crawford 44 6 W.W.Armstrong c and b Crawford 3 (7) c Gunn b Crawford 32 7 V.T.Trumper c Braund b Barnes 10 (3) c Gunn b Rhodes 166 8 V.S.Ransford c Gunn b Barnes 11 not out 21 9 M.J.Hartigan c and b Crawford 1 b Crawford 5 10 †H.Carter not out 1 c Hobbs b Rhodes 22 11 J.V.Saunders c Young b Barnes 0 c Young b Rhodes 0 Extras b 9, lb 1 10 b 21, lb 3 24 —— —— 137 422 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-46 (3), 3-46 (1), 4-64 (5), 5-73 (6), 6-94 (7), 7-124 (8), 8-129 (9), 9-137 (4), 10-137 (11) FoW (2): 1-25 (2), 2-52 (1), 3-166 (4), 4-192 (5), 5-300 (3), 6-342 (6), 7-373 (7), 8-387 (9), 9-422 (10), 10-422 (11) ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs b Saunders 72 c Gregory b Saunders 13 2 F.L.Fane b Noble 0 b Noble 46 3 G.Gunn not out 122 b Macartney 0 4 K.L.Hutchings run out 13 b Macartney 2 5 J.Hardstaff c O’Connor b Saunders 17 b Saunders 8 6 J.N.Crawford c Hill b Saunders 6 (10) not out 24 7 L.C.Braund st Carter b Macartney 31 (6) c Noble b Saunders 0 8 W.Rhodes c Noble b Armstrong 10 (7) b Noble 69 9 †R.A.Young st Carter b Macartney 0 (8) c O’Connor b Saunders 11 10 *A.O.Jones b Macartney 0 (9) b Armstrong 34 11 S.F.Barnes run out 1 b Saunders 11 Extras b 6, lb 3 9 b 5, lb 6 11 —— —— 281 229 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-135 (1), 3-168 (4), 4-189 (5), 5-197 (6), 6-245 (7), 7-264 (8), 8-271 (9), 9-271 (10), 10-281 (11) FoW (2): 1-21 (1), 2-26 (3), 3-30 (4), 4-51 (5), 5-57 (6), 6-87 (2), 7-123 (8), 8-176 (9), 9-198 (7), 10-229 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Barnes 22.4 6 60 7 27 6 78 1 Rhodes 10 5 15 0 37.4 7 102 4 Crawford 18 4 52 3 36 10 141 5 Braund (4) 20 3 64 0 Hobbs (5) 7 3 13 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Noble 28 9 62 1 24 6 56 2 Saunders 35 5 114 3 35.1 5 82 5 O’Connor 6 0 23 0 13 3 29 0 Macartney 15.1 3 44 3 15 4 24 2 Armstrong 12 2 29 1 18 7 27 1 Umpires: W.Hannah and A.C.Jones. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 116-1 (Hobbs 65*, Gunn 50*); 2nd day: England (1) 187-3 (Gunn 77*, Hardstaff 17*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 18-0 (Noble 11*, O’Connor 4*); 4th day: Australia (2) 357-6 (Armstrong 19*, Ransford 4*); 5th day: England (2) 117-6 (Rhodes 32*, Young 9*). G.Gunn’s 122 took 287 minutes and included 7 fours and 1 six. V.T.Trumper’s 166 took 241 minutes and included 18 fours. 35