First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 30, 1911, January 1, 2, 3, 1912. England won by eight wickets. AUSTRALIA 1 C.Kelleway lbw b Barnes 2 c Gunn b Foster 13 2 W.Bardsley b Barnes 0 run out 16 3 *C.Hill b Barnes 4 c Gunn b Barnes 0 4 W.W.Armstrong c Smith b Barnes 4 b Foster 90 5 V.T.Trumper b Foster 13 b Barnes 2 6 V.S.Ransford c Smith b Hitch 43 c Smith b Foster 32 7 R.B.Minnett c Hobbs b Barnes 2 (8) b Foster 34 8 H.V.Hordern not out 49 (7) c Mead b Foster 31 9 A.Cotter run out 14 c Hobbs b Foster 41 10 †H.Carter c Smith b Douglas 29 b Barnes 16 11 W.J.Whitty b Woolley 14 not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 1 10 b 14, lb 7, w 1, nb 2 24 —— —— 184 299 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-5 (1), 3-8 (3), 4-11 (4), 5-33 (5), 6-38 (7), 7-80 (6), 8-97 (9), 9-140 (10), 10-184 (11) FoW (2): 1-28 (1), 2-34 (2), 3-34 (3), 4-38 (5), 5-135 (6), 6-168 (4), 7-232 (8), 8-235 (7), 9-298 (9), 10-299 (10) ENGLAND 1 W.Rhodes c Trumper b Cotter 61 c Carter b Cotter 28 2 J.B.Hobbs c Carter b Cotter 6 not out 126 3 J.W.Hearne c Carter b Cotter 114 (4) not out 12 4 G.Gunn lbw b Armstrong 10 (3) c Carter b Whitty 43 5 C.P.Mead c Armstrong b Whitty 11 6 F.R.Foster c Hill b Cotter 9 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Hordern 9 8 F.E.Woolley c Ransford b Hordern 23 9 †E.J.Smith b Hordern 5 10 S.F.Barnes lbw b Hordern 1 11 J.W.Hitch not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 10, nb 4 16 b 5, lb 5 10 —— —— 265 (2 wickets) 219 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-137 (1), 3-174 (4), 4-213 (5), 5-224 (3), 6-227 (6), 7-258 (8), 8-260 (7), 9-262 (10), 10-265 (9) FoW (2): 1-57 (1), 2-169 (3) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Foster 16 2 52 1 38 9 91 6 Barnes 23 9 44 5 32.1 7 96 3 Hitch 7 0 37 1 (6) 5 0 21 0 Douglas 15 4 33 1 (3) 10 0 38 0 Hearne 1 0 8 0 (4) 1 0 5 0 Woolley 0.1 0 0 1 (5) 3 0 21 0 Rhodes (7) 2 1 3 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 21 2 73 4 14 5 45 1 Whitty 19 2 47 1 18 3 37 1 Hordern 23.1 1 66 4 17 0 66 0 Kelleway 15 7 27 0 (5) 7 0 15 0 Armstrong 15 6 20 1 (4) 8 1 22 0 Minnett 5 0 16 0 2 0 13 0 Ransford (7) 1.1 0 11 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and D.A.Elder. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 38-1 (Rhodes 16*, Hearne 12*); 2nd day: England (1) 265 all out; 3rd day: Australia (2) 269-8 (Cotter 18*, Carter 12*). J.W.Hearne’s 114 took 243 balls in 225 minutes and included 11 fours. J.B.Hobbs’s 126 took 206 balls in 207 minutes and included 8 fours. 21