First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Adelaide Oval, January 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 1912. England won by seven wickets. AUSTRALIA 1 W.Bardsley c Smith b Barnes 5 b Foster 63 2 C.Kelleway b Foster 1 b Douglas 37 3 H.V.Hordern c Rhodes b Foster 25 (7) c and b Barnes 5 4 V.S.Ransford not out 8 (8) b Hitch 38 5 W.W.Armstrong b Foster 33 b Douglas 25 6 V.T.Trumper b Hitch 26 (11) not out 1 7 *C.Hill st Smith b Foster 0 (4) c Hitch b Barnes 98 8 R.B.Minnett b Foster 0 (6) c Hobbs b Barnes 38 9 T.J.Matthews c Mead b Barnes 5 b Barnes 53 10 A.Cotter b Barnes 11 b Barnes 15 11 †H.Carter c Gunn b Douglas 8 (3) c Smith b Woolley 72 Extras b 3, lb 6, nb 2 11 b 26, lb 3, nb 2 31 —— —— 133 476 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-6 (1), 3-65 (5), 4-84 (3), 5-88 (7), 6-88 (8), 7-97 (9), 8-113 (10), 9-123 (6), 10-133 (11) FoW (2): 1-86 (2), 2-122 (1), 3-279 (3), 4-303 (4), 5-342 (5), 6-360 (6), 7-363 (7), 8-447 (8), 9-475 (9), 10-476 (10) ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs c Hordern b Minnett 187 lbw b Hordern 3 2 W.Rhodes lbw b Cotter 59 not out 57 3 G.Gunn c Hill b Cotter 29 c Cotter b Kelleway 45 4 J.W.Hearne c Hill b Kelleway 12 c Kelleway b Matthews 2 5 C.P.Mead c and b Hordern 46 not out 2 6 F.R.Foster b Armstrong 71 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Minnett 35 8 F.E.Woolley b Cotter 20 9 †E.J.Smith c sub (J.Vine) b Cotter 22 10 S.F.Barnes not out 2 11 J.W.Hitch c sub (C.G.Macartney) b Hordern 0 Extras b 7, lb 8, nb 3 18 b 1, lb 1, nb 1 3 —— —— 501 (3 wickets) 112 FoW (1): 1-147 (2), 2-206 (3), 3-260 (4), 4-323 (1), 5-350 (5), 6-435 (7), 7-455 (6), 8-492 (8), 9-501 (9), 10-501 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (1), 2-102 (3), 3-105 (4) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Foster 26 9 36 5 49 15 103 1 Barnes 23 4 71 3 46.4 7 105 5 Douglas 7 2 7 1 29 10 71 2 Hearne 2 0 6 0 10 0 61 0 Hitch 2 1 2 1 11 0 69 1 Woolley (6) 7 1 30 1 Rhodes (7) 1 0 6 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 43 11 125 4 5 0 21 0 Hordern 47.1 5 143 2 11 3 32 1 Kelleway 23 3 46 1 (6) 7 3 8 1 Matthews 33 8 72 0 (5) 9.2 3 24 1 Minnett 17 3 54 2 (4) 4 1 12 0 Armstrong 14 0 43 1 (3) 6 1 12 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and G.A.Watson. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 49-0 (Hobbs 29*, Rhodes 20*); 2nd day: England (1) 327-4 (Mead 31*, Foster 0*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 96-1 (Bardsley 46*, Carter 4*); 4th day: Australia (2) 360-5 (Minnett 38*, Hordern 3*). J.B.Hobbs’s 187 took 351 balls in 334 minutes and included 15 fours. V.S.Ransford retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 6 (team score 17-2) - he returned when the score was 113-8. 25