First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, February 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, March 1, 1912. England won by 70 runs. ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs c Ransford b Hordern 32 c Hazlitt b Hordern 45 2 W.Rhodes b Macartney 8 lbw b Armstrong 30 3 G.Gunn st Carter b Hordern 52 b Hordern 61 4 J.W.Hearne c Macartney b Armstrong 4 b Hordern 18 5 F.R.Foster st Carter b Hazlitt 15 b McLaren 4 6 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Ransford b Hordern 18 b Armstrong 8 7 F.E.Woolley not out 133 c Armstrong b Hazlitt 11 8 J.Vine b Hordern 36 not out 6 9 †E.J.Smith b Hordern 0 b Hordern 13 10 S.F.Barnes c Hordern b Hazlitt 5 b Hordern 4 11 J.W.Hitch c Hill b Hazlitt 4 c Ransford b Armstrong 4 Extras b 10, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 17 b 8, nb 2 10 —— —— 324 214 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-69 (1), 3-83 (4), 4-114 (5), 5-125 (3), 6-162 (6), 7-305 (8), 8-305 (9), 9-312 (10), 10-324 (11) FoW (2): 1-76 (1), 2-76 (2), 3-105 (4), 4-110 (5), 5-146 (6), 6-178 (7), 7-186 (3), 8-201 (9), 9-209 (10), 10-214 (11) AUSTRALIA 1 V.T.Trumper c Woolley b Barnes 5 c Woolley b Barnes 50 2 S.E.Gregory c Gunn b Douglas 32 c Smith b Barnes 40 3 *C.Hill c Smith b Hitch 20 b Foster 8 4 W.W.Armstrong lbw b Barnes 33 b Barnes 33 5 R.B.Minnett c Douglas b Hitch 0 c Woolley b Barnes 61 6 V.S.Ransford c Hitch b Foster 29 b Woolley 9 7 †H.Carter c sub (C.P.Mead) b Barnes 11 (8) c Woolley b Foster 23 8 C.G.Macartney c and b Woolley 26 (7) c Woolley b Foster 27 9 H.V.Hordern b Woolley 0 run out 4 10 G.R.Hazlitt run out 1 c Rhodes b Foster 4 11 J.W.McLaren not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 1 19 b 22, lb 8, w 1, nb 2 33 —— —— 176 292 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-59 (3), 3-81 (2), 4-82 (5), 5-133 (4), 6-133 (6), 7-171 (8), 8-175 (9), 9-176 (7), 10-176 (10) FoW (2): 1-88 (2), 2-101 (3), 3-117 (1), 4-209 (4), 5-220 (6), 6-231 (5), 7-278 (7), 8-287 (8), 9-287 (9), 10-292 (10) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W McLaren 16 2 47 0 (5) 8 1 23 1 Macartney 12 3 26 1 (1) 7 0 28 0 Hordern 37 8 95 5 (4) 25 5 66 5 Hazlitt 31 6 75 3 (2) 12 2 52 1 Armstrong 25 8 42 1 (3) 17.3 7 35 3 Minnett 8 1 22 0 1 1 0 0 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Foster 16 0 55 1 30.1 7 43 4 Barnes 19 2 56 3 39 12 106 4 Hitch 9 0 31 2 (4) 6 1 23 0 Douglas 7 0 14 1 (3) 9 0 34 0 Woolley 2 1 1 2 16 5 36 1 Rhodes (6) 2 0 17 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and A.C.Jones. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 204-6 (Woolley 62*, Vine 8*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 133-5 (Ransford 28*, Carter 0*); 3rd day: No play; 4th day: England (2) 209-9 (Vine 5*); 5th day: Australia (2) 193-3 (Armstrong 23*, Minnett 49*); 6th day: No play. F.E.Woolley’s 133 took 215 balls in 215 minutes and included 12 fours. 39