First-Class Cricket Matchex 1925

AUSTRALIAN XI v M.C.C. Played at Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, December 4, 5, 6, 8, 1924. Match drawn. AUSTRALIAN XI 1 †L.P.D.O’Connor lbw b Freeman 50 (2) b Howell 40 2 W.H.Ponsford c Sandham b Howell 81 3 A.J.Richardson lbw b Tyldesley 35 st Strudwick b Chapman 83 4 A.F.Kippax st Strudwick b Tyldesley 14 not out 82 5 *H.S.T.L.Hendry c Strudwick b Freeman 68 (1) lbw b Tyldesley 26 6 R.K.Oxenham st Strudwick b Freeman 54 st Freeman b Strudwick 0 7 F.C.Thompson c Sutcliffe b Freeman 114 (5) c Bryan b Chapman 12 8 F.H.Taaffe not out 86 (7) not out 10 9 P.M.Hornibrook b Freeman 16 10 C.V.Grimmett b Freeman 0 11 P.H.Wallace b Howell 1 Extras b 1, lb 4, nb 2 7 b 1, lb 2, w 1 4 —— —— 526 (5 wickets) 257 FoW (1): 1-121, 2-145, 3-175, 4-188, 5-299, 6-312, 7-482, 8-513, 9-523, 10-526 FoW (2): 1-48, 2-89, 3-202, 4-234, 5-239 M.C.C. 1 *J.W.H.T.Douglas b Grimmett 54 2 †H.Strudwick b Wallace 6 3 H.Sutcliffe lbw b Richardson 19 4 J.L.Bryan c and b Grimmett 29 5 E.H.Hendren lbw b Oxenham 100 6 A.Sandham lbw b Oxenham 10 7 A.P.F.Chapman st O’Connor b Grimmett 92 8 R.Kilner c O’Connor b Oxenham 52 9 R.K.Tyldesley c Hendry b Grimmett 29 10 A.P.Freeman not out 12 11 H.Howell b Oxenham 1 Extras b 10, lb 3, nb 4 17 —— 421 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-52, 3-105, 4-116, 5-146, 6-292, 7-357, 8-386, 9-420, 10-421 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Howell 35 2 123 2 2nb (5) 5 0 21 1 Douglas 12 0 53 0 (1) 5 0 29 0 Kilner 18 2 69 0 (2) 5 0 17 0 Tyldesley 37 5 105 2 (3) 5 0 19 1 Freeman 53 6 160 6 (4) 7 0 29 0 Bryan 2 0 9 0 3 0 25 0 Sutcliffe (7) 3 0 13 0 Hendren (8) 4 0 34 0 1w Sandham (9) 4 0 24 0 Chapman (10) 6 0 33 2 Strudwick (11) 3 0 9 1 Australian XI Bowling O M R W Wallace 14 1 54 1 4nb Hornibrook 25 5 87 0 Grimmett 36 3 176 4 Richardson 11 2 40 1 Oxenham 12.1 3 25 4 Hendry 4 0 22 0 Umpires: J.P.Orr and A.E.Wyeth. Toss: Australian XI Close of Play: 1st day: Australian XI (1) 299-5 (Oxenham 47*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 4-0 (Douglas 1*, Strudwick 1*); 3rd day: M.C.C. (1) 292-6 (Hendren 71*). F.C.Thompson’s 114 took 209 minutes and included 7 fours. E.H.Hendren’s 100 took 209 minutes and included 10 fours and 1 six.