First-Class Cricket Matchex 1925

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1925. Australia won by 81 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 *H.L.Collins c Strudwick b Tate 9 b Hearne 30 2 W.Bardsley c Strudwick b Gilligan 19 lbw b Tate 2 3 A.J.Richardson run out 14 b Tate 9 4 W.H.Ponsford b Tate 128 b Tate 4 5 J.M.Taylor run out 72 b Tate 90 6 V.Y.Richardson run out 138 c Strudwick b Hearne 8 7 C.Kelleway c Strudwick b Gilligan 32 c and b Hearne 17 8 A.E.V.Hartkopf c Chapman b Gilligan 80 lbw b Tate 0 9 J.M.Gregory c Gilligan b Tate 44 not out 36 10 †W.A.S.Oldfield not out 39 lbw b Hearne 39 11 A.A.Mailey lbw b Douglas 1 b Tate 3 Extras b 18, lb 5, nb 1 24 b 11, lb 1 12 —— —— 600 250 FoW (1): 1-22 (1), 2-47 (3), 3-47 (2), 4-208 (5), 5-301 (4), 6-424 (6), 7-439 (7), 8-499 (9), 9-599 (8), 10-600 (11) FoW (2): 1-3 (2), 2-13 (3), 3-27 (4), 4-106 (1), 5-126 (6), 6-166 (5), 7-168 (7), 8-168 (8), 9-239 (10), 10-250 (11) ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs b Mailey 154 lbw b Mailey 22 2 H.Sutcliffe b Kelleway 176 c Gregory b Mailey 127 3 F.E.Woolley b Gregory 0 (5) lbw b A.J.Richardson 50 4 J.W.Hearne b Mailey 9 lbw b Gregory 23 5 E.H.Hendren c Oldfield b Kelleway 32 (6) b Gregory 18 6 A.P.F.Chapman c Oldfield b Gregory 28 (9) not out 4 7 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Collins b A.J.Richardson 8 (8) b Mailey 14 8 R.K.Tyldesley c Collins b Gregory 5 (7) c Ponsford b Mailey 0 9 M.W.Tate b A.J.Richardson 34 (11) b Gregory 0 10 *A.E.R.Gilligan not out 17 c and b Mailey 0 11 †H.Strudwick b Hartkopf 4 (3) lbw b Gregory 22 Extras b 4, lb 4, nb 4 12 b 6, lb 2, nb 2 10 —— —— 479 290 FoW (1): 1-283 (1), 2-284 (3), 3-305 (4), 4-373 (5), 5-404 (2), 6-412 (6), 7-418 (8), 8-453 (7), 9-458 (9), 10-479 (11) FoW (2): 1-36 (1), 2-75 (3), 3-121 (4), 4-211 (5), 5-254 (6), 6-255 (7), 7-280 (2), 8-289 (8), 9-289 (10), 10-290 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Tate 45 10 142 3 33.3 8 99 6 Douglas 19.5 0 95 1 (5) 4 0 9 0 Tyldesley 35 3 130 0 2 0 6 0 Gilligan 26 1 114 3 (2) 11 2 40 0 Hearne 13 1 69 0 (4) 29 5 84 4 Woolley 11 3 26 0 1nb Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Gregory 34 4 124 3 27.3 6 87 4 Kelleway 30 10 62 2 4nb 18 4 42 0 2nb Mailey 34 5 141 2 (4) 24 2 92 5 Hartkopf 26 1 120 1 (5) 4 1 14 0 A.J.Richardson 14 6 20 2 (3) 22 7 35 1 Collins (6) 11 3 10 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and C.Garing. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 300-4 (Ponsford 128*, V.Y.Richardson 39*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 600 all out; 3rd day: England (1) 283-0 (Hobbs 154*, Sutcliffe 123*); 4th day: Australia (2) 63-3 (Collins 17*, Taylor 25*); 5th day: England (2) 54-1 (Sutcliffe 12*, Strudwick 15*); 6th day: England (2) 259-6 (Sutcliffe 114*, Douglas 0*). W.H.Ponsford’s 128 took 233 balls in 222 minutes and included 6 fours. V.Y.Richardson’s 138 took 217 balls in 198 minutes and included 13 fours. J.B.Hobbs’s 154 took 340 balls in 288 minutes and included 11 fours. H.Sutcliffe’s 176 took 481 balls in 431 minutes and included 17 fours. H.Sutcliffe’s 127 took 390 balls in 379 minutes and included 12 fours.