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Test No. 56

England tour of Australia 1897/98
1897-98 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
29 January - 02 February, 1898

Australia led the 5-match series 3-1

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 8 wickets


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charlie McLeod b Hearne
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Darling c Hearne b Richardson
12 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill c Stoddart b Hearne
188 
0 
21 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory b Richardson
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Frank Iredale c Storer b Hearne
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble c & b Hearne
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Trott c Storer b Hearne
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Trumble c Mason b Storer
46 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly c Storer b Briggs
32 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Ernie Jones c Hayward b Hearne
20 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Bill Howell Not Out
9 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 3, W 1
4
Total : (all out in 101.4 overs)
323
 RR : 3.18

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (CE McLeod), 2-25 (J Darling), 3-25 (SE Gregory), 4-26 (FA Iredale), 5-32 (MA Noble), 6-58 (GHS Trott), 7-223 (H Trumble), 8-283 (JJ Kelly), 9-303 (C Hill), 10-323 (E Jones, 101.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Richardson
26
2 
102 
2
3.92
0
0
»
 Jack Hearne
35
 .4
13 
98 
6
2.75
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
10
4 
24 
0
2.40
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
17
4 
38 
1
2.24
0
0
»
 Andrew Stoddart
6
1 
22 
0
3.67
0
0
»
 Bill Storer
4
0 
24 
1
6.00
0
0
»
 Ted Wainwright
3
1 
11 
0
3.67
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren b Howell
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ted Wainwright c Howell b Trott
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ranji c Iredale b Trumble
24 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward c Gregory b Noble
22 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Frank Druce lbw b Jones
24 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer c & b Trumble
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Mason b Jones
30 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Andrew Stoddart c Darling b Jones
17 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs Not Out
21 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne c Trott b Jones
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson b Trott
20 
0 
4 
0
- 
Total : (all out in 61.1 overs)
174
 RR : 2.84

Fall of wickets : 1-14 (AC MacLaren), 2-16 (E Wainwright), 3-60 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 4-60 (TW Hayward), 5-67 (W Storer), 6-103 (NF Druce), 7-121 (AE Stoddart), 8-148 (JR Mason), 9-148 (JT Hearne), 10-174 (T Richardson, 61.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bill Howell
16
7 
34 
1
2.13
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
11
 .1
1 
33 
2
2.96
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
7
1 
21 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
15
4 
30 
2
2.00
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
12
2 
56 
4
4.67
0
0

England 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Johnny Briggs c Darling b Howell
23 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Ted Wainwright c McLeod b Jones
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Archie MacLaren c Iredale b Trumble
45 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Ranji b Noble
55 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward c & b Trumble
25 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Andrew Stoddart b Jones
25 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Frank Druce c Howell b Trott
16 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Mason b Howell
26 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer c Darling b McLeod
26 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne Not Out
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson c Trumble b McLeod
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 11, W 1, N 1
14
Total : (all out in 114.2 overs)
263
 RR : 2.30

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (E Wainwright), 2-63 (J Briggs), 3-94 (AC MacLaren), 4-147 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 5-157 (TW Hayward), 6-192 (NF Druce), 7-211 (AE Stoddart), 8-259 (JR Mason), 9-259 (W Storer), 10-263 (T Richardson, 114.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bill Howell
30
12 
58 
2
1.93
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
12
2 
39 
1
3.25
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
16
6 
31 
1
1.94
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
23
6 
40 
2
1.74
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
25
7 
70 
2
2.80
0
0
»
 Charlie McLeod
8
 .2
4 
11 
2
1.32
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 115 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charlie McLeod Not Out
64 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Joe Darling c Druce b Hayward
29 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill lbw b Hayward
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory Not Out
21 
0 
2 
0
- 
Extras N 1
1
Total : (2 wickets in 39.4 overs)
115
 RR : 2.90

did not bat: Bill Howell, Ernie Jones, Frank Iredale, Harry Trott, Hugh Trumble, James Kelly, Monty Noble

Fall of wickets : 1-50 (J Darling), 2-56 (C Hill)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Hearne
7
3 
19 
0
2.71
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
10
4 
24 
2
2.40
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
6
1 
31 
0
5.17
0
0
»
 Ted Wainwright
9
2 
21 
0
2.33
0
0
»
 Jack Mason
4
1 
10 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Ranji
3
 .4
1 
9 
0
2.45
0
0

Match details
Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Jim Phillips (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 29 Jan - Australia 1st innings 275/7 (C Hill 182*, JJ Kelly 22*)
Day 2 : 31 Jan - England 2nd innings 7/1 (J Briggs 4*)
Day 3 : 01 Feb - England 2nd innings 254/7 (JR Mason 25*, W Storer 24*)
Day 4 : 02 Feb - Australia 2nd innings 115/2 (CE McLeod 64*, SE Gregory 21*, 39.4 ov) - end of match

30th January was the rest day.

Teams:
Australia Bill Howell, Charlie McLeod, Clem Hill, Ernie Jones, Frank Iredale, Harry Trott (Capt.), Hugh Trumble, James Kelly (wk), Joe Darling, Monty Noble, Syd Gregory
England Andrew Stoddart (Capt.), Archie MacLaren, Bill Storer (wk), Frank Druce, Jack Hearne, Jack Mason, Johnny Briggs, Ranji, Tom Hayward, Tom Richardson, Ted Wainwright
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