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Test No. 57

England tour of Australia 1897/98
1897-98 season
Australia vs England - 5th Test
26 February - 02 March, 1898

Australia won the 5-match series 4-1

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 6 wickets


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren b Trott
65 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Ted Wainwright c Hill b Trumble
49 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ranji c Gregory b Trott
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward b Jones
47 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer b Jones
44 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Frank Druce lbw b Noble
64 
0 
10 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst b Jones
44 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Jack Mason c Howell b Jones
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs b Jones
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne Not Out
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson b Jones
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 2, LB 5, W 2, N 1
10
Total : (all out in 129.2 overs)
335
 RR : 2.59

Fall of wickets : 1-111 (AC MacLaren), 2-117 (E Wainwright), 3-119 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 4-197 (TW Hayward), 5-230 (W Storer), 6-308 (GH Hirst), 7-318 (JR Mason), 8-324 (J Briggs), 9-334 (NF Druce), 10-335 (T Richardson, 129.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Monty Noble
26
6 
57 
1
2.19
0
0
»
 Bill Howell
17
6 
40 
0
2.35
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
26
4 
67 
1
2.58
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
26
 .2
3 
82 
6
3.11
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
23
6 
56 
2
2.43
0
0
»
 Charlie McLeod
11
4 
23 
0
2.09
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charlie McLeod b Richardson
64 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Joe Darling c Mason b Briggs
14 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Richardson
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Worrall c Ranjitsinhji b Richardson
26 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory c Storer b Richardson
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble c Storer b Richardson
31 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Trott c Ranjitsinhji b Hearne
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Trumble b Richardson
12 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly Not Out
27 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Howell c MacLaren b Richardson
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ernie Jones c Storer b Richardson
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 5, W 1, N 1
7
Total : (all out in 100.1 overs)
239
 RR : 2.39

Fall of wickets : 1-36 (J Darling), 2-45 (C Hill), 3-99 (J Worrall), 4-132 (SE Gregory), 5-137 (CE McLeod), 6-188 (GHS Trott), 7-188 (MA Noble), 8-221 (H Trumble), 9-232 (WP Howell), 10-239 (E Jones, 100.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Richardson
36
 .1
7 
94 
8
2.60
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
17
4 
39 
1
2.29
0
0
»
 Jack Hearne
21
9 
40 
1
1.90
0
0
»
 Bill Storer
5
1 
13 
0
2.60
0
0
»
 Jack Mason
13
7 
20 
0
1.54
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
4
0 
12 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 George Hirst
4
1 
14 
0
3.50
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren c Darling b Jones
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ted Wainwright b Noble
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ranji lbw b Jones
12 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward c Worrall b Trumble
43 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer c Gregory b Trumble
31 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Druce c Howell b Trumble
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst c Trott b Jones
7 
0 
0 
1
- 
»
 Jack Mason b Trumble
11 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs b Howell
29 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne Not Out
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson b Howell
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras LB 12
12
Total : (all out in 78.1 overs)
178
 RR : 2.28

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (AC MacLaren, 0.1 ov), 2-16 (E Wainwright), 3-30 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 4-99 (W Storer), 5-104 (TW Hayward), 6-121 (NF Druce), 7-137 (GH Hirst), 8-148 (JR Mason), 9-172 (J Briggs), 10-178 (T Richardson, 78.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Monty Noble
15
4 
34 
1
2.27
0
0
»
 Bill Howell
6
 .1
0 
22 
2
3.57
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
24
7 
37 
4
1.54
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
26
3 
61 
3
2.35
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
7
1 
12 
0
1.71
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 275 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charlie McLeod b Hearne
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Darling c Wainwright b Richardson
160 
0 
30 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Richardson
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Worrall c Hirst b Hayward
62 
0 
9 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory Not Out
22 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble Not Out
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 6, W 1, N 4
11
Total : (4 wickets in 62.4 overs)
276
 RR : 4.40

did not bat: Bill Howell, Ernie Jones, Harry Trott, Hugh Trumble, James Kelly

Fall of wickets : 1-23 (CE McLeod), 2-40 (C Hill), 3-233 (J Worrall), 4-252 (J Darling)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Richardson
21
 .4
1 
110 
2
5.08
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
5
1 
25 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Jack Hearne
15
5 
52 
1
3.47
0
0
»
 Jack Mason
11
1 
27 
0
2.45
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
3
0 
18 
1
6.00
0
0
»
 George Hirst
7
0 
33 
0
4.71
0
0

Match details
Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Jim Phillips (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 26 Feb - England 1st innings 301/5 (NF Druce 43*, GH Hirst 43*)
Day 2 : 28 Feb - Australia 1st innings 184/5 (MA Noble 31*, GHS Trott 14*)
Day 3 : 01 Mar - England 2nd innings 172/9 (JT Hearne 3*)
Day 4 : 02 Mar - Australia 2nd innings 276/4 (SE Gregory 22*, MA Noble 15*, 62.4 ov) - end of match

27th February was the rest day.

Tom Richardson ended his Test career by returning his best analysis. His 88 wickets in only 14 matches included 11 five wicket haul.

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