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Test No. 78

England tour of Australia 1903/04
1903-04 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
11-17 December, 1903 (timeless match)

England led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 5 wickets


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Reggie Duff c Lilley b Arnold
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper c Foster b Arnold
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill c Lilley b Hirst
5 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble c Foster b Arnold
133 
0 
16 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Bosanquet
48 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Bert Hopkins b Hirst
39 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Bill Howell c Relf b Arnold
5 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory b Bosanquet
23 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Frank Laver lbw b Rhodes
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly c Braund b Rhodes
10 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders Not Out
11 
0 
1 
0
- 
Extras N 3
3
Total : (all out in 118.2 overs)
285
 RR : 2.41

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Victor Trumper), 2-9 (Reggie Duff), 3-12 (Clem Hill), 4-118 (Warwick Armstrong), 5-200 (Bert Hopkins), 6-207 (Bill Howell), 7-259 (Syd Gregory), 8-263 (Frank Laver), 9-271 (Monty Noble), 10-285 (James Kelly, 118.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 George Hirst
24
8 
47 
2
1.96
0
0
»
 Ted Arnold
32
7 
76 
4
2.38
0
0
»
 Len Braund
26
9 
39 
0
1.50
0
0
»
 Bernard Bosanquet
13
0 
52 
2
4.00
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
17
 .2
3 
41 
2
2.37
0
0
»
 Albert Relf
6
1 
27 
0
4.50
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tom Hayward b Howell
15 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Sir Pelham Warner c Kelly b Laver
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Tyldesley b Noble
53 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Ted Arnold c Laver b Armstrong
27 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Tip Foster c Noble b Saunders
287 
0 
37 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund b Howell
102 
0 
15 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst b Howell
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bernard Bosanquet c Howell b Noble
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Dick Lilley c Hill b Noble
4 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Albert Relf c Armstrong b Saunders
31 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes Not Out
40 
0 
5 
0
- 
Extras B 6, LB 7, W 1, N 2
16
Total : (all out in 181.2 overs)
577
 RR : 3.18

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Sir Pelham Warner), 2-49 (Tom Hayward), 3-73 (Johnny Tyldesley), 4-117 (Ted Arnold), 5-309 (Len Braund), 6-311 (George Hirst), 7-318 (Bernard Bosanquet), 8-332 (Dick Lilley), 9-447 (Albert Relf), 10-577 (Tip Foster, 181.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Saunders
36
 .2
8 
125 
2
3.44
0
0
»
 Frank Laver
37
12 
119 
1
3.22
0
0
»
 Bill Howell
31
7 
111 
3
3.58
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
34
8 
99 
3
2.91
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
23
3 
47 
1
2.04
0
0
»
 Bert Hopkins
11
1 
40 
0
3.64
0
0
»
 Victor Trumper
7
2 
12 
0
1.71
0
0
»
 Syd Gregory
2
0 
8 
0
4.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Syd Gregory c Lilley b Rhodes
43 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly b Arnold
13 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Reggie Duff c Relf b Rhodes
84 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill run out
51 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper Not Out
185 
0 
26 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble st Lilley b Bosanquet
22 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong c Bosanquet b Rhodes
27 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Bert Hopkins c Arnold b Rhodes
20 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Frank Laver c Relf b Rhodes
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Howell c Lilley b Arnold
4 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders run out
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 10, LB 15, W 2, N 1
28
Total : (all out in 145.2 overs)
485
 RR : 3.34

Fall of wickets : 1-36 (James Kelly), 2-108 (Syd Gregory), 3-191 (Reggie Duff), 4-254 (Clem Hill), 5-334 (Monty Noble), 6-393 (Warwick Armstrong), 7-441 (Bert Hopkins), 8-468 (Frank Laver), 9-473 (Bill Howell), 10-485 (Jack Saunders, 145.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 George Hirst
29
1 
79 
0
2.72
0
0
»
 Ted Arnold
28
2 
93 
2
3.32
0
0
»
 Len Braund
12
2 
56 
0
4.67
0
0
»
 Bernard Bosanquet
23
1 
100 
1
4.35
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
40
 .2
10 
94 
5
2.33
0
0
»
 Albert Relf
13
5 
35 
0
2.69
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 194 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tom Hayward st Kelly b Saunders
91 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Sir Pelham Warner b Howell
8 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Tyldesley c Noble b Saunders
9 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Tip Foster st Kelly b Armstrong
19 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund c Noble b Howell
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst Not Out
60 
0 
9 
0
- 
»
 Bernard Bosanquet Not Out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 3, LB 1, W 2
6
Total : (5 wickets in 95.5 overs)
194
 RR : 2.02

did not bat: Albert Relf, Wilfred Rhodes, Ted Arnold, Dick Lilley

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Sir Pelham Warner), 2-39 (Johnny Tyldesley), 3-81 (Tip Foster), 4-82 (Len Braund), 5-181 (Tom Hayward)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Saunders
18
 .5
3 
51 
2
2.71
0
0
»
 Frank Laver
16
4 
37 
0
2.31
0
0
»
 Bill Howell
31
18 
35 
2
1.13
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
12
2 
37 
0
3.08
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
18
6 
28 
1
1.56
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Tip Foster, Bernard Bosanquet, Ted Arnold and Albert Relf (England)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and Alfred Jones (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Fri, 11 Dec - Australia 259/7 (MA Noble 131*)
Day 2 - Sat, 12 Dec - England 243/4 (RE Foster 73*, LC Braund 67*)
Day 3 - Sun, 13 Dec - rest day
Day 4 - Mon, 14 Dec - Australia 16/0 (SE Gregory 6*, JJ Kelly 5*)
Day 5 - Tue, 15 Dec - Australia 367/5 (VT Trumper 119*, WW Armstrong 14*)
Day 6 - Wed, 16 Dec - England 122/4 (TW Hayward 60*, GH Hirst 21*)
Day 7 - Thu, 17 Dec - England 194/5 (95.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Warwick Armstrong, Victor Trumper, Syd Gregory, Reggie Duff, Monty Noble (Capt.), James Kelly (wk), Jack Saunders, Frank Laver, Clem Hill, Bill Howell, Bert Hopkins
England Albert Relf, Wilfred Rhodes, Tom Hayward, Tip Foster, Ted Arnold, Sir Pelham Warner (Capt.), Len Braund, Johnny Tyldesley, George Hirst, Dick Lilley (wk), Bernard Bosanquet
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