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Test No. 99

England tour of Australia 1907/08
1907-08 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
07-11 February, 1908 (timeless match)

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 308 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Monty Noble b Crawford
48 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper c Crawford b Fielder
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Clem Hill b Barnes
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Peter McAlister c Jones b Fielder
37 
127 
3 
0
29.13 
»
 Syd Gregory c Fielder b Crawford
10 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Crawford
32 
72 
4 
1
44.44 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Braund b Fielder
51 
84 
6 
0
60.71 
»
 Charles Macartney c Hardstaff b Fielder
12 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter c & b Crawford
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack O'Connor c Fielder b Crawford
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders Not Out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 10, N 1
12
Total : (all out in 85.5 overs)
214
 RR : 2.49

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (Victor Trumper), 2-14 (Clem Hill), 3-89 (Monty Noble), 4-103 (Peter McAlister), 5-105 (Syd Gregory), 6-196 (Vernon Ransford), 7-196 (Warwick Armstrong), 8-198 (Sammy Carter), 9-212 (Charles Macartney), 10-214 (Jack O'Connor, 85.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arthur Fielder
22
3 
54 
4
2.45
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
23
11 
37 
1
1.61
0
0
»
 Len Braund
12
3 
42 
0
3.50
0
0
»
 Jack Crawford
23
 .5
3 
48 
5
2.01
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
5
0 
21 
0
4.20
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs b Noble
57 
78 
10 
0
73.08 
»
 George Gunn c & b Saunders
13 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hardstaff c Carter b O'Connor
8 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Kenneth Hutchings b Saunders
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund run out
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c McAlister b Saunders
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jack Crawford b Saunders
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Jones b Noble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sydney Barnes c O'Connor b Noble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Humphries Not Out
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Fielder st Carter b Saunders
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 2, N 1
4
Total : (all out in 34.2 overs)
105
 RR : 3.06

Fall of wickets : 1-58 (George Gunn), 2-69 (Joe Hardstaff), 3-88 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 4-90 (Kenneth Hutchings), 5-90 (Wilfred Rhodes), 6-92 (Jack Crawford), 7-96 (Len Braund), 8-100 (Arthur Jones), 9-103 (Sydney Barnes), 10-105 (Arthur Fielder, 34.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack O'Connor
6
1 
40 
1
6.67
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
6
1 
18 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Jack Saunders
15
 .2
8 
28 
5
1.83
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
6
0 
11 
3
1.83
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Monty Noble b Crawford
10 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper b Crawford
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Clem Hill run out
25 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Peter McAlister c Humphries b Fielder
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory lbw b Fielder
29 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong Not Out
133 
0 
14 
2
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Humphries b Rhodes
54 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney c Gunn b Crawford
29 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter c Braund b Fielder
66 
0 
11 
0
- 
»
 Jack O'Connor c Humphries b Barnes
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders c Jones b Fielder
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 7, LB 2, N 6
15
Total : (all out in 124.0 overs)
385
 RR : 3.10

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Victor Trumper), 2-21 (Monty Noble), 3-28 (Peter McAlister), 4-65 (Clem Hill), 5-77 (Syd Gregory), 6-162 (Vernon Ransford), 7-217 (Charles Macartney), 8-329 (Sammy Carter), 9-374 (Jack O'Connor), 10-385 (Jack Saunders, 123.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arthur Fielder
31
2 
91 
4
2.94
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
35
13 
69 
1
1.97
0
0
»
 Len Braund
7
0 
48 
0
6.86
0
0
»
 Jack Crawford
25
5 
72 
3
2.88
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
24
5 
66 
1
2.75
0
0
»
 Kenneth Hutchings
2
0 
24 
0
12.00
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 495 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c & b Saunders
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Gunn b Saunders
43 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hardstaff c Carter b Saunders
39 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Kenneth Hutchings b Noble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund b Macartney
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Carter b O'Connor
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Crawford c Carter b O'Connor
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Arthur Jones c Saunders b O'Connor
31 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Sydney Barnes Not Out
22 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Humphries c Carter b Saunders
11 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Fielder b Armstrong
20 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras LB 4, N 1
5
Total : (all out in 68.1 overs)
186
 RR : 2.73

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-61 (Joe Hardstaff), 3-64 (Kenneth Hutchings), 4-79 (Len Braund), 5-88 (Wilfred Rhodes), 6-88 (Jack Crawford), 7-128 (George Gunn), 8-132 (Arthur Jones), 9-146 (Joe Humphries), 10-186 (Arthur Fielder, 68.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack O'Connor
21
3 
58 
3
2.76
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
3
 .1
0 
18 
1
5.68
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
6
1 
15 
1
2.50
0
0
»
 Jack Saunders
26
2 
76 
4
2.92
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
12
6 
14 
1
1.17
0
0

Match details
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and Philip Argall (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Fri, 07 Feb - England 9/0 (JB Hobbs 9*, G Gunn 0*)
Day 2 : Sat, 08 Feb - Australia 49/3 (C Hill 18*, SE Gregory 13*)
Day 3 : Sun, 09 Feb - rest day
Day 4 : Mon, 10 Feb - Australia 358/8 (WW Armstrong 114*, JDA O Connor 12*)
Day 5 : Tue, 11 Feb - England 186 (68.1 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Charles Macartney, Clem Hill, Jack O'Connor, Jack Saunders, Monty Noble (Capt.), Peter McAlister, Sammy Carter (wk), Syd Gregory, Vernon Ransford, Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong
England Arthur Fielder, Arthur Jones (Capt.), George Gunn, Jack Crawford, Joe Hardstaff, Joe Humphries (wk), Kenneth Hutchings, Len Braund, Sir Jack Hobbs, Sydney Barnes, Wilfred Rhodes
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