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Test No. 117

England tour of Australia 1911/12
1911-12 season
Australia vs England - 2nd Test
30 December, 1911 - 03 January, 1912 (timeless match)

5-match series level 1-1

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


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Kelleway lbw b Barnes
2 
16 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Barnes
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Clem Hill b Barnes
4 
18 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Warwick Armstrong c Smith b Barnes
4 
16 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Victor Trumper b Foster
13 
48 
2 
0
27.08 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Smith b Hitch
43 
65 
2 
0
66.15 
»
 Roy Minnett c Hobbs b Barnes
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Ranji Hordern Not Out
49 
126 
6 
0
38.89 
»
 Tibby Cotter run out
14 
7 
3 
0
200.00 
»
 Sammy Carter c Smith b Douglas
29 
36 
2 
0
80.56 
»
 Bill Whitty b Woolley
14 
31 
1 
0
45.16 
Extras B 5, LB 4, N 1
10
Total : (all out in 62.1 overs)
184
 RR : 2.96

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Warren Bardsley, 1.1 ov), 2-5 (Charles Kelleway), 3-8 (Clem Hill), 4-11 (Warwick Armstrong), 5-33 (Victor Trumper), 6-38 (Roy Minnett), 7-80 (Vernon Ransford), 8-97 (Tibby Cotter), 9-140 (Sammy Carter), 10-184 (Bill Whitty, 62.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
16
2 
52 
1
3.25
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
23
9 
44 
5
1.91
0
0
»
 Bill Hitch
7
0 
37 
1
5.29
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
15
4 
33 
1
2.20
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
1
0 
8 
0
8.00
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
0
 .1
0 
0 
1
0.00
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Trumper b Cotter
61 
144 
6 
0
42.36 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Carter b Cotter
6 
10 
0 
0
60.00 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c Carter b Cotter
114 
243 
11 
0
46.91 
»
 George Gunn lbw b Armstrong
10 
32 
0 
0
31.25 
»
 Phil Mead c Armstrong b Whitty
11 
50 
0 
0
22.00 
»
 Frank Foster c Hill b Cotter
9 
20 
1 
0
45.00 
»
 Johnny Douglas b Hordern
9 
40 
0 
0
22.50 
»
 Frank Woolley c Ransford b Hordern
23 
38 
1 
0
60.53 
»
 Tiger Smith b Hordern
5 
10 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Sydney Barnes lbw b Hordern
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Bill Hitch Not Out
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 2, LB 10, N 4
16
Total : (all out in 98.1 overs)
265
 RR : 2.70

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-137 (Wilfred Rhodes), 3-174 (George Gunn), 4-213 (Phil Mead), 5-224 (Young Jack Hearne), 6-227 (Frank Foster), 7-258 (Frank Woolley), 8-260 (Johnny Douglas), 9-262 (Sydney Barnes), 10-265 (Tiger Smith, 98.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
21
3 
73 
4
3.48
0
0
»
 Bill Whitty
19
2 
47 
1
2.47
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
23
 .1
1 
66 
4
2.85
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
15
7 
27 
0
1.80
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
15
6 
20 
1
1.33
0
0
»
 Roy Minnett
5
0 
16 
0
3.20
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Gunn b Foster
13 
37 
1 
0
35.14 
»
 Warren Bardsley run out
16 
34 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Clem Hill c Gunn b Barnes
0 
16 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Foster
90 
160 
14 
0
56.25 
»
 Victor Trumper b Barnes
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Smith b Foster
32 
94 
3 
0
34.04 
»
 Ranji Hordern c Mead b Foster
31 
65 
4 
0
47.69 
»
 Roy Minnett b Foster
34 
67 
3 
0
50.75 
»
 Tibby Cotter c Hobbs b Foster
41 
40 
5 
1
102.50 
»
 Sammy Carter b Barnes
16 
36 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Bill Whitty Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 14, LB 7, W 1, N 2
24
Total : (all out in 91.1 overs)
299
 RR : 3.28

Fall of wickets : 1-28 (Charles Kelleway), 2-34 (Warren Bardsley), 3-34 (Clem Hill), 4-38 (Victor Trumper), 5-135 (Vernon Ransford), 6-168 (Warwick Armstrong), 7-232 (Roy Minnett), 8-235 (Ranji Hordern), 9-298 (Tibby Cotter), 10-299 (Sammy Carter, 91.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
38
9 
91 
6
2.39
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
32
 .1
7 
96 
3
2.98
0
0
»
 Bill Hitch
5
0 
21 
0
4.20
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
10
0 
38 
0
3.80
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
1
0 
5 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
3
0 
21 
0
7.00
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
2
1 
3 
0
1.50
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 219 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Carter b Cotter
28 
50 
1 
0
56.00 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs Not Out
126 
206 
8 
0
61.17 
»
 George Gunn c Carter b Whitty
43 
109 
2 
0
39.45 
»
 Young Jack Hearne Not Out
12 
39 
0 
0
30.77 
Extras B 5, LB 5
10
Total : (2 wickets in 67.1 overs)
219
 RR : 3.26

did not bat: Bill Hitch, Frank Foster, Frank Woolley, Johnny Douglas, Phil Mead, Sydney Barnes, Tiger Smith

Fall of wickets : 1-57 (Wilfred Rhodes), 2-169 (George Gunn)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
14
5 
45 
1
3.21
0
0
»
 Bill Whitty
18
3 
37 
1
2.06
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
17
0 
66 
0
3.88
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
7
0 
15 
0
2.14
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
8
1 
22 
0
2.75
0
0
»
 Roy Minnett
2
0 
13 
0
6.50
0
0
»
 Vernon Ransford
1
 .1
0 
11 
0
9.43
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Tiger Smith and Bill Hitch (England)
Umpires : David Elder (Australia) and Bob Crockett (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sat, 30 Dec - England 38/1 (W Rhodes 16*, JW Hearne 12*)
Day 2 : Sun, 31 Dec - rest day
Day 3 : Mon, 01 Jan - England 265
Day 4 : Tue, 02 Jan - Australia 269/8 (A Cotter 18*, H Carter 12*)
Day 5 : Wed, 03 Jan - England 219/2 (67.1 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Bill Whitty, Charles Kelleway, Clem Hill (Capt.), Ranji Hordern, Sammy Carter (wk), Tibby Cotter, Vernon Ransford, Victor Trumper, Warren Bardsley, Warwick Armstrong, Roy Minnett
England Bill Hitch, Frank Foster, Frank Woolley, George Gunn, Johnny Douglas (Capt.), Phil Mead, Sir Jack Hobbs, Sydney Barnes, Tiger Smith (wk), Wilfred Rhodes, Young Jack Hearne
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