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Test No. 120

England tour of Australia 1911/12
1911-12 season
Australia vs England - 5th Test
23 February - 01 March, 1912 (timeless match)

England won the 5-match series 4-1

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 70 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Ransford b Hordern
32 
76 
3 
0
42.11 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes b Macartney
8 
15 
2 
0
53.33 
»
 George Gunn st Carter b Hordern
52 
165 
3 
0
31.52 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c Macartney b Armstrong
4 
32 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Frank Foster st Carter b Hazlitt
15 
43 
2 
0
34.88 
»
 Johnny Douglas c Ransford b Hordern
18 
67 
2 
0
26.87 
»
 Frank Woolley Not Out
133 
215 
12 
0
61.86 
»
 Joseph Vine b Hordern
36 
145 
5 
0
24.83 
»
 Tiger Smith b Hordern
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sydney Barnes c Hordern b Hazlitt
5 
13 
1 
0
38.46 
»
 Bill Hitch c Hill b Hazlitt
4 
6 
0 
0
66.67 
Extras B 10, LB 4, W 1, N 2
17
Total : (all out in 129.0 overs)
324
 RR : 2.51

Fall of wickets : 1-15 (Wilfred Rhodes), 2-69 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 3-83 (Young Jack Hearne), 4-114 (Frank Foster), 5-125 (George Gunn), 6-162 (Johnny Douglas), 7-305 (Joseph Vine), 8-305 (Tiger Smith), 9-312 (Sydney Barnes), 10-324 (Bill Hitch, 128.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 John McLaren
16
2 
47 
0
2.94
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
12
3 
26 
1
2.17
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
37
8 
95 
5
2.57
0
0
»
 Gerry Hazlitt
31
6 
75 
3
2.42
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
25
8 
42 
1
1.68
0
0
»
 Roy Minnett
8
1 
22 
0
2.75
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Victor Trumper c Woolley b Barnes
5 
11 
0 
0
45.45 
»
 Syd Gregory c Gunn b Douglas
32 
89 
1 
0
35.96 
»
 Clem Hill c Smith b Hitch
20 
34 
2 
0
58.82 
»
 Warwick Armstrong lbw b Barnes
33 
64 
2 
0
51.56 
»
 Roy Minnett c Douglas b Hitch
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Hitch b Foster
29 
53 
3 
0
54.72 
»
 Sammy Carter c sub b Barnes
11 
25 
1 
0
44.00 
»
 Charles Macartney c & b Woolley
26 
33 
3 
0
78.79 
»
 Ranji Hordern b Woolley
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Gerry Hazlitt run out
1 
1 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 John McLaren Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 14, LB 2, W 2, N 1
19
Total : (all out in 53.0 overs)
176
 RR : 3.32

Fall of wickets : 1-17 (Victor Trumper), 2-59 (Clem Hill), 3-81 (Syd Gregory), 4-82 (Roy Minnett), 5-133 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-133 (Vernon Ransford), 7-171 (Charles Macartney), 8-175 (Ranji Hordern), 9-176 (Sammy Carter), 10-176 (Gerry Hazlitt, 52.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
16
0 
55 
1
3.44
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
19
2 
56 
3
2.95
0
0
»
 Bill Hitch
9
0 
31 
2
3.44
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
7
0 
14 
1
2.00
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
2
1 
1 
2
0.50
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Hazlitt b Hordern
45 
65 
6 
0
69.23 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes lbw b Armstrong
30 
61 
2 
0
49.18 
»
 George Gunn b Hordern
61 
131 
6 
0
46.56 
»
 Young Jack Hearne b Hordern
18 
29 
3 
0
62.07 
»
 Frank Foster b McLaren
4 
14 
1 
0
28.57 
»
 Johnny Douglas b Armstrong
8 
25 
0 
0
32.00 
»
 Frank Woolley c Armstrong b Hazlitt
11 
25 
1 
0
44.00 
»
 Joseph Vine Not Out
6 
38 
0 
0
15.79 
»
 Tiger Smith b Hordern
13 
22 
2 
0
59.09 
»
 Sydney Barnes b Hordern
4 
12 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Bill Hitch c Ransford b Armstrong
4 
7 
0 
0
57.14 
Extras B 8, N 2
10
Total : (all out in 70.3 overs)
214
 RR : 3.04

Fall of wickets : 1-76 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-76 (Wilfred Rhodes), 3-105 (Young Jack Hearne), 4-110 (Frank Foster), 5-148 (Johnny Douglas), 6-178 (Frank Woolley), 7-186 (George Gunn), 8-201 (Tiger Smith), 9-209 (Sydney Barnes), 10-214 (Bill Hitch, 70.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 John McLaren
8
1 
23 
1
2.88
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
7
0 
28 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
25
5 
66 
5
2.64
0
0
»
 Gerry Hazlitt
12
2 
52 
1
4.33
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
17
 .3
7 
35 
3
2.00
0
0
»
 Roy Minnett
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings (f/o)
(Target: 363 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Victor Trumper c Woolley b Barnes
50 
118 
4 
0
42.37 
»
 Syd Gregory c Smith b Barnes
40 
85 
4 
0
47.06 
»
 Clem Hill b Foster
8 
33 
0 
0
24.24 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Barnes
33 
109 
2 
0
30.28 
»
 Roy Minnett c Woolley b Barnes
61 
132 
9 
0
46.21 
»
 Vernon Ransford b Woolley
9 
15 
2 
0
60.00 
»
 Charles Macartney c Woolley b Foster
27 
67 
4 
0
40.30 
»
 Sammy Carter c Woolley b Foster
23 
46 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Ranji Hordern run out
4 
2 
0 
0
200.00 
»
 Gerry Hazlitt c Rhodes b Foster
4 
9 
0 
0
44.44 
»
 John McLaren Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 22, LB 8, W 1, N 2
33
Total : (all out in 102.1 overs)
292
 RR : 2.86

Fall of wickets : 1-88 (Syd Gregory), 2-101 (Clem Hill), 3-117 (Victor Trumper), 4-209 (Warwick Armstrong), 5-220 (Vernon Ransford), 6-231 (Roy Minnett), 7-278 (Charles Macartney), 8-287 (Sammy Carter), 9-287 (Ranji Hordern), 10-292 (Gerry Hazlitt, 102.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
30
 .1
7 
43 
4
1.43
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
39
12 
106 
4
2.72
0
0
»
 Bill Hitch
6
1 
23 
0
3.83
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
9
0 
34 
0
3.78
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
16
5 
36 
1
2.25
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
2
0 
17 
0
8.50
0
0

Match details
Debuts: John McLaren (Australia)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and Alfred Jones (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Fri, 23 Feb - England 204/6 (FE Woolley 62*, J Vine 8*)
Day 2 - Sat, 24 Feb - Australia 133/5 (VS Ransford 28*, H Carter 0*)
Day 3 - Sun, 25 Feb - rest day
Day 4 - Mon, 26 Feb - no play
Day 5 - Tue, 27 Feb - England 209/9 (J Vine 5*)
Day 6 - Wed, 28 Feb - Australia 193/3 (WW Armstrong 23*, RB Minnett 49*)
Day 7 - Thu, 29 Feb - no play
Day 8 - Fri, 01 Mar - Australia 292 (102.1 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Warwick Armstrong, Victor Trumper, Vernon Ransford, Syd Gregory, Sammy Carter (wk), Roy Minnett, Ranji Hordern, John McLaren, Gerry Hazlitt, Clem Hill (Capt.), Charles Macartney
England Young Jack Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes, Tiger Smith (wk), Sydney Barnes, Sir Jack Hobbs, Joseph Vine, Johnny Douglas (Capt.), George Gunn, Frank Woolley, Frank Foster, Bill Hitch
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