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Test No. 158

England tour of Australia 1924/25
1924-25 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
19-27 December, 1924 (timeless match)

Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 193 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Herbie Collins c Hendren b Tate
114 
311 
9 
0
36.66 
»
 Warren Bardsley c Woolley b Freeman
21 
49 
1 
0
42.86 
»
 Bill Ponsford b Gilligan
110 
275 
8 
0
40.00 
»
 Arthur Richardson b Hearne
22 
69 
2 
0
31.88 
»
 Johnny Taylor c Strudwick b Tate
43 
120 
2 
0
35.83 
»
 Vic Richardson b Freeman
42 
100 
3 
0
42.00 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Woolley b Tate
17 
43 
1 
0
39.53 
»
 Stork Hendry c Strudwick b Tate
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Jack Gregory c Strudwick b Tate
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bert Oldfield Not Out
39 
136 
3 
0
28.68 
»
 Arthur Mailey b Tate
21 
95 
1 
0
22.11 
Extras B 10, LB 8
18
Total : (all out in 152.2 overs)
450
 RR : 2.22

Fall of wickets : 1-46 (Warren Bardsley), 2-236 (Herbie Collins), 3-275 (Bill Ponsford), 4-286 (Arthur Richardson), 5-364 (Johnny Taylor), 6-374 (Vic Richardson), 7-387 (Stork Hendry), 8-387 (Jack Gregory), 9-388 (Charles Kelleway), 10-450 (Arthur Mailey, 152.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Maurice Tate
55
 .1
11 
130 
6
1.77
0
0
»
 Arthur Gilligan
23
0 
92 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Tich Freeman
49
11 
124 
2
1.90
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
12
 .1
3 
28 
1
1.73
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
9
0 
35 
0
2.92
0
0
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs
2
0 
13 
0
4.88
0
0
»
 Percy Chapman
2
0 
10 
0
3.75
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Kelleway b Gregory
115 
266 
7 
0
43.23 
»
 Herbert Sutcliffe c VY Richardson b Mailey
59 
171 
5 
0
34.50 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c sub b Mailey
7 
20 
1 
0
35.00 
»
 Frank Woolley b Gregory
0 
10 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Patsy Hendren Not Out
74 
109 
6 
1
67.89 
»
 Andy Sandham b Mailey
7 
25 
0 
0
28.00 
»
 Percy Chapman run out
13 
11 
2 
0
118.18 
»
 Maurice Tate c sub b Kippax
7 
12 
0 
0
58.33 
»
 Arthur Gilligan b Gregory
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Tich Freeman b Gregory
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bert Strudwick lbw b Gregory
6 
13 
1 
0
46.15 
Extras B 1, LB 5, N 3
9
Total : (all out in 79.7 overs)
298
 RR : 2.80

Fall of wickets : 1-157 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 2-171 (Young Jack Hearne), 3-172 (Frank Woolley), 4-202 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 5-235 (Andy Sandham), 6-254 (Percy Chapman), 7-272 (Maurice Tate), 8-274 (Arthur Gilligan), 9-274 (Tich Freeman), 10-298 (Bert Strudwick, 79.7 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Gregory
28
 .7
2 
111 
5
2.88
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
14
3 
44 
0
2.36
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
31
2 
129 
4
3.12
0
0
»
 Stork Hendry
5
1 
5 
0
0.75
0
0
»
 Arthur Richardson
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Arthur Richardson c & b Freeman
98 
197 
10 
0
49.75 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Tate
22 
27 
2 
0
81.48 
»
 Charles Kelleway b Gilligan
23 
87 
2 
0
26.44 
»
 Herbie Collins c Chapman b Tate
60 
192 
3 
0
31.25 
»
 Bill Ponsford c Woolley b Freeman
27 
52 
3 
0
51.92 
»
 Vic Richardson c Hendren b Tate
18 
35 
2 
0
51.43 
»
 Stork Hendry c Strudwick b Tate
22 
58 
1 
0
37.93 
»
 Johnny Taylor b Tate
108 
217 
8 
0
49.77 
»
 Jack Gregory c Woolley b Freeman
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Bert Oldfield c Strudwick b Gilligan
18 
56 
1 
0
32.14 
»
 Arthur Mailey Not Out
46 
81 
4 
0
56.79 
Extras B 2, LB 5, W 1
8
Total : (all out in 125.7 overs)
452
 RR : 2.69

Fall of wickets : 1-40 (Warren Bardsley), 2-115 (Charles Kelleway), 3-168 (Arthur Richardson), 4-210 (Bill Ponsford), 5-241 (Vic Richardson), 6-260 (Herbie Collins), 7-281 (Stork Hendry), 8-286 (Jack Gregory), 9-325 (Bert Oldfield), 10-452 (Johnny Taylor, 125.7 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Maurice Tate
33
 .7
8 
98 
5
2.17
0
0
»
 Arthur Gilligan
27
6 
114 
2
3.17
0
0
»
 Tich Freeman
37
4 
134 
3
2.72
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
25
2 
88 
0
2.64
0
0
»
 Percy Chapman
3
1 
10 
0
2.50
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 605 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Hendry b Mailey
57 
128 
1 
0
44.53 
»
 Herbert Sutcliffe c Gregory b Mailey
115 
254 
11 
0
45.28 
»
 Young Jack Hearne b Gregory
0 
22 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Percy Chapman c Oldfield b Hendry
44 
65 
2 
2
67.69 
»
 Patsy Hendren c Gregory b Hendry
9 
39 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 Frank Woolley c Mailey b Gregory
123 
139 
15 
1
88.49 
»
 Andy Sandham c Oldfield b Mailey
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Maurice Tate c Ponsford b Kelleway
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Arthur Gilligan b Kelleway
1 
12 
0 
0
8.33 
»
 Tich Freeman Not Out
50 
98 
8 
0
51.02 
»
 Bert Strudwick c Oldfield b Hendry
2 
7 
0 
0
28.57 
Extras B 4, LB 3, N 1
8
Total : (all out in 96.7 overs)
411
 RR : 3.18

Fall of wickets : 1-110 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-127 (Young Jack Hearne), 3-195 (Percy Chapman), 4-212 (Patsy Hendren), 5-263 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 6-269 (Andy Sandham), 7-270 (Maurice Tate), 8-276 (Arthur Gilligan), 9-404 (Frank Woolley), 10-411 (Bert Strudwick, 96.7 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Gregory
28
2 
115 
2
3.08
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
21
5 
60 
2
2.14
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
32
0 
179 
3
4.20
0
0
»
 Stork Hendry
10
 .7
2 
36 
3
2.48
0
0
»
 Arthur Richardson
5
0 
13 
0
1.95
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 8
Debuts: Arthur Richardson, Bill Ponsford and Vic Richardson (South Africa); Tich Freeman (England)
Umpires : Alfred Williams (Australia) and Alfred Jones (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Fri, 19 Dec - Australia 282/3 (AJ Richardson 21*, JM Taylor 1*)
Day 2 - Sat, 20 Dec - England 72/0 (JB Hobbs 42*, H Sutcliffe 28*)
Day 3 - Sun, 21 Dec - rest day
Day 4 - Mon, 22 Dec - Australia 61/1 (AJ Richardson 30*, C Kelleway 9*)
Day 5 - Tue, 23 Dec - Australia 258/5 (HL Collins 58*, HSTL Hendry 6*)
Day 6 - Wed, 24 Dec - England 42/0 (JB Hobbs 13*, H Sutcliffe 27*)
Day 7 - Thu, 25 Dec - rest day
Day 8 - Fri, 26 Dec - England 362/8 (FE Woolley 94*, AP Freeman 33*)
Day 9 - Sat, 27 Dec - England 411 (96.7 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Arthur Mailey, Arthur Richardson, Bert Oldfield (wk), Bill Ponsford, Charles Kelleway, Herbie Collins (Capt.), Jack Gregory, Johnny Taylor, Stork Hendry, Vic Richardson, Warren Bardsley
England Andy Sandham, Arthur Gilligan (Capt.), Bert Strudwick (wk), Frank Woolley, Herbert Sutcliffe, Maurice Tate, Patsy Hendren, Percy Chapman, Sir Jack Hobbs, Tich Freeman, Young Jack Hearne
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