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Test No. 161

England tour of Australia 1924/25
1924-25 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
13-18 February, 1925 (timeless match)

Australia led the 5-match series 3-1

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by an innings and 29 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs st Oldfield b Ryder
66 
147 
5 
0
44.90 
»
 Herbert Sutcliffe lbw b Mailey
143 
339 
14 
0
42.18 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c Bardsley b Richardson
44 
106 
2 
0
41.51 
»
 Frank Woolley st Oldfield b Mailey
40 
64 
4 
0
62.50 
»
 Patsy Hendren b Ryder
65 
132 
4 
0
49.24 
»
 Percy Chapman st Oldfield b Mailey
12 
39 
1 
0
30.77 
»
 Dodger Whysall st Oldfield b Kelleway
76 
212 
6 
0
35.85 
»
 Roy Kilner lbw b Kelleway
74 
154 
11 
0
48.05 
»
 Arthur Gilligan c Oldfield b Kelleway
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Maurice Tate c Taylor b Mailey
8 
20 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Bert Strudwick Not Out
7 
8 
0 
0
87.50 
Extras B 6, LB 2, W 3, N 2
13
Total : (all out in 151.6 overs)
548
 RR : 2.71

Fall of wickets : 1-126 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-232 (Young Jack Hearne), 3-284 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 4-307 (Frank Woolley), 5-346 (Percy Chapman), 6-394 (Patsy Hendren), 7-527 (Dodger Whysall), 8-527 (Arthur Gilligan), 9-529 (Roy Kilner), 10-548 (Maurice Tate, 151.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Gregory
22
1 
102 
0
3.48
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
29
5 
70 
3
1.81
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
43
 .6
2 
186 
4
3.19
0
0
»
 Jack Ryder
25
3 
83 
2
2.49
0
0
»
 Arthur Richardson
26
8 
76 
1
2.19
0
0
»
 Herbie Collins
6
1 
18 
0
2.25
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Herbie Collins c Kilner b Tate
22 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Richardson b Hearne
19 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Ryder b Tate
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Warren Bardsley run out
24 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Bill Ponsford c Strudwick b Hearne
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Taylor c Hendren b Woolley
86 
0 
9 
0
- 
»
 Tommy Andrews c Hearne b Kilner
35 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Charles Kelleway lbw b Kilner
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Gregory c Woolley b Hearne
38 
0 
3 
1
- 
»
 Bert Oldfield c Chapman b Kilner
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Mailey Not Out
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 13, LB 2, N 1
16
Total : (all out in 63.3 overs)
269
 RR : 3.18

Fall of wickets : 1-38 (Herbie Collins), 2-38 (Jack Ryder), 3-64 (Warren Bardsley), 4-74 (Arthur Richardson), 5-109 (Bill Ponsford), 6-170 (Tommy Andrews), 7-172 (Charles Kelleway), 8-244 (Johnny Taylor), 9-257 (Bert Oldfield), 10-269 (Jack Gregory, 63.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Maurice Tate
16
2 
70 
2
3.28
0
0
»
 Arthur Gilligan
6
1 
24 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
19
 .3
1 
77 
3
2.98
0
0
»
 Roy Kilner
13
1 
29 
3
1.67
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
9
1 
53 
1
4.42
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Herbie Collins c Whysall b Kilner
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Tate
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jack Gregory c Sutcliffe b Kilner
45 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Taylor c Woolley b Gilligan
68 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Jack Ryder lbw b Woolley
38 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Strudwick b Tate
42 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Tommy Andrews c Strudwick b Tate
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Ponsford b Tate
19 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Richardson lbw b Hearne
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bert Oldfield b Tate
8 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Mailey Not Out
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 15
15
Total : (all out in 74.5 overs)
250
 RR : 2.51

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Herbie Collins), 2-5 (Warren Bardsley), 3-64 (Jack Gregory), 4-133 (Jack Ryder), 5-190 (Johnny Taylor), 6-195 (Tommy Andrews), 7-225 (Charles Kelleway), 8-234 (Bill Ponsford), 9-238 (Arthur Richardson), 10-250 (Bert Oldfield, 74.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Maurice Tate
25
 .5
6 
75 
5
2.20
0
0
»
 Arthur Gilligan
7
0 
26 
1
2.79
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
20
0 
76 
1
2.85
0
0
»
 Roy Kilner
16
3 
41 
2
1.92
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
6
0 
17 
1
2.13
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 8
Umpires : David Elder (Australia) and Bob Crockett (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Fri, 13 Feb - England 282/2 (H Sutcliffe 141*, FE Woolley 26*)
Day 2 - Sat, 14 Feb - England 548
Day 3 - Sun, 15 Feb - rest day
Day 4 - Mon, 16 Feb - Australia 168/5 (JM Taylor 42*, TJE Andrews 33*)
Day 5 - Tue, 17 Feb - Australia 175/4 (JM Taylor 59*, C Kelleway 23*)
Day 6 - Wed, 18 Feb - Australia 250 (74.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Arthur Mailey, Arthur Richardson, Bert Oldfield (wk), Bill Ponsford, Charles Kelleway, Herbie Collins (Capt.), Jack Gregory, Jack Ryder, Johnny Taylor, Tommy Andrews, Warren Bardsley
England Arthur Gilligan (Capt.), Bert Strudwick (wk), Dodger Whysall, Frank Woolley, Herbert Sutcliffe, Maurice Tate, Patsy Hendren, Percy Chapman, Roy Kilner, Sir Jack Hobbs, Young Jack Hearne
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