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Test No. 96

England tour of Australia 1907/08
1907-08 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
13-19 December, 1907 (timeless match)

Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 2 wickets


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Frederick Fane c Trumper b Cotter
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Dick Young c Carter b Cotter
13 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 George Gunn c Hazlitt b Cotter
119 
0 
20 
0
- 
»
 Kenneth Hutchings c & b Armstrong
42 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund b Cotter
30 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hardstaff b Armstrong
12 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes run out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Crawford b Armstrong
31 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Sydney Barnes b Cotter
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Colin Blythe b Cotter
5 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Fielder Not Out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 7, LB 6, W 1, N 2
16
Total : (all out in 76.5 overs)
273
 RR : 3.55

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (Frederick Fane), 2-18 (Dick Young), 3-91 (Kenneth Hutchings), 4-208 (George Gunn), 5-221 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-223 (Wilfred Rhodes), 7-246 (Len Braund), 8-253 (Sydney Barnes), 9-271 (Jack Crawford), 10-273 (Colin Blythe, 76.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
21
 .5
0 
101 
6
4.63
0
0
»
 Jack Saunders
11
0 
42 
0
3.82
0
0
»
 Gerry Hazlitt
9
2 
32 
0
3.56
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
26
10 
63 
3
2.42
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
3
0 
5 
0
1.67
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
6
1 
14 
0
2.33
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Victor Trumper b Fielder
43 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Peter McAlister c Hutchings b Barnes
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill c Gunn b Fielder
87 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble c Braund b Fielder
37 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong c Braund b Fielder
7 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Braund b Rhodes
24 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney c Young b Fielder
35 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter b Braund
25 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Gerry Hazlitt Not Out
18 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Tibby Cotter b Braund
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders c Braund b Fielder
9 
0 
1 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 2, W 2, N 2
10
Total : (all out in 91.2 overs)
300
 RR : 3.28

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Peter McAlister), 2-72 (Victor Trumper), 3-164 (Monty Noble), 4-177 (Clem Hill), 5-184 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-222 (Vernon Ransford), 7-253 (Charles Macartney), 8-277 (Sammy Carter), 9-281 (Tibby Cotter), 10-300 (Jack Saunders, 91.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arthur Fielder
30
 .2
4 
82 
6
2.70
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
22
3 
74 
1
3.36
0
0
»
 Colin Blythe
12
1 
33 
0
2.75
0
0
»
 Len Braund
17
2 
74 
2
4.35
0
0
»
 Jack Crawford
5
1 
14 
0
2.80
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
5
2 
13 
1
2.60
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c McAlister b Macartney
29 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Frederick Fane c Noble b Saunders
33 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 George Gunn c Noble b Cotter
74 
0 
11 
0
- 
»
 Kenneth Hutchings c Armstrong b Saunders
17 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hardstaff b Noble
63 
0 
10 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund Not Out
32 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Dick Young b Noble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Crawford c Hazlitt b Cotter
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sydney Barnes b Saunders
11 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Colin Blythe c Noble b Saunders
15 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Fielder lbw b Armstrong
6 
0 
1 
0
- 
Extras B 2, W 3, N 7
12
Total : (all out in 109.0 overs)
300
 RR : 2.75

Fall of wickets : 1-56 (Wilfred Rhodes), 2-82 (Frederick Fane), 3-105 (Kenneth Hutchings), 4-218 (Joe Hardstaff), 5-223 (George Gunn), 6-227 (Dick Young), 7-241 (Jack Crawford), 8-262 (Sydney Barnes), 9-293 (Colin Blythe), 10-300 (Arthur Fielder, 108.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
26
1 
101 
2
3.88
0
0
»
 Jack Saunders
23
6 
68 
4
2.96
0
0
»
 Gerry Hazlitt
4
2 
24 
0
6.00
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
27
14 
33 
1
1.22
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
14
2 
39 
1
2.79
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
15
5 
23 
2
1.53
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 274 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Victor Trumper b Barnes
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney c Crawford b Fielder
9 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Fielder
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble b Barnes
27 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Crawford
44 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford c & b Blythe
13 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Peter McAlister b Crawford
41 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter c Young b Fielder
61 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Tibby Cotter Not Out
33 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Gerry Hazlitt Not Out
34 
0 
6 
0
- 
Extras B 6, N 3
9
Total : (8 wickets in 98.3 overs)
275
 RR : 2.79

did not bat: Jack Saunders

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Victor Trumper), 2-12 (Clem Hill), 3-27 (Charles Macartney), 4-75 (Monty Noble), 5-95 (Vernon Ransford), 6-124 (Warwick Armstrong), 7-185 (Peter McAlister), 8-219 (Sammy Carter)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arthur Fielder
27
 .3
4 
88 
3
3.20
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
30
7 
63 
2
2.10
0
0
»
 Colin Blythe
19
5 
55 
1
2.89
0
0
»
 Len Braund
7
2 
14 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Jack Crawford
8
2 
33 
2
4.13
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
7
3 
13 
0
1.86
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Charles Macartney, Vernon Ransford, Sammy Carter and Gerry Hazlitt (Australia); George Gunn, Kenneth Hutchings, Joe Hardstaff and Dick Young (England)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and William Hannah (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Fri, 13 Dec - Australia 50/1 (VT Trumper 31*, C Hill 16*)
Day 2 - Sat, 14 Dec - England 19/0 (W Rhodes 10*, FL Fane 8*)
Day 3 - Sun, 15 Dec - rest day
Day 4 - Mon, 16 Dec - England 293/9 (LC Braund 31*)
Day 5 - Tue, 17 Dec - Australia 63/3 (MA Noble 27*, WW Armstrong 17*)
Day 6 - Wed, 18 Dec - no play
Day 7 - Thu, 19 Dec - Australia 275/8 (98.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Warwick Armstrong, Victor Trumper, Vernon Ransford, Tibby Cotter, Sammy Carter (wk), Peter McAlister, Monty Noble (Capt.), Jack Saunders, Gerry Hazlitt, Clem Hill, Charles Macartney
England Arthur Fielder, Wilfred Rhodes, Sydney Barnes, Len Braund, Kenneth Hutchings, Joe Hardstaff, Jack Crawford, George Gunn, Frederick Fane (Capt.), Dick Young (wk), Colin Blythe
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