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Test No. 97

England tour of Australia 1907/08
1907-08 season
Australia vs England - 2nd Test
01-07 January, 1908 (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 1 wicket


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Victor Trumper c Humphries b Crawford
49 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney b Crawford
37 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Fielder
16 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble c Braund b Rhodes
61 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong c Hutchings b Crawford
31 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Peter McAlister run out
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford run out
27 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tibby Cotter b Crawford
17 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter Not Out
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Gerry Hazlitt b Crawford
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders b Fielder
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras LB 1, W 1
2
Total : (all out in 100.5 overs)
266
 RR : 2.64

Fall of wickets : 1-84 (Victor Trumper), 2-93 (Charles Macartney), 3-111 (Clem Hill), 4-168 (Warwick Armstrong), 5-197 (Peter McAlister), 6-214 (Monty Noble), 7-240 (Tibby Cotter), 8-261 (Vernon Ransford), 9-265 (Gerry Hazlitt), 10-266 (Jack Saunders, 100.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arthur Fielder
27
 .5
4 
77 
2
2.77
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
17
7 
30 
0
1.76
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
11
0 
37 
1
3.36
0
0
»
 Len Braund
16
5 
41 
0
2.56
0
0
»
 Jack Crawford
29
1 
79 
5
2.72
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Frederick Fane b Armstrong
13 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs b Cotter
83 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 George Gunn lbw b Cotter
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Kenneth Hutchings b Cotter
126 
0 
21 
1
- 
»
 Len Braund b Cotter
49 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hardstaff b Saunders
12 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes b Saunders
32 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Jack Crawford c Ransford b Saunders
16 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sydney Barnes c Hill b Armstrong
14 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Humphries b Cotter
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Fielder Not Out
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 3, LB 3, W 1, N 3
10
Total : (all out in 135.2 overs)
382
 RR : 2.82

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (Frederick Fane), 2-61 (George Gunn), 3-160 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 4-268 (Kenneth Hutchings), 5-287 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-325 (Len Braund), 7-353 (Jack Crawford), 8-360 (Wilfred Rhodes), 9-369 (Joe Humphries), 10-382 (Sydney Barnes, 135.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
33
4 
142 
5
4.30
0
0
»
 Jack Saunders
34
7 
100 
3
2.94
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
9
3 
26 
0
2.89
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
34
 .2
15 
36 
2
1.05
0
0
»
 Gerry Hazlitt
13
1 
34 
0
2.62
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
12
2 
34 
0
2.83
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Monty Noble b Crawford
64 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper lbw b Crawford
63 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Fielder
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Peter McAlister run out
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Barnes
77 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney c Humphries b Barnes
54 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Hutchings b Barnes
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter c Fane b Barnes
53 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Tibby Cotter lbw b Crawford
27 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Gerry Hazlitt b Barnes
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Saunders Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 12, LB 8
20
Total : (all out in 121.4 overs)
397
 RR : 3.26

Fall of wickets : 1-126 (Victor Trumper), 2-131 (Monty Noble), 3-135 (Clem Hill), 4-162 (Peter McAlister), 5-268 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-303 (Charles Macartney), 7-312 (Vernon Ransford), 8-361 (Tibby Cotter), 9-392 (Gerry Hazlitt), 10-397 (Sammy Carter, 121.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Arthur Fielder
27
6 
74 
1
2.74
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
27
 .4
4 
72 
5
2.60
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
16
6 
38 
0
2.38
0
0
»
 Len Braund
18
2 
68 
0
3.78
0
0
»
 Jack Crawford
33
6 
125 
3
3.79
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 282 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Frederick Fane b Armstrong
50 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs b Noble
28 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Gunn lbw b Noble
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Kenneth Hutchings c Cotter b Macartney
39 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Len Braund b Armstrong
30 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hardstaff c Ransford b Cotter
19 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes run out
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Crawford c Armstrong b Saunders
10 
0 
0 
1
- 
»
 Sydney Barnes Not Out
38 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Humphries lbw b Armstrong
16 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Fielder Not Out
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 9, LB 7, W 1, N 2
19
Total : (9 wickets in 121.4 overs)
282
 RR : 2.32

Fall of wickets : 1-54 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-54 (George Gunn), 3-121 (Frederick Fane), 4-131 (Kenneth Hutchings), 5-162 (Joe Hardstaff), 6-196 (Len Braund), 7-198 (Wilfred Rhodes), 8-209 (Jack Crawford), 9-243 (Joe Humphries)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
28
3 
82 
1
2.93
0
0
»
 Jack Saunders
30
9 
58 
1
1.93
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
22
7 
41 
2
1.86
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
30
 .4
10 
53 
3
1.73
0
0
»
 Gerry Hazlitt
2
1 
8 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
9
3 
21 
1
2.33
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Sir Jack Hobbs and Joe Humphries (England)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and Philip Argall (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Wed, 01 Jan - Australia 255/7 (VS Ransford 22*, H Carter 10*)
Day 2 - Thu, 02 Jan - England 246/3 (KL Hutchings 117*, LC Braund 15*)
Day 3 - Fri, 03 Jan - Australia 96/0 (MA Noble 50*, VT Trumper 46*)
Day 4 - Sat, 04 Jan - Australia 360/7 (H Carter 22*, A Cotter 27*)
Day 5 - Sun, 05 Jan - rest day
Day 6 - Mon, 06 Jan - England 159/4 (LC Braund 17*, J Hardstaff 17*)
Day 7 - Tue, 07 Jan - England 282/9 (121.4 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 Frederick Fane (Capt.), Wilfred Rhodes, Sydney Barnes, Sir Jack Hobbs, Len Braund, Kenneth Hutchings, Joe Humphries (wk), Joe Hardstaff, Jack Crawford, George Gunn, Arthur Fielder
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