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Test No. 116

England tour of Australia 1911/12
1911-12 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
15-21 December, 1911 (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 146 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Warren Bardsley c Strudwick b Douglas
30 
54 
3 
0
55.56 
»
 Charles Kelleway c & b Woolley
20 
81 
1 
0
24.69 
»
 Clem Hill run out
46 
38 
6 
0
121.05 
»
 Warwick Armstrong st Strudwick b Hearne
60 
127 
7 
0
47.24 
»
 Victor Trumper c Hobbs b Woolley
113 
208 
12 
0
54.33 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Hearne b Barnes
26 
52 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Roy Minnett c Foster b Barnes
90 
118 
14 
0
76.27 
»
 Ranji Hordern Not Out
17 
61 
1 
0
27.87 
»
 Tibby Cotter c & b Barnes
6 
4 
1 
0
150.00 
»
 Sammy Carter b Foster
13 
21 
2 
0
61.90 
»
 Bill Whitty b Foster
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 9, LB 15, N 2
26
Total : (all out in 127.0 overs)
447
 RR : 3.52

Fall of wickets : 1-44 (Warren Bardsley), 2-77 (Charles Kelleway), 3-121 (Clem Hill), 4-198 (Warwick Armstrong), 5-278 (Vernon Ransford), 6-387 (Victor Trumper), 7-420 (Roy Minnett), 8-426 (Tibby Cotter), 9-447 (Sammy Carter, 126.5 ov), 10-447 (Bill Whitty, 126.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
29
6 
105 
2
3.62
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
24
5 
62 
1
2.58
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
35
5 
107 
3
3.06
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
10
1 
44 
1
4.40
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
21
2 
77 
2
3.67
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
8
0 
26 
0
3.25
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Hill b Whitty
63 
142 
5 
0
44.37 
»
 Sep Kinneir b Kelleway
22 
59 
3 
0
37.29 
»
 George Gunn b Cotter
4 
16 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Hill b Hordern
41 
71 
4 
0
57.75 
»
 Phil Mead c & b Hordern
0 
16 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c Trumper b Kelleway
76 
155 
8 
0
49.03 
»
 Frank Foster b Hordern
56 
76 
9 
0
73.68 
»
 Frank Woolley b Hordern
39 
50 
5 
0
78.00 
»
 Johnny Douglas c Trumper b Hordern
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sydney Barnes b Kelleway
9 
21 
1 
0
42.86 
»
 Bert Strudwick Not Out
0 
11 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 3, LB 3, W 1, N 1
8
Total : (all out in 101.5 overs)
318
 RR : 3.12

Fall of wickets : 1-45 (Sep Kinneir), 2-53 (George Gunn), 3-115 (Wilfred Rhodes), 4-129 (Phil Mead), 5-142 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 6-231 (Frank Foster), 7-293 (Frank Woolley), 8-293 (Johnny Douglas), 9-310 (Sydney Barnes), 10-318 (Young Jack Hearne, 101.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
19
0 
88 
1
4.63
0
0
»
 Bill Whitty
28
13 
60 
1
2.14
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
16
 .5
3 
46 
3
2.73
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
27
4 
85 
5
3.15
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
9
3 
28 
0
3.11
0
0
»
 Roy Minnett
2
1 
3 
0
1.50
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Foster
12 
35 
1 
0
34.29 
»
 Charles Kelleway b Douglas
70 
199 
9 
0
35.18 
»
 Clem Hill b Foster
65 
100 
7 
0
65.00 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Foster
28 
70 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Victor Trumper c & b Douglas
14 
25 
2 
0
56.00 
»
 Vernon Ransford c Rhodes b Barnes
34 
85 
4 
0
40.00 
»
 Ranji Hordern b Foster
18 
37 
2 
0
48.65 
»
 Roy Minnett b Douglas
17 
34 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Tibby Cotter lbw b Douglas
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Sammy Carter c Gunn b Foster
15 
26 
2 
0
57.69 
»
 Bill Whitty Not Out
9 
11 
2 
0
81.82 
Extras B 16, LB 7, N 1
24
Total : (all out in 104.3 overs)
308
 RR : 2.95

Fall of wickets : 1-29 (Warren Bardsley), 2-150 (Clem Hill), 3-169 (Charles Kelleway), 4-191 (Victor Trumper), 5-218 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-246 (Ranji Hordern), 7-268 (Vernon Ransford), 8-274 (Tibby Cotter), 9-283 (Roy Minnett), 10-308 (Sammy Carter, 104.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frank Foster
31
 .3
5 
92 
5
2.92
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
21
3 
50 
4
2.38
0
0
»
 Sydney Barnes
30
8 
72 
1
2.40
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
13
2 
51 
0
3.92
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
6
1 
15 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
3
1 
4 
0
1.33
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 438 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs c Carter b Cotter
22 
28 
3 
0
78.57 
»
 Sep Kinneir c Trumper b Hordern
30 
80 
2 
0
37.50 
»
 George Gunn c Whitty b Hordern
62 
175 
4 
0
35.43 
»
 Phil Mead run out
25 
95 
2 
0
26.32 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Trumper b Hordern
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Frank Foster c Ransford b Hordern
21 
44 
1 
1
47.73 
»
 Young Jack Hearne b Hordern
43 
125 
5 
0
34.40 
»
 Frank Woolley c Armstrong b Cotter
7 
16 
1 
0
43.75 
»
 Johnny Douglas b Hordern
32 
132 
4 
0
24.24 
»
 Sydney Barnes b Hordern
14 
28 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Bert Strudwick Not Out
12 
16 
2 
0
75.00 
Extras B 14, LB 8, N 1
23
Total : (all out in 123.2 overs)
291
 RR : 2.36

Fall of wickets : 1-29 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-69 (Sep Kinneir), 3-141 (Phil Mead), 4-141 (Wilfred Rhodes), 5-148 (George Gunn), 6-167 (Frank Foster), 7-177 (Frank Woolley), 8-263 (Young Jack Hearne), 9-276 (Johnny Douglas), 10-291 (Sydney Barnes, 123.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tibby Cotter
27
3 
71 
2
2.63
0
0
»
 Bill Whitty
20
8 
41 
0
2.05
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
19
6 
27 
0
1.42
0
0
»
 Ranji Hordern
42
 .2
11 
90 
7
2.13
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
15
3 
39 
0
2.60
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Roy Minnett (South Africa); Sep Kinneir, Phil Mead, Frank Foster, Young Jack Hearne and Johnny Douglas (England)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and William Curran (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Fri, 15 Dec - Australia 317/5 (VT Trumper 95*, RB Minnett 22*)
Day 2 - Sat, 16 Dec - England 142/4 (JB Hobbs 63*, JW Hearne 9*)
Day 3 - Sun, 17 Dec - rest day
Day 4 - Mon, 18 Dec - Australia 119/1 (C Kelleway 47*, C Hill 49*)
Day 5 - Tue, 19 Dec - England 65/1 (SP Kinneir 27*, G Gunn 16*)
Day 6 - Wed, 20 Dec - England 263/8 (JWHT Douglas 32*)
Day 7 - Thu, 21 Dec - England 291 (123.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Warwick Armstrong, Warren Bardsley, Victor Trumper, Vernon Ransford, Tibby Cotter, Sammy Carter (wk), Roy Minnett, Ranji Hordern, Clem Hill (Capt.), Charles Kelleway, Bill Whitty
England Young Jack Hearne, Bert Strudwick (wk), Wilfred Rhodes, Sydney Barnes, Sir Jack Hobbs, Sep Kinneir, Phil Mead, Johnny Douglas (Capt.), George Gunn, Frank Woolley, Frank Foster
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