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Test No. 135

England tour of Australia 1920/21
1920-21 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
17-22 December, 1920 (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 377 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Macartney b Waddington
19 
41 
1 
0
46.34 
»
 Herbie Collins run out
70 
175 
8 
0
40.00 
»
 Warren Bardsley c Strudwick b Hearne
22 
41 
1 
0
53.66 
»
 Charles Kelleway run out
33 
92 
4 
0
35.87 
»
 Warwick Armstrong st Strudwick b Woolley
12 
43 
0 
0
27.91 
»
 Jack Gregory c Strudwick b Woolley
8 
23 
1 
0
34.78 
»
 Johnny Taylor lbw b Hearne
34 
93 
2 
0
36.56 
»
 Nip Pellew c Hendren b Hearne
36 
77 
3 
0
46.75 
»
 Jack Ryder run out
5 
27 
0 
0
18.52 
»
 Bert Oldfield c Hobbs b Parkin
7 
40 
1 
0
17.50 
»
 Arthur Mailey Not Out
10 
35 
1 
0
28.57 
Extras B 4, LB 6, N 1
11
Total : (all out in 114.5 overs)
267
 RR : 2.33

Fall of wickets : 1-40 (Charles Macartney), 2-80 (Warren Bardsley), 3-140 (Herbie Collins), 4-162 (Charles Kelleway), 5-173 (Warwick Armstrong), 6-176 (Jack Gregory), 7-244 (Johnny Taylor), 8-249 (Nip Pellew), 9-250 (Jack Ryder), 10-267 (Bert Oldfield, 114.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bill Hitch
10
0 
37 
0
3.70
0
0
»
 Abe Waddington
18
3 
35 
1
1.94
0
0
»
 Ciss Parkin
26
 .5
5 
58 
1
2.16
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
34
8 
77 
3
2.26
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
23
7 
35 
2
1.52
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
3
0 
14 
0
4.67
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jack Russell b Kelleway
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs b Gregory
49 
65 
4 
0
75.38 
»
 Young Jack Hearne c Gregory b Mailey
14 
51 
0 
0
27.45 
»
 Patsy Hendren c Gregory b Ryder
28 
66 
3 
0
42.42 
»
 Frank Woolley c Mailey b Ryder
52 
49 
6 
0
106.12 
»
 Johnny Douglas st Oldfield b Mailey
21 
47 
2 
0
44.68 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Gregory b Mailey
3 
27 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Bill Hitch c Kelleway b Gregory
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Abe Waddington run out
7 
13 
1 
0
53.85 
»
 Ciss Parkin Not Out
4 
9 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Bert Strudwick lbw b Gregory
2 
12 
0 
0
16.67 
Extras B 3, LB 4
7
Total : (all out in 59.1 overs)
190
 RR : 3.21

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Jack Russell, 0.1 ov), 2-50 (Young Jack Hearne), 3-70 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 4-144 (Patsy Hendren), 5-145 (Frank Woolley), 6-158 (Wilfred Rhodes), 7-165 (Bill Hitch), 8-180 (Johnny Douglas), 9-188 (Abe Waddington), 10-190 (Bert Strudwick, 59.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Charles Kelleway
6
2 
10 
1
1.67
0
0
»
 Jack Gregory
23
 .1
3 
56 
3
2.42
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
23
4 
95 
3
4.13
0
0
»
 Jack Ryder
6
1 
20 
2
3.33
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
1
0 
2 
0
2.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Herbie Collins c Waddington b Douglas
104 
278 
11 
0
37.41 
»
 Warren Bardsley b Hearne
57 
114 
4 
0
50.00 
»
 Charles Macartney b Douglas
69 
107 
9 
0
64.49 
»
 Johnny Taylor c Woolley b Parkin
51 
110 
6 
0
46.36 
»
 Nip Pellew lbw b Woolley
16 
35 
2 
0
45.71 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Russell b Woolley
78 
232 
2 
0
33.62 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Parkin
158 
209 
17 
0
75.60 
»
 Jack Ryder run out
6 
20 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Jack Gregory run out
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bert Oldfield c Strudwick b Parkin
16 
40 
2 
0
40.00 
»
 Arthur Mailey Not Out
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 17, LB 7, N 2
26
Total : (all out in 192.3 overs)
581
 RR : 3.02

Fall of wickets : 1-123 (Warren Bardsley), 2-234 (Herbie Collins), 3-241 (Charles Macartney), 4-282 (Nip Pellew), 5-332 (Johnny Taylor), 6-519 (Charles Kelleway), 7-536 (Jack Ryder), 8-540 (Jack Gregory), 9-578 (Warwick Armstrong), 10-581 (Bert Oldfield, 192.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bill Hitch
8
0 
40 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Abe Waddington
23
4 
53 
0
2.30
0
0
»
 Ciss Parkin
35
 .3
5 
102 
3
2.87
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
42
7 
124 
1
2.95
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
26
3 
79 
2
3.04
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
36
11 
90 
2
2.50
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
22
2 
67 
0
3.05
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 659 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs lbw b Armstrong
59 
135 
2 
1
43.70 
»
 Jack Russell c Oldfield b Gregory
5 
7 
1 
0
71.43 
»
 Young Jack Hearne b Gregory
57 
176 
4 
0
32.39 
»
 Patsy Hendren b Kelleway
56 
110 
6 
0
50.91 
»
 Frank Woolley st Oldfield b Mailey
16 
21 
2 
0
76.19 
»
 Johnny Douglas c Armstrong b Mailey
7 
4 
1 
0
175.00 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes c Ryder b Mailey
45 
100 
4 
0
45.00 
»
 Bill Hitch c Taylor b Gregory
19 
26 
2 
0
73.08 
»
 Abe Waddington b Kelleway
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 Ciss Parkin b Kelleway
4 
8 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Bert Strudwick Not Out
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
Extras B 6, LB 3
9
Total : (all out in 102.5 overs)
281
 RR : 2.73

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Jack Russell), 2-105 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 3-149 (Young Jack Hearne), 4-170 (Frank Woolley), 5-178 (Johnny Douglas), 6-231 (Patsy Hendren), 7-264 (Bill Hitch), 8-271 (Abe Waddington), 9-279 (Wilfred Rhodes), 10-281 (Ciss Parkin, 102.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Charles Kelleway
15
 .5
3 
45 
3
2.84
0
0
»
 Jack Gregory
33
6 
70 
3
2.12
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
24
2 
105 
3
4.38
0
0
»
 Jack Ryder
17
6 
24 
0
1.41
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
10
0 
21 
1
2.10
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
3
0 
7 
0
2.33
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Herbie Collins, Johnny Taylor, Nip Pellew, Jack Ryder, Jack Gregory, Bert Oldfield and Arthur Mailey (South Africa); Jack Russell, Patsy Hendren, Abe Waddington and Ciss Parkin (England)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and Alfred Jones (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Fri, 17 Dec - Australia 250/8 (J Ryder 5*, WAS Oldfield 0*)
Day 2 : Sat, 18 Dec - Australia 46/0 (HL Collins 17*, W Bardsley 23*)
Day 3 : Mon, 20 Dec - Australia 332/5 (C Kelleway 23*)
Day 4 : Tue, 21 Dec - England 47/1 (JB Hobbs 18*, JW Hearne 23*)
Day 5 : Wed, 22 Dec - England 281 (102.5 ov) - end of match

Sun, 19 Dec - rest day

Teams:
Australia Warwick Armstrong (Capt.), Warren Bardsley, Nip Pellew, Johnny Taylor, Jack Ryder, Jack Gregory, Herbie Collins, Charles Macartney, Charles Kelleway, Bert Oldfield (wk), Arthur Mailey
England Young Jack Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes, Sir Jack Hobbs, Patsy Hendren, Johnny Douglas (Capt.), Jack Russell, Frank Woolley, Ciss Parkin, Bill Hitch, Bert Strudwick (wk), Abe Waddington
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