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Test No. 159

England tour of Australia 1924/25
1924-25 season
Australia vs England - 2nd Test
01-08 January, 1925 (timeless match)

Australia led the 5-match series 2-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 81 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Herbie Collins c Strudwick b Tate
9 
63 
1 
0
14.29 
»
 Warren Bardsley c Strudwick b Gilligan
19 
52 
0 
0
36.54 
»
 Arthur Richardson run out
14 
33 
0 
0
42.42 
»
 Bill Ponsford b Tate
128 
233 
6 
0
54.94 
»
 Johnny Taylor run out
72 
142 
3 
0
50.70 
»
 Vic Richardson run out
138 
217 
13 
0
63.59 
»
 Charles Kelleway c Strudwick b Gilligan
32 
138 
2 
0
23.19 
»
 Albert Hartkopf c Chapman b Gilligan
80 
158 
8 
0
50.63 
»
 Jack Gregory c Gilligan b Tate
44 
56 
5 
0
78.57 
»
 Bert Oldfield Not Out
39 
100 
2 
0
39.00 
»
 Arthur Mailey lbw b Douglas
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
Extras B 18, LB 5, N 1
24
Total : (all out in 149.5 overs)
600
 RR : 3.01

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (Herbie Collins), 2-47 (Arthur Richardson), 3-47 (Warren Bardsley), 4-208 (Johnny Taylor), 5-301 (Bill Ponsford), 6-424 (Vic Richardson), 7-439 (Charles Kelleway), 8-499 (Jack Gregory), 9-599 (Albert Hartkopf), 10-600 (Arthur Mailey, 149.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Maurice Tate
45
10 
142 
3
2.37
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
19
 .5
0 
95 
1
3.63
0
0
»
 Dick Tyldesley
35
3 
130 
0
2.79
0
0
»
 Arthur Gilligan
26
1 
114 
3
3.29
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
13
1 
69 
0
3.98
0
0
»
 Frank Woolley
11
3 
26 
0
1.77
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs b Mailey
154 
340 
11 
0
45.29 
»
 Herbert Sutcliffe b Kelleway
176 
481 
17 
0
36.59 
»
 Frank Woolley b Gregory
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Young Jack Hearne b Mailey
9 
57 
0 
0
15.79 
»
 Patsy Hendren c Oldfield b Kelleway
32 
66 
1 
0
48.48 
»
 Percy Chapman c Oldfield b Gregory
28 
35 
2 
1
80.00 
»
 Johnny Douglas c Collins b AJ Richardson
8 
40 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Dick Tyldesley c Collins b Gregory
5 
11 
1 
0
45.45 
»
 Maurice Tate c b AJ Richardson
34 
35 
4 
0
97.14 
»
 Arthur Gilligan Not Out
17 
23 
3 
0
73.91 
»
 Bert Strudwick b Hartkopf
4 
14 
0 
0
28.57 
Extras B 4, LB 4, N 4
12
Total : (all out in 138.0 overs)
479
 RR : 2.60

Fall of wickets : 1-283 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-284 (Frank Woolley), 3-305 (Young Jack Hearne), 4-373 (Patsy Hendren), 5-404 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 6-412 (Percy Chapman), 7-418 (Dick Tyldesley), 8-453 (Johnny Douglas), 9-458 (Maurice Tate), 10-479 (Bert Strudwick, 138.7 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Gregory
34
4 
124 
3
2.74
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
30
10 
62 
2
1.55
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
34
5 
141 
2
3.11
0
0
»
 Albert Hartkopf
26
1 
120 
1
3.46
0
0
»
 Arthur Richardson
14
6 
20 
2
1.07
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Herbie Collins b Hearne
30 
117 
1 
0
25.64 
»
 Warren Bardsley lbw b Tate
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Arthur Richardson b Tate
9 
13 
1 
0
69.23 
»
 Bill Ponsford b Tate
4 
9 
0 
0
44.44 
»
 Johnny Taylor b Tate
90 
180 
7 
0
50.00 
»
 Vic Richardson c Strudwick b Hearne
8 
31 
0 
0
25.81 
»
 Charles Kelleway c & b Hearne
17 
87 
2 
0
19.54 
»
 Albert Hartkopf lbw b Tate
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jack Gregory Not Out
36 
101 
4 
0
35.64 
»
 Bert Oldfield lbw b Hearne
39 
76 
3 
0
51.32 
»
 Arthur Mailey b Tate
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
Extras B 11, LB 1
12
Total : (all out in 79.3 overs)
250
 RR : 2.36

Fall of wickets : 1-3 (Warren Bardsley), 2-13 (Arthur Richardson), 3-27 (Bill Ponsford), 4-106 (Herbie Collins), 5-126 (Vic Richardson), 6-166 (Johnny Taylor), 7-168 (Charles Kelleway), 8-168 (Albert Hartkopf), 9-239 (Bert Oldfield), 10-250 (Arthur Mailey, 79.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Maurice Tate
33
 .3
8 
99 
6
2.22
0
0
»
 Johnny Douglas
4
0 
9 
0
1.69
0
0
»
 Dick Tyldesley
2
0 
6 
0
2.25
0
0
»
 Arthur Gilligan
11
2 
40 
0
2.73
0
0
»
 Young Jack Hearne
29
5 
84 
4
2.17
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 372 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs lbw b Mailey
22 
59 
2 
0
37.29 
»
 Herbert Sutcliffe c Gregory b Mailey
127 
390 
12 
0
32.56 
»
 Bert Strudwick lbw b Gregory
22 
63 
1 
0
34.92 
»
 Young Jack Hearne lbw b Gregory
23 
70 
2 
0
32.86 
»
 Frank Woolley lbw b AJ Richardson
50 
152 
6 
0
32.89 
»
 Patsy Hendren b Gregory
18 
55 
3 
0
32.73 
»
 Dick Tyldesley c Ponsford b Mailey
0 
10 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Johnny Douglas b Mailey
14 
41 
0 
0
34.15 
»
 Percy Chapman Not Out
4 
11 
0 
0
36.36 
»
 Arthur Gilligan c & b Mailey
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Maurice Tate b Gregory
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 6, LB 2, N 2
10
Total : (all out in 106.3 overs)
290
 RR : 2.04

Fall of wickets : 1-36 (Sir Jack Hobbs), 2-75 (Bert Strudwick), 3-121 (Young Jack Hearne), 4-211 (Frank Woolley), 5-254 (Patsy Hendren), 6-255 (Dick Tyldesley), 7-280 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 8-289 (Johnny Douglas), 9-289 (Arthur Gilligan), 10-290 (Maurice Tate, 106.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Jack Gregory
27
 .3
6 
87 
4
2.38
0
0
»
 Charles Kelleway
18
4 
42 
0
1.75
0
0
»
 Arthur Mailey
24
2 
92 
5
2.88
0
0
»
 Albert Hartkopf
4
1 
14 
0
2.63
0
0
»
 Arthur Richardson
22
7 
35 
1
1.19
0
0
»
 Herbie Collins
11
3 
10 
0
0.68
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 8
Debuts: Albert Hartkopf (Australia)
Umpires : Bob Crockett (Australia) and Clement Garing (Australia)

Close of Play
Day 1 - Thu, 01 Jan - Australia 300/4 (WH Ponsford 128*, VY Richardson 39*)
Day 2 - Fri, 02 Jan - Australia 600
Day 3 - Sat, 03 Jan - England 283/0 (JB Hobbs 154*, H Sutcliffe 123*)
Day 4 - Sun, 04 Jan - rest day
Day 5 - Mon, 05 Jan - Australia 63/3 (HL Collins 17*, JM Taylor 25*)
Day 6 - Tue, 06 Jan - England 54/1 (H Sutcliffe 12*, H Strudwick 15*)
Day 7 - Wed, 07 Jan - England 259/6 (H Sutcliffe 114*, JWHT Douglas 0*)
Day 8 - Thu, 08 Jan - England 290 (106.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Albert Hartkopf, Warren Bardsley, Vic Richardson, Johnny Taylor, Jack Gregory, Herbie Collins (Capt.), Charles Kelleway, Bill Ponsford, Bert Oldfield (wk), Arthur Richardson, Arthur Mailey
England Young Jack Hearne, Sir Jack Hobbs, Percy Chapman, Patsy Hendren, Maurice Tate, Johnny Douglas, Herbert Sutcliffe, Frank Woolley, Dick Tyldesley, Bert Strudwick (wk), Arthur Gilligan (Capt.)
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