- Test no. 97 | 1907/08 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 1,2,3,4,6,7 January 1908 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| VT Trumper | c †Humphries b Crawford | 49 | 81 | 5 | 0 | ||
| CG Macartney | b Crawford | 37 | 96 | 1 | 0 | ||
| C Hill | b Fielder | 16 | 35 | 0 | |||
| MA Noble* | c Braund b Rhodes | 61 | 153 | 5 | 0 | ||
| WW Armstrong | c Hutchings b Crawford | 31 | 64 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PA McAlister | run out | 10 | 35 | 0 | |||
| VS Ransford | run out | 27 | 77 | 0 | |||
| A Cotter | b Crawford | 17 | 15 | 0 | |||
| H Carter† | not out | 15 | 40 | 0 | |||
| GR Hazlitt | b Crawford | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JV Saunders | b Fielder | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 1) | 2 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 100.5 overs) | 266 | (2.63 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-84 (Trumper), 2-93 (Macartney), 3-111 (Hill), 4-168 (Armstrong), 5-197 (McAlister), 6-214 (Noble), 7-240 (Cotter), 8-261 (Ransford), 9-265 (Hazlitt), 10-266 (Saunders) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Fielder | 27.5 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 2.76 | |||
| SF Barnes | 17 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1.76 | |||
| W Rhodes | 11 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3.36 | |||
| LC Braund | 16 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2.56 | |||
| JN Crawford | 29 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 2.72 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| FL Fane* | b Armstrong | 13 | 35 | 0 | |||
| JB Hobbs | b Cotter | 83 | 192 | 8 | 0 | ||
| G Gunn | lbw b Cotter | 15 | 52 | 0 | |||
| KL Hutchings | b Cotter | 126 | 163 | 21 | 1 | ||
| LC Braund | b Cotter | 49 | 144 | 5 | 0 | ||
| J Hardstaff snr | b Saunders | 12 | 37 | 0 | |||
| W Rhodes | b Saunders | 32 | 98 | 4 | 0 | ||
| JN Crawford | c Ransford b Saunders | 16 | 35 | 0 | |||
| SF Barnes | c Hill b Armstrong | 14 | 45 | 0 | |||
| J Humphries† | b Cotter | 6 | 0 | ||||
| A Fielder | not out | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 3, w 1, nb 3) | 10 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 135.2 overs) | 382 | (2.82 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-27 (Fane), 2-61 (Gunn), 3-160 (Hobbs), 4-268 (Hutchings), 5-287 (Hardstaff), 6-325 (Braund), 7-353 (Crawford), 8-360 (Rhodes), 9-369 (Humphries), 10-382 (Barnes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Cotter | 33 | 4 | 142 | 5 | 4.30 | |||
| JV Saunders | 34 | 7 | 100 | 3 | 2.94 | |||
| MA Noble | 9 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 2.88 | |||
| WW Armstrong | 34.2 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 1.04 | |||
| GR Hazlitt | 13 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 2.61 | |||
| CG Macartney | 12 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| MA Noble* | b Crawford | 64 | 122 | 6 | 0 | ||
| VT Trumper | lbw b Crawford | 63 | 110 | 7 | 0 | ||
| C Hill | b Fielder | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PA McAlister | run out | 15 | 40 | 0 | |||
| WW Armstrong | b Barnes | 77 | 155 | 7 | 0 | ||
| CG Macartney | c †Humphries b Barnes | 54 | 147 | 5 | 0 | ||
| VS Ransford | c Hutchings b Barnes | 18 | 40 | 0 | |||
| H Carter† | c Fane b Barnes | 53 | 83 | 7 | 0 | ||
| A Cotter | lbw b Crawford | 27 | 40 | 0 | |||
| GR Hazlitt | b Barnes | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JV Saunders | not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 12, lb 8) | 20 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 121.4 overs) | 397 | (3.26 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-126 (Trumper), 2-131 (Noble), 3-135 (Hill), 4-162 (McAlister), 5-268 (Armstrong), 6-303 (Macartney), 7-312 (Ransford), 8-361 (Cotter), 9-392 (Hazlitt), 10-397 (Carter) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Fielder | 27 | 6 | 74 | 1 | 2.74 | |||
| SF Barnes | 27.4 | 4 | 72 | 5 | 2.60 | |||
| W Rhodes | 16 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 2.37 | |||
| LC Braund | 18 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 3.77 | |||
| JN Crawford | 33 | 6 | 125 | 3 | 3.78 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 282 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| FL Fane* | b Armstrong | 50 | 160 | 2 | 0 | |||
| JB Hobbs | b Noble | 28 | 69 | 0 | ||||
| G Gunn | lbw b Noble | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KL Hutchings | c Cotter b Macartney | 39 | 106 | 0 | ||||
| LC Braund | b Armstrong | 30 | 110 | 0 | ||||
| J Hardstaff snr | c Ransford b Cotter | 19 | 73 | 0 | ||||
| W Rhodes | run out | 15 | 22 | 0 | ||||
| JN Crawford | c Armstrong b Saunders | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | |||
| SF Barnes | not out | 38 | 83 | 0 | ||||
| J Humphries† | lbw b Armstrong | 16 | 45 | 2 | 0 | |||
| A Fielder | not out | 18 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 7, w 1, nb 2) | 19 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 121.4 overs) | 282 | (2.31 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-54 (Hobbs), 2-54 (Gunn), 3-121 (Fane), 4-131 (Hutchings), 5-162 (Hardstaff), 6-196 (Braund), 7-198 (Rhodes), 8-209 (Crawford), 9-243 (Humphries) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Cotter | 28 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 2.92 | |||
| JV Saunders | 30 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 1.93 | |||
| MA Noble | 22 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1.86 | |||
| WW Armstrong | 30.4 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 1.72 | |||
| GR Hazlitt | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| CG Macartney | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 1-1 |
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Test debuts
JB Hobbs and
J Humphries
(England) |
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Umpires
P Argall and RM Crockett |
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Close of play 1 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 255/7 (VS Ransford 22*, H Carter 10*) 2 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 246/3 (KL Hutchings 117*, LC Braund 15*) 3 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 96/0 (MA Noble 50*, VT Trumper 46*) 4 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 360/7 (H Carter 22*, A Cotter 27*) 5 Jan rest day 6 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 159/4 (LC Braund 17*, J Hardstaff snr 17*) 7 Jan day 6 - England 2nd innings 282/9 (121.4 ov) - end of match |
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