- Test no. 136 | 1920/21 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 31 December 1920, 1,3,4 January 1921 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HL Collins | c Hearne b Howell | 64 | 103 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 55.65 | |
| W Bardsley | c †Strudwick b Woolley | 51 | 115 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 57.30 | |
| RL Park | b Howell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JM Taylor | c Woolley b Parkin | 68 | 128 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 62.96 | |
| WW Armstrong* | lbw b Douglas | 39 | 60 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 60.93 | |
| C Kelleway | c †Strudwick b Howell | 9 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| CE Pellew | b Parkin | 116 | 203 | 186 | 8 | 0 | 62.36 | |
| J Ryder | c Woolley b Douglas | 13 | 47 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 21.31 | |
| JM Gregory | c Russell b Woolley | 100 | 137 | 115 | 12 | 0 | 86.95 | |
| WAS Oldfield† | c & b Rhodes | 24 | 35 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 48.00 | |
| AA Mailey | not out | 8 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 2) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 137.3 overs) | 499 | (3.62 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-116 (Collins), 2-116 (Park), 3-118 (Bardsley), 4-194 (Armstrong), 5-220 (Kelleway), 6-251 (Taylor), 7-282 (Ryder), 8-455 (Pellew), 9-469 (Gregory), 10-499 (Oldfield) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| H Howell | 37 | 5 | 142 | 3 | 3.83 | |||
| JWHT Douglas | 24 | 1 | 83 | 2 | 3.45 | |||
| CH Parkin | 27 | 0 | 116 | 2 | 4.29 | |||
| JW Hearne | 14 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2.71 | |||
| FE Woolley | 27 | 8 | 87 | 2 | 3.22 | |||
| W Rhodes | 8.3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3.05 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JB Hobbs | c Ryder b Gregory | 122 | 210 | 218 | 9 | 0 | 55.96 | |
| W Rhodes | b Gregory | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| JWH Makepeace | lbw b Armstrong | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| EH Hendren | c Taylor b Gregory | 67 | 140 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 45.89 | |
| CAG Russell | c Collins b Gregory | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| FE Woolley | b Gregory | 5 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| JWHT Douglas* | lbw b Gregory | 15 | 44 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| CH Parkin | c Mailey b Gregory | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| H Strudwick† | not out | 21 | 44 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 56.75 | |
| H Howell | st †Oldfield b Armstrong | 5 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| JW Hearne | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| Extras | (nb 1) | 1 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 87.3 overs) | 251 | (2.86 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Rhodes), 2-32 (Makepeace), 3-174 (Hendren), 4-185 (Russell), 5-201 (Woolley), 6-208 (Hobbs), 7-213 (Parkin), 8-232 (Douglas), 9-251 (Howell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Gregory | 20 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 3.45 | |||
| C Kelleway | 19 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 2.84 | |||
| WW Armstrong | 24.3 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 2.04 | |||
| J Ryder | 14 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 2.21 | |||
| RL Park | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| HL Collins | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4.11 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JB Hobbs | b Kelleway | 20 | 34 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 54.05 | |
| W Rhodes | c Collins b Armstrong | 28 | 83 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 31.11 | |
| JWH Makepeace | c Gregory b Armstrong | 4 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| EH Hendren | c & b Collins | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| CAG Russell | c Armstrong b Collins | 5 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| FE Woolley | b Ryder | 50 | 109 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 44.64 | |
| JWHT Douglas* | b Gregory | 9 | 42 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 23.68 | |
| H Strudwick† | c †Oldfield b Armstrong | 24 | 36 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| CH Parkin | c Taylor b Armstrong | 9 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| H Howell | not out | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JW Hearne | absent hurt | - | ||||||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 3, nb 1) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 67.2 overs) | 157 | (2.33 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-36 (Hobbs), 2-53 (Makepeace), 3-54 (Hendren), 4-58 (Rhodes), 5-70 (Russell), 6-104 (Douglas), 7-141 (Strudwick), 8-151 (Woolley), 9-157 (Parkin) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Gregory | 12 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 2.66 | |||
| C Kelleway | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.08 | |||
| WW Armstrong | 15.2 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 1.69 | |||
| J Ryder | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1.70 | |||
| HL Collins | 17 | 5 | 47 | 2 | 2.76 | |||
| CE Pellew | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Test debuts
RL Park
(Australia);
H Howell and
JWH Makepeace
(England) |
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Umpires
RM Crockett and DA Elder |
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Close of play 31 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 282/6 (CE Pellew 33*, J Ryder 13*) 1 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 93/2 (JB Hobbs 53*, EH Hendren 29*) 2 Jan rest day 3 Jan day 3 - England 2nd innings 76/5 (FE Woolley 15*, JWHT Douglas 0*) 4 Jan day 4 - England 2nd innings 157 (67.2 ov) - end of match |
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