- Test no. 161 | 1924/25 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 13,14,16,17,18 February 1925 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JB Hobbs | st †Oldfield b Ryder | 66 | 128 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 44.89 | |
| H Sutcliffe | lbw b Mailey | 143 | 295 | 339 | 14 | 0 | 42.18 | |
| JW Hearne | c Bardsley b Richardson | 44 | 101 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 41.50 | |
| FE Woolley | st †Oldfield b Mailey | 40 | 79 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| EH Hendren | b Ryder | 65 | 114 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 49.24 | |
| APF Chapman | st †Oldfield b Mailey | 12 | 31 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| WW Whysall | st †Oldfield b Kelleway | 76 | 203 | 212 | 6 | 0 | 35.84 | |
| R Kilner | lbw b Kelleway | 74 | 149 | 154 | 11 | 0 | 48.05 | |
| AER Gilligan* | c †Oldfield b Kelleway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MW Tate | c Taylor b Mailey | 8 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| H Strudwick† | not out | 7 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 87.50 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 2, w 3, nb 2) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 151.6 overs) | 548 | (2.70 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-126 (Hobbs), 2-232 (Hearne), 3-284 (Sutcliffe), 4-307 (Woolley), 5-346 (Chapman), 6-394 (Hendren), 7-527 (Whysall), 8-527 (Gilligan), 9-529 (Kilner), 10-548 (Tate) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Gregory | 22 | 1 | 102 | 0 | 3.47 | |||
| C Kelleway | 29 | 5 | 70 | 3 | 1.81 | |||
| AA Mailey | 43.6 | 2 | 186 | 4 | 3.18 | |||
| J Ryder | 25 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 2.49 | |||
| AJ Richardson | 26 | 8 | 76 | 1 | 2.19 | |||
| HL Collins | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HL Collins* | c Kilner b Tate | 22 | 29 | 2 | 0 | |||
| AJ Richardson | b Hearne | 19 | 67 | 2 | 0 | |||
| J Ryder | b Tate | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| W Bardsley | run out | 24 | 18 | 4 | 0 | |||
| WH Ponsford | c †Strudwick b Hearne | 21 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JM Taylor | c Hendren b Woolley | 86 | 138 | 9 | 0 | |||
| TJE Andrews | c Hearne b Kilner | 35 | 44 | 2 | 0 | |||
| C Kelleway | lbw b Kilner | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JM Gregory | c Woolley b Hearne | 38 | 74 | 3 | 1 | |||
| WAS Oldfield† | c Chapman b Kilner | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AA Mailey | not out | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 13, lb 2, nb 1) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 63.3 overs) | 269 | (3.18 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-38 (Collins), 2-38 (Ryder), 3-64 (Bardsley), 4-74 (Richardson), 5-109 (Ponsford), 6-170 (Andrews), 7-172 (Kelleway), 8-244 (Taylor), 9-257 (Oldfield), 10-269 (Gregory) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MW Tate | 16 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 3.28 | |||
| AER Gilligan | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| JW Hearne | 19.3 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 2.98 | |||
| R Kilner | 13 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1.67 | |||
| FE Woolley | 9 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 4.41 |
| Australia 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HL Collins* | c Whysall b Kilner | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| W Bardsley | b Tate | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JM Gregory | c Sutcliffe b Kilner | 45 | 56 | 6 | 0 | |||
| JM Taylor | c Woolley b Gilligan | 68 | 184 | 3 | 0 | |||
| J Ryder | lbw b Woolley | 38 | 70 | 3 | 0 | |||
| C Kelleway | c †Strudwick b Tate | 42 | 99 | 4 | 0 | |||
| TJE Andrews | c †Strudwick b Tate | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WH Ponsford | b Tate | 19 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AJ Richardson | lbw b Hearne | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WAS Oldfield† | b Tate | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | |||
| AA Mailey | not out | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 15) | 15 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 74.5 overs) | 250 | (2.51 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Collins), 2-5 (Bardsley), 3-64 (Gregory), 4-133 (Ryder), 5-190 (Taylor), 6-195 (Andrews), 7-225 (Kelleway), 8-234 (Ponsford), 9-238 (Richardson), 10-250 (Oldfield) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MW Tate | 25.5 | 6 | 75 | 5 | 2.19 | |||
| AER Gilligan | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2.78 | |||
| JW Hearne | 20 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 2.85 | |||
| R Kilner | 16 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 1.92 | |||
| FE Woolley | 6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2.12 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 3-1 |
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Umpires
RM Crockett and DA Elder |
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Close of play 13 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 282/2 (H Sutcliffe 141*, FE Woolley 26*) 14 Feb day 2 - England 1st innings 548 15 Feb rest day 16 Feb day 3 - Australia 1st innings 168/5 (JM Taylor 42*, TJE Andrews 33*) 17 Feb day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 175/4 (JM Taylor 59*, C Kelleway 23*) 18 Feb day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 250 (74.5 ov) - end of match |
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Feb 13, 1925 
Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe walk out to open the innings © Getty Images |
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4th Test, Hobbs stumped by Oldfield. © Unknown |
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