- Test no. 167 | 1926 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 14,16,17,18 August 1926 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| JB Hobbs | b Mailey | 37 | 55 | 0 | |||
| H Sutcliffe | b Mailey | 76 | 210 | 6 | 0 | ||
| FE Woolley | b Mailey | 18 | 0 | ||||
| EH Hendren | b Gregory | 8 | 0 | ||||
| APF Chapman* | st †Oldfield b Mailey | 49 | 75 | 0 | |||
| GTS Stevens | c Andrews b Mailey | 17 | 2 | 1 | |||
| W Rhodes | c †Oldfield b Mailey | 28 | 45 | 0 | |||
| G Geary | run out | 9 | 0 | ||||
| MW Tate | b Grimmett | 23 | 15 | 1 | |||
| H Larwood | c Andrews b Grimmett | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| H Strudwick† | not out | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 5) | 11 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 95.5 overs) | 280 | (2.92 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-53 (Hobbs), 2-91 (Woolley), 3-108 (Hendren), 4-189 (Chapman), 5-213 (Stevens), 6-214 (Sutcliffe), 7-231 (Geary), 8-266 (Tate), 9-266 (Larwood), 10-280 (Rhodes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Gregory | 15 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 2.06 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 33 | 12 | 74 | 2 | 2.24 | |||
| AA Mailey | 33.5 | 3 | 138 | 6 | 4.07 | |||
| CG Macartney | 7 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2.28 | |||
| AJ Richardson | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1.42 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| WM Woodfull | b Rhodes | 35 | 120 | 0 | |||
| W Bardsley | c †Strudwick b Larwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CG Macartney | b Stevens | 25 | 30 | 0 | |||
| WH Ponsford | run out | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TJE Andrews | b Larwood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| HL Collins* | c Stevens b Larwood | 61 | 230 | 2 | 0 | ||
| AJ Richardson | c Geary b Rhodes | 16 | 0 | ||||
| JM Gregory | c Stevens b Tate | 73 | 100 | 10 | 0 | ||
| WAS Oldfield† | not out | 33 | 0 | ||||
| CV Grimmett | b Tate | 35 | 75 | 0 | |||
| AA Mailey | c †Strudwick b Tate | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 12) | 17 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 152.1 overs) | 302 | (1.98 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Bardsley), 2-44 (Macartney), 3-51 (Ponsford), 4-59 (Andrews), 5-90 (Woodfull), 6-122 (Richardson), 7-229 (Gregory), 8-231 (Collins), 9-298 (Grimmett), 10-302 (Mailey) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MW Tate | 37.1 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 1.07 | |||
| H Larwood | 34 | 11 | 82 | 3 | 2.41 | |||
| G Geary | 27 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 1.59 | |||
| GTS Stevens | 29 | 3 | 85 | 1 | 2.93 | |||
| W Rhodes | 25 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 1.40 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| JB Hobbs | b Gregory | 100 | 221 | 10 | 0 | ||
| H Sutcliffe | b Mailey | 161 | 428 | 16 | 0 | ||
| FE Woolley | lbw b Richardson | 27 | 0 | ||||
| EH Hendren | c †Oldfield b Grimmett | 15 | 0 | ||||
| APF Chapman* | b Richardson | 19 | 0 | ||||
| GTS Stevens | c Mailey b Grimmett | 22 | 0 | ||||
| W Rhodes | lbw b Grimmett | 14 | 0 | ||||
| G Geary | c †Oldfield b Gregory | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MW Tate | not out | 33 | 50 | 0 | |||
| H Larwood | b Mailey | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||
| H Strudwick† | c Andrews b Mailey | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 19, lb 18) | 37 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 182.5 overs) | 436 | (2.38 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-172 (Hobbs), 2-220 (Woolley), 3-277 (Hendren), 4-316 (Chapman), 5-373 (Stevens), 6-375 (Sutcliffe), 7-382 (Geary), 8-425 (Rhodes), 9-430 (Larwood), 10-436 (Strudwick) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Gregory | 18 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 3.22 | |||
| CV Grimmett | 55 | 17 | 108 | 3 | 1.96 | |||
| AA Mailey | 42.5 | 6 | 128 | 3 | 2.98 | |||
| CG Macartney | 26 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0.92 | |||
| AJ Richardson | 41 | 21 | 81 | 2 | 1.97 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 415 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| WM Woodfull | c Geary b Larwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WH Ponsford | c Larwood b Rhodes | 12 | 0 | ||||
| CG Macartney | c Geary b Larwood | 16 | 0 | ||||
| W Bardsley | c Woolley b Rhodes | 21 | 65 | 0 | |||
| HL Collins* | c Woolley b Rhodes | 4 | 0 | ||||
| TJE Andrews | c Tate b Larwood | 15 | 0 | ||||
| JM Gregory | c Sutcliffe b Tate | 9 | 0 | ||||
| AJ Richardson | b Rhodes | 4 | 0 | ||||
| WAS Oldfield† | b Stevens | 23 | 0 | ||||
| CV Grimmett | not out | 8 | 0 | ||||
| AA Mailey | b Geary | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 7) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 52.3 overs) | 125 | (2.38 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Woodfull), 2-31 (Macartney), 3-31 (Ponsford), 4-35 (Collins), 5-63 (Andrews), 6-83 (Bardsley), 7-83 (Gregory), 8-87 (Richardson), 9-114 (Oldfield), 10-125 (Mailey) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MW Tate | 9 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1.33 | |||
| H Larwood | 14 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2.42 | |||
| G Geary | 6.3 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2.30 | |||
| GTS Stevens | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 | |||
| W Rhodes | 20 | 9 | 44 | 4 | 2.20 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Umpires
F Chester and HI Young |
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Close of play 14 Aug day 1 - Australia 1st innings 60/4 (WM Woodfull 22*, HL Collins 1*) 15 Aug rest day 16 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 49/0 (JB Hobbs 28*, H Sutcliffe 20*) 17 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 375/6 (W Rhodes 0*) 18 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 125 (52.3 ov) - end of match |
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