RESULT

Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 8 March, 1929, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

491/10 (271.3 ov) & 287/5 (134.1 ov)

ENG

519/10 (215.1 ov) & 257/10 (86.1 ov)

Australia won by 5 wickets

England 1st Innings

519/10 (215.1 ov)

RR 2.41

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs lbw b Ryder	142	301	11	0	47.18
Douglas Jardine c †Oldfield b Wall	19	126	0	0	15.08
Wally Hammond c Fairfax b Wall	38	100	4	0	38.00
George Tyldesley c Hornibrook b Ryder	31	116	3	0	26.72
George Duckworth c Fairfax b Hornibrook	12	37	1	0	32.43
Patsy Hendren c Hornibrook b Fairfax	95	188	10	0	50.53
Maurice Leyland c Fairfax b Oxenham	137	330	18	0	41.52
Harold Larwood b Wall	4	3	1	0	133.33
George Geary b Hornibrook	4	14	0	0	28.57
Maurice Tate c sub b Hornibrook	15	35	0	0	42.86
John White not out	9	48	0	0	18.75
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 2, p 0)	13
TOTAL (2.41 RUNS PER OVER)	519/10 (215.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 235-3 (Jack Hobbs, 0 ov), 64-1 (Douglas Jardine, 0 ov), 146-2 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 240-4 (George Tyldesley, 0 ov), 261-5 (George Duckworth, 0 ov), 401-6 (Patsy Hendren, 0 ov), 519-10 (Maurice Leyland, 0 ov), 409-7 (Harold Larwood, 0 ov), 428-8 (George Geary, 0 ov), 470-9 (Maurice Tate, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Thomas Wall	49	8	123	3	2.51
Percival Hornibrook	48	8	142	3	2.96
Ronald Oxenham	45.1	15	86	1	1.90
Clarence Grimmett	25	11	40	0	1.60
Alan Fairfax	27	4	84	1	3.11
John Ryder	18	5	29	2	1.61
Alan Kippax	3	1	2	0	0.67

Australia 1st Innings

491/10 (271.3 ov)

RR 1.81

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
William Woodfull c Geary b Larwood	102	381	3	0	26.77
Archibald Jackson run out	30	95	3	0	31.58
Alan Kippax c †Duckworth b White	38	145	2	0	26.21
John Ryder c Tate b Hammond	30	125	2	0	24.00
Donald Bradman c Tate b Geary	123	247	8	0	49.80
Alan Fairfax lbw b Geary	65	242	2	0	26.86
Ronald Oxenham c †Duckworth b Geary	7	79	0	0	8.86
Bert Oldfield c & b Geary	6	24	0	0	25.00
Clarence Grimmett not out	38	170	1	0	22.35
Thomas Wall c †Duckworth b Geary	9	18	2	0	50.00
Percival Hornibrook lbw b White	26	106	2	0	24.53
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 9, w 2, nb 0, p 0)	17
TOTAL (1.81 RUNS PER OVER)	491/10 (271.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 203-4 (William Woodfull, 0 ov), 54-1 (Archibald Jackson, 0 ov), 143-2 (Alan Kippax, 0 ov), 203-3 (John Ryder, 0 ov), 386-5 (Donald Bradman, 0 ov), 399-6 (Alan Fairfax, 0 ov), 420-8 (Ronald Oxenham, 0 ov), 409-7 (Bert Oldfield, 0 ov), 432-9 (Thomas Wall, 0 ov), 491-10 (Percival Hornibrook, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Harold Larwood	34	7	83	1	2.44
Maurice Tate	62	26	108	0	1.74
George Geary	81	36	105	5	1.30
John White	75.3	22	136	2	1.80
Wally Hammond	16	3	31	1	1.94
Maurice Leyland	3	0	11	0	3.67

England 2nd Innings

257/10 (86.1 ov)

RR 2.98

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs c Fairfax b Grimmett	65	126	6	0	51.59
Douglas Jardine c †Oldfield b Wall	0	1	0	0	0.00
Harold Larwood b Wall	11	21	2	0	52.38
Wally Hammond c Ryder b Fairfax	16	42	0	0	38.10
George Tyldesley c †Oldfield b Wall	21	62	1	0	33.87
Patsy Hendren b Grimmett	1	7	0	0	14.29
Maurice Leyland not out	53	138	6	0	38.41
Maurice Tate c Fairfax b Hornibrook	54	57	8	0	94.74
George Geary b Wall	3	18	0	0	16.67
John White c Oxenham b Wall	4	20	0	0	20.00
George Duckworth lbw b Oxenham	9	27	1	0	33.33
EXTRAS (b 19, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	20
TOTAL (2.98 RUNS PER OVER)	257/10 (86.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 119-4 (Jack Hobbs, 0 ov), 1-1 (Douglas Jardine, 0 ov), 19-2 (Harold Larwood, 0 ov), 75-3 (Wally Hammond, 0 ov), 131-6 (George Tyldesley, 0 ov), 123-5 (Patsy Hendren, 0 ov), 212-7 (Maurice Tate, 0 ov), 217-8 (George Geary, 0 ov), 231-9 (John White, 0 ov), 257-10 (George Duckworth, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Thomas Wall	26	5	66	5	2.54
Percival Hornibrook	19	5	51	1	2.68
Ronald Oxenham	10.1	1	34	1	3.34
Clarence Grimmett	24	7	66	2	2.75
Alan Fairfax	7	0	20	1	2.86

Australia 2nd Innings (target 286)

287/5 (134.1 ov)

RR 2.14

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bert Oldfield b Hammond	48	156	3	0	30.77
Percival Hornibrook b Hammond	18	116	1	0	15.52
William Woodfull b Hammond	35	154	2	0	22.73
Archibald Jackson b Geary	46	75	4	0	61.33
Alan Kippax run out	28	70	0	0	40.00
John Ryder not out	57	172	4	0	33.14
Donald Bradman not out	37	89	3	0	41.57
EXTRAS (b 12, lb 6, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	18
TOTAL (2.14 RUNS PER OVER)	287/5 (134.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 80-2 (Bert Oldfield, 0 ov), 51-1 (Percival Hornibrook, 0 ov), 129-3 (William Woodfull, 0 ov), 158-4 (Archibald Jackson, 0 ov), 204-5 (Alan Kippax, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Alan Fairfax, Ronald Oxenham, Clarence Grimmett, Thomas Wall

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Harold Larwood	32.1	5	81	0	2.52
Maurice Tate	38	13	76	0	2.00
George Geary	20	5	31	1	1.55
John White	18	8	28	0	1.56
Wally Hammond	26	8	53	3	2.04

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: Australia vs England
DATE & TIME: Friday, March 08, 1929 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne