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The Ashes - 4th Test

Australia v England

Australia won by 308 runs

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Noble* b Crawford 48 111 4 0
VT Trumper c Crawford b Fielder 0 3 1 0 0 0.00
C Hill b Barnes 7 20 0 0
PA McAlister c Jones b Fielder 37 107 127 3 0 29.13
SE Gregory c Fielder b Crawford 10 25 1 0
WW Armstrong b Crawford 32 115 72 4 1 44.44
VS Ransford c Braund b Fielder 51 90 84 6 0 60.71
CG Macartney c Hardstaff b Fielder 12 30 3 0
H Carter† c & b Crawford 2 20 0 0
JDA O'Connor c Fielder b Crawford 2 24 0 0
JV Saunders not out 1 3 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 10, nb 1) 12
Total (all out; 85.5 overs) 214 (2.49 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Trumper), 2-14 (Hill), 3-89 (Noble), 4-103 (McAlister), 5-105 (Gregory), 6-196 (Ransford), 7-196 (Armstrong), 8-198 (Carter), 9-212 (Macartney), 10-214 (O'Connor)
Bowling O M R W Econ
A Fielder 22 3 54 4 2.45
SF Barnes 23 11 37 1 1.60
LC Braund 12 3 42 0 3.50
JN Crawford 23.5 3 48 5 2.01
W Rhodes 5 0 21 0 4.20
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JB Hobbs b Noble 57 80 78 10 0 73.07
G Gunn c & b Saunders 13 57 0 0
J Hardstaff snr c †Carter b O'Connor 8 10 1 0
KL Hutchings b Saunders 8 13 0 0
LC Braund run out 4 15 0 0
W Rhodes c McAlister b Saunders 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
JN Crawford b Saunders 1 6 0 0
AO Jones* b Noble 3 10 0 0
SF Barnes c O'Connor b Noble 3 15 0 0
J Humphries† not out 3 20 0 0
A Fielder st †Carter b Saunders 1 3 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 1) 4
Total (all out; 34.2 overs) 105 (3.05 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-58 (Gunn), 2-69 (Hardstaff), 3-88 (Hobbs), 4-90 (Hutchings), 5-90 (Rhodes), 6-92 (Crawford), 7-96 (Braund), 8-100 (Jones), 9-103 (Barnes), 10-105 (Fielder)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JDA O'Connor 6 1 40 1 6.66
WW Armstrong 1 0 4 0 4.00
CG Macartney 6 1 18 0 3.00
JV Saunders 15.2 8 28 5 1.82
MA Noble 6 0 11 3 1.83
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Noble* b Crawford 10 25 2 0
VT Trumper b Crawford 0 6 4 0 0 0.00
C Hill run out 25 80 0 0
PA McAlister c †Humphries b Fielder 4 10 0 0
SE Gregory lbw b Fielder 29 60 3 0
WW Armstrong not out 133 289 14 2
VS Ransford c †Humphries b Rhodes 54 106 3 0
CG Macartney c Gunn b Crawford 29 34 2 0
H Carter† c Braund b Fielder 66 82 11 0
JDA O'Connor c †Humphries b Barnes 18 45 0
JV Saunders c Jones b Fielder 2 15 0 0
Extras (b 7, lb 2, nb 6) 15
Total (all out; 124 overs) 385 (3.10 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Trumper), 2-21 (Noble), 3-28 (McAlister), 4-65 (Hill), 5-77 (Gregory), 6-162 (Ransford), 7-217 (Macartney), 8-329 (Carter), 9-374 (O'Connor), 10-385 (Saunders)
Bowling O M R W Econ
A Fielder 31 2 91 4 2.93
SF Barnes 35 13 69 1 1.97
LC Braund 7 0 48 0 6.85
JN Crawford 25 5 72 3 2.88
W Rhodes 24 5 66 1 2.75
KL Hutchings 2 0 24 0 12.00
England 2nd innings (target: 495 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
JB Hobbs c & b Saunders 0 8 0 0
G Gunn b Saunders 43 157 2 0
J Hardstaff snr c †Carter b Saunders 39 60 3 0
KL Hutchings b Noble 3 10 0 0
LC Braund b Macartney 10 15 0
W Rhodes c †Carter b O'Connor 2 10 0 0
JN Crawford c †Carter b O'Connor 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
AO Jones* c Saunders b O'Connor 31 45 2 0
SF Barnes not out 22 44 0
J Humphries† c †Carter b Saunders 11 15 0
A Fielder b Armstrong 20 32 0
Extras (lb 4, nb 1) 5
Total (all out; 68.1 overs) 186 (2.72 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Hobbs), 2-61 (Hardstaff), 3-64 (Hutchings), 4-79 (Braund), 5-88 (Rhodes), 6-88 (Crawford), 7-128 (Gunn), 8-132 (Jones), 9-146 (Humphries), 10-186 (Fielder)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JDA O'Connor 21 3 58 3 2.76
WW Armstrong 3.1 0 18 1 5.68
CG Macartney 6 1 15 1 2.50
JV Saunders 26 2 76 4 2.92
MA Noble 12 6 14 1 1.16
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 5-match series 3-1
Umpires P Argall and RM Crockett
Close of play
Fri, 7 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 9/0 (JB Hobbs 9*, G Gunn 0*)
Sat, 8 Feb - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 49/3 (C Hill 18*, SE Gregory 13*)
Sun, 9 Feb - rest day
Mon, 10 Feb - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 358/8 (WW Armstrong 114*, JDA O'Connor 12*)
Tue, 11 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 186 (68.1 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
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Australia won by 49 runs
Australia v England at Melbourne - Feb 7-11, 1908
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Australia v England at Adelaide - Jan 10-16, 1908
Australia won by 245 runs
Australia v England at Melbourne - Jan 1-7, 1908
England won by 1 wicket
Australia v England at Sydney - Dec 13-19, 1907
Australia won by 2 wickets
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Photos

Feb 7, 1908

Clem Hill tries to catch an invading dog during the fourth Test at Melbourne, February 7, 1908

Clem Hill tries to catch an invading dog during the fourth Test at Melbourne in 1908

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Feb 7, 1908

George Gunn and Jack Hobbs open for England in the fourth Test at Melbourne, February 7, 1908

George Gunn and Jack Hobbs open for England in the fourth Test at Melbourne in 1908

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