- Test no. 117 | 1911/12 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 30 December 1911, 1,2,3 January 1912 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| C Kelleway | lbw b Barnes | 2 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| W Bardsley | b Barnes | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| C Hill* | b Barnes | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| WW Armstrong | c †Smith b Barnes | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| VT Trumper | b Foster | 13 | 44 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 27.08 | |
| VS Ransford | c †Smith b Hitch | 43 | 94 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 66.15 | |
| RB Minnett | c Hobbs b Barnes | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| HV Hordern | not out | 49 | 141 | 126 | 6 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| A Cotter | run out | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| H Carter† | c †Smith b Douglas | 29 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 80.55 | |
| WJ Whitty | b Woolley | 14 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 45.16 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, nb 1) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 62.1 overs) | 184 | (2.95 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-0 (Bardsley), 2-5 (Kelleway), 3-8 (Hill), 4-11 (Armstrong), 5-33 (Trumper), 6-38 (Minnett), 7-80 (Ransford), 8-97 (Cotter), 9-140 (Carter), 10-184 (Whitty) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FR Foster | 16 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 3.25 | |||
| SF Barnes | 23 | 9 | 44 | 5 | 1.91 | |||
| JW Hitch | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5.28 | |||
| JWHT Douglas | 15 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | |||
| JW Hearne | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |||
| FE Woolley | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| W Rhodes | c Trumper b Cotter | 61 | 134 | 144 | 6 | 0 | 42.36 | |
| JB Hobbs | c †Carter b Cotter | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| JW Hearne | c †Carter b Cotter | 114 | 225 | 243 | 11 | 0 | 46.91 | |
| G Gunn | lbw b Armstrong | 10 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| CP Mead | c Armstrong b Whitty | 11 | 49 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 22.00 | |
| FR Foster | c Hill b Cotter | 9 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 45.00 | |
| JWHT Douglas* | b Hordern | 9 | 56 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | |
| FE Woolley | c Ransford b Hordern | 23 | 34 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 60.52 | |
| EJ Smith† | b Hordern | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| SF Barnes | lbw b Hordern | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| JW Hitch | not out | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 10, nb 4) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 98.1 overs) | 265 | (2.69 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-10 (Hobbs), 2-137 (Rhodes), 3-174 (Gunn), 4-213 (Mead), 5-224 (Hearne), 6-227 (Foster), 7-258 (Woolley), 8-260 (Douglas), 9-262 (Barnes), 10-265 (Smith) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Cotter | 21 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 3.47 | |||
| WJ Whitty | 19 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 2.47 | |||
| HV Hordern | 23.1 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 2.84 | |||
| C Kelleway | 15 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 1.80 | |||
| WW Armstrong | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1.33 | |||
| RB Minnett | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| C Kelleway | c Gunn b Foster | 13 | 30 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 35.13 | |
| W Bardsley | run out | 16 | 45 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| C Hill* | c Gunn b Barnes | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WW Armstrong | b Foster | 90 | 148 | 160 | 14 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| VT Trumper | b Barnes | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| VS Ransford | c †Smith b Foster | 32 | 102 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 34.04 | |
| HV Hordern | c Mead b Foster | 31 | 85 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 47.69 | |
| RB Minnett | b Foster | 34 | 50 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 50.74 | |
| A Cotter | c Hobbs b Foster | 41 | 42 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 102.50 | |
| H Carter† | b Barnes | 16 | 41 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| WJ Whitty | not out | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 14, lb 7, w 1, nb 2) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 91.1 overs) | 299 | (3.27 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-28 (Kelleway), 2-34 (Bardsley), 3-34 (Hill), 4-38 (Trumper), 5-135 (Ransford), 6-168 (Armstrong), 7-232 (Minnett), 8-235 (Hordern), 9-298 (Cotter), 10-299 (Carter) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| FR Foster | 38 | 9 | 91 | 6 | 2.39 | |||
| SF Barnes | 32.1 | 7 | 96 | 3 | 2.98 | |||
| JW Hitch | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | |||
| JWHT Douglas | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 | |||
| JW Hearne | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | |||
| FE Woolley | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
| W Rhodes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 219 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| W Rhodes | c †Carter b Cotter | 28 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 56.00 | |
| JB Hobbs | not out | 126 | 207 | 206 | 8 | 0 | 61.16 | |
| G Gunn | c †Carter b Whitty | 43 | 114 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 39.44 | |
| JW Hearne | not out | 12 | 33 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 5) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 67.1 overs) | 219 | (3.26 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat CP Mead, FR Foster, JWHT Douglas*, FE Woolley, EJ Smith†, SF Barnes, JW Hitch |
| Fall of wickets 1-57 (Rhodes), 2-169 (Gunn) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Cotter | 14 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 3.21 | |||
| WJ Whitty | 18 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 2.05 | |||
| HV Hordern | 17 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 3.88 | |||
| C Kelleway | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.14 | |||
| WW Armstrong | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2.75 | |||
| RB Minnett | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | |||
| VS Ransford | 1.1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9.42 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 1-1 |
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Test debuts
JW Hitch and
EJ Smith
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Umpires
RM Crockett and DA Elder |
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