Full Scorecard of England vs Australia 5th Test 1897/98 - Score Report

result

5th Test, Sydney, Feb 26 - Mar 2 1898, England tour of Australia

England

335 & 178

Australia

(62.4 ov, target 275)239 & 276/4

Australia won by 6 wickets

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren (c)	b Trott	65	-	113	8	0	0.00

Ted Wainwright	c Hill b Trumble	49	-	117	-	0	0.00

Ranji	c Gregory b Trott	2	-	6	0	0	0.00

Tom Hayward	b Jones	47	-	95	5	0	0.00

Bill Storer †	b Jones	44	-	108	4	0	0.00

Frank Druce	lbw b Noble	64	-	114	10	0	0.00

George Hirst	b Jones	44	-	80	3	0	0.00

Jack Mason	c Howell b Jones	7	-	10	-	0	0.00

Johnny Briggs	b Jones	0	-	10	0	0	0.00

Jack Hearne	not out	2	-	5	0	0	0.00

Tom Richardson	b Jones	1	-	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 1, w 2)	10
TOTAL	(129.2 Ov, RR: 2.59)	335
Fall of wickets: 1-111 (Archie MacLaren), 2-117 (Ted Wainwright), 3-119 (Ranji), 4-197 (Tom Hayward), 5-230 (Bill Storer), 6-308 (George Hirst), 7-318 (Jack Mason), 8-324 (Johnny Briggs), 9-334 (Frank Druce), 10-335 (Tom Richardson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Monty Noble	26	6	57	1	2.19	-	-	-
Bill Howell	17	6	40	0	2.35	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	26	4	67	1	2.58	-	-	-
Ernie Jones	26.2	3	82	6	3.11	-	-	-
Harry Trott	23	6	56	2	2.43	-	-	-
Charlie McLeod	11	4	23	0	2.09	-	-	-

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie McLeod	b Richardson	64	-	163	8	0	0.00

Joe Darling	c Mason b Briggs	14	-	40	-	0	0.00

Clem Hill	b Richardson	8	-	10	-	0	0.00

Jack Worrall	c Ranjitsinhji b Richardson	26	-	65	-	0	0.00

Syd Gregory	c †Storer b Richardson	21	-	22	-	0	0.00

Monty Noble	c †Storer b Richardson	31	-	75	-	0	0.00

Harry Trott (c)	c Ranjitsinhji b Hearne	18	-	55	-	0	0.00

Hugh Trumble	b Richardson	12	-	-	-	0	0.00

James Kelly †	not out	27	-	60	-	0	0.00

Bill Howell	c MacLaren b Richardson	10	-	-	-	0	0.00

Ernie Jones	c †Storer b Richardson	1	-	-	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, nb 1, w 1)	7
TOTAL	(100.1 Ov, RR: 2.38)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Joe Darling), 2-45 (Clem Hill), 3-99 (Jack Worrall), 4-132 (Syd Gregory), 5-137 (Charlie McLeod), 6-188 (Harry Trott), 7-188 (Monty Noble), 8-221 (Hugh Trumble), 9-232 (Bill Howell), 10-239 (Ernie Jones)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Richardson	36.1	7	94	8	2.60	-	-	-
Johnny Briggs	17	4	39	1	2.29	-	-	-
Jack Hearne	21	9	40	1	1.90	-	-	-
Bill Storer	5	1	13	0	2.60	-	-	-
Jack Mason	13	7	20	0	1.54	-	-	-
Tom Hayward	4	0	12	0	3.00	-	-	-
George Hirst	4	1	14	0	3.50	-	-	-

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren (c)	c Darling b Jones	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Ted Wainwright	b Noble	6	-	25	-	0	0.00

Ranji	lbw b Jones	12	-	58	-	0	0.00

Tom Hayward	c Worrall b Trumble	43	-	105	-	0	0.00

Bill Storer †	c Gregory b Trumble	31	-	65	-	0	0.00

Frank Druce	c Howell b Trumble	18	-	25	-	0	0.00

George Hirst	c Trott b Jones	7	-	30	0	1	0.00

Jack Mason	b Trumble	11	-	30	-	0	0.00

Johnny Briggs	b Howell	29	-	45	-	0	0.00

Jack Hearne	not out	3	-	25	0	0	0.00

Tom Richardson	b Howell	6	-	5	-	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 12)	12
TOTAL	(78.1 Ov, RR: 2.27)	178
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Archie MacLaren), 2-16 (Ted Wainwright), 3-30 (Ranji), 4-99 (Bill Storer), 5-104 (Tom Hayward), 6-121 (Frank Druce), 7-137 (George Hirst), 8-148 (Jack Mason), 9-172 (Johnny Briggs), 10-178 (Tom Richardson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Monty Noble	15	4	34	1	2.27	-	-	-
Bill Howell	6.1	0	22	2	3.57	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	24	7	37	4	1.54	-	-	-
Ernie Jones	26	3	61	3	2.35	-	-	-
Harry Trott	7	1	12	0	1.71	-	-	-

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie McLeod	b Hearne	4	-	10	0	0	0.00

Joe Darling	c Wainwright b Richardson	160	-	171	30	0	0.00

Clem Hill	b Richardson	2	-	10	0	0	0.00

Jack Worrall	c Hirst b Hayward	62	-	121	9	0	0.00

Syd Gregory	not out	22	-	45	-	0	0.00

Monty Noble	not out	15	-	17	-	0	0.00

Extras	(b 6, nb 4, w 1)	11
TOTAL	(62.4 Ov, RR: 4.40)	276/4
Did not bat: Harry Trott (c), Hugh Trumble, James Kelly †, Bill Howell, Ernie Jones
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Charlie McLeod), 2-40 (Clem Hill), 3-233 (Jack Worrall), 4-252 (Joe Darling)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Richardson	21.4	1	110	2	5.08	-	-	-
Johnny Briggs	5	1	25	0	5.00	-	-	-
Jack Hearne	15	5	52	1	3.47	-	-	-
Jack Mason	11	1	27	0	2.45	-	-	-
Tom Hayward	3	0	18	1	6.00	-	-	-
George Hirst	7	0	33	0	4.71	-	-	-

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1897/98
Series result	Australia won the 5-match series 4-1
Match number	Test no. 57
Match days	day match (0-day match)
Umpires	Charles Bannerman Jim Phillips

Sat, 26 Feb - day 1 -England 1st innings 301/5 (Frank Druce 43*, George Hirst 43*, null ov)

Sun, 27 Feb - rest day

Mon, 28 Feb - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 184/5 (Monty Noble 31*, Harry Trott 14*, null ov)

Tue, 01 Mar - day 3 -England 2nd innings 172/9 (Jack Hearne 3*, null ov)

Wed, 02 Mar - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 276/4 (62.4 ov) - end of match

Darling's hundred took only 91 minutes.
Tom Richardson ended his Test career by returning his best analysis. His 88 wickets in only 14 matches included 11 instances of five or more in an innings.
Darling was the first batsman to score three hundreds in the same Test rubber and the first to aggregate 500 runs in one.