Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Collins (c)	c †Strudwick b Tate	9	63	40	1	0	14.28
Warren Bardsley	c †Strudwick b Gilligan	19	52	76	0	0	36.53
Arthur Richardson	run out	14	33	31	0	0	42.42
Bill Ponsford	b Tate	128	233	222	6	0	54.93
Johnny Taylor	run out	72	142	130	3	0	50.70
Vic Richardson	run out	138	217	198	13	0	63.59
Charles Kelleway	c †Strudwick b Gilligan	32	138	132	2	0	23.18
Albert Hartkopf	c Chapman b Gilligan	80	158	162	8	0	50.63
Jack Gregory	c Gilligan b Tate	44	56	40	5	0	78.57
Bert Oldfield †	not out	39	100	106	2	0	39.00
Arthur Mailey	lbw b Douglas	1	6	4	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 18, lb 5, nb 1)	24
Total	149.5 Ov (RR: 4.01)	600
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Herbie Collins), 2-47 (Arthur Richardson), 3-47 (Warren Bardsley), 4-208 (Johnny Taylor), 5-301 (Bill Ponsford), 6-424 (Vic Richardson), 7-439 (Charles Kelleway), 8-499 (Jack Gregory), 9-599 (Albert Hartkopf), 10-600 (Arthur Mailey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Maurice Tate	45	10	142	3	2.36	-	-	-
Johnny Douglas	19.5	0	95	1	3.63	-	-	-
Dick Tyldesley	35	3	130	0	2.78	-	-	-
Arthur Gilligan	26	1	114	3	3.28	-	-	-
'Young Jack' Hearne	13	1	69	0	3.98	-	-	-
Frank Woolley	11	3	26	0	1.77	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs	b Mailey	154	340	288	11	0	45.29
Herbert Sutcliffe	b Kelleway	176	481	431	17	0	36.59
Frank Woolley	b Gregory	0	8	5	0	0	0.00
'Young Jack' Hearne	b Mailey	9	57	42	0	0	15.78
Patsy Hendren	c †Oldfield b Kelleway	32	66	57	1	0	48.48
Percy Chapman	c †Oldfield b Gregory	28	35	41	2	1	80.00
Johnny Douglas	c Collins b AJ Richardson	8	40	45	0	0	20.00
Dick Tyldesley	c Collins b Gregory	5	11	7	1	0	45.45
Maurice Tate	b AJ Richardson	34	35	39	4	0	97.14
Arthur Gilligan (c)	not out	17	23	21	3	0	73.91
Bert Strudwick †	b Hartkopf	4	14	12	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4)	12
Total	138 Ov (RR: 3.47)	479
Fall of wickets: 1-283 (Jack Hobbs), 2-284 (Frank Woolley), 3-305 ('Young Jack' Hearne), 4-373 (Patsy Hendren), 5-404 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 6-412 (Percy Chapman), 7-418 (Dick Tyldesley), 8-453 (Johnny Douglas), 9-458 (Maurice Tate), 10-479 (Bert Strudwick)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jack Gregory	34	4	124	3	2.73	-	-	-
Charles Kelleway	30	10	62	2	1.55	-	-	-
Arthur Mailey	34	5	141	2	3.11	-	-	-
Albert Hartkopf	26	1	120	1	3.46	-	-	-
Arthur Richardson	14	6	20	2	1.07	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Collins (c)	b Hearne	30	117	114	1	0	25.64
Warren Bardsley	lbw b Tate	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Arthur Richardson	b Tate	9	13	9	1	0	69.23
Bill Ponsford	b Tate	4	9	13	0	0	44.44
Johnny Taylor	b Tate	90	180	149	7	0	50.00
Vic Richardson	c †Strudwick b Hearne	8	31	19	0	0	25.80
Charles Kelleway	c & b Hearne	17	87	58	2	0	19.54
Albert Hartkopf	lbw b Tate	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Jack Gregory	not out	36	101	86	4	0	35.64
Bert Oldfield †	lbw b Hearne	39	76	70	3	0	51.31
Arthur Mailey	b Tate	3	15	9	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 1)	12
Total	79.3 Ov (RR: 3.14)	250
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Warren Bardsley), 2-13 (Arthur Richardson), 3-27 (Bill Ponsford), 4-106 (Herbie Collins), 5-126 (Vic Richardson), 6-166 (Johnny Taylor), 7-168 (Charles Kelleway), 8-168 (Albert Hartkopf), 9-239 (Bert Oldfield), 10-250 (Arthur Mailey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Maurice Tate	33.3	8	99	6	2.22	-	-	-
Johnny Douglas	4	0	9	0	1.68	-	-	-
Dick Tyldesley	2	0	6	0	2.25	-	-	-
Arthur Gilligan	11	2	40	0	2.72	-	-	-
'Young Jack' Hearne	29	5	84	4	2.17	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 372 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs	lbw b Mailey	22	59	45	2	0	37.28
Herbert Sutcliffe	c Gregory b Mailey	127	390	379	12	0	32.56
Bert Strudwick †	lbw b Gregory	22	63	42	1	0	34.92
'Young Jack' Hearne	lbw b Gregory	23	70	60	2	0	32.85
Frank Woolley	lbw b AJ Richardson	50	152	128	6	0	32.89
Patsy Hendren	b Gregory	18	55	54	3	0	32.72
Dick Tyldesley	c Ponsford b Mailey	0	10	4	0	0	0.00
Johnny Douglas	b Mailey	14	41	46	0	0	34.14
Percy Chapman	not out	4	11	16	0	0	36.36
Arthur Gilligan (c)	c & b Mailey	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Maurice Tate	b Gregory	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 2)	10
Total	106.3 Ov (RR: 2.72)	290
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Jack Hobbs), 2-75 (Bert Strudwick), 3-121 ('Young Jack' Hearne), 4-211 (Frank Woolley), 5-254 (Patsy Hendren), 6-255 (Dick Tyldesley), 7-280 (Herbert Sutcliffe), 8-289 (Johnny Douglas), 9-289 (Arthur Gilligan), 10-290 (Maurice Tate)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jack Gregory	27.3	6	87	4	2.38	-	-	-
Charles Kelleway	18	4	42	0	1.75	-	-	-
Arthur Mailey	24	2	92	5	2.87	-	-	-
Albert Hartkopf	4	1	14	0	2.62	-	-	-
Arthur Richardson	22	7	35	1	1.19	-	-	-
Herbie Collins	11	3	10	0	0.68	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 01 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 300/4 (Bill Ponsford 128*, Vic Richardson 39*)

Fri, 02 Jan - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 600

Sat, 03 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 283/0 (Jack Hobbs 154*, Herbert Sutcliffe 123*)

Sun, 04 Jan - rest day

Mon, 05 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 63/3 (Herbie Collins 17*, Johnny Taylor 25*)

Tue, 06 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 54/1 (Herbert Sutcliffe 12*, Bert Strudwick 15*)

Wed, 07 Jan - day 6 - England 2nd innings 259/6 (Herbert Sutcliffe 114*, Johnny Douglas 0*)

Thu, 08 Jan - day 7 - England 2nd innings 290 (106.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1924/25
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 159
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Albert Hartkopf
Umpires	Bob Crockett Clement Garing

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Australia v England 1924-25

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England Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Gregory	27.3	6	87	4	2.38
C Kelleway	18	4	42	0	1.75
AA Mailey	24	2	92	5	2.87
AEV Hartkopf	4	1	14	0	2.62
AJ Richardson	22	7	35	1	1.19
HL Collins	11	3	10	0	0.68

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