Australia vs England, 5th Test at Melbourne, Mar 08 1929 - Full Scorecard

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5th Test, Melbourne, March 08 - 16, 1929, England tour of Australia

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England

519 & 257

Australia

(T:286) 491 & 287/5

Australia won by 5 wickets

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England 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs	lbw b Ryder	142	301	278	11	0	47.17
Douglas Jardine	c †Oldfield b Wall	19	126	101	0	0	15.07
Wally Hammond	c Fairfax b Wall	38	100	76	4	0	38.00
Ernest Tyldesley	c Hornibrook b Ryder	31	116	107	3	0	26.72
George Duckworth †	c Fairfax b Hornibrook	12	37	32	1	0	32.43
Patsy Hendren	c Hornibrook b Fairfax	95	188	190	10	0	50.53
Maurice Leyland	c Fairfax b Oxenham	137	330	300	18	0	41.51
Harold Larwood	b Wall	4	3	6	1	0	133.33
George Geary	b Hornibrook	4	14	22	0	0	28.57
Maurice Tate	c sub b Hornibrook	15	35	46	0	0	42.85
Jack White (c)	not out	9	48	54	0	0	18.75
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2, w 1)	13
Total	215.1 Ov (RR: 2.41)	519
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Douglas Jardine), 2-146 (Wally Hammond), 3-235 (Jack Hobbs), 4-240 (Ernest Tyldesley), 5-261 (George Duckworth), 6-401 (Patsy Hendren), 7-409 (Harold Larwood), 8-428 (George Geary), 9-470 (Maurice Tate), 10-519 (Maurice Leyland)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tim Wall	49	8	123	3	2.51	-	-	-
Percy Hornibrook	48	8	142	3	2.95	-	-	-
Ron Oxenham	45.1	15	86	1	1.90	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	25	11	40	0	1.60	-	-	-
Alan Fairfax	27	4	84	1	3.11	-	-	-
Jack Ryder	18	5	29	2	1.61	-	-	-
Alan Kippax	3	1	2	0	0.66	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Woodfull	c Geary b Larwood	102	381	325	3	0	26.77
Archie Jackson	run out	30	95	89	3	0	31.57
Alan Kippax	c †Duckworth b White	38	145	116	2	0	26.20
Jack Ryder (c)	c Tate b Hammond	30	125	112	2	0	24.00
Donald Bradman	c Tate b Geary	123	247	217	8	0	49.79
Alan Fairfax	lbw b Geary	65	242	232	2	0	26.85
Ron Oxenham	c †Duckworth b Geary	7	79	69	0	0	8.86
Bert Oldfield †	c & b Geary	6	24	22	0	0	25.00
Clarrie Grimmett	not out	38	170	146	1	0	22.35
Tim Wall	c †Duckworth b Geary	9	18	21	2	0	50.00
Percy Hornibrook	lbw b White	26	106	95	2	0	24.52
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, w 2)	17
Total	271.3 Ov (RR: 1.80)	491
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Archie Jackson), 2-143 (Alan Kippax), 3-203 (Jack Ryder), 4-203 (Bill Woodfull), 5-386 (Donald Bradman), 6-399 (Alan Fairfax), 7-409 (Bert Oldfield), 8-420 (Ron Oxenham), 9-432 (Tim Wall), 10-491 (Percy Hornibrook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Harold Larwood	34	7	83	1	2.44	-	-	-
Maurice Tate	62	26	108	0	1.74	-	-	-
George Geary	81	36	105	5	1.29	-	-	-
Jack White	75.3	22	136	2	1.80	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	16	3	31	1	1.93	-	-	-
Maurice Leyland	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs	c Fairfax b Grimmett	65	126	116	6	0	51.58
Douglas Jardine	c †Oldfield b Wall	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Harold Larwood	b Wall	11	21	17	2	0	52.38
Wally Hammond	c Ryder b Fairfax	16	42	44	0	0	38.09
Ernest Tyldesley	c †Oldfield b Wall	21	62	65	1	0	33.87
Patsy Hendren	b Grimmett	1	7	5	0	0	14.28
Maurice Leyland	not out	53	138	140	6	0	38.40
Maurice Tate	c Fairfax b Hornibrook	54	57	55	8	0	94.73
George Geary	b Wall	3	18	19	0	0	16.66
Jack White (c)	c Oxenham b Wall	4	20	18	0	0	20.00
George Duckworth †	lbw b Oxenham	9	27	27	1	0	33.33
Extras	(b 19, lb 1)	20
Total	86.3 Ov (RR: 2.97)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Douglas Jardine), 2-19 (Harold Larwood), 3-75 (Wally Hammond), 4-119 (Jack Hobbs), 5-123 (Patsy Hendren), 6-131 (Ernest Tyldesley), 7-212 (Maurice Tate), 8-217 (George Geary), 9-231 (Jack White), 10-257 (George Duckworth)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tim Wall	26	5	66	5	2.53	-	-	-
Percy Hornibrook	19	5	51	1	2.68	-	-	-
Ron Oxenham	10.3	1	34	1	3.23	-	-	-
Clarrie Grimmett	24	7	66	2	2.75	-	-	-
Alan Fairfax	7	0	20	1	2.85	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 286 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bert Oldfield †	b Hammond	48	156	155	3	0	30.76
Percy Hornibrook	b Hammond	18	116	97	1	0	15.51
Bill Woodfull	b Hammond	35	154	128	2	0	22.72
Archie Jackson	b Geary	46	75	85	4	0	61.33
Alan Kippax	run out	28	70	82	0	0	40.00
Jack Ryder (c)	not out	57	172	139	4	0	33.13
Donald Bradman	not out	37	89	72	3	0	41.57
Extras	(b 12, lb 6)	18
Total	134.1 Ov (RR: 2.13)	287/5
Did not bat: Alan Fairfax, Ron Oxenham, Clarrie Grimmett, Tim Wall
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Percy Hornibrook), 2-80 (Bert Oldfield), 3-129 (Bill Woodfull), 4-158 (Archie Jackson), 5-204 (Alan Kippax)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Harold Larwood	32.1	5	81	0	2.51	-	-	-
Maurice Tate	38	13	76	0	2.00	-	-	-
George Geary	20	5	31	1	1.55	-	-	-
Jack White	18	8	28	0	1.55	-	-	-
Wally Hammond	26	8	53	3	2.03	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Fri, 08 Mar - day 1 - England 1st innings 240/4 (George Duckworth 3*)

Sat, 09 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 485/9 (Maurice Leyland 110*, Jack White 2*)

Sun, 10 Mar - rest day

Mon, 11 Mar - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 152/2 (Bill Woodfull 78*, Jack Ryder 4*)

Tue, 12 Mar - day 4 - Australia 1st innings 367/4 (Donald Bradman 109*, Alan Fairfax 50*)

Wed, 13 Mar - day 5 - England 2nd innings 18/1 (Jack Hobbs 3*, Harold Larwood 11*)

Thu, 14 Mar - day 6 - Australia 2nd innings 7/0 (Bert Oldfield 6*, Percy Hornibrook 1*)

Fri, 15 Mar - day 7 - Australia 2nd innings 173/4 (Alan Kippax 12*, Jack Ryder 8*)

Sat, 16 Mar - day 8 - Australia 2nd innings 287/5 (134.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1928/29
Series result	England won the 5-match series 4-1
Match number	Test no. 180
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Alan Fairfax Percy Hornibrook Tim Wall
Umpires	Alfred Jones George Hele

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
WAS Oldfield	bowled	48	156
PM Hornibrook	bowled	18	116
WM Woodfull	bowled	35	154
A Jackson	bowled	46	75
AF Kippax	run out	28	70
J Ryder	not out	57	172
DG Bradman	not out	37	89
Extras	(b 12, lb 6)
Total	287(5 wkts; 134.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
H Larwood	32.1	5	81	0	2.51
MW Tate	38	13	76	0	2
G Geary	20	5	31	1	1.55
JC White	18	8	28	0	1.55
WR Hammond	26	8	53	3	2.03

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	51	Bert Oldfield	Percy Hornibrook
2nd	29	Bert Oldfield	Bill Woodfull
3rd	49	Bill Woodfull	Archie Jackson
4th	29	Alan Kippax	Archie Jackson
5th	46	Jack Ryder	Alan Kippax
6th	83	Jack Ryder	Donald Bradman

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