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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
295 & 325
Series badge ENG
167 & 146
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Overs: 118.3 RR: 2.74 vs spin: 1.85
vs seam: 2.30
Overs: 44.4 RR: 3.27 vs spin: 1.99
vs seam: 3.04
Fri 27/02/25 Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 307 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 295 (102.5; RR: 2.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins c Strudwick b Gilligan 1 0 0 0
J Ryder b Kilner 29 0 3 0
JM Gregory run out 29 0 1 0
TJE Andrews c Whysall b Kilner 26 0 1 0
JM Taylor c Whysall b Tate 15 0 0 0
WH Ponsford c Woolley b Kilner 80 0 6 0
AF Kippax b Kilner 42 0 1 0
C Kelleway lbw b Tate 9 0 1 0
WAS Oldfield c Strudwick b Tate 29 0 0 0
AA Mailey b Tate 14 0 0 0
CV Grimmett not out 12 0 1 0
Extras (2b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 295 all out (102.5 overs; RR: 2.87)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 55-2 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 64-3 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 99-4 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 103-5 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 208-6 (AF Kippax 0.0 ov), 239-7 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 239-8 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 264-9 (AA Mailey 0.0 ov), 295-10 (WAS Oldfield 102.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 39.5 6 92 4 2.36 0 0
AER Gilligan 13.0 1 46 1 3.54 0 1
R Kilner 38.0 4 97 4 2.55 0 0
JW Hearne 7.0 0 33 0 4.71 0 0
FE Woolley 5.0 0 18 0 3.60 0 1

England - 1st Inns 167 (47.7; RR: 3.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs c Oldfield b Gregory 0 7 0 0 0.00
H Sutcliffe c Mailey b Kelleway 22 26 4 0 84.62
A Sandham run out 4 25 0 0 16.00
FE Woolley b Grimmett 47 0 5 0
EH Hendren c Ponsford b Gregory 10 0 0 0
JW Hearne lbw b Grimmett 16 0 1 0
WW Whysall lbw b Grimmett 8 0 0 0
R Kilner st Oldfield b Grimmett 24 0 2 0
MW Tate b Ryder 25 0 3 0
AER Gilligan st Oldfield b Grimmett 5 0 0 0
H Strudwick not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 167 all out (47.7 overs; RR: 3.47)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 15-2 (A Sandham 0.0 ov), 28-3 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 58-4 (EH Hendren 0.0 ov), 96-5 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 109-6 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 122-7 (WW Whysall 0.0 ov), 157-8 (R Kilner 0.0 ov), 163-9 (MW Tate 0.0 ov), 167-10 (AER Gilligan 47.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 9.0 1 42 2 4.67 0 0
C Kelleway 15.0 1 38 1 2.53 0 1
AA Mailey 5.0 0 13 0 2.60 0 0
J Ryder 7.0 0 24 1 3.43 0 0
CV Grimmett 11.7 2 45 5 4.09 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 325 (118.3; RR: 2.74)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Gregory lbw b Hearne 22 0 3 0
J Ryder b Gilligan 7 0 1 0
TJE Andrews c Woolley b Hearne 80 0 6 0
JM Taylor st Strudwick b Tate 25 0 1 0
WH Ponsford run out 5 0 0 0
AF Kippax c Whysall b Woolley 8 0 1 0
HL Collins lbw b Tate 28 0 1 0
C Kelleway c Whysall b Tate 73 0 5 0
WAS Oldfield not out 65 0 3 0
AA Mailey b Tate 0 2 0 0 0.00
CV Grimmett b Tate 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 4lb, 1w, 1nb) 12  
TOTAL 325 all out (118.3 overs; RR: 2.74)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 43-2 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 110-3 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 130-4 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 152-5 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 156-6 (AF Kippax 0.0 ov), 209-7 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 325-8 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 325-9 (AA Mailey 0.0 ov), 325-10 (CV Grimmett 118.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 39.3 6 115 5 2.95 0 0
AER Gilligan 15.0 2 46 1 3.07 0 0
R Kilner 34.0 13 54 0 1.59 0 1
JW Hearne 22.0 0 84 2 3.82 0 0
FE Woolley 8.0 1 14 1 1.75 1 0

England - 2nd Inns 146 (44.4; RR: 3.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs st Oldfield b Grimmett 13 0 1 0
H Sutcliffe b Gregory 0 9 0 0 0.00
A Sandham lbw b Grimmett 15 0 1 0
FE Woolley c Andrews b Kelleway 28 0 2 0
EH Hendren c Oldfield b Grimmett 10 0 1 0
JW Hearne lbw b Grimmett 24 0 1 0
WW Whysall st Oldfield b Grimmett 18 0 1 1
R Kilner c Ponsford b Collins 1 0 0 0
MW Tate c Mailey b Kelleway 33 0 4 1
AER Gilligan not out 0 0 0 0
H Strudwick c Mailey b Grimmett 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 146 all out (44.4 overs; RR: 3.27)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 31-2 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 32-3 (A Sandham 0.0 ov), 60-4 (EH Hendren 0.0 ov), 84-5 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 99-6 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 100-7 (R Kilner 0.0 ov), 146-8 (MW Tate 0.0 ov), 146-9 (WW Whysall 0.0 ov), 146-10 (H Strudwick 44.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 10.0 0 53 1 5.30 0 0
C Kelleway 7.0 1 16 2 2.29 0 0
CV Grimmett 19.4 3 37 6 1.95 0 0
HL Collins 8.0 2 36 1 4.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Sydney, 5th Test

Date

Friday February 27, 1925

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

RM Crockett, DA Elder

Australia Team

Playing XI

C Kelleway, HL Collins, JM Gregory, AA Mailey, WAS Oldfield, J Ryder, JM Taylor, TJE Andrews, WH Ponsford, CV Grimmett, AF Kippax

England Team

Playing XI

JB Hobbs, FE Woolley, H Strudwick, JW Hearne, EH Hendren, A Sandham, AER Gilligan, R Kilner, H Sutcliffe, MW Tate, WW Whysall