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269 & 250
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
548
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Overs: 74.5 RR: 3.34 vs spin: 2.44
vs seam: 2.79
Overs: 151.6 RR: 3.61 vs spin: 3.08
vs seam: 2.52
Fri 13/02/25 Australia v England, 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 29 runs
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England - 1st Inns 548 (151.6; RR: 3.61)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs st Oldfield b Ryder 66 147 5 0 44.90
H Sutcliffe lbw b Mailey 143 339 14 0 42.18
JW Hearne c Bardsley b Richardson 44 106 2 0 41.51
FE Woolley st Oldfield b Mailey 40 64 4 0 62.50
EH Hendren b Ryder 65 132 4 0 49.24
APF Chapman st Oldfield b Mailey 12 39 1 0 30.77
WW Whysall st Oldfield b Kelleway 76 212 6 0 35.85
R Kilner lbw b Kelleway 74 154 11 0 48.05
AER Gilligan c Oldfield b Kelleway 0 1 0 0 0.00
MW Tate c Taylor b Mailey 8 20 1 0 40.00
H Strudwick not out 7 8 0 0 87.50
Extras (6b, 2lb, 3w, 2nb) 13  
TOTAL 548 all out (151.6 overs; RR: 3.61)

Fall of wickets

126-1 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 232-2 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 284-3 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 307-4 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 346-5 (APF Chapman 0.0 ov), 394-6 (EH Hendren 0.0 ov), 527-7 (WW Whysall 0.0 ov), 527-8 (AER Gilligan 0.0 ov), 529-9 (R Kilner 0.0 ov), 548-10 (MW Tate 151.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 22.0 1 102 0 4.64 1 1
C Kelleway 29.0 5 70 3 2.41 0 0
AA Mailey 43.6 2 186 4 4.33 1 0
J Ryder 25.0 3 83 2 3.32 0 1
AJ Richardson 26.0 8 76 1 2.92 0 0
HL Collins 6.0 1 18 0 3.00 1 0

Australia - 1st Inns 269 (63.3; RR: 4.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins c Kilner b Tate 22 0 2 0
AJ Richardson b Hearne 19 0 2 0
J Ryder b Tate 0 2 0 0 0.00
W Bardsley run out 24 0 4 0
WH Ponsford c Strudwick b Hearne 21 0 0 0
JM Taylor c Hendren b Woolley 86 0 9 0
TJE Andrews c Hearne b Kilner 35 0 2 0
C Kelleway lbw b Kilner 1 0 0 0
JM Gregory c Woolley b Hearne 38 0 3 1
WAS Oldfield c Chapman b Kilner 3 0 0 0
AA Mailey not out 4 0 0 0
Extras (13b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb) 16  
TOTAL 269 all out (63.3 overs; RR: 4.24)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 38-2 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 64-3 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 74-4 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 109-5 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 170-6 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 172-7 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 244-8 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 257-9 (WAS Oldfield 0.0 ov), 269-10 (JM Gregory 63.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 16.0 2 70 2 4.38 0 0
AER Gilligan 6.0 1 24 0 4.00 0 1
JW Hearne 19.3 1 77 3 4.05 0 0
R Kilner 13.0 1 29 3 2.23 0 0
FE Woolley 9.0 1 53 1 5.89 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 250 (74.5; RR: 3.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins c Whysall b Kilner 1 4 0 0 25.00
W Bardsley b Tate 0 6 0 0 0.00
JM Gregory c Sutcliffe b Kilner 45 0 6 0
JM Taylor c Woolley b Gilligan 68 0 3 0
J Ryder lbw b Woolley 38 0 3 0
C Kelleway c Strudwick b Tate 42 0 4 0
TJE Andrews c Strudwick b Tate 3 0 0 0
WH Ponsford b Tate 19 0 0 0
AJ Richardson lbw b Hearne 3 0 0 0
WAS Oldfield b Tate 8 0 2 0
AA Mailey not out 8 0 0 0
Extras (15b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 15  
TOTAL 250 all out (74.5 overs; RR: 3.34)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 5-2 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 64-3 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 133-4 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 190-5 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 195-6 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 225-7 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 234-8 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 238-9 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 250-10 (WAS Oldfield 74.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 25.5 6 75 5 3.00 0 0
R Kilner 16.0 3 41 2 2.56 0 0
JW Hearne 20.0 0 76 1 3.80 0 0
FE Woolley 6.0 0 17 1 2.83 0 0
AER Gilligan 7.0 0 26 1 3.71 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test

Date

Friday February 13, 1925

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RM Crockett, DA Elder

Australia Team

Playing XI

W Bardsley, C Kelleway, HL Collins, JM Gregory, AA Mailey, WAS Oldfield, J Ryder, JM Taylor, TJE Andrews, WH Ponsford, AJ Richardson

England Team

Playing XI

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