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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
450 & 452 Series badge ENG
298 & 411 ENG flag
Overs: 125.7 RR: 3.58 vs spin: 2.69
vs seam: 3.17
 Overs: 96.7 RR: 4.23 vs spin: 4.20
vs seam: 2.64
Fri 19/12/24 Australia v England, 1st Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 193 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 450 (152.2; RR: 2.95)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins c Hendren b Tate 114 311 9 0 36.66
W Bardsley c Woolley b Freeman 21 49 1 0 42.86
WH Ponsford b Gilligan 110 275 8 0 40.00
AJ Richardson b Hearne 22 69 2 0 31.88
JM Taylor c Strudwick b Tate 43 120 2 0 35.83
VY Richardson b Freeman 42 100 3 0 42.00
C Kelleway c Woolley b Tate 17 43 1 0 39.53
HSTL Hendry c Strudwick b Tate 3 15 0 0 20.00
JM Gregory c Strudwick b Tate 0 3 0 0 0.00
WAS Oldfield not out 39 136 3 0 28.68
AA Mailey b Tate 21 95 1 0 22.11
Extras (10b, 8lb, 0w, 0nb) 18  
TOTAL 450 all out (152.2 overs; RR: 2.95)

Fall of wickets

46-1 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 236-2 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 275-3 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 286-4 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 364-5 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 374-6 (VY Richardson 0.0 ov), 387-7 (HSTL Hendry 0.0 ov), 387-8 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 388-9 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 450-10 (AA Mailey 152.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 55.1 11 130 6 2.36 0 0
AER Gilligan 23.0 0 92 1 4.00 0 0
AP Freeman 49.0 11 124 2 2.53 0 0
JW Hearne 12.1 3 28 1 2.33 0 0
FE Woolley 9.0 0 35 0 3.89 0 0
JB Hobbs 2.0 0 13 0 6.50 0 0
APF Chapman 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 298 (79.7; RR: 3.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs c Kelleway b Gregory 115 266 7 0 43.23
H Sutcliffe c Richardson b Mailey 59 171 5 0 34.50
JW Hearne c b Mailey 7 20 1 0 35.00
FE Woolley b Gregory 0 10 0 0 0.00
EH Hendren not out 74 109 6 1 67.89
A Sandham b Mailey 7 25 0 0 28.00
APF Chapman run out 13 11 2 0 118.18
MW Tate c b Mailey 7 12 0 0 58.33
AER Gilligan b Gregory 1 4 0 0 25.00
AP Freeman b Gregory 0 4 0 0 0.00
H Strudwick lbw b Gregory 6 13 1 0 46.15
Extras (1b, 5lb, 0w, 3nb) 9  
TOTAL 298 all out (79.7 overs; RR: 3.72)

Fall of wickets

157-1 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 171-2 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 172-3 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 202-4 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 235-5 (A Sandham 0.0 ov), 254-6 (APF Chapman 0.0 ov), 272-7 (MW Tate 0.0 ov), 274-8 (AER Gilligan 0.0 ov), 274-9 (AP Freeman 0.0 ov), 298-10 (H Strudwick 79.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 28.7 2 111 5 3.96 0 0
C Kelleway 14.0 3 44 0 3.14 0 3
AA Mailey 31.0 2 129 4 4.16 0 0
HSTL Hendry 5.0 1 5 0 1.00 0 0
AJ Richardson 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 452 (125.7; RR: 3.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AJ Richardson c & b Freeman 98 197 10 0 49.75
W Bardsley b Tate 22 27 2 0 81.48
C Kelleway b Gilligan 23 87 2 0 26.44
HL Collins c Chapman b Tate 60 192 3 0 31.25
WH Ponsford c Woolley b Freeman 27 52 3 0 51.92
VY Richardson c Hendren b Tate 18 35 2 0 51.43
HSTL Hendry c Strudwick b Tate 22 58 1 0 37.93
JM Taylor b Tate 108 217 8 0 49.77
JM Gregory c Woolley b Freeman 2 6 0 0 33.33
WAS Oldfield c Strudwick b Gilligan 18 56 1 0 32.14
AA Mailey not out 46 81 4 0 56.79
Extras (2b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 452 all out (125.7 overs; RR: 3.58)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 115-2 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 168-3 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 210-4 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 241-5 (VY Richardson 0.0 ov), 260-6 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 281-7 (HSTL Hendry 0.0 ov), 286-8 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 325-9 (WAS Oldfield 0.0 ov), 452-10 (JM Taylor 125.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AER Gilligan 27.0 6 114 2 4.22 0 0
MW Tate 33.7 8 98 5 2.97 0 0
AP Freeman 37.0 4 134 3 3.62 0 0
JW Hearne 25.0 2 88 0 3.52 1 0
APF Chapman 3.0 1 10 0 3.33 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 411 (96.7; RR: 4.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs c Hendry b Mailey 57 128 1 0 44.53
H Sutcliffe c Gregory b Mailey 115 254 11 0 45.28
JW Hearne b Gregory 0 22 0 0 0.00
APF Chapman c Oldfield b Hendry 44 65 2 2 67.69
EH Hendren c Gregory b Hendry 9 39 0 0 23.08
FE Woolley c Mailey b Gregory 123 139 15 1 88.49
A Sandham c Oldfield b Mailey 2 6 0 0 33.33
MW Tate c Ponsford b Kelleway 0 6 0 0 0.00
AER Gilligan b Kelleway 1 12 0 0 8.33
AP Freeman not out 50 98 8 0 51.02
H Strudwick c Oldfield b Hendry 2 7 0 0 28.57
Extras (4b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 411 all out (96.7 overs; RR: 4.23)

Fall of wickets

110-1 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 127-2 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 195-3 (APF Chapman 0.0 ov), 212-4 (EH Hendren 0.0 ov), 263-5 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 269-6 (A Sandham 0.0 ov), 270-7 (MW Tate 0.0 ov), 276-8 (AER Gilligan 0.0 ov), 404-9 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 411-10 (H Strudwick 96.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 28.0 2 115 2 4.11 0 0
C Kelleway 21.0 5 60 2 2.86 0 1
AA Mailey 32.0 0 179 3 5.59 0 0
AJ Richardson 5.0 0 13 0 2.60 0 0
HSTL Hendry 10.7 2 36 3 3.60 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Sydney, 1st Test

Date

Friday December 19, 1924

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

AC Jones, AP Williams

Australia Team

Playing XI

W Bardsley, C Kelleway, HL Collins, JM Gregory, AA Mailey, WAS Oldfield, JM Taylor, HSTL Hendry, WH Ponsford, AJ Richardson, VY Richardson

England Team

Playing XI

JB Hobbs, FE Woolley, H Strudwick, JW Hearne, EH Hendren, A Sandham, AER Gilligan, APF Chapman, H Sutcliffe, MW Tate, AP Freeman