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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
600 & 250 Series badge ENG
479 & 290 ENG flag
Overs: 79.3 RR: 3.14 vs spin: 2.17
vs seam: 2.45
 Overs: 106.3 RR: 2.72 vs spin: 2.23
vs seam: 2.13
Thu 01/01/25 Australia v England, 2nd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 81 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 600 (149.5; RR: 4.00)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins c Strudwick b Tate 9 63 1 0 14.29
W Bardsley c Strudwick b Gilligan 19 52 0 0 36.54
AJ Richardson run out 14 33 0 0 42.42
WH Ponsford b Tate 128 233 6 0 54.94
JM Taylor run out 72 142 3 0 50.70
VY Richardson run out 138 217 13 0 63.59
C Kelleway c Strudwick b Gilligan 32 138 2 0 23.19
AEV Hartkopf c Chapman b Gilligan 80 158 8 0 50.63
JM Gregory c Gilligan b Tate 44 56 5 0 78.57
WAS Oldfield not out 39 100 2 0 39.00
AA Mailey lbw b Douglas 1 6 0 0 16.67
Extras (18b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb) 24  
TOTAL 600 all out (149.5 overs; RR: 4.00)

Fall of wickets

22-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 47-2 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 47-3 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 208-4 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 301-5 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 424-6 (VY Richardson 0.0 ov), 439-7 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 499-8 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 599-9 (AEV Hartkopf 0.0 ov), 600-10 (AA Mailey 149.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 45.0 10 142 3 3.16 0 0
JWHT Douglas 19.5 0 95 1 5.00 0 0
RK Tyldesley 35.0 3 130 0 3.71 0 0
AER Gilligan 26.0 1 114 3 4.38 0 0
JW Hearne 13.0 1 69 0 5.31 0 0
FE Woolley 11.0 3 26 0 2.36 0 1

England - 1st Inns 479 (138.0; RR: 3.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs b Mailey 154 340 11 0 45.29
H Sutcliffe b Kelleway 176 481 17 0 36.59
FE Woolley b Gregory 0 8 0 0 0.00
JW Hearne b Mailey 9 57 0 0 15.79
EH Hendren c Oldfield b Kelleway 32 66 1 0 48.48
APF Chapman c Oldfield b Gregory 28 35 2 1 80.00
JWHT Douglas c Collins b Richardson 8 40 0 0 20.00
RK Tyldesley c Collins b Gregory 5 11 1 0 45.45
MW Tate b Richardson 34 35 4 0 97.14
AER Gilligan not out 17 23 3 0 73.91
H Strudwick b Hartkopf 4 14 0 0 28.57
Extras (4b, 4lb, 0w, 4nb) 12  
TOTAL 479 all out (138.0 overs; RR: 3.47)

Fall of wickets

283-1 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 284-2 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 305-3 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 373-4 (EH Hendren 0.0 ov), 404-5 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 412-6 (APF Chapman 0.0 ov), 418-7 (RK Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 453-8 (JWHT Douglas 0.0 ov), 458-9 (MW Tate 0.0 ov), 479-10 (H Strudwick 138.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 34.0 4 124 3 3.65 0 0
C Kelleway 30.0 10 62 2 2.07 0 4
AA Mailey 34.0 5 141 2 4.15 0 0
AEV Hartkopf 26.0 1 120 1 4.62 0 0
AJ Richardson 14.0 6 20 2 1.43 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 250 (79.3; RR: 3.14)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins b Hearne 30 117 1 0 25.64
W Bardsley lbw b Tate 2 3 0 0 66.67
AJ Richardson b Tate 9 13 1 0 69.23
WH Ponsford b Tate 4 9 0 0 44.44
JM Taylor b Tate 90 180 7 0 50.00
VY Richardson c Strudwick b Hearne 8 31 0 0 25.81
C Kelleway c & b Hearne 17 87 2 0 19.54
AEV Hartkopf lbw b Tate 0 6 0 0 0.00
JM Gregory not out 36 101 4 0 35.64
WAS Oldfield lbw b Hearne 39 76 3 0 51.32
AA Mailey b Tate 3 15 0 0 20.00
Extras (11b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 250 all out (79.3 overs; RR: 3.14)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 13-2 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 27-3 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 106-4 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 126-5 (VY Richardson 0.0 ov), 166-6 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 168-7 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 168-8 (AEV Hartkopf 0.0 ov), 239-9 (WAS Oldfield 0.0 ov), 250-10 (AA Mailey 79.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MW Tate 33.3 8 99 6 3.00 0 0
AER Gilligan 11.0 2 40 0 3.64 0 0
RK Tyldesley 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0
JW Hearne 29.0 5 84 4 2.90 0 0
JWHT Douglas 4.0 0 9 0 2.25 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 290 (106.3; RR: 2.72)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JB Hobbs lbw b Mailey 22 59 2 0 37.29
H Sutcliffe c Gregory b Mailey 127 390 12 0 32.56
H Strudwick lbw b Gregory 22 63 1 0 34.92
JW Hearne lbw b Gregory 23 70 2 0 32.86
FE Woolley lbw b Richardson 50 152 6 0 32.89
EH Hendren b Gregory 18 55 3 0 32.73
RK Tyldesley c Ponsford b Mailey 0 10 0 0 0.00
JWHT Douglas b Mailey 14 41 0 0 34.15
APF Chapman not out 4 11 0 0 36.36
AER Gilligan c & b Mailey 0 1 0 0 0.00
MW Tate b Gregory 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb) 10  
TOTAL 290 all out (106.3 overs; RR: 2.72)

Fall of wickets

36-1 (JB Hobbs 0.0 ov), 75-2 (H Strudwick 0.0 ov), 121-3 (JW Hearne 0.0 ov), 211-4 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 254-5 (EH Hendren 0.0 ov), 255-6 (RK Tyldesley 0.0 ov), 280-7 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 289-8 (JWHT Douglas 0.0 ov), 289-9 (AER Gilligan 0.0 ov), 290-10 (MW Tate 106.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 27.3 6 87 4 3.22 0 0
C Kelleway 18.0 4 42 0 2.33 0 2
AJ Richardson 22.0 7 35 1 1.59 0 0
AA Mailey 24.0 2 92 5 3.83 0 0
AEV Hartkopf 4.0 1 14 0 3.50 0 0
HL Collins 11.0 3 10 0 0.91 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 2nd Test

Date

Thursday January 1, 1925

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RM Crockett, C Garing

Australia Team

Playing XI

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

England Team

Playing XI

JB Hobbs, FE Woolley, H Strudwick, JWHT Douglas, JW Hearne, EH Hendren, AER Gilligan, APF Chapman, H Sutcliffe, MW Tate, RK Tyldesley