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Full scorecard - Partnerships - Career averages - Almanack report

Test no. 56
The Ashes - 4th Test
Australia v England
1897/98 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29,31 January, 1,2 February 1898 (timeless match)

Result Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
CE McLeod b Hearne 1 5 0 0
J Darling c Hearne b Richardson 12 32 1 0
C Hill c Stoddart b Hearne 188 305 21 0
SE Gregory b Richardson 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
FA Iredale c wicketkeeperStorer b Hearne 0 2 0 0
MA Noble c & b Hearne 4 6 0 0
captain GHS Trott c wicketkeeperStorer b Hearne 7 35 0 0
H Trumble c Mason b Storer 46 152 4 0
wicketkeeper JJ Kelly c wicketkeeperStorer b Briggs 32 66 6 0
E Jones c Hayward b Hearne 20 37 2 0
WP Howell not out 9 10 0 0
    Extras (b 3, w 1) 4
    Total (all out; 101.4 overs) 323 (3.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (McLeod), 2-25 (Darling), 3-25 (Gregory), 4-26 (Iredale), 5-32 (Noble), 6-58 (Trott), 7-223 (Trumble), 8-283 (Kelly), 9-303 (Hill), 10-323 (Jones)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 T Richardson 26 2 102 2 3.92
 JT Hearne 35.4 13 98 6 2.74
 TW Hayward 10 4 24 0 2.40
 J Briggs 17 4 38 1 2.23
 AE Stoddart 6 1 22 0 3.66
 W Storer 4 0 24 1 6.00
 E Wainwright 3 1 11 0 3.66

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
AC MacLaren b Howell 8 17 0 0
E Wainwright c Howell b Trott 6 19 0 0
KS Ranjitsinhji c Iredale b Trumble 24 27 3 0
TW Hayward c Gregory b Noble 22 37 3 0
NF Druce lbw b Jones 24 44 3 0
wicketkeeper W Storer c & b Trumble 2 16 0 0
JR Mason b Jones 30 65 2 0
captain AE Stoddart c Darling b Jones 17 22 1 0
J Briggs not out 21 43 2 0
JT Hearne c Trott b Jones 0 1 0 0
T Richardson b Trott 20 19 4 0
    Extras 0
    Total (all out; 61.1 overs) 174 (2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-14 (MacLaren), 2-16 (Wainwright), 3-60 (Ranjitsinhji), 4-60 (Hayward), 5-67 (Storer), 6-103 (Druce), 7-121 (Stoddart), 8-148 (Mason), 9-148 (Hearne), 10-174 (Richardson)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 WP Howell 16 7 34 1 2.12
 GHS Trott 11.1 1 33 2 2.95
 MA Noble 7 1 21 1 3.00
 H Trumble 15 4 30 2 2.00
 E Jones 12 2 56 4 4.66

England 2nd innings (following on) R M 4s 6s
J Briggs c Darling b Howell 23 52 1 0
E Wainwright c McLeod b Jones 2 13 0 0
AC MacLaren c Iredale b Trumble 45 68 6 0
KS Ranjitsinhji b Noble 55 97 2 0
TW Hayward c & b Trumble 25 98 0 0
captain AE Stoddart b Jones 25 100 2 0
NF Druce c Howell b Trott 16 29 2 0
JR Mason b Howell 26 95 0 0
wicketkeeper W Storer c Darling b McLeod 26 54 2 0
JT Hearne not out 4 8 0 0
T Richardson c Trumble b McLeod 2 5 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 1) 14
    Total (all out; 114.2 overs) 263 (2.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Wainwright), 2-63 (Briggs), 3-94 (MacLaren), 4-147 (Ranjitsinhji), 5-157 (Hayward), 6-192 (Druce), 7-211 (Stoddart), 8-259 (Mason), 9-259 (Storer), 10-263 (Richardson)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 WP Howell 30 12 58 2 1.93
 GHS Trott 12 2 39 1 3.25
 MA Noble 16 6 31 1 1.93
 H Trumble 23 6 40 2 1.73
 E Jones 25 7 70 2 2.80
 CE McLeod 8.2 4 11 2 1.32

Australia 2nd innings (target: 115 runs) R M 4s 6s
CE McLeod not out 64 99 5 0
J Darling c wicketkeeperDruce b Hayward 29 38 4 0
C Hill lbw b Hayward 0 8 0 0
SE Gregory not out 21 53 2 0
    Extras (nb 1) 1
    Total (2 wickets; 39.4 overs) 115 (2.89 runs per over)

Did not bat FA Iredale, MA Noble, captainGHS Trott, H Trumble, wicketkeeperJJ Kelly, E Jones, WP Howell

Fall of wickets1-50 (Darling), 2-56 (Hill)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JT Hearne 7 3 19 0 2.71
 TW Hayward 10 4 24 2 2.40
 J Briggs 6 1 31 0 5.16
 E Wainwright 9 2 21 0 2.33
 JR Mason 4 1 10 0 2.50
 KS Ranjitsinhji 3.4 1 9 0 2.45

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 3-1

Umpires C Bannerman and J Phillips

Close of play
29 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 275/7 (C Hill 182*, JJ Kelly 22*)
30 Jan rest day
31 Jan day 2 - England 2nd innings 7/1 (J Briggs 4*)
1 Feb day 3 - England 2nd innings 254/7 (JR Mason 25*, W Storer 24*)
2 Feb day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 115/2 (39.4 ov) - end of match

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