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Test no. 97

The Ashes - 2nd Test
Australia v England

1907/08 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1,2,3,4,6,7 January 1908 (timeless match)

Result England won by 1 wicket


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	VT Trumper	c Humphries b Crawford	49	81	5	0
	CG Macartney	b Crawford	37	96	1	0
	C Hill	b Fielder	16	35		0
	MA Noble	c Braund b Rhodes	61	153	5	0
	WW Armstrong	c Hutchings b Crawford	31	64	3	0
	PA McAlister	run out	10	35		0
	VS Ransford	run out	27	77		0
	A Cotter	b Crawford	17	15		0
	H Carter	not out	15	40		0
	GR Hazlitt	b Crawford	1	4	0	0
	JV Saunders	b Fielder	0	3	0	0
	Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2

	Total	(all out; 100.5 overs)	266	(2.63 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-84 (Trumper), 2-93 (Macartney), 3-111 (Hill), 4-168 (Armstrong), 5-197 (McAlister), 6-214 (Noble), 7-240 (Cotter), 8-261 (Ransford), 9-265 (Hazlitt), 10-266 (Saunders)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Fielder	27.5	4	77	2	2.76
SF Barnes	17	7	30	0	1.76
W Rhodes	11	0	37	1	3.36
LC Braund	16	5	41	0	2.56
JN Crawford	29	1	79	5	2.72


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	FL Fane	b Armstrong	13	35		0
	JB Hobbs	b Cotter	83	192	8	0
	G Gunn	lbw b Cotter	15	52		0
	KL Hutchings	b Cotter	126	163	21	1
	LC Braund	b Cotter	49	144	5	0
	J Hardstaff snr	b Saunders	12	37		0
	W Rhodes	b Saunders	32	98	4	0
	JN Crawford	c Ransford b Saunders	16	35		0
	SF Barnes	c Hill b Armstrong	14	45		0
	J Humphries	b Cotter	6			0
	A Fielder	not out	6			0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 3, w 1, nb 3)	10

	Total	(all out; 135.2 overs)	382	(2.82 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-27 (Fane), 2-61 (Gunn), 3-160 (Hobbs), 4-268 (Hutchings), 5-287 (Hardstaff), 6-325 (Braund), 7-353 (Crawford), 8-360 (Rhodes), 9-369 (Humphries), 10-382 (Barnes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Cotter	33	4	142	5	4.30
JV Saunders	34	7	100	3	2.94
MA Noble	9	3	26	0	2.88
WW Armstrong	34.2	15	36	2	1.04
GR Hazlitt	13	1	34	0	2.61
CG Macartney	12	2	34	0	2.83


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	MA Noble	b Crawford	64	122	6	0
	VT Trumper	lbw b Crawford	63	110	7	0
	C Hill	b Fielder	3	15	0	0
	PA McAlister	run out	15	40		0
	WW Armstrong	b Barnes	77	155	7	0
	CG Macartney	c Humphries b Barnes	54	147	5	0
	VS Ransford	c Hutchings b Barnes	18	40		0
	H Carter	c Fane b Barnes	53	83	7	0
	A Cotter	lbw b Crawford	27	40		0
	GR Hazlitt	b Barnes	3	25	0	0
	JV Saunders	not out	0	3	0	0
	Extras	(b 12, lb 8)	20

	Total	(all out; 121.4 overs)	397	(3.26 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-126 (Trumper), 2-131 (Noble), 3-135 (Hill), 4-162 (McAlister), 5-268 (Armstrong), 6-303 (Macartney), 7-312 (Ransford), 8-361 (Cotter), 9-392 (Hazlitt), 10-397 (Carter)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Fielder	27	6	74	1	2.74
SF Barnes	27.4	4	72	5	2.60
W Rhodes	16	6	38	0	2.37
LC Braund	18	2	68	0	3.77
JN Crawford	33	6	125	3	3.78


England 2nd innings (target: 282 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	FL Fane	b Armstrong	50	160		2	0
	JB Hobbs	b Noble	28	69			0
	G Gunn	lbw b Noble	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	KL Hutchings	c Cotter b Macartney	39	106			0
	LC Braund	b Armstrong	30	110			0
	J Hardstaff snr	c Ransford b Cotter	19	73			0
	W Rhodes	run out	15	22			0
	JN Crawford	c Armstrong b Saunders	10	15		0	1
	SF Barnes	not out	38	83			0
	J Humphries	lbw b Armstrong	16	45		2	0
	A Fielder	not out	18	25			0
	Extras	(b 9, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)	19

	Total	(9 wickets; 121.4 overs)	282	(2.31 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-54 (Hobbs), 2-54 (Gunn), 3-121 (Fane), 4-131 (Hutchings), 5-162 (Hardstaff), 6-196 (Braund), 7-198 (Rhodes), 8-209 (Crawford), 9-243 (Humphries)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Cotter	28	3	82	1	2.92
JV Saunders	30	9	58	1	1.93
MA Noble	22	7	41	2	1.86
WW Armstrong	30.4	10	53	3	1.72
GR Hazlitt	2	1	8	0	4.00
CG Macartney	9	3	21	1	2.33

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 1-1

Test debuts JB Hobbs and J Humphries (England)

Umpires P Argall and RM Crockett

Close of play
1 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 255/7 (VS Ransford 22*, H Carter 10*)
2 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 246/3 (KL Hutchings 117*, LC Braund 15*)
3 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 96/0 (MA Noble 50*, VT Trumper 46*)
4 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 360/7 (H Carter 22*, A Cotter 27*)
5 Jan rest day
6 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 159/4 (LC Braund 17*, J Hardstaff snr 17*)
7 Jan day 6 - England 2nd innings 282/9 (121.4 ov) - end of match

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