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Test no. 100

The Ashes - 5th Test
Australia v England

1907/08 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 21,22,24,25,26,27 February 1908 (timeless match)

Result Australia won by 49 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Noble	b Barnes	35	55		5	0
	CG Macartney	c Crawford b Barnes	1	8		0	0
	JDA O'Connor	c Young b Crawford	9	39		2	0
	SE Gregory	c & b Barnes	44	101		5	0
	C Hill	c Hutchings b Barnes	12	18		1	0
	WW Armstrong	c & b Crawford	3	11		0	0
	VT Trumper	c Braund b Barnes	10	17		1	0
	VS Ransford	c Gunn b Barnes	11	22		1	0
	MJ Hartigan	c & b Crawford	1	4		0	0
	H Carter	not out	1	17		0	0
	JV Saunders	c Young b Barnes	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 9, lb 1)	10

	Total	(all out; 50.4 overs)	137	(2.70 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Macartney), 2-46 (O'Connor), 3-46 (Noble), 4-64 (Hill), 5-73 (Armstrong), 6-94 (Trumper), 7-124 (Ransford), 8-129 (Hartigan), 9-137 (Gregory), 10-137 (Saunders)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SF Barnes	22.4	6	60	7	2.64
W Rhodes	10	5	15	0	1.50
JN Crawford	18	4	52	3	2.88


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JB Hobbs	b Saunders	72	143		7	0
	FL Fane	b Noble	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	G Gunn	not out	122	287		7	1
	KL Hutchings	run out	13	18		2	0
	J Hardstaff snr	c O'Connor b Saunders	17	21		4	0
	JN Crawford	c Hill b Saunders	6	8		1	0
	LC Braund	st Carter b Macartney	31	46		5	0
	W Rhodes	c Noble b Armstrong	10	19		1	0
	RA Young	st Carter b Macartney	0	1		0	0
	AO Jones	b Macartney	0	5		0	0
	SF Barnes	run out	1	10		0	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 3)	9

	Total	(all out; 96.1 overs)	281	(2.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Fane), 2-135 (Hobbs), 3-168 (Hutchings), 4-189 (Hardstaff), 5-197 (Crawford), 6-245 (Braund), 7-264 (Rhodes), 8-271 (Young), 9-271 (Jones), 10-281 (Barnes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Noble	28	9	62	1	2.21
JV Saunders	35	5	114	3	3.25
JDA O'Connor	6	0	23	0	3.83
CG Macartney	15.1	3	44	3	2.90
WW Armstrong	12	2	29	1	2.41


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Noble	lbw b Rhodes	34	77		3	0
	JDA O'Connor	b Barnes	6	23		0	0
	VT Trumper	c Gunn b Rhodes	166	241		18	0
	SE Gregory	b Crawford	56	85		3	0
	CG Macartney	c Jones b Crawford	12	20			0
	C Hill	c Young b Crawford	44	112		4	0
	WW Armstrong	c Gunn b Crawford	32	58		4	0
	VS Ransford	not out	21	58		1	0
	MJ Hartigan	b Crawford	5	5		1	0
	H Carter	c Hobbs b Rhodes	22	14		4	0
	JV Saunders	c Young b Rhodes	0	10	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 21, lb 3)	24

	Total	(all out; 127.4 overs)	422	(3.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (O'Connor), 2-52 (Noble), 3-166 (Gregory), 4-192 (Macartney), 5-300 (Trumper), 6-342 (Hill), 7-373 (Armstrong), 8-387 (Hartigan), 9-422 (Carter), 10-422 (Saunders)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SF Barnes	27	6	78	1	2.88
W Rhodes	37.4	7	102	4	2.70
JN Crawford	36	10	141	5	3.91
LC Braund	20	3	64	0	3.20
JB Hobbs	7	3	13	0	1.85


England 2nd innings (target: 279 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	JB Hobbs	c Gregory b Saunders	13	26	0	0
	FL Fane	b Noble	46	134	4	0
	G Gunn	b Macartney	0	8	0	0
	KL Hutchings	b Macartney	2	5	0	0
	J Hardstaff snr	b Saunders	8	31	1	0
	LC Braund	c Noble b Saunders	0	15	0	0
	W Rhodes	b Noble	69	160	4	0
	RA Young	c O'Connor b Saunders	11	37	1	0
	AO Jones	b Armstrong	34	54	4	0
	JN Crawford	not out	24	55	3	0
	SF Barnes	b Saunders	11	30	2	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 6)	11

	Total	(all out; 105.1 overs)	229	(2.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-21 (Hobbs), 2-26 (Gunn), 3-30 (Hutchings), 4-51 (Hardstaff), 5-57 (Braund), 6-87 (Fane), 7-123 (Young), 8-176 (Jones), 9-198 (Rhodes), 10-229 (Barnes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Noble	24	6	56	2	2.33
JV Saunders	35.1	5	82	5	2.33
JDA O'Connor	13	3	29	0	2.23
CG Macartney	15	4	24	2	1.60
WW Armstrong	18	7	27	1	1.50

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series Australia won the 5-match series 4-1

Umpires W Hannah and AC Jones

Close of play
21 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 116/1 (JB Hobbs 65*, G Gunn 50*)
22 Feb day 2 - England 1st innings 187/3 (G Gunn 77*, J Hardstaff snr 17*)
23 Feb rest day
24 Feb day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 18/0 (MA Noble 11*, JDA O'Connor 4*)
25 Feb day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 357/6 (WW Armstrong 19*, VS Ransford 4*)
26 Feb day 5 - England 2nd innings 117/6 (W Rhodes 32*, RA Young 9*)
27 Feb day 6 - England 2nd innings 229 (105.1 ov) - end of match

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