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Test no. 167

The Ashes - 5th Test
England v Australia

1926 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 14,16,17,18 August 1926 (timeless match)

Result England won by 289 runs


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JB Hobbs	b Mailey	37	55		0
	H Sutcliffe	b Mailey	76	210	6	0
	FE Woolley	b Mailey	18			0
	EH Hendren	b Gregory	8			0
	APF Chapman	st Oldfield b Mailey	49	75		0
	GTS Stevens	c Andrews b Mailey	17		2	1
	W Rhodes	c Oldfield b Mailey	28	45		0
	G Geary	run out	9			0
	MW Tate	b Grimmett	23	15		1
	H Larwood	c Andrews b Grimmett	0		0	0
	H Strudwick	not out	4		1	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 5)	11

	Total	(all out; 95.5 overs)	280	(2.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-53 (Hobbs), 2-91 (Woolley), 3-108 (Hendren), 4-189 (Chapman), 5-213 (Stevens), 6-214 (Sutcliffe), 7-231 (Geary), 8-266 (Tate), 9-266 (Larwood), 10-280 (Rhodes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Gregory	15	4	31	1	2.06
CV Grimmett	33	12	74	2	2.24
AA Mailey	33.5	3	138	6	4.07
CG Macartney	7	4	16	0	2.28
AJ Richardson	7	2	10	0	1.42


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WM Woodfull	b Rhodes	35	120		0
	W Bardsley	c Strudwick b Larwood	2		0	0
	CG Macartney	b Stevens	25	30		0
	WH Ponsford	run out	2		0	0
	TJE Andrews	b Larwood	3		0	0
	HL Collins	c Stevens b Larwood	61	230	2	0
	AJ Richardson	c Geary b Rhodes	16			0
	JM Gregory	c Stevens b Tate	73	100	10	0
	WAS Oldfield	not out	33			0
	CV Grimmett	b Tate	35	75		0
	AA Mailey	c Strudwick b Tate	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 12)	17

	Total	(all out; 152.1 overs)	302	(1.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Bardsley), 2-44 (Macartney), 3-51 (Ponsford), 4-59 (Andrews), 5-90 (Woodfull), 6-122 (Richardson), 7-229 (Gregory), 8-231 (Collins), 9-298 (Grimmett), 10-302 (Mailey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MW Tate	37.1	17	40	3	1.07
H Larwood	34	11	82	3	2.41
G Geary	27	8	43	0	1.59
GTS Stevens	29	3	85	1	2.93
W Rhodes	25	15	35	2	1.40


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JB Hobbs	b Gregory	100	221	10	0
	H Sutcliffe	b Mailey	161	428	16	0
	FE Woolley	lbw b Richardson	27			0
	EH Hendren	c Oldfield b Grimmett	15			0
	APF Chapman	b Richardson	19			0
	GTS Stevens	c Mailey b Grimmett	22			0
	W Rhodes	lbw b Grimmett	14			0
	G Geary	c Oldfield b Gregory	1		0	0
	MW Tate	not out	33	50		0
	H Larwood	b Mailey	5	10		0
	H Strudwick	c Andrews b Mailey	2	5	0	0
	Extras	(b 19, lb 18)	37

	Total	(all out; 182.5 overs)	436	(2.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-172 (Hobbs), 2-220 (Woolley), 3-277 (Hendren), 4-316 (Chapman), 5-373 (Stevens), 6-375 (Sutcliffe), 7-382 (Geary), 8-425 (Rhodes), 9-430 (Larwood), 10-436 (Strudwick)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Gregory	18	1	58	2	3.22
CV Grimmett	55	17	108	3	1.96
AA Mailey	42.5	6	128	3	2.98
CG Macartney	26	16	24	0	0.92
AJ Richardson	41	21	81	2	1.97


Australia 2nd innings (target: 415 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	WM Woodfull	c Geary b Larwood	0		0	0
	WH Ponsford	c Larwood b Rhodes	12			0
	CG Macartney	c Geary b Larwood	16			0
	W Bardsley	c Woolley b Rhodes	21	65		0
	HL Collins	c Woolley b Rhodes	4			0
	TJE Andrews	c Tate b Larwood	15			0
	JM Gregory	c Sutcliffe b Tate	9			0
	AJ Richardson	b Rhodes	4			0
	WAS Oldfield	b Stevens	23			0
	CV Grimmett	not out	8			0
	AA Mailey	b Geary	6			0
	Extras	(lb 7)	7

	Total	(all out; 52.3 overs)	125	(2.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Woodfull), 2-31 (Macartney), 3-31 (Ponsford), 4-35 (Collins), 5-63 (Andrews), 6-83 (Bardsley), 7-83 (Gregory), 8-87 (Richardson), 9-114 (Oldfield), 10-125 (Mailey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MW Tate	9	4	12	1	1.33
H Larwood	14	3	34	3	2.42
G Geary	6.3	2	15	1	2.30
GTS Stevens	3	1	13	1	4.33
W Rhodes	20	9	44	4	2.20

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England won the 5-match series 1-0

Umpires F Chester and HI Young

Close of play
14 Aug day 1 - Australia 1st innings 60/4 (WM Woodfull 22*, HL Collins 1*)
15 Aug rest day
16 Aug day 2 - England 2nd innings 49/0 (JB Hobbs 28*, H Sutcliffe 20*)
17 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 375/6 (W Rhodes 0*)
18 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 125 (52.3 ov) - end of match

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