TestNo. 136MenScorecard

Australia v England

Australia won by an innings and 91 runs

31 December 1920 to 4 January 1921Melbourne

Australiawon by an innings and 91 runs

499137.3 ov

England

251/9 & 157/967.2 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

Australia innings

499137.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Herbie Collins	caught	64	115	103	6	0	55.7
Warren Bardsley	caught	51	89	115	5	0	57.3
Roy Park	bowled	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Johnny Taylor	caught	68	108	128	5	0	63.0
Warwick Armstrong	lbw	39	64	60	1	0	60.9
Charles Kelleway	caught	9	24	28	0	0	37.5
Nip Pellew	bowled	116	186	203	8	0	62.4
Jack Ryder	caught	13	61	47	0	0	21.3
Jack Gregory	caught	100	115	137	12	0	87.0
Bert Oldfield	caught	24	50	35	3	0	48.0
Arthur Mailey	not out	8*	12	24	0	0	66.7
Extras	b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 2	7
Total	all out, 137.3 overs	499

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500

1-116 Herbie Collins2-116 Roy Park3-118 Warren Bardsley4-194 Warwick Armstrong5-220 Charles Kelleway6-251 Johnny Taylor7-282 Jack Ryder8-455 Nip Pellew9-469 Jack Gregory10-499 Bert Oldfield

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Harry Howell	37	5	142	3	3.84
Johnny Douglas	24	1	83	2	3.46
Ciss Parkin	27	0	116	2	4.30
'Young Jack' Hearne	14	0	38	0	2.71
Frank Woolley	27	8	87	2	3.22
Wilfred Rhodes	8.3	1	26	1	3.06

England innings

251/987.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs	caught	122	218	210	9	0	56.0
Wilfred Rhodes	bowled	7	15	15	0	0	46.7
Harry Makepeace	lbw	4	11	11	0	0	36.4
Patsy Hendren	caught	67	146	140	3	0	45.9
Jack Russell	caught	0	1	7	0	0	0.0
Frank Woolley	bowled	5	12	17	0	0	41.7
Johnny Douglas	lbw	15	51	44	0	0	29.4
Ciss Parkin	caught	4	8	6	1	0	50.0
Bert Strudwick	not out	21*	37	44	0	0	56.8
Harry Howell	stumped	5	25	15	0	0	20.0
Extras	nb 1	1
Total	9 wickets, 87.3 overs	251

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500

1-20 Wilfred Rhodes2-32 Harry Makepeace3-174 Patsy Hendren4-185 Jack Russell5-201 Frank Woolley6-208 Jack Hobbs7-213 Ciss Parkin8-232 Johnny Douglas9-251 Harry Howell

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jack Gregory	20	1	69	7	3.45
Charles Kelleway	19	1	54	0	2.84
Warwick Armstrong	24.3	8	50	2	2.04
Jack Ryder	14	2	31	0	2.21
Roy Park	1	0	9	0	9.00
Herbie Collins	9	0	37	0	4.11

England innings

157/967.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Jack Hobbs	bowled	20	37	34	2	0	54.1
Wilfred Rhodes	caught	28	90	83	0	0	31.1
Harry Makepeace	caught	4	36	31	0	0	11.1
Patsy Hendren	caught	1	12	7	0	0	8.3
Jack Russell	caught	5	16	21	0	0	31.3
Frank Woolley	bowled	50	112	109	3	0	44.6
Johnny Douglas	bowled	9	38	42	1	0	23.7
Bert Strudwick	caught	24	40	36	1	0	60.0
Ciss Parkin	caught	9	24	19	1	0	37.5
Harry Howell	not out	0*	8	8	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 3, lb 3, nb 1	7
Total	9 wickets, 67.2 overs	157

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 500

1-36 Jack Hobbs2-53 Harry Makepeace3-54 Patsy Hendren4-58 Wilfred Rhodes5-70 Jack Russell6-104 Johnny Douglas7-141 Bert Strudwick8-151 Frank Woolley9-157 Ciss Parkin

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jack Gregory	12	0	32	1	2.67
Charles Kelleway	12	1	25	1	2.08
Warwick Armstrong	15.2	5	26	4	1.70
Jack Ryder	10	2	17	1	1.70
Herbie Collins	17	5	47	2	2.76
Nip Pellew	1	0	3	0	3.00

Tests in December 1920

2 matches

TestScorecardAustralia267 & 581192.3England190 & 281102.5Australia won by 377 runsSydney, 17 December TestScorecardAustralia499137.3England251/9 & 157/967.2Australia won by an innings and 91 runsMelbourne, 31 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 136
Dates: 31 December 1920 to 4 January 1921
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by an innings and 91 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Harry Howell", "overs": "37", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
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Australia v England

Previous meetingTest, Australia won by 377 runs, 17 December 1920 Next meetingTest, Australia won by 119 runs, 14 January 1921