Australia v England
Australia won by 5 wickets
8 to 16 March 1929Melbourne
Australiawon by 5 wickets
491 & 287/5134.1 ov
England
519 & 25786.3 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.
England innings
519215.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hobbs | lbw | 142 | 301 | 278 | 11 | 0 | 47.2 |
| Douglas Jardine | caught | 19 | 126 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 |
| Wally Hammond | caught | 38 | 100 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 38.0 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | caught | 31 | 116 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 26.7 |
| George Duckworth | caught | 12 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 32.4 |
| Patsy Hendren | caught | 95 | 188 | 190 | 10 | 0 | 50.5 |
| Maurice Leyland | caught | 137 | 330 | 300 | 18 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Harold Larwood | bowled | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| George Geary | bowled | 4 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Maurice Tate | caught | 15 | 35 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Jack White | not out | 9* | 48 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 | 13 | |||||
| Total | all out, 215.1 overs | 519 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-64 Douglas Jardine2-146 Wally Hammond3-235 Jack Hobbs4-240 Ernest Tyldesley5-261 George Duckworth6-401 Patsy Hendren7-409 Harold Larwood8-428 George Geary9-470 Maurice Tate10-519 Maurice Leyland
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Wall | 49 | 8 | 123 | 3 | 2.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Hornibrook | 48 | 8 | 142 | 3 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Oxenham | 45.1 | 15 | 86 | 1 | 1.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 25 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Fairfax | 27 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 3.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Ryder | 18 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Kippax | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
491271.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Woodfull | caught | 102 | 381 | 325 | 3 | 0 | 26.8 |
| Archie Jackson | run out | 30 | 95 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Alan Kippax | caught | 38 | 145 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 26.2 |
| Jack Ryder | caught | 30 | 125 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 24.0 |
| Donald Bradman | caught | 123 | 247 | 217 | 8 | 0 | 49.8 |
| Alan Fairfax | lbw | 65 | 242 | 232 | 2 | 0 | 26.9 |
| Ron Oxenham | caught | 7 | 79 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 |
| Bert Oldfield | caught | 6 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Clarrie Grimmett | not out | 38* | 170 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Tim Wall | caught | 9 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Percy Hornibrook | lbw | 26 | 106 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 24.5 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 9, w 2 | 17 | |||||
| Total | all out, 271.3 overs | 491 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-54 Archie Jackson2-143 Alan Kippax3-203 Jack Ryder4-203 Bill Woodfull5-386 Donald Bradman6-399 Alan Fairfax7-409 Bert Oldfield8-420 Ron Oxenham9-432 Tim Wall10-491 Percy Hornibrook
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Larwood | 34 | 7 | 83 | 1 | 2.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Tate | 62 | 26 | 108 | 0 | 1.74 | 0 | 0 |
| George Geary | 81 | 36 | 105 | 5 | 1.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack White | 75.3 | 22 | 136 | 2 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 16 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Leyland | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
25786.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Hobbs | caught | 65 | 126 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 51.6 |
| Douglas Jardine | caught | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harold Larwood | bowled | 11 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 52.4 |
| Wally Hammond | caught | 16 | 42 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 |
| Ernest Tyldesley | caught | 21 | 62 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 33.9 |
| Patsy Hendren | bowled | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Maurice Leyland | not out | 53* | 138 | 140 | 6 | 0 | 38.4 |
| Maurice Tate | caught | 54 | 57 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 94.7 |
| George Geary | bowled | 3 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Jack White | caught | 4 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| George Duckworth | lbw | 9 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Extras | b 19, lb 1 | 20 | |||||
| Total | all out, 86.3 overs | 257 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-1 Douglas Jardine2-19 Harold Larwood3-75 Wally Hammond4-119 Jack Hobbs5-123 Patsy Hendren6-131 Ernest Tyldesley7-212 Maurice Tate8-217 George Geary9-231 Jack White10-257 George Duckworth
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Wall | 26 | 5 | 66 | 5 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Hornibrook | 19 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Oxenham | 10.3 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarrie Grimmett | 24 | 7 | 66 | 2 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Fairfax | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2.86 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 286
287/5134.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Oldfield | bowled | 48 | 156 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Percy Hornibrook | bowled | 18 | 116 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 15.5 |
| Bill Woodfull | bowled | 35 | 154 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 22.7 |
| Archie Jackson | bowled | 46 | 75 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 61.3 |
| Alan Kippax | run out | 28 | 70 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Jack Ryder | not out | 57* | 172 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 33.1 |
| Donald Bradman | not out | 37* | 89 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 41.6 |
| Extras | b 12, lb 6 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 134.1 overs | 287 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520
1-51 Percy Hornibrook2-80 Bert Oldfield3-129 Bill Woodfull4-158 Archie Jackson5-204 Alan Kippax
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Larwood | 32.1 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Tate | 38 | 13 | 76 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| George Geary | 20 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack White | 18 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 1.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hammond | 26 | 8 | 53 | 3 | 2.04 | 0 | 0 |