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2nd Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1897

TESTMelbourne Cricket GroundSat, 01 Jan - Wed, 05 Jan 1898

AUS

Australia

520/10 (185)

England

315/10 (119.5) & 150/10 (65.4)

ENG

Australia won by an innings and 55 runs

ENGEngland innings

315/10 (119.5)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Joe Darling c Hirst b Briggs	36	0	45	5	0	0.00	In 1898	36	5	0	Career	36	5	0
Charlie McLeod b Storer	112	0	244	4	0	0.00	In 1898	112	4	0	Career	112	4	0
Clem Hill c (wk)Storer b Hayward	58	0	115	1	0	0.00	In 1898	58	1	0	Career	58	1	0
Syd Gregory b Briggs	71	0	136	3	0	0.00	In 1898	71	3	0	Career	71	3	0
Frank Iredale c Ranjitsinhji b Hirst	89	0	167	6	0	0.00	In 1898	89	6	0	Career	89	6	0
Harry Trott(c) c Wainwright b Briggs	79	0	193	11	0	0.00	In 1898	79	11	0	Career	79	11	0
Monty Noble b Richardson	17	0	22	2	0	0.00	In 1898	17	2	0	Career	17	2	0
Hugh Trumble c Hirst b Mason	14	0	19	1	0	0.00	In 1898	14	1	0	Career	14	1	0
James Kelly(WK) c Richardson b Hearne	19	0	40	2	0	0.00	In 1898	19	2	0	Career	19	2	0
Ernie Jones run out	7	0	12	0	0	0.00	In 1898	7	0	0	Career	7	0	0
Tom McKibbin not out	2	0	3	0	0	0.00	In 1898	2	0	0	Career	2	0	0
Extras (b 14, nb 1, w 1)	16
Total 520 185 Ov (RR: 2.81)	520	0		35	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Tom Richardson	48.00	12	114	1	2.37	In 1898	6	7/168	Career	72
George Hirst	25.00	1	89	1	3.56	In 1898	1	1/89	Career	1
Johnny Briggs	40.00	10	96	3	2.40	In 1898	6	8/17	Career	70
Jack Hearne	36.00	6	94	1	2.61	In 1898	10	6/41	Career	26
Jack Mason	11.00	1	33	1	3.00	In 1898	2	1/8	Career	2
Tom Hayward	9.00	4	23	1	2.55	In 1898	1	1/7	Career	3
Bill Storer	16.00	4	55	1	3.43	In 1898	1	1/55	Career	1

AUSAustralia innings

520/10 (185)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Archie MacLaren(c) c Trumble b McKibbin	35	0	83	2	0	0.00	In 1898	73	4	0	Career	73	4	0
Jack Mason b McKibbin	3	0	6	0	0	0.00	In 1898	6	0	0	Career	6	0	0
Ted Wainwright c Jones b Noble	21	0	60	2	0	0.00	In 1898	32	2	0	Career	32	2	0
KS Ranjitsinhji b Trumble	71	0	149	4	0	0.00	In 1898	98	6	0	Career	98	6	0
Tom Hayward c Jones b Trott	23	0	70	1	0	0.00	In 1898	56	4	0	Career	56	4	0
Bill Storer(WK) c (wk)Kelly b Trumble	51	0	88	6	0	0.00	In 1898	52	6	0	Career	52	6	0
George Hirst b Jones	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	In 1898	3	0	0	Career	3	0	0
Frank Druce lbw b Trumble	44	0	88	4	0	0.00	In 1898	59	5	0	Career	59	5	0
Jack Hearne b Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0.00	In 1898	1	0	0	Career	1	0	0
Johnny Briggs not out	46	0	71	5	0	0.00	In 1898	58	7	0	Career	91	10	0
Tom Richardson b Trumble	3	0	4	0	0	0.00	In 1898	5	0	0	Career	5	0	0
Extras (b 10, lb 3, nb 4)	17
Total 315 119.5 Ov (RR: 2.62)	315	0		24	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Tom McKibbin	28.00	7	66	2	2.35	In 1898	4	3/21	Career	17
Hugh Trumble	26.50	5	54	4	2.01	In 1898	9	6/59	Career	38
Ernie Jones	22.00	5	54	2	2.45	In 1898	5	3/130	Career	13
Harry Trott	17.00	3	49	1	2.88	In 1898	2	4/71	Career	21
Monty Noble	12.00	3	31	1	2.58	In 1898	7	6/31	Career	7
Charlie McLeod	14.00	2	44	0	3.14	In 1898	3	3/80	Career	5

ENGEngland innings

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Archie MacLaren(c) c Trott b Trumble	38	0	70	2	0	0.00	In 1898	73	4	0	Career	73	4	0
Jack Mason b Trumble	3	0	17	0	0	0.00	In 1898	6	0	0	Career	6	0	0
KS Ranjitsinhji b Noble	27	0	68	2	0	0.00	In 1898	98	6	0	Career	98	6	0
Tom Hayward c Trumble b Noble	33	0	73	3	0	0.00	In 1898	56	4	0	Career	56	4	0
Bill Storer(WK) c Trumble b Noble	1	0	5	0	0	0.00	In 1898	52	6	0	Career	52	6	0
George Hirst lbw b Trumble	3	0	7	0	0	0.00	In 1898	3	0	0	Career	3	0	0
Frank Druce c McLeod b Noble	15	0	32	1	0	0.00	In 1898	59	5	0	Career	59	5	0
Ted Wainwright b Noble	11	0	35	0	0	0.00	In 1898	32	2	0	Career	32	2	0
Johnny Briggs c Trott b Trumble	12	0	33	2	0	0.00	In 1898	58	7	0	Career	91	10	0
Jack Hearne c Jones b Noble	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	In 1898	1	0	0	Career	1	0	0
Tom Richardson not out	2	0	3	0	0	0.00	In 1898	5	0	0	Career	5	0	0
Extras (b 3, lb 1, w 1)	5
Total 150 65.4 Ov (RR: 2.28)	150	0		10	0

AUSAustralia innings

150/10 (65.4)

MILESTONES

Monty Noble played their 1st TestAUSREACHED

Now on 1.