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1st Test-The Ashes (England in Australia) 1924

TESTSydney Cricket GroundFri, 19 Dec - Sat, 27 Dec 1924

AUS

Australia

342/10 (20.00) & 452/10 (125.7)

England

421/8 (20.00) & 411/10 (96.7)

ENG

Australia won by 193 runs

AUSAustralia innings

342/10 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Herbie Collins (c) c Hendren b Tate	114	311	235	9	0	36.65	In 1924	174	12	0	Career	1142	114	0
Warren Bardsley c Woolley b Freeman	21	49	51	1	0	42.85	In 1924	43	3	0	Career	1801	142	0
Bill Ponsford b Gilligan	110	275	228	8	0	40.00	In 1924	137	11	0	Career	137	11	0
Arthur Richardson b Hearne	22	69	60	2	0	31.88	In 1924	120	12	0	Career	120	12	0
Johnny Taylor c (wk)Strudwick b Tate	43	120	96	2	0	35.83	In 1924	151	10	0	Career	594	60	0
Vic Richardson b Freeman	42	100	93	3	0	42.00	In 1924	60	5	0	Career	60	5	0
Charles Kelleway c Woolley b Tate	17	43	33	1	0	39.53	In 1924	40	3	0	Career	842	59	0
Stork Hendry c (wk)Strudwick b Tate	3	15	15	0	0	20.00	In 1924	25	1	0	Career	108	10	0
Jack Gregory c (wk)Strudwick b Tate	0	3	2	0	0	0.00	In 1924	2	0	0	Career	775	92	2
Bert Oldfield (WK) not out	39	136	93	3	0	28.67	In 1924	57	4	0	Career	194	20	0
Arthur Mailey b Tate	21	95	87	1	0	22.10	In 1924	67	5	0	Career	151	13	0
Extras (b 10, lb 8)	18
Total 450 152.2 Ov (RR: 2.95)	450

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Maurice Tate	55.10	11	130	6	1.76	In 1924	11	6/42	Career	38
Arthur Gilligan	23.00	0	92	1	3.00	In 1924	3	6/7	Career	26
Tich Freeman	49.00	11	124	2	1.89	In 1924	5	3/124	Career	5
'Young Jack' Hearne	12.10	3	28	1	1.73	In 1924	1	5/49	Career	19
Frank Woolley	9.00	0	35	0	2.91	In 1924	0	3/71	Career	37
Jack Hobbs	2.00	0	13	0	4.87	In 1924	0	1/11	Career	1
Percy Chapman	2.00	0	10	0	3.75	In 1924	0	0/10	Career	0

ENGEngland innings

421/8 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Jack Hobbs c Kelleway b Gregory	115	266	219	7	0	43.23	In 1924	172	8	0	Career	3110	152	7
Herbert Sutcliffe c VY Richardson b Mailey	59	171	160	5	0	34.50	In 1924	174	16	0	Career	477	28	1
'Young Jack' Hearne c sub b Mailey	7	20	15	1	0	35.00	In 1924	7	1	0	Career	540	36	0
Frank Woolley b Gregory	0	10	8	0	0	0.00	In 1924	123	15	1	Career	1877	119	9
Patsy Hendren not out	74	109	113	6	1	67.88	In 1924	83	6	1	Career	817	62	4
Andy Sandham b Mailey	7	25	28	0	0	28.00	In 1924	9	0	0	Career	268	2	0
Percy Chapman run out	13	11	12	2	0	118.18	In 1924	57	4	2	Career	65	4	2
Maurice Tate c sub b Mailey	7	12	13	0	0	58.33	In 1924	7	0	0	Career	105	0	1
Arthur Gilligan (c) b Gregory	1	4	3	0	0	25.00	In 1924	2	0	0	Career	147	0	1
Tich Freeman b Gregory	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	In 1924	50	8	0	Career	50	8	0
Bert Strudwick (WK) lbw b Gregory	6	13	13	1	0	46.15	In 1924	8	1	0	Career	186	10	0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 3)	9
Total 298 79.7 Ov (RR: 3.73)	298

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Jack Gregory	28.70	2	111	5	2.88	In 1924	7	7/69	Career	64
Charles Kelleway	14.00	3	44	0	2.35	In 1924	2	4/27	Career	30
Arthur Mailey	31.00	2	129	4	3.12	In 1924	7	9/115	Career	68
Stork Hendry	5.00	1	5	0	0.75	In 1924	3	3/5	Career	8
Arthur Richardson	1.00	1	0	0	0.00	In 1924	0	0/0	Career	0

AUSAustralia innings

452/10 (125.7)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Arthur Richardson c & b Freeman	98	197	169	10	0	49.74	In 1924	120	12	0	Career	120	12	0
Warren Bardsley b Tate	22	27	25	2	0	81.48	In 1924	43	3	0	Career	1801	142	0
Charles Kelleway b Gilligan	23	87	76	2	0	26.43	In 1924	40	3	0	Career	842	59	0
Herbie Collins (c) c Chapman b Tate	60	192	154	3	0	31.25	In 1924	174	12	0	Career	1142	114	0
Bill Ponsford c Woolley b Freeman	27	52	30	3	0	51.92	In 1924	137	11	0	Career	137	11	0
Vic Richardson c Hendren b Tate	18	35	32	2	0	51.42	In 1924	60	5	0	Career	60	5	0
Stork Hendry c (wk)Strudwick b Tate	22	58	56	1	0	37.93	In 1924	25	1	0	Career	108	10	0
Johnny Taylor b Tate	108	217	164	8	0	49.76	In 1924	151	10	0	Career	594	60	0
Jack Gregory c Woolley b Freeman	2	6	6	0	0	33.33	In 1924	2	0	0	Career	775	92	2
Bert Oldfield (WK) c (wk)Strudwick b Gilligan	18	56	44	1	0	32.14	In 1924	57	4	0	Career	194	20	0
Arthur Mailey not out	46	81	79	4	0	56.79	In 1924	67	5	0	Career	151	13	0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 1)	8
Total 452 125.7 Ov (RR: 3.59)	452

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Maurice Tate	33.70	8	98	5	2.16	In 1924	11	6/42	Career	38
Arthur Gilligan	27.00	6	114	2	3.16	In 1924	3	6/7	Career	26
Tich Freeman	37.00	4	134	3	2.71	In 1924	5	3/124	Career	5
'Young Jack' Hearne	25.00	2	88	0	2.64	In 1924	1	5/49	Career	19
Percy Chapman	3.00	1	10	0	2.50	In 1924	0	0/10	Career	0

ENGEngland innings

411/10 (96.7)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Jack Hobbs c Hendry b Mailey	57	128	111	1	0	44.53	In 1924	172	8	0	Career	3110	152	7
Herbert Sutcliffe c Gregory b Mailey	115	254	247	11	0	45.27	In 1924	174	16	0	Career	477	28	1
'Young Jack' Hearne b Gregory	0	22	16	0	0	0.00	In 1924	7	1	0	Career	540	36	0
Percy Chapman c (wk)Oldfield b Hendry	44	65	46	2	2	67.69	In 1924	57	4	2	Career	65	4	2
Patsy Hendren c Gregory b Hendry	9	39	26	0	0	23.07	In 1924	83	6	1	Career	817	62	4
Frank Woolley c Mailey b Gregory	123	139	146	15	1	88.48	In 1924	123	15	1	Career	1877	119	9
Andy Sandham c (wk)Oldfield b Mailey	2	6	6	0	0	33.33	In 1924	9	0	0	Career	268	2	0
Maurice Tate c Ponsford b Kelleway	0	6	3	0	0	0.00	In 1924	7	0	0	Career	105	0	1
Arthur Gilligan (c) b Kelleway	1	12	7	0	0	8.33	In 1924	2	0	0	Career	147	0	1
Tich Freeman not out	50	98	88	8	0	51.02	In 1924	50	8	0	Career	50	8	0
Bert Strudwick (WK) c (wk)Oldfield b Hendry	2	7	5	0	0	28.57	In 1924	8	1	0	Career	186	10	0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, nb 1)	8
Total 411 96.7 Ov (RR: 4.24)	411

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	W	Best	Career	W
Jack Gregory	28.00	2	115	2	3.08	In 1924	7	7/69	Career	64
Charles Kelleway	21.00	5	60	2	2.14	In 1924	2	4/27	Career	30
Arthur Mailey	32.00	0	179	3	4.19	In 1924	7	9/115	Career	68
Stork Hendry	10.70	2	36	3	2.48	In 1924	3	3/5	Career	8
Arthur Richardson	5.00	0	13	0	1.95	In 1924	0	0/0	Career	0