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Test no. 129

The Ashes - 3rd Test
Triangular Tournament - 9th match
England v Australia

1912 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 19,20,21,22 August 1912 (timeless match)

Result England won by 244 runs


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JB Hobbs	c Carkeek b Macartney	66	110	4	0
	W Rhodes	b Minnett	49	180	3	0
	RH Spooner	c Hazlitt b Macartney	1		0	0
	CB Fry	c Kelleway b Whitty	5	40		0
	FE Woolley	lbw b Minnett	62	120	11	0
	JW Hearne	c Jennings b Whitty	1		0	0
	JWHT Douglas	lbw b Whitty	18	50		0
	FR Foster	b Minnett	19			0
	EJ Smith	b Whitty	4			0
	SF Barnes	c Jennings b Minnett	7			0
	H Dean	not out	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 2, lb 10, nb 1)	13

	Total	(all out; 114.1 overs)	245	(2.14 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-107 (Hobbs), 2-109 (Spooner), 3-127 (Fry), 4-131 (Rhodes), 5-144 (Hearne), 6-180 (Douglas), 7-216 (Foster), 8-233 (Woolley), 9-239 (Smith), 10-245 (Barnes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WJ Whitty	38	12	69	4	1.81
TJ Matthews	14	5	43	0	3.07
GR Hazlitt	26	10	48	0	1.84
CG Macartney	19	6	22	2	1.15
RB Minnett	10.1	3	34	4	3.34
C Kelleway	7	2	16	0	2.28


Australia 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	SE Gregory	c Rhodes b Barnes	1	0	0
	C Kelleway	lbw b Woolley	43		0
	CG Macartney	b Barnes	4		0
	W Bardsley	b Barnes	30		0
	CB Jennings	c & b Woolley	0	0	0
	RB Minnett	c Rhodes b Woolley	0	0	0
	DBM Smith	c Smith b Woolley	6		0
	TJ Matthews	c Fry b Barnes	2	0	0
	WJ Whitty	c Foster b Barnes	0	0	0
	GR Hazlitt	not out	2	0	0
	W Carkeek	c Barnes b Woolley	5		0
	Extras	(b 12, lb 6)	18

	Total	(all out; 54.4 overs)	111	(2.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Gregory), 2-19 (Macartney), 3-90 (Kelleway), 4-90 (Jennings), 5-92 (Minnett), 6-96 (Bardsley), 7-104 (Smith), 8-104 (Matthews), 9-104 (Whitty), 10-111 (Carkeek)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SF Barnes	27	15	30	5	1.11
H Dean	16	7	29	0	1.81
FR Foster	2	0	5	0	2.50
FE Woolley	9.4	3	29	5	3.00


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JB Hobbs	c Matthews b Whitty	32			1
	W Rhodes	b Whitty	4			0
	RH Spooner	c Jennings b Whitty	0		0	0
	CB Fry	c Jennings b Hazlitt	79	220		0
	FE Woolley	b Hazlitt	4			0
	JW Hearne	c Matthews b Hazlitt	14			0
	JWHT Douglas	lbw b Hazlitt	24			0
	FR Foster	not out	3		0	0
	EJ Smith	b Hazlitt	0		0	0
	SF Barnes	c Whitty b Hazlitt	0		0	0
	H Dean	b Hazlitt	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 14, nb 1)	15

	Total	(all out; 86.4 overs)	175	(2.01 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Rhodes), 2-7 (Spooner), 3-51 (Hobbs), 4-56 (Woolley), 5-91 (Hearne), 6-170 (Fry), 7-171 (Douglas), 8-171 (Smith), 9-175 (Barnes), 10-175 (Dean)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WJ Whitty	33	13	71	3	2.15
TJ Matthews	10	3	21	0	2.10
GR Hazlitt	21.4	8	25	7	1.15
CG Macartney	22	5	43	0	1.95


Australia 2nd innings (target: 310 runs)			R	4s	6s
	CB Jennings	c Fry b Woolley	14		0
	C Kelleway	c Douglas b Dean	0	0	0
	CG Macartney	b Dean	30		0
	W Bardsley	run out	0	0	0
	SE Gregory	c Douglas b Dean	1	0	0
	RB Minnett	lbw b Woolley	4		0
	DBM Smith	c Douglas b Dean	0	0	0
	TJ Matthews	c & b Woolley	1	0	0
	WJ Whitty	b Woolley	3	0	0
	GR Hazlitt	c Dean b Woolley	5		0
	W Carkeek	not out	0	0	0
	Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 1)	7

	Total	(all out; 22.4 overs)	65	(2.86 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Kelleway), 2-46 (Jennings), 3-46 (Macartney), 4-47 (Bardsley), 5-51 (Gregory), 6-51 (Minnett), 7-51 (Smith), 8-54 (Whitty), 9-65 (Hazlitt), 10-65 (Matthews)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SF Barnes	4	1	18	0	4.50
H Dean	9	2	19	4	2.11
FE Woolley	7.4	1	20	5	2.60
W Rhodes	2	1	1	0	0.50

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Triangular Tournament points England 1, Australia 0
The Ashes England won the 3-match series 1-0
Triangular Tournament England won the 1912 Triangular Tournament

Umpires J Moss and AE Street

Close of play
19 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 233/8 (EJ Smith 0*)
20 Aug day 2 - Australia 1st innings 51/2 (C Kelleway 26*, W Bardsley 10*)
21 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 64/4 (CB Fry 17*, JW Hearne 2*)
22 Aug day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 65 (22.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Wisden 1913 states "As no decision had been made prior to the tournament on how the winner would be decided, it was agreed that the final match would be played to a finish even if it takes a week."

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