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Test no. 144

The Ashes - 5th Test
England v Australia

1921 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 13,15,16 August 1921 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CAG Russell	c Oldfield b McDonald	13	29	0	0
	G Brown	b Mailey	32	66	2	0
	GE Tyldesley	c Macartney b Gregory	39	101	4	0
	FE Woolley	run out	23	21	3	0
	CP Mead	not out	182	309	21	0
	A Sandham	b McDonald	21	81	2	0
	Hon.LH Tennyson	b McDonald	51	96	8	0
	PGH Fender	c Armstrong b McDonald	0	2	0	0
	JW Hitch	b McDonald	18	21	3	0
	JWHT Douglas	not out	21	52		0
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 127 overs)	403	(3.17 runs per over)

Did not bat CH Parkin

Fall of wickets1-27 (Russell), 2-54 (Brown), 3-84 (Woolley), 4-121 (Tyldesley), 5-191 (Sandham), 6-312 (Tennyson), 7-312 (Fender), 8-339 (Hitch)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Gregory	38	5	128	1	3.36
EA McDonald	47	9	143	5	3.04
AA Mailey	30	4	85	1	2.83
WW Armstrong	12	2	44	0	3.66


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	HL Collins	hit wicket b Hitch	14	58	1	0
	W Bardsley	b Hitch	22	36	3	0
	CG Macartney	b Douglas	61	95	9	0
	TJE Andrews	lbw b Parkin	94	119	11	0
	JM Taylor	c Woolley b Douglas	75	118	10	0
	CE Pellew	c Woolley b Parkin	1	5	0	0
	WW Armstrong	c Brown b Douglas	19	43	3	0
	JM Gregory	st Brown b Parkin	27	54	4	0
	WAS Oldfield	not out	28	76	3	0
	EA McDonald	st Brown b Woolley	36	39	5	0
	AA Mailey	b Woolley	0	1	0	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 1)	12

	Total	(all out; 102 overs)	389	(3.81 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-33 (Bardsley), 2-54 (Collins), 3-162 (Macartney), 4-233 (Andrews), 5-239 (Pellew), 6-288 (Armstrong), 7-311 (Taylor), 8-338 (Gregory), 9-389 (McDonald), 10-389 (Mailey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JW Hitch	19	3	65	2	3.42
JWHT Douglas	30	2	117	3	3.90
PGH Fender	19	3	82	0	4.31
CH Parkin	23	4	82	3	3.56
FE Woolley	11	2	31	2	2.81


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	CAG Russell	not out	102	163	11	0
	G Brown	c Mailey b Taylor	84	111	7	0
	PGH Fender	c Armstrong b Mailey	6	13	0	0
	JW Hitch	not out	51	37	7	1
	Extras	(b 1)	1

	Total	(2 wickets; 58 overs)	244	(4.20 runs per over)

Did not bat GE Tyldesley, FE Woolley, CP Mead, A Sandham,

Hon.LH Tennyson, JWHT Douglas, CH Parkin

Fall of wickets1-158 (Brown), 2-173 (Fender)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Gregory	3	0	13	0	4.33
EA McDonald	6	0	20	0	3.33
AA Mailey	18	2	77	1	4.27
CE Pellew	9	3	25	0	2.77
TJE Andrews	8	0	44	0	5.50
JM Taylor	7	1	25	1	3.57
HL Collins	7	0	39	0	5.57

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 5-match series 3-0

Test debut A Sandham (England)

Umpires J Moss and W Phillips

Close of play
13 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 129/4 (CP Mead 19*, A Sandham 1*)
14 Aug rest day
15 Aug day 2 - Australia 1st innings 162/3 (TJE Andrews 59*)
16 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 244/2 (58 ov) - end of match

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