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321-8 & 145-9
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
701 & 327
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Overs: 63.3 RR: 2.28 vs spin: 2.52
vs seam: 1.33
Overs: 68.3 RR: 4.77 vs spin: 3.07
vs seam: 4.29
Sat 18/08/34 England v Australia, 5th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 562 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 701 (171.2; RR: 4.09)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WA Brown b Clark 10 18 0 0 55.56
WH Ponsford hit wicket b Allen 266 422 27 0 63.03
DG Bradman c Ames b Bowes 244 271 32 1 90.04
SJ McCabe b Allen 10 12 0 0 83.33
WM Woodfull b Bowes 49 122 0 0 40.16
AF Kippax lbw b Bowes 28 49 0 0 57.14
AG Chipperfield b Bowes 3 24 0 0 12.50
WAS Oldfield not out 42 63 0 0 66.67
CV Grimmett c Ames b Allen 7 43 0 0 16.28
HI Ebeling b Allen 2 14 0 0 14.29
WJ O'Reilly b Clark 7 13 0 0 53.85
Extras (4b, 14lb, 2w, 13nb) 33  
TOTAL 701 all out (171.2 overs; RR: 4.09)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (WA Brown 0.0 ov), 472-2 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 488-3 (SJ McCabe 0.0 ov), 574-4 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 626-5 (WM Woodfull 0.0 ov), 631-6 (AF Kippax 0.0 ov), 638-7 (AG Chipperfield 0.0 ov), 676-8 (CV Grimmett 0.0 ov), 682-9 (HI Ebeling 0.0 ov), 701-10 (WJ O'Reilly 171.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WE Bowes 38.0 2 164 4 4.32 0 0
GOB Allen 34.0 5 170 4 5.00 0 0
EW Clark 37.2 4 110 2 2.97 0 0
WR Hammond 12.0 0 53 0 4.42 0 0
H Verity 43.0 7 123 0 2.86 0 0
RES Wyatt 4.0 0 28 0 7.00 0 0
M Leyland 3.0 0 20 0 6.67 0 0

England - 1st Inns 321-8 (117.3; RR: 2.73)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CF Walters c Kippax b O'Reilly 64 136 0 0 47.06
H Sutcliffe c Oldfield b Grimmett 38 128 0 0 29.69
FE Woolley c McCabe b O'Reilly 4 6 0 0 66.67
WR Hammond c Oldfield b Ebeling 15 59 0 0 25.42
RES Wyatt b Grimmett 17 50 3 0 34.00
M Leyland b Grimmett 110 171 15 1 64.33
LEG Ames retired not out (hurt) 33 57 0 0 57.89
GOB Allen b Ebeling 19 29 0 0 65.52
H Verity b Ebeling 11 62 0 0 17.74
EW Clark not out 2 9 0 0 22.22
WE Bowes  
Extras (4b, 3lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 321-8 (117.3 overs; RR: 2.73)

Fall of wickets

104-1 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 108-2 (CF Walters 0.0 ov), 111-3 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 136-4 (RES Wyatt 0.0 ov), 142-5 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 263-6 (GOB Allen 0.0 ov), 311-7 (H Verity 0.0 ov), 321-8 (M Leyland 117.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
HI Ebeling 21.0 4 74 3 3.52 0 0
SJ McCabe 6.0 1 21 0 3.50 0 0
CV Grimmett 49.3 13 103 3 2.10 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 37.0 10 93 2 2.51 0 0
AG Chipperfield 4.0 0 22 0 5.50 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 327 (68.3; RR: 4.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WA Brown c Allen b Clark 1 7 0 0 14.29
WH Ponsford c Hammond b Clark 22 38 0 0 57.89
DG Bradman b Bowes 77 106 6 1 72.64
SJ McCabe c Walters b Clark 70 102 0 0 68.63
WM Woodfull b Bowes 13 40 0 0 32.50
AF Kippax c Walters b Clark 8 16 0 0 50.00
AG Chipperfield c Woolley b Clark 16 28 0 0 57.14
WAS Oldfield c Hammond b Bowes 0 2 0 0 0.00
CV Grimmett c Hammond b Bowes 14 18 0 0 77.78
HI Ebeling c Allen b Bowes 41 41 0 0 100.00
WJ O'Reilly not out 15 26 0 0 57.69
Extras (37b, 8lb, 1w, 4nb) 50  
TOTAL 327 all out (68.3 overs; RR: 4.77)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (WA Brown 0.0 ov), 42-2 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 192-3 (DG Bradman 0.0 ov), 213-4 (SJ McCabe 0.0 ov), 224-5 (WM Woodfull 0.0 ov), 236-6 (AF Kippax 0.0 ov), 236-7 (WAS Oldfield 0.0 ov), 256-8 (AG Chipperfield 0.0 ov), 272-9 (CV Grimmett 0.0 ov), 327-10 (HI Ebeling 68.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GOB Allen 16.0 2 63 0 3.94 0 0
EW Clark 20.0 1 98 5 4.90 0 0
WR Hammond 7.0 1 18 0 2.57 0 0
H Verity 14.0 3 43 0 3.07 0 0
WE Bowes 11.3 3 55 5 5.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 145-9 (63.3; RR: 2.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CF Walters b McCabe 1 12 0 0 8.33
H Sutcliffe c McCabe b Grimmett 28 98 5 0 28.57
FE Woolley c Ponsford b McCabe 0 3 0 0 0.00
WR Hammond c & b O'Reilly 43 113 0 1 38.05
M Leyland c Brown b Grimmett 17 41 0 0 41.46
RES Wyatt c Ponsford b Grimmett 22 41 0 1 53.66
GOB Allen st Oldfield b Grimmett 26 46 0 0 56.52
H Verity c McCabe b Grimmett 1 20 0 0 5.00
WE Bowes c Bradman b O'Reilly 2 6 0 0 33.33
EW Clark not out 2 4 0 0 50.00
LEG Ames  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 2nb) 3  
TOTAL 145-9 (63.3 overs; RR: 2.28)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (CF Walters 0.0 ov), 3-2 (FE Woolley 0.0 ov), 67-3 (H Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 89-4 (WR Hammond 0.0 ov), 109-5 (M Leyland 0.0 ov), 122-6 (RES Wyatt 0.0 ov), 138-7 (H Verity 0.0 ov), 141-8 (WE Bowes 0.0 ov), 145-9 (GOB Allen 63.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
HI Ebeling 10.0 5 15 0 1.50 0 0
SJ McCabe 5.0 3 5 2 1.00 0 0
CV Grimmett 26.3 10 64 5 2.46 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 22.0 9 58 2 2.64 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test

Date

Saturday August 18, 1934

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

F Chester, FI Walden

England Team

Playing XI

FE Woolley, H Sutcliffe, WR Hammond, RES Wyatt, M Leyland, LEG Ames, EW Clark, GOB Allen, H Verity, WE Bowes, CF Walters

Australia Team

Playing XI

WAS Oldfield, WH Ponsford, CV Grimmett, AF Kippax, WM Woodfull, DG Bradman, SJ McCabe, WJ O'Reilly, WA Brown, AG Chipperfield, HI Ebeling