Marylebone Cricket Club organised the England cricket team's tour of Australia in the 1924–25 season. Australia won the Ashes series 4–1.
Test series summary
First Test
19–27 December 1924 (Timeless Test) Scorecard |
Australia | v | England |
450 (152.2 overs) HL Collins 114 MW Tate 6/130 (55.1 overs) |
298 (79.7 overs) JB Hobbs 115 JM Gregory 5/111 (28.7 overs) | |
452 (125.7 overs) JM Taylor 108 MW Tate 5/98 (33.7 overs) |
411 (96.7 overs) FE Woolley 123 HSTL Hendry 3/36 (10.7 overs) |
Australia won by 193 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: AC Jones and AP Williams |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 21 and 25 December were taken as rest days.
- WH Ponsford, AJ Richardson and VY Richardson (AUS), and AP Freeman (ENG) made their Test debuts.
The first Test included a record 127 run tenth wicket partnership between Johnny Taylor and Arthur Mailey which stood as Australia's best for that wicket until Phillip Hughes and Ashton Agar set a new world record by scoring 163 for the tenth wicket against England in the First Test at Trent Bridge in July 2013.
Second Test
1–8 January 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard |
Australia | v | England |
600 (149.5 overs) VY Richardson 138 AER Gilligan 3/114 (26 overs) |
479 (138 overs) H Sutcliffe 176 JM Gregory 3/124 (34 overs) | |
250 (79.3 overs) JM Taylor 90 MW Tate 6/99 (33.3 overs) |
290 (106.3 overs) H Sutcliffe 127 AA Mailey 5/92 (24 overs) |
Australia won by 81 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: RM Crockett and C Garing |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 4 January was taken as a rest day
- AEV Hartkopf (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Test
16–23 January 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard |
Australia | v | England |
489 (153 overs) J Ryder 201* R Kilner 4/127 (56 overs) |
365 (117.2 overs) JB Hobbs 119 JM Gregory 3/111 (26.2 overs) | |
250 (68.1 overs) J Ryder 88 R Kilner 4/51 (22.1 overs) |
363 (111.2 overs) WW Whysall 75 C Kelleway 3/57 (22 overs) |
Australia won by 11 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: RM Crockett and DA Elder |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 18 January was taken as a rest day
- WW Whysall (ENG) made his Test debut.
Fourth Test
13–18 February 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard |
England | v | Australia |
548 (151.6 overs) H Sutcliffe 143 AA Mailey 4/186 (43.6 overs) |
269 (63.3 overs) JM Taylor 86 R Kilner 3/29 (13 overs) | |
250 (f/o) (74.5 overs) JM Taylor 68 MW Tate 5/75 (25.5 overs) |
England won by an innings and 29 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: RM Crockett and DA Elder |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- 15 February was taken as a rest day.
Fifth Test
27 February–4 March 1925 (Timeless Test) Scorecard |
Australia | v | England |
295 (102.5 overs) WH Ponsford 80 MW Tate 4/92 (39.5 overs) |
167 (47.7 overs) FE Woolley 47 CV Grimmett 5/45 (11.7 overs) | |
325 (118.3 overs) TJE Andrews 80 MW Tate 5/115 (39.3 overs) |
146 (44.4 overs) MW Tate 33 CV Grimmett 6/37 (19.4 overs) |
Australia won by 307 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: RM Crockett and DA Elder |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- 1 March was taken as a rest day
- AF Kippax and CV Grimmett (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Ceylon
The English team had a stopover in Colombo en route to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status.
References
- "Ceylon v MCC 1924". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
Further reading
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978, Wisden, 1979
- Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
- Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1926
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