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Test no. 70

The Ashes - 1st Test
England v Australia

1902 season

Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 29,30,31 May 1902 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	AC MacLaren	run out	9			0
	CB Fry	c Kelly b Jones	0		0	0
	KS Ranjitsinhji	b Armstrong	13	50		0
	Hon.FS Jackson	b Jones	53			0
	JT Tyldesley	lbw b Howell	138	262	20	0
	AFA Lilley	c Jones b Noble	2		0	0
	GH Hirst	c Armstrong b Trumper	48	75		0
	GL Jessop	c Hopkins b Trumper	6			0
	LC Braund	b Jones	14			0
	WH Lockwood	not out	52			0
	W Rhodes	not out	38			0
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 142 overs)	376	(2.64 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Fry), 2-13 (MacLaren), 3-35 (Ranjitsinhji), 4-112 (Jackson), 5-121 (Lilley), 6-212 (Hirst), 7-230 (Jessop), 8-264 (Braund), 9-295 (Tyldesley)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
E Jones	28	9	76	3	2.71
MA Noble	44	15	112	1	2.54
VT Trumper	13	5	35	2	2.69
WW Armstrong	25	6	64	1	2.56
WP Howell	26	8	58	1	2.23
AJY Hopkins	6	2	28	0	4.66


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	VT Trumper	b Hirst	18	70			0
	RA Duff	c Jessop b Rhodes	2			0	0
	C Hill	c Braund b Hirst	1			0	0
	SE Gregory	lbw b Hirst	0			0	0
	J Darling	c Jessop b Rhodes	3			0	0
	MA Noble	st Lilley b Rhodes	3			0	0
	WW Armstrong	c Lilley b Rhodes	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	AJY Hopkins	c Lilley b Rhodes	5				0
	JJ Kelly	not out	1			0	0
	E Jones	c Jackson b Rhodes	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	WP Howell	c Fry b Rhodes	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 3)	3

	Total	(all out; 23 overs)	36	(1.56 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Duff), 2-10 (Hill), 3-14 (Gregory), 4-17 (Darling), 5-25 (Noble), 6-25 (Armstrong), 7-31 (Trumper), 8-35 (Hopkins), 9-35 (Jones), 10-36 (Howell)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GH Hirst	11	4	15	3	1.36
W Rhodes	11	3	17	7	1.54
LC Braund	1	0	1	0	1.00


Australia 2nd innings (following on)			R	4s	6s
	VT Trumper	c Braund b Rhodes	14		0
	RA Duff	c Fry b Braund	15		0
	C Hill	not out	10		0
	SE Gregory	not out	1	0	0
	Extras	(lb 4, w 1, nb 1)	6

	Total	(2 wickets; 28 overs)	46	(1.64 runs per over)

Did not bat

J Darling, MA Noble, WW Armstrong, AJY Hopkins,

JJ Kelly, E Jones, WP Howell

Fall of wickets1-16 (Trumper), 2-41 (Duff)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GH Hirst	9	6	10	0	1.11
W Rhodes	10	5	9	1	0.90
LC Braund	5	0	14	1	2.80
Hon.FS Jackson	4	2	7	0	1.75

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Umpires W Hearn and J Phillips (Australia)

Close of play
29 May day 1 - England 1st innings 351/9 (WH Lockwood 41*, W Rhodes 24*)
30 May day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 8/0 (VT Trumper 8*, RA Duff 0*)
31 May day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 46/2 (28 ov) - end of match