English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29

Infobox cricket series
series=English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29
partof=
date= 18 October 1928 — 23 March 1929
place=Australia
result=England won the 5-Test series 4-1
team1=cr|AUS
team2=cr|ENG
captain1=Bill Woodfull
captain2=Percy Chapman
runs1=WM Woodfull (511)
J Ryder (492)
DG Bradman (468)
runs2=WR Hammond (905)
EH Hendren (472)
JB Hobbs (451)
runs3=
wickets1=CV Grimmett (23)
DD Blackie (14)
wickets2=JC White (25)
G Geary (19)
H Larwood (18)
MW Tate (17)
wickets3=The England cricket team toured Australia in 1928–29. England, known as the MCC in matches outside the Tests, retained The Ashes, winning the first four Tests and losing the last for a 4–1 series victory.

Writing in the 1930 "Wisden", SJ Southerton wrote http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155207.html?from=login] :

England were stronger in batting, more reliable and consistent in bowling and very definitely superior in fielding.

The MCC team

The MCC touring party was :

*Percy Chapman (Kent) (Captain)
*Jack White (Somerset) (Deputy Captain)
*Douglas Jardine (Surrey)
*Jack Hobbs (Surrey)
*Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire)
*Wally Hammond (Gloucestershire)
*Patsy Hendren (Middlesex)
*Ernest Tyldesley (Lancashire)
*Phil Mead (Hampshire)
*Maurice Leyland (Yorkshire)
*Maurice Tate (Sussex)
*George Geary (Leicestershire)
*George Duckworth (Lancashire) (wicketkeeper)
*Les Ames (Kent) (wicketkeeper)
*Harold Larwood (Nottinghamshire)
*"Tich" Freeman (Kent)
*Sam Staples (Nottinghamshire)

Tests

First Test (Brisbane)

Test match
date = 30 Nov - 5 Dec
team1 = cr|England
team2 = cr|Australia

score-team1-inns1 = 521 (175.3 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = EH Hendren 169 (314)
H Larwood 70 (132)
wickets-team1-inns1 = JM Gregory 3/142 (42 overs)
CV Grimmett 3/167 (40 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 122 (50.4 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = J Ryder 33
wickets-team2-inns1 = H Larwood 6/32 (14.4 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 8/342 (dec) (135.1 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = CP Mead 73 (263)
DR Jardine 65* (194)
wickets-team1-inns2 = CV Grimmett 6/131 (44.1 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 66 (25.3 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = WM Woodfull 30 (73)
wickets-team2-inns2 = JC White 4/7 (6.3 overs)

result = cr|England won by 675 runs
venue = The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
umpires = DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)
motm =
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12925.html Scorecard]
rain =

econd Test (Sydney)

Test match
date = 14 - 20 Dec
team1 = cr|Australia
team2 = cr|England

score-team1-inns1 = 253 (108.2 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = WM Woodfull 68 (216)
wickets-team1-inns1 = G Geary 5/35 (18 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 636 (272.1 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = WR Hammond 251 (605)
wickets-team2-inns1 = DD Blackie 4/148 (59 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 397 (151.4 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = HSTL Hendry 112 (305)
WM Woodfull 111 (286)
wickets-team1-inns2 = MW Tate 4/99 (46 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 2/16 (7 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = G Geary 8 (21)
wickets-team2-inns2 = HSTL Hendry 2/4 (3 overs)

result = cr|England won by eight wickets
venue = Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
umpires = DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)
motm =
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12930.html Scorecard]
rain =

Third Test (Melbourne)

Test match
date = 29 Dec - 5 Jan
team1 = cr|Australia
team2 = cr|England

score-team1-inns1 = 397 (180.5 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = J Ryder 112 (219)
AL Kippax 100 (255)
wickets-team1-inns1 = G Geary 3/83 (31.5 overs)
H Larwood 3/127 (37 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 417 (195 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = WR Hammond 200 (472)
wickets-team2-inns1 = DD Blackie 6/94 (44 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 351 (165.5 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = DG Bradman 112 (281)
WM Woodfull 107 (309)
wickets-team1-inns2 = JC White 5/107 (56.5 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 7/332 (159.5 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = H Sutcliffe 135 (462)
wickets-team2-inns2 = CV Grimmett 2/96 (42 overs)

result = cr|England won by three wickets
venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
umpires = DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)
motm =
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12946.html Scorecard]
rain =

Fourth Test (Adelaide)

Test match
date = 1 - 8 Feb
team1 = cr|England
team2 = cr|Australia

score-team1-inns1 = 334 (183.1 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = WR Hammond 119* (374)
wickets-team1-inns1 = CV Grimmett 5/102 (52.1 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 369 (160 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = A Jackson 164 (331)
wickets-team2-inns1 = JC White 5/130 (60 overs)
MW Tate 4/77 (42 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 383 (200.4 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = WR Hammond 177 (603)
DR Jardine 98 (378)
wickets-team1-inns2 = RK Oxenham 4/67 (47.4 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 336 (151.5 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = J Ryder 87 (155)
wickets-team2-inns2 = JC White 8/126 (64.5 overs)

result = cr|England won by 12 runs
venue = Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
umpires = DA Elder (Aus) and GA Hele (Aus)
motm =
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12960.html Scorecard]
rain =

Fifth Test (Melbourne)

Test match
date = 8 - 16 March
team1 = cr|England
team2 = cr|Australia

score-team1-inns1 = 519 (215.1 overs)
runs-team1-inns1 = JB Hobbs 142 (301)
M Leyland 137 (330)
wickets-team1-inns1 = TW Wall 3/123 (49 overs)
PM Hornibrook 3/142 (48 overs)

score-team2-inns1 = 491 (271.3 overs)
runs-team2-inns1 = DG Bradman 123 (247)
WM Woodfull 102 (381)
wickets-team2-inns1 = G Geary 5/105 (81 overs)

score-team1-inns2 = 257 (86.3 overs)
runs-team1-inns2 = JB Hobbs 65 (126)
MW Tate 54 (57)
M Leyland 53 (138)
wickets-team1-inns2 = TW Wall 5/66 (26 overs)

score-team2-inns2 = 5/287 (134.1 overs)
runs-team2-inns2 = J Ryder 57 (172)
WAS Oldfield 48 (156)
A Jackson 46 (75)
wickets-team2-inns2 = WR Hammond 3/53 (26 overs)

result = cr|Australia won by five wickets
venue = Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
umpires = GA Hele (Aus) and AC Jones (Aus)
motm =
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12972.html Scorecard]
rain =

References

Further reading

* Ralph Barker & Irving Rosenwater, "England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968", Batsford, 1969, ISBN 0-7134-0317-9.
* Percy Fender, "The Turn of the Wheel: MCC Team in Australia 1928-29", London, 1929
* 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 1930"