Date-stamped : 16 May94 - 14:28
ENGLAND vs AUSTRALIA, Test 5
Played at: The Oval, Dates: August 11, 12, 13, 1902.

Having lost the Ashes (the 3-run thriller at Machester put   Aus-
tralia  2-0  up for the series), England came back to win another
close Test by 1 wicket at the Oval.

Pre-Match Drama: None! Apparently the feud between Lord HAwke and
Archie  MacLaren  had  been  resolved,  and Jessop and Hirst were
reinstated to their rightful places in the England eleven.   Just
as well, since these two starred in England's win.

Highlights:

* Australia recovered from 175/7 to 324  all  out,  with  Trumble
top-scoring  with  64*.  Trumble batted at 9 in this innings, and
was "demoted" to 10 in the 2nd (he  got  7*  there).   This   may
have been his highest Test score.  Hirst picked up 5/77.

* Trumble bowled unchanged throughout  England's  first  innings,
returning  8/65  (his  best Test figures, I think). For those who
read this far, a factoid: Trumble is the only  bowler to   record
hattricks in 2 different Tests (TJ Matthews of Australia had hat-
tricks in each innings of the  same  Test).   Hirst  top   scored
with 43. England finished at 183, 141 short.

* Trumper's run out early in the Australian 2nd innings  inspired
England's  bowlers,  and Australia were bowled out for 121. Lock-
wood took 5/45, and Hirst chipped in with the wicket of top scor-
er Clem Hill.

* Set 263 to win, England collapsed to 48/5, when Jessop entered.
Jessop  hit 104 (out of 139) in 77 minutes, in an astonishing di-
play of hitting.  Buses pulled up  outside  the ground  so   that
passengers could watch, and resumed their routes after Jessop was
out.

* At 187/7, it was far from over. Hirst batted  coolly,  and  the
score advanced to 248/9 when he was joined by fellow Yorkshireman
Rhodes.

* Legend has it (denied by Hirst  and  Rhodes)  that  Hirst  told
Rhodes  "We'll  get  'em  in singles". Cardus wrote that he would
like to think that Hirst added "And if tha gets out, ah'll  cream
thee!".

* Rhodes' first scoring stroke was a streaky 4. Thereafter, apart
from an overthrow, every run was indeed a single.

* Hirst finished 58*, in a fine allround performance. Rhodes, who
hit the winning run, ended on 6*.

<END> Contributed by Uday.Rajan (urajan@leland.Stanford.EDU)