GUIDES

The Follow-On Rule, Explained— What the follow-on is, when a captain can enforce it, and how the margin has changed since cricket's first Test in 1877.
How CricArcade Decides a Single Delivery— The geometric-mean matchup at the heart of every engine: how a batter's numbers and a bowler's become a run and a wicket probability, then a result.
How a Test Pitch Plays— Green tops, dustbowls and roads: 60-plus real venues, per-match pitch preparation, wear over five days, the new ball and the sessions in The Follow-On.
The Six Eras of Test Cricket— From the three-day Golden Age to the DRS era: six periods of Test cricket, each calibrated to the real match record, and two findings that surprised us.
Test Captaincy: Declarations, the Follow-On and Reviews— When to bat first, when to declare, whether to enforce the follow-on and when to burn a review, and how The Follow-On's AI captain weighs each call.
Settling In, and the Myth of the Nervous Nineties— A new batter is most vulnerable early, and the nervous nineties turn out to be a myth. How CricArcade models both, measured from real Test data.
How to Read a Cricket Scorecard— A plain-English guide to the batting card, bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets and the result line, with what every abbreviation actually means.

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England v Australia 4th Test

Australia tour of England - 1905 (1905) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 24 July 1905 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 80 runs

England won by an innings and 80 runs. Stanley Jackson top-scored with 113 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1905 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

England, 407 (10 wkts)

Archie MacLaren	caught (Clem Hill)	14	0
Tom Hayward	caught (Algy Gehrs)	82	0
Johnny Tyldesley	bowled	24	0
C.B. Fry	bowled	17	0
Stanley Jackson	caught (Tibby Cotter)	113	0
Reggie Spooner	caught (Charlie McLeod)	52	0
George Hirst	caught (Frank Laver)	25	0
Ted Arnold	run out	25	0
Wilfred Rhodes	not out	27	0
Dick Lilley	lbw	28	0
Walter Brearley	caught (Joe Darling)	0	4

Tibby Cotter 26.00-4-83-0Charlie McLeod 47.00-8-125-5Warwick Armstrong 48.00-14-93-1Frank Laver 21.00-5-73-1Monty Noble 15.50-3-33-2

Australia, 188 (10 wkts)

Monty Noble	bowled	7	0
Victor Trumper	caught (Wilfred Rhodes)	11	0
Clem Hill	caught (C.B. Fry)	0	2
Warwick Armstrong	bowled	29	0
Reggie Duff	caught (Archie MacLaren)	11	0
Joe Darling	caught (Johnny Tyldesley)	73	0
Algy Gehrs	bowled	0	3
Charlie McLeod	bowled	6	0
Tibby Cotter	caught (C.B. Fry)	11	0
Frank Laver	bowled	24	0
James Kelly	not out	16	0

George Hirst 2.00-0-12-0Walter Brearley 17.00-3-72-4Ted Arnold 14.00-2-53-2Wilfred Rhodes 5.50-1-25-2Stanley Jackson 7.00-0-26-2

Australia, 164 (10 wkts)

Warwick Armstrong	bowled	9	0
Reggie Duff	caught (Reggie Spooner)	60	0
Victor Trumper	lbw	30	0
Clem Hill	caught	27	0
Monty Noble	caught (Wilfred Rhodes)	10	0
Joe Darling	caught (Wilfred Rhodes)	0	2
James Kelly	caught (Wilfred Rhodes)	5	0
Algy Gehrs	caught (Wilfred Rhodes)	11	0
Charlie McLeod	caught (Ted Arnold)	6	0
Tibby Cotter	run out	0	0
Frank Laver	not out	6	0

George Hirst 7.00-2-19-0Walter Brearley 14.00-3-54-4Ted Arnold 15.00-5-35-2Wilfred Rhodes 11.30-3-36-3Stanley Jackson 5.00-0-20-0

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