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The Ashes. Australia v England 1924/25. ‘Sutcliffe’s Series’. A rare complete set of official scorecards for the five Test matches in the 1924/25 Ashes series played in Australia, all with complete printed scores, and originally from the personal collection of Jack Hobbs. The first, played at Sydney on the 19th- 27th December 1924 with Australia winning by 193 runs, Hobbs scoring 115 & 57, Sutcliffe 59 & 115, the second, at Melbourne on the 1st- 8th January 1925 with Australia winning by 81 runs (Hobbs 154 & 22, Sutcliffe 176 & 127), the third, at Adelaide on the 16th- 23rd January 1925 with Australia winning by 11 runs (Hobbs 119 & 27, Sutcliffe 33 & 59), the fourth, at Melbourne on the 13th- 18th February 1925 with England winning by an innings and 29 runs (Hobbs 66, Sutcliffe 143), and the fifth, at Sydney on the 27th February- 3rd March 1925 with Australia winning by 307 runs (Hobbs 0 & 13, Sutcliffe 22 & 0). Australia winning the series 4-1. Very good condition.
The years of 1924 and 1925 were probably Sutcliffe’s most productive years, both for Yorkshire and for England. Sutcliffe had an exceptional tour of Australia with M.C.C. in 1924/25. In the five Tests, he scored 734 runs at an average of 81.55 with four centuries and a highest score of 176. In the 1925 County Championship Sutcliffe was second in the batting averages behind Hobbs, scoring 2,528 runs at 66.52 with 8 centuries and a highest score of exactly 200 against

Leicestershire.

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