England regained the Ashes by winning the final Test at The Oval after the first four matches against Australia were all drawn.
Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe took the score to 49–0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27.
Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional sticky wicket.
England seemed doomed to be bowled out cheaply and to lose the match.
Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably Jack Hobbs topped the averages, at the age of 43, with 2949 runs @ 77.60 Wilfred Rhodes topped the averages with 115 wickets @ 14.86, outdoing Hobbs since he was aged 48.