The fourth Test of the 1904 series was in Sydney from the 26 February to 3 March, England batted first and began badly with Warner going for 0 and England were at one stage 66 for 4. Albert Knight of Leicestershire saved them batting through the rest of the innings ending with 70 not out in four and half hours ,as England reached 249. Knight was a outstanding character among the professionals of his day. A right hand batsman who was very strong on the off side. He scored 1000
runs in a seasons ten times making his highest score 229 not out against Worcestershire in 1903.A Methodist preacher,he would pray before going in to bat. and sometimes
at the wicket- Walter Brearley threatened to report him to M.C.C for taking unfair advantage!
Australian first innings only reached 131 .Duff and Hill scored all but 51 of their runs. Arnold who was the Worcestershire all rounder took 4 for 28. In four consecutive seasons he achieved the double. Wilfred Rhodes also took 4 for 33.
Rain interfered with much of the play as England built up a substantial lead of 328. Thomas Haywood , the Surrey opening batsman scored 52. He was tallish and well built with a military moustache and bearing .Patient and watchful ,he reached his 1000 runs for 20 successive seasons. He was first choice for England from 1896 until 1909.In 1913 he became the first professional to reach his hundredth century in first class matches.
When Australia batted they were baffled by Bosanquet bowling his googlies. He took 6 for 51 runs in 15 overs. His main fame is due to him being the inventor of the googly The main batsman was Montague Noble with 53 not out.He is regarded as the greatest all rounder produced by Australia.In his career from 1893 until 1919 he scored 14034 runs at average of 40.80 and took 628 wickets at 23.08. Australia were bowled out for 171 so England won by 157 runs and the Ashes.
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