August 14, 1926, was the first day of the 5th Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Oval in London. While many of his friends suspected as much, Gordon’s Governor General Charlie Macartney announced this would be his final Test match. Charlie had turned 40 on June 27 which was the rest day in the Second Test of the same series in which Charlie scored 133 not out in a score of 5 for 194 to draw the match.
The series was a fitting end to his Test career with Charlie topping the batting list for the tour with 1,561 runs at 53.82 and 473 runs in the Test matches at a Bradman-like average of 94.60
