The Ashes, 1884, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
11,12,13 August 1884 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn
England wins the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: FH Farrands and CK Pullin

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

Day 1: Australia 363/2 (Murdoch 145*, Scott 101*)
Day 2: Australia 551, England 71/2 (Scotton 21*, Shrewsbury 6*)

Australia 1st innings
AC Bannerman          c Read             b Peate                4
PS McDonnell          c Ulyett           b Peate              103
*WL Murdoch           c Peate            b Barnes             211
HJH Scott             c Lyttelton        b Barnes             102
G Giffen              c Steel            b Ulyett              32
GJ Bonnor             c Read             b Grace                8
WE Midwinter          c Grace            b Lyttelton           30
+JM Blackham          lbw                b Lyttelton           31
GE Palmer             not out                                   8
FR Spofforth                             b Lyttelton            4
HF Boyle              c Harris           b Lyttelton            1
Extras                (b 7, lb 10)                             17
Total                 (all out, 311 overs)                    551

FoW: 1-15, 2-158, 3-365, 4-432, 5-454,
     6-494, 7-532, 8-545, 9-549, 10-551.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Peate                       63     25     99      2
Ulyett                      56     24     96      1
Steel                       34      7     71      0
Barnes                      52     25     81      2
Barlow                      50     22     72      0
Grace                       24     14     23      1
Read                         7      0     36      0
Scotton                      5      1     20      0
Harris                       5      1     15      0
Lyttelton                   12      5     19      4
Shrewsbury                   3      2      2      0

England 1st innings
WG Grace              run out                                  19
WH Scotton            c Scott            b Giffen              90
W Barnes              c Midwinter        b Spofforth           19
A Shrewsbury          c Blackham         b Midwinter           10
AG Steel              lbw                b Palmer              31
G Ulyett              c Bannerman        b Palmer              10
RG Barlow             c Murdoch          b Palmer               0
*Lord Harris          lbw                b Palmer              14
+Hon.A Lyttelton                         b Spofforth            8
WW Read                                  b Boyle              117
E Peate               not out                                   4
Extras                (b 8, lb 7, w 6, nb 3)                   24
Total                 (all out, 198 overs)                    346

FoW: 1-32, 2-60, 3-75, 4-120, 5-136,
     6-136, 7-160, 8-181, 9-332, 10-346.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bonnor                      13      4     33      0
Palmer                      54     19     90      4
Spofforth                   58     31     81      2
Boyle                       13      7     24      1
Midwinter                   31     16     41      1
Giffen                      26     13     36      1
Scott                        3      0     17      0

England 2nd innings (following on)
RG Barlow             not out                                  21
+Hon.A Lyttelton                         b Boyle               17
A Shrewsbury          c Scott            b Giffen              37
*Lord Harris          not out                                   6
Extras                (b 3, lb 1)                               4
Total                 (2 wickets, 26 overs)                    85

DNB: WG Grace, WH Scotton, W Barnes, AG Steel, G Ulyett, WW Read,
     E Peate.

FoW: 1-22, 2-73.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Palmer                       2      1      2      0
Spofforth                    6      2     14      0
Boyle                        8      1     32      1
Midwinter                    3      0     15      0
Giffen                       7      1     18      1

WL Murdoch scored the first double-century in Test cricket. His stand with Scott of 207 was a Test record for any wicket.

WW Read reached his hundred in 113 minutes with 36 scoring strokes.

For the first time in Test cricket all eleven players bowled during Australia's innings,

Grace keeping wicket while Lyttelton took four wickets with lobs. Declarations were not permitted until 1889.