The Ashes, 1884/85, 1st Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
12,13,15,16 December 1884 (timeless match)
Result: England won by 8 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: TN Cole and IA Fisher
Test Debuts: W Attewell, J Briggs, W Flowers, J Hunter, R Peel (Eng).
Balls per over: 4
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 243
Day 2: England 233/2 (Scotton 71*, Barnes 86*)
Day 3: England 369, Australia 152/4 (Giffen 43*, Cooper 3*)
Australia 1st innings
AC Bannerman lbw b Peel 2
PS McDonnell b Attewell 124
*WL Murdoch c Hunter b Peel 5
HJH Scott b Peel 19
+JM Blackham c Attewell b Bates 66
G Giffen b Bates 4
GJ Bonnor c Read b Bates 4
GE Palmer c Shrewsbury b Bates 6
HF Boyle c Hunter b Bates 1
G Alexander run out 3
WH Cooper not out 0
Extras (b 7, w 2) 9
Total (all out, 149.1 overs) 243
FoW: 1-33, 2-47, 3-95, 4-190, 5-224,
6-227, 7-233, 8-239, 9-242, 10-243.
Bowling O M R W
Peel 41 15 68 3
Attewell 50 23 48 1
Ulyett 10 3 23 0
Flowers 10 1 27 0
Barnes 14 2 37 0
Bates 24.1 10 31 5
England 1st innings
WH Scotton st Blackham b Giffen 82
*A Shrewsbury b Boyle 0
G Ulyett c Alexander b Boyle 68
W Barnes b Palmer 134
W Bates c Giffen b Palmer 18
W Flowers lbw b Palmer 15
JM Read c & b Giffen 14
J Briggs c Blackham b Palmer 1
W Attewell not out 12
R Peel b Palmer 4
+J Hunter run out 1
Extras (b 18, lb 1, nb 1) 20
Total (all out, 243.2 overs) 369
FoW: 1-11, 2-107, 3-282, 4-306, 5-325,
6-344, 7-349, 8-349, 9-361, 10-369.
Bowling O M R W
Boyle 63 25 95 2
Giffen 56.2 26 80 2
Cooper 18 4 26 0
Bonnor 16 10 23 0
Palmer 73 37 81 5
McDonnell 3 0 11 0
Scott 4 1 9 0
Alexander 10 3 24 0
Australia 2nd innings
+JM Blackham b Peel 11
PS McDonnell run out 83
*WL Murdoch b Peel 7
G Giffen c Shrewsbury b Peel 47
HJH Scott lbw b Peel 1
WH Cooper c Shrewsbury b Barnes 6
GJ Bonnor c Peel b Barnes 19
GE Palmer b Barnes 0
G Alexander st Hunter b Peel 10
HF Boyle not out 0
AC Bannerman absent hurt -
Extras (b 7) 7
Total (all out, 116.1 overs) 191
FoW: 1-28, 2-56, 3-125, 4-139, 5-160, 6-160, 7-171, 8-182, 9-191.
Bowling O M R W
Peel 40.1 15 51 5
Attewell 18 10 26 0
Ulyett 2 1 3 0
Flowers 16 4 27 0
Barnes 31 10 51 3
Bates 9 3 26 0
England 2nd innings (target: 66 runs)
WH Scotton c Scott b Boyle 2
W Flowers c Scott b Palmer 7
*A Shrewsbury not out 26
W Barnes not out 28
Extras (b 4) 4
Total (2 wickets, 31 overs) 67
DNB: G Ulyett, W Bates, JM Read, J Briggs, W Attewell, R Peel,
+J Hunter.
FoW: 1-8, 2-14.
Bowling O M R W
Boyle 9 3 21 1
Giffen 6 0 19 0
Palmer 16 5 23 1 |
