The Ashes, 1886, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Kennington Oval, London
12,13,14 August 1886 (3-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 217 runs
England wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RP Carpenter and FH Farrands
Test Debuts: J McIlwraith (Aus).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 279/2 (Shrewsbury 42*, Read 30*)
Day 2: England 434, Australia 68 and 8/0 (McIlwraith 3*, Evans 1*)

 
England 1st innings
WG Grace              c Blackham         b Spofforth          170
WH Scotton                               b Garrett             34
A Shrewsbury          c Jones            b Trumble             44
WW Read               c Jones            b Spofforth           94
W Barnes              c Evans            b Trumble              3
*AG Steel             st Blackham        b Trumble              9
RG Barlow             c Trumble          b Garrett              3
G Ulyett              c McIlwraith       b Garrett              0
J Briggs              c Trumble          b Spofforth           53
+EFS Tylecote         not out                                  10
GA Lohmann                               b Spofforth            7
Extras                (b 3, lb 2, nb 2)                         7
Total                 (all out, 304.1 overs)                  434

FoW: 1-170, 2-216, 3-287, 4-293, 5-305,
     6-314, 7-320, 8-410, 9-418, 10-434.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Giffen                      62     32     96      0
Garrett                     99     55     88      3
Palmer                      47     21     80      0
Bruce                        6      2      9      0
Spofforth                   30.1   12     65      4
Evans                       13     10      6      0
Trumble                     47     14     83      3

Australia 1st innings
SP Jones              c Grace            b Lohmann              2
GE Palmer             c Barlow           b Briggs              15
G Giffen              c Shrewsbury       b Briggs               5
*HJH Scott            c Tylecote         b Lohmann              6
JW Trumble            c Read             b Lohmann             13
J McIlwraith                             b Lohmann              2
+JM Blackham                         c & b Briggs               0
TW Garrett            c Grace            b Lohmann              2
W Bruce               c Ulyett           b Lohmann              9
E Evans               not out                                   9
FR Spofforth                             b Lohmann              1
Extras                (b 4)                                     4
Total                 (all out, 60.2 overs)                    68

FoW: 1-2, 2-11, 3-22, 4-34, 5-35, 6-35, 7-44, 8-49, 9-67, 10-68.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lohmann                     30.2   17     36      7
Briggs                      30     17     28      3

Australia 2nd innings (following on)
J McIlwraith          c Tylecote         b Briggs               7
E Evans               run out                                   3
SP Jones              c Read             b Lohmann              2
G Giffen                             c & b Lohmann             47
*HJH Scott            c Grace            b Lohmann              4
GE Palmer             st Tylecote        b Steel               35
JW Trumble            c Read             b Briggs              18
+JM Blackham          c Grace            b Briggs               5
W Bruce                                  b Lohmann             11
TW Garrett            c Shrewsbury       b Lohmann              4
FR Spofforth          not out                                   5
Extras                (b 7, lb 1)                               8
Total                 (all out, 97 overs)                     149

FoW: 1-11, 2-14, 3-26, 4-30, 5-84,
     6-120, 7-129, 8-131, 9-137, 10-149.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lohmann                     37     14     68      5
Briggs                      32     19     30      3
Barlow                      14      8     13      0
Barnes                       7      4     10      0
Steel                        7      1     20      1

WG Grace (170) recaptured the record England Test score which A Shrewsbury had claimed in the previous match, he batted for 270 minutes, hit 24 fours and made his 170 out of 216.