The Ashes, 1886/87, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
28,29,31 January 1887 (timeless match)
Result: England won by 13 runs
England leads the 2-Test series 1-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: C Bannerman and H Rawlinson
Test Debuts: JJ Ferris, H Moses, CTB Turner (Aus); W Gunn,
M Sherwin (Eng).
Balls per over: 4
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 45, Australia 76/4 (Moses 21*, Bannerman 2*)
Day 2: Australia 119, England 103/7 (Briggs 0*)
England 1st innings
W Bates c Midwinter b Ferris 8
*A Shrewsbury c McShane b Ferris 2
W Barnes c Spofforth b Turner 0
RG Barlow b Turner 2
JM Read c Spofforth b Ferris 5
W Gunn b Turner 0
WH Scotton c Jones b Turner 1
J Briggs c Midwinter b Turner 5
GA Lohmann c Garrett b Ferris 17
W Flowers b Turner 2
+M Sherwin not out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1) 3
Total (all out, 35.3 overs) 45
FoW: 1-11, 2-11, 3-13, 4-13, 5-13, 6-17, 7-21, 8-29, 9-41, 10-45.
Bowling O M R W
Turner 18 11 15 6
Ferris 17.3 7 27 4
Australia 1st innings
+JM Blackham c Sherwin b Lohmann 4
*PS McDonnell b Barnes 14
H Moses b Barlow 31
SP Jones c Shrewsbury b Bates 31
CTB Turner b Barlow 3
AC Bannerman not out 15
PG McShane lbw b Briggs 5
WE Midwinter c Shrewsbury b Barlow 0
TW Garrett b Lohmann 12
FR Spofforth b Lohmann 2
JJ Ferris c Barlow b Barnes 1
Extras (b 1) 1
Total (all out, 113.1 overs) 119
FoW: 1-8, 2-18, 3-64, 4-67, 5-86,
6-95, 7-96, 8-116, 9-118, 10-119.
Bowling O M R W
Barnes 22.1 16 19 2
Lohmann 21 12 30 3
Briggs 14 5 25 1
Barlow 35 23 25 3
Bates 21 9 19 1
England 2nd innings
W Bates b Ferris 24
*A Shrewsbury b Ferris 29
W Barnes c Moses b Garrett 32
RG Barlow c Jones b Ferris 4
JM Read b Ferris 0
W Gunn b Turner 4
GA Lohmann lbw b Ferris 3
J Briggs b Spofforth 33
WH Scotton c Spofforth b Garrett 6
W Flowers c McDonnell b Turner 14
+M Sherwin not out 21
Extras (b 9, lb 5) 14
Total (all out, 136.2 overs) 184
FoW: 1-31, 2-80, 3-92, 4-92, 5-98,
6-99, 7-103, 8-128, 9-153, 10-184.
Bowling O M R W
Turner 44.2 22 53 2
Ferris 61 30 76 5
Spofforth 12 3 17 1
Midwinter 4 1 10 0
Garrett 12 7 8 2
McShane 3 0 6 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 111 runs)
+JM Blackham b Barnes 5
*PS McDonnell lbw b Barnes 0
H Moses c Shrewsbury b Barnes 24
SP Jones c Read b Barnes 18
CTB Turner c & b Barnes 7
AC Bannerman b Lohmann 4
PG McShane b Briggs 0
WE Midwinter lbw b Barnes 10
TW Garrett c Gunn b Lohmann 10
FR Spofforth b Lohmann 5
JJ Ferris not out 0
Extras (b 12, lb 2) 14
Total (all out, 107 overs) 97
FoW: 1-4, 2-5, 3-29, 4-38, 5-58, 6-61, 7-80, 8-83, 9-95, 10-97.
Bowling O M R W
Barnes 46 29 28 6
Lohmann 24 11 20 3
Briggs 7 5 7 1
Barlow 13 6 20 0
Bates 17 11 8 0
McDonnell
became the first captain to invite the opposition
to bat on winning the toss in a test match. Turner
and Ferris bowled unchanged throughout their first
innings at test level to dismiss 'Shaw's Team' for
what was England's lowest score until 1994. In the
second innings, A.C.Bannerman batted for an hour without
adding to his score. His elder brother Charles Bannerman
- the man who had faced the first ball, scored the
first run, reached the first hundred and had been
the first batsman to retire hurt in Test cricket -
made his first appearance as an umpire at this level.
The
England team represented the cream of professional
talent playing in the country at that time. Six of
the players were from Nottinghamshire, the county
of the organisers, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury later committed suicide, but in his day
was the leading opening batsman in the country. Both
Midwinter and Ferris played for both England and Australia
(Midwinter played for England in the early 1880s,
Ferris played for Gloucestershire in the 1890s and
was picked for an English tour to South Africa in
1895/6 (?)). Ferris and Turner came to England with
the Australian touring team of 1888, and broke numerous
bowling records. Turner took over 200 wickets in the
season. He is also the only bowler ever to have taken
100 wickets in an Australian domestic season (1887/8).
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