Only Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
10,11,13,14,15 February 1888 (timeless match)

Result: England won by 126 runs
England wins the one-off Test

Toss: Australia
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Phillips
Test Debuts: W Newham, AE Stoddart (Eng).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 113, Australia 35/8 (Garrett 9*, Turner 3*)
Day 2: No play
Day 3: No play
Day 4: Australia 42, England 137, Australia 47/5 (Jones 13*, Garrett 1*)

England 1st innings
A Shrewsbury          c Turner           b Ferris              44
AE Stoddart           c McShane          b Turner              16
G Ulyett              c Burton           b Turner               5
*WW Read                                 b Turner              10
JM Read                              c & b Turner               0
R Peel                hit wicket         b Ferris               3
W Newham              c Worrall          b Ferris               9
GA Lohmann            c Jones            b Ferris              12
J Briggs                                 b Turner               0
W Attewell            not out                                   7
+R Pilling            run out                                   3
Extras                (b 4)                                     4
Total                 (all out, 100 overs)                    113

FoW: 1-27, 2-36, 3-54, 4-54, 5-57,
     6-88, 7-102, 8-103, 9-103, 10-113.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Turner                      50     27     44      5
Ferris                      47     25     60      4
Garrett                      3      1      5      0

Australia 1st innings
AC Bannerman          c Ulyett           b Lohmann              2
SP Jones              c Shrewsbury       b Peel                 0
H Moses               c WW Read          b Lohmann              3
FJ Burton             c Stoddart         b Lohmann              1
J Worrall             st Pilling         b Peel                 6
PG McShane            c Shrewsbury       b Peel                 0
*PS McDonnell                            b Lohmann              3
+JM Blackham          c Shrewsbury       b Peel                 2
TW Garrett            c Pilling          b Lohmann             10
CTB Turner            not out                                   8
JJ Ferris             c WW Read          b Peel                 0
Extras                (b 6, w 1)                                7
Total                 (all out, 37.3 overs)                    42

FoW: 1-2, 2-2, 3-10, 4-16, 5-18, 6-21, 7-23, 8-26, 9-37, 10-42.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lohmann                     19     13     17      5
Peel                        18.3    9     18      5

England 2nd innings
A Shrewsbury                             b Ferris               1
AE Stoddart           c Blackham         b Turner              17
G Ulyett                                 b Ferris               5
*WW Read                                 b Turner               8
JM Read               c Bannerman        b Turner              39
R Peel                st Blackham        b Turner               9
GA Lohmann            c Blackham         b Turner               0
W Newham              lbw                b Turner              17
J Briggs              c Worrall          b McShane             14
W Attewell            not out                                  10
+R Pilling                               b Turner               5
Extras                (b 7, lb 5)                              12
Total                 (all out, 75 overs)                     137

FoW: 1-9, 2-15, 3-27, 4-54, 5-82,
     6-82, 7-84, 8-111, 9-131, 10-137.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Turner                      38     23     43      7
Ferris                      16      4     43      2
McShane                     21      7     39      1

Australia 2nd innings (target: 209 runs)
AC Bannerman          c Attewell         b Lohmann              2
*PS McDonnell                            b Peel                 6
H Moses               c Briggs           b Lohmann             11
SP Jones              c Shrewsbury       b Lohmann             15
FJ Burton             c Pilling          b Peel                 1
CTB Turner            lbw                b Attewell            12
TW Garrett            c Shrewsbury       b Peel                 1
+JM Blackham          not out                                  25
PG McShane                               b Peel                 0
J Worrall                                b Lohmann              1
JJ Ferris             c Shrewsbury       b Attewell             5
Extras                (b 2, lb 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 69.2 overs)                    82

FoW: 1-8, 2-8, 3-20, 4-21, 5-44, 6-47, 7-53, 8-60, 9-61, 10-82.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lohmann                     32     18     35      4
Peel                        33     14     40      4
Attewell                     4.2    2      4      2