Australia v England, 1878/79, Only Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
2,3,4 January 1879 (timeless match)
Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Australia wins the one-off Test
Toss: England
Umpires: P Coady and G Coulthard
Test Debuts: FE Allan, AC Bannerman, HF Boyle (Aus); CA Absolom,
Lord Harris, L Hone, AN Hornby, AP Lucas, FA MacKinnon, VPFA Royle,
SS Schultz, AJ Webbe (Eng).
Balls per over: 4
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 113, Australia 95/3 (AC Bannerman 23*, Spofforth 35*)
Day 2: Australia 256, England 103/6 (MacKinnon 5*)
England 1st innings
G Ulyett b Spofforth 0
AP Lucas b Allan 6
AJ Webbe b Allan 4
AN Hornby b Spofforth 2
*Lord Harris b Garrett 33
VPFA Royle b Spofforth 3
FA MacKinnon b Spofforth 0
T Emmett c Horan b Spofforth 0
CA Absolom c AC Bannerman b Boyle 52
+L Hone c Blackham b Spofforth 7
SS Schultz not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 2) 6
Total (all out, 54 overs) 113
FoW: 1-0, 2-7, 3-10, 4-14, 5-26, 6-26, 7-26, 8-89, 9-113, 10-113.
Bowling O M R W
Spofforth 25 9 48 6
Allan 17 4 30 2
Garrett 5 0 18 1
Boyle 7 1 11 1
Australia 1st innings
C Bannerman b Emmett 15
WL Murdoch c Webbe b Ulyett 4
TP Horan c Hone b Emmett 10
AC Bannerman b Schultz 73
FR Spofforth c Royle b Emmett 39
TW Garrett c Hone b Emmett 26
FE Allan b Hornby 5
HF Boyle c Royle b Emmett 28
+JM Blackham b Emmett 6
TJD Kelly c Webbe b Emmett 10
*DW Gregory not out 12
Extras (b 19, lb 2, w 7) 28
Total (all out, 159.3 overs) 256
FoW: 1-16, 2-30, 3-37, 4-101, 5-131,
6-158, 7-215, 8-224, 9-234, 10-256.
Bowling O M R W
Emmett 59 31 68 7
Ulyett 62 24 93 1
Lucas 18 6 31 0
Schultz 6.3 3 16 1
Hornby 7 7 0 1
Royle 4 1 6 0
Harris 3 0 14 0
England 2nd innings
G Ulyett b Spofforth 14
AP Lucas c Boyle b Allan 13
AJ Webbe lbw b Allan 0
AN Hornby b Spofforth 4
*Lord Harris c Horan b Spofforth 36
VPFA Royle c Spofforth b Boyle 18
FA MacKinnon b Spofforth 5
CA Absolom c & b Spofforth 6
T Emmett not out 24
+L Hone b Spofforth 6
SS Schultz c & b Spofforth 20
Extras (b 10, lb 4) 14
Total (all out, 83 overs) 160
FoW: 1-26, 2-28, 3-28, 4-34, 5-78,
6-103, 7-103, 8-118, 9-128, 10-160.
Bowling O M R W
Spofforth 35 16 62 7
Allan 28 11 50 2
Garrett 10 6 18 0
Boyle 10 4 16 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 18 runs)
C Bannerman not out 15
WL Murdoch not out 4
Extras 0
Total (0 wickets, 2.3 overs) 19
DNB: TP Horan, AC Bannerman, FR Spofforth, TW Garrett, FE Allan,
HF Boyle, +JM Blackham, TJD Kelly, *DW Gregory.
Bowling O M R W
Ulyett 1 0 9 0
Schultz 1.3 0 10 0
FR Spofforth achieved the first Test match hat-trick when he dismissed Royle, Mackinnon and
Emmett in the first innings.
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