The Ashes, 1888, 3rd Test
England v Australia
Old Trafford, Manchester
30,31 August 1888 (3-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 21 runs
England wins the 3-Test series 2-1

Toss: England
Umpires: FH Farrands and CK Pullin

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

Day 1: England 172, Australia 32/2 (Trott 14*)

England 1st innings
*WG Grace             c Bonnor           b Turner              38
R Abel                                   b Turner               0
G Ulyett                                 b Turner               0
WW Read                                  b Turner              19
W Barnes                                 b Ferris              24
FH Sugg                                  b Woods               24
W Gunn                lbw                b Turner              15
R Peel                lbw                b Ferris              11
J Briggs              not out                                  22
GA Lohmann            run out                                   0
+R Pilling            c Bonnor           b Woods               17
Extras                (b 2)                                     2
Total                 (all out, 113.1 overs)                  172

FoW: 1-0, 2-6, 3-58, 4-59, 5-96,
     6-115, 7-127, 8-135, 9-136, 10-172.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ferris                      40     20     49      2
Turner                      55     21     86      5
Woods                       18.1    6     35      2

Australia 1st innings
*PS McDonnell         c Grace            b Peel                15
AC Bannerman                             b Peel                 1
GHS Trott             st Pilling         b Peel                17
GJ Bonnor             run out                                   5
JD Edwards                               b Peel                 0
CTB Turner                               b Peel                 0
SMJ Woods             c Read             b Briggs               4
+JM Blackham          c Read             b Lohmann             15
JJ Lyons              c Lohmann          b Peel                22
J Worrall                                b Peel                 0
JJ Ferris             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2)                                     2
Total                 (all out, 52.2 overs)                    81

FoW: 1-16, 2-32, 3-35, 4-39, 5-39, 6-43, 7-45, 8-81, 9-81, 10-81.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Peel                        26.2   17     31      7
Lohmann                     17      9     31      1
Briggs                       9      4     17      1

Australia 2nd innings (following on)
*PS McDonnell                            b Lohmann              0
AC Bannerman          c Grace            b Peel                 0
GHS Trott             run out                                   0
GJ Bonnor             c Grace            b Peel                 0
+JM Blackham                             b Lohmann              5
JJ Lyons                                 b Briggs              32
SMJ Woods                                b Lohmann              0
CTB Turner                               b Briggs              26
JD Edwards            c Grace            b Peel                 1
JJ Ferris             c Abel             b Peel                 3
J Worrall             not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1)                               3
Total                 (all out, 31.1 overs)                    70

FoW: 1-0, 2-0, 3-1, 4-7, 5-7, 6-7, 7-55, 8-56, 9-70, 10-70.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Peel                        16      4     37      4
Lohmann                      8      3     20      3
Briggs                       7.1    2     10      2

Australia were unable to to avoid following-on, the compulsory margin in 1888 being 80 runs.

The match ended at 1.52pm (before lunch on the second day), after Australia had been bowled out in 69 minutes.

Heavy rain before the match produced a soft, wet pitch and gave the side batting first an enormous advantage. A hot, drying sun on the second day made the pitch a vicious "sticky"; 18 wickets fell before lunch.