Australia v England, 1881/82, 1st Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
31 December 1881, 2,3,4 January 1882 (timeless match)
Result: Match drawn (by agreement)
4-Test series level 0-0
Toss: England
Umpires: James Lillywhite jnr (Eng) and JS Swift
Test Debuts: WH Cooper, E Evans, G Giffen, HH Massie (Aus);
RG Barlow, W Bates, E Peate, R Pilling, WH Scotton, A Shrewsbury (Eng).
Balls per over: 4
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 294
Day 2: Australia 277/6 (Horan 106*, Palmer 23*)
Day 3: Australia 320, England 238/7 (Scotton 13*, Shaw 14*)
England 1st innings
RG Barlow c Bannerman b Palmer 0
G Ulyett c McDonnell b Cooper 87
J Selby run out 55
W Bates c Giffen b Boyle 58
A Shrewsbury c Blackham b Evans 11
WE Midwinter b Evans 36
T Emmett b Evans 5
WH Scotton run out 21
*A Shaw c Boyle b Cooper 5
+R Pilling c Giffen b Cooper 5
E Peate not out 4
Extras (lb 6, nb 1) 7
Total (all out, 170.2 overs) 294
FoW: 1-5, 2-142, 3-151, 4-187, 5-227,
6-232, 7-277, 8-284, 9-289, 10-294.
Bowling O M R W
Palmer 36 9 73 1
Evans 71 35 81 3
Cooper 32.2 8 80 3
Boyle 18 9 18 1
Giffen 3 0 12 0
Bannerman 10 3 23 0
Australia 1st innings
HH Massie st Pilling b Midwinter 2
AC Bannerman b Ulyett 38
*WL Murdoch b Ulyett 39
PS McDonnell b Midwinter 19
TP Horan run out 124
G Giffen b Emmett 30
+JM Blackham b Emmett 2
GE Palmer c Pilling b Bates 34
E Evans b Bates 3
HF Boyle not out 4
WH Cooper st Pilling b Peate 7
Extras (b 4, lb 11, w 3) 18
Total (all out, 237 overs) 320
FoW: 1-9, 2-82, 3-97, 4-113, 5-220,
6-226, 7-305, 8-309, 9-309, 10-320.
Bowling O M R W
Peate 59 24 64 1
Midwinter 39 21 50 2
Bates 41 20 43 2
Emmett 35 12 61 2
Ulyett 20 5 41 2
Barlow 23 13 22 0
Shaw 20 11 21 0
England 2nd innings
RG Barlow st Blackham b Palmer 33
G Ulyett st Blackham b Cooper 23
J Selby c Boyle b Cooper 70
W Bates c Bannerman b Cooper 47
A Shrewsbury b Cooper 16
WE Midwinter c Massie b Cooper 4
T Emmett b Cooper 6
WH Scotton not out 50
*A Shaw c Cooper b Boyle 40
+R Pilling b Palmer 3
E Peate run out 2
Extras (b 7, lb 2, nb 5) 14
Total (all out, 229.3 overs) 308
FoW: 1-37, 2-96, 3-179, 4-183, 5-188,
6-197, 7-217, 8-300, 9-304, 10-308.
Bowling O M R W
Palmer 77 19 77 2
Evans 73 45 63 0
Cooper 61 19 120 6
Boyle 14.3 6 19 1
McDonnell 4 1 15 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 283 runs)
+JM Blackham b Bates 25
AC Bannerman b Ulyett 8
TP Horan c Emmett b Bates 26
*WL Murdoch not out 22
PS McDonnell not out 33
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 1) 13
Total (3 wickets, 55 overs) 127
DNB: HH Massie, G Giffen, GE Palmer, E Evans, HF Boyle,
WH Cooper.
FoW: 1-35, 2-70, 3-72.
Bowling O M R W
Peate 11 5 22 0
Bates 13 3 43 2
Emmett 16 11 19 0
Ulyett 15 3 30 1
WE Midwinter made his debut for England having played for Australia in
the first two Test matches. |
