The Ashes, 1897/98, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
13,14,15,16,17 December 1897 (timeless match)
Result: England won by 9 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0
Toss: England
Umpires: C Bannerman and J Phillips
Test Debuts: NF Druce, GH Hirst, JR Mason, W Storer (Eng).
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 337/5 (Hirst 37*, Ranjitsinhji 39*)
Day 2: England 551, Australia 86/5 (Gregory 18*)
Day 3: Australia 237 and 126/1 (Darling 80*, McLeod 20*)
Day 4: Australia 408, England 30/0 (MacLaren 16*, Mason 13*)
England 1st innings
JR Mason b Jones 6
*AC MacLaren c Kelly b McLeod 109
TW Hayward c Trott b Trumble 72
+W Storer c & b Trott 43
NF Druce c Gregory b McLeod 20
GH Hirst b Jones 62
KS Ranjitsinhji c Gregory b McKibbin 175
E Wainwright b Jones 10
JT Hearne c & b McLeod 17
J Briggs run out 1
T Richardson not out 24
Extras (lb 11, w 1) 12
Total (all out, 175 overs) 551
FoW: 1-26, 2-162, 3-224, 4-256, 5-258,
6-382, 7-422, 8-471, 9-477, 10-551.
Bowling O M R W
McKibbin 34 5 113 1
Jones 50 8 130 3
McLeod 28 12 80 3
Trumble 40 7 138 1
Trott 23 2 78 1
Australia 1st innings
J Darling c Druce b Richardson 7
JJ Lyons b Richardson 3
FA Iredale c Druce b Hearne 25
C Hill b Hearne 19
SE Gregory c Mason b Hearne 46
*GHS Trott b Briggs 10
+JJ Kelly b Richardson 1
H Trumble c Storer b Mason 70
CE McLeod not out 50
TR McKibbin b Hearne 0
E Jones c Richardson b Hearne 0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 4) 6
Total (all out, 100.1 overs) 237
FoW: 1-8, 2-24, 3-56, 4-57, 5-86,
6-87, 7-138, 8-228, 9-237, 10-237.
Bowling O M R W
Richardson 27 8 71 3
Hirst 28 7 57 0
Hearne 20.1 7 42 5
Briggs 20 7 42 1
Hayward 3 1 11 0
Mason 2 1 8 1
Australia 2nd innings (following on)
J Darling c Druce b Briggs 101
FA Iredale b Briggs 18
CE McLeod run out 26
C Hill b Hearne 96
SE Gregory run out 31
H Trumble c Druce b Hearne 2
JJ Lyons c Hayward b Hearne 25
*GHS Trott b Richardson 27
+JJ Kelly not out 46
E Jones lbw b Richardson 3
TR McKibbin b Hearne 6
Extras (b 12, lb 1, w 4, nb 10) 27
Total (all out, 121 overs) 408
FoW: 1-37, 2-135, 3-191, 4-269, 5-271,
6-318, 7-321, 8-382, 9-390, 10-408.
Bowling O M R W
Richardson 41 9 121 2
Hirst 13 3 49 0
Hearne 38 8 99 4
Briggs 22 3 86 2
Hayward 5 1 16 0
Mason 2 0 10 0
England 2nd innings (target: 95 runs)
JR Mason b McKibbin 32
*AC MacLaren not out 50
KS Ranjitsinhji not out 8
Extras (b 5, nb 1) 6
Total (1 wicket, 28 overs) 96
DNB: TW Hayward, +W Storer, NF Druce, GH Hirst, E Wainwright,
JT Hearne, J Briggs, T Richardson.
FoW: 1-80.
Bowling O M R W
Trumble 14 4 40 0
McKibbin 5 1 22 1
Jones 9 1 28 0
Ranjitsinhji,
although ill, emulated H Graham by scoring a hundred
in his first Test
in Australia having done so in England.
MacLaren,
deputising for AE Stoddart whose mother had died,
scored a hundred in his first Test as captain. Darling
had the distinction of being the first left-hander
to score a hundred in a Test match.McLeod
was run out by Storer when he left his crease after
being bowled by a no-ball. His deafness prevented
him from hearing the umpire's call.
Kelly
became the first wicket-keeper to prevent any byes
in a total of over 500.
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