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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 18 (18/18)
The Ashes, 1884/85, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,3,5 January 1885 (timeless match)

Result: England won by 10 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: EH Elliott and James Lillywhite jnr (Eng)
Test Debuts: W Bruce, AH Jarvis, AP Marr, S Morris, HA Musgrove, RJ Pope, WR Robertson, JW Trumble, J Worrall (Aus).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 303/9 (Briggs 65*)
  • Day 2: England 401, Australia 151/3 (Trumble 41*, Jarvis 15*)
  • Day 3: Australia 279 and 66/2 (Bruce 41*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    *A Shrewsbury         c Worrall          b Morris              72 180      6 0
    WH Scotton                               b Bruce               13          1 0
    W Barnes                                 b Morris              58 125      3 0
    W Bates                                  b Bruce               35          3 0
    W Flowers             c Worrall          b Bruce                5          0 0
    JM Read                                  b Jones                3          0 0
    J Briggs              c Horan            b Jones              121 150     15 0
    G Ulyett                                 b Jones                0   1   1  0 0
    W Attewell            c Jones            b Worrall             30          4 0
    R Peel                                   b Jones                5          0 0
    +J Hunter             not out                                  39  60      4 1
    Extras                (b 7, lb 12, nb 1)                       20
    Total                 (all out, 216.2 overs)                  401
    
    FoW: 1-28 (Scotton), 2-144 (Barnes), 3-161 (Shrewsbury),
         4-191 (Bates), 5-194 (Flowers), 6-204 (Read),
         7-204 (Ulyett), 8-254 (Attewell), 9-303 (Peel),
         10-401 (Briggs).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Bruce                       55     22     88      3
    Worrall                     56     28     97      1
    Marr                        11      6     11      0
    Trumble                     23      9     41      0
    Robertson                   11      3     24      0
    Morris                      34     14     73      2
    Jones                       25.2    9     47      4
    Horan                        1      1      0      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    SP Jones              lbw                b Peel                19       0  0
    S Morris              lbw                b Attewell             4       1  0
    *TP Horan             c Shrewsbury       b Peel                63 165   3  0
    JW Trumble                           c & b Barnes              59 210   2  0
    +AH Jarvis            c Briggs           b Flowers             82 220   2  0
    RJ Pope               c Flowers          b Attewell             0       0  0
    AP Marr                                  b Barnes               0       0  0
    HA Musgrove           c Read             b Barnes               4       0  0
    J Worrall                                b Flowers             34       5  0
    W Bruce               not out                                   3       0  0
    WR Robertson          c Barnes           b Peel                 0       0  0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 4, w 2, nb 2)                   11
    Total                 (all out, 274.1 overs)                  279
    
    FoW: 1-4 (Morris), 2-46 (Jones), 3-124 (Horan), 4-190 (Trumble),
         5-193 (Pope), 6-193 (Marr), 7-203 (Musgrove),
         8-276 (Jarvis), 9-278 (Worrall), 10-279 (Robertson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Flowers                     29     12     46      2
    Attewell                    61     35     54      2
    Barnes                      50     27     50      3
    Peel                       102.1   56     78      3
    Bates                       17     11     17      0
    Ulyett                      15      7     23      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (following on)                            R   M   4  6
    SP Jones                                 b Ulyett               9       0  0
    W Bruce               c Hunter           b Barnes              45       2  1
    *TP Horan             c Hunter           b Barnes              16       1  0
    JW Trumble                           c & b Barnes              11       2  0
    +AH Jarvis            lbw                b Peel                10  45   0  0
    RJ Pope                                  b Peel                 3       0  0
    AP Marr                              c & b Barnes               5       1  0
    HA Musgrove           c Bates            b Peel                 9       0  0
    J Worrall                            c & b Barnes               6       1  0
    S Morris              not out                                  10       0  0
    WR Robertson                             b Barnes               2       0  0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (all out, 114.3 overs)                  126
    
    FoW: 1-29 (Jones), 2-66 (Horan), 3-80 (Trumble), 4-83 (Bruce),
         5-86 (Pope), 6-95 (Marr), 7-99 (Jarvis), 8-108 (Worrall),
         9-116 (Musgrove), 10-126 (Robertson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Flowers                     11      6     11      0
    Attewell                     5      2      7      0
    Barnes                      38.3   26     31      6
    Peel                        44     26     45      3
    Ulyett                       8      3     19      1
    Briggs                       8      3     13      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 5 runs)                            R   M   4  6
    *A Shrewsbury         not out                                   0   5   0  0
    WH Scotton            not out                                   7   5   1  0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (0 wickets, 1.1 overs)                    7
    
    DNB: W Barnes, W Bates, W Flowers, JM Read, J Briggs, G Ulyett,
         W Attewell, R Peel, +J Hunter.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Marr                         1      0      3      0
    Bruce                        0.1    0      4      0
    

    • Australia's team showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of the gate money for this match. Thus was ended the unique run of JM Blackham who played in each of the first 17 Test matches.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: A Shrewsbury, WH Scotton, W Barnes, W Bates, W Flowers, JM Read, J Briggs, G Ulyett, W Attewell, R Peel, J Hunter.

    Australia Player Pages: SP Jones, S Morris, TP Horan, JW Trumble, AH Jarvis, RJ Pope, AP Marr, HA Musgrove, J Worrall, W Bruce, WR Robertson.

    Match Officials' Pages: EH Elliott, James Lillywhite jnr.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by John.McDonald (e_jmd@*.nerc-murchison.ac.uk)  
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