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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 25 (25/25)
The Ashes, 1886/87, 1st Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
28,29,31 January 1887 (timeless match)

Result: England won by 13 runs
England leads the 2-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: C Bannerman and H Rawlinson
Test Debuts: JJ Ferris, H Moses, CTB Turner (Aus); W Gunn, M Sherwin (Eng).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 45, Australia 76/4 (Moses 21*, Bannerman 2*)
  • Day 2: Australia 119, England 103/7 (Briggs 0*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    W Bates               c Midwinter        b Ferris               8  13  18  2 0
    *A Shrewsbury         c McShane          b Ferris               2  20  18  0 0
    W Barnes              c Spofforth        b Turner               0   2   3  0 0
    RG Barlow                                b Turner               2   6   2  0 0
    JM Read               c Spofforth        b Ferris               5  20  19  0 0
    W Gunn                                   b Turner               0   5   4  0 0
    WH Scotton            c Jones            b Turner               1   9  15  0 0
    J Briggs              c Midwinter        b Turner               5  14  12  0 0
    GA Lohmann            c Garrett          b Ferris              17  30  36  3 0
    W Flowers                                b Turner               2   9  11  0 0
    +M Sherwin            not out                                   0   6   6  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 1)                               3
    Total                 (all out, 35.3 overs)                    45
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Bates), 2-11 (Barnes), 3-13 (Shrewsbury),
         4-13 (Barlow), 5-13 (Gunn), 6-17 (Scotton), 7-21 (Read),
         8-29 (Briggs), 9-41 (Flowers), 10-45 (Lohmann).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Turner                      18     11     15      6
    Ferris                      17.3    7     27      4
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    +JM Blackham          c Sherwin          b Lohmann              4   6      1 0
    *PS McDonnell                            b Barnes              14  24      0 1
    H Moses                                  b Barlow              31 125      3 0
    SP Jones              c Shrewsbury       b Bates               31  53      4 0
    CTB Turner                               b Barlow               3  10      0 0
    AC Bannerman          not out                                  15 140      1 0
    PG McShane            lbw                b Briggs               5  45      1 0
    WE Midwinter          c Shrewsbury       b Barlow               0   2   2  0 0
    TW Garrett                               b Lohmann             12  30      1 0
    FR Spofforth                             b Lohmann              2  10      0 0
    JJ Ferris             c Barlow           b Barnes               1   3      0 0
    Extras                (b 1)                                     1
    Total                 (all out, 113.1 overs)                  119
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Blackham), 2-18 (McDonnell), 3-64 (Jones),
         4-67 (Turner), 5-86 (Moses), 6-95 (McShane),
         7-96 (Midwinter), 8-116 (Garrett), 9-118 (Spofforth),
         10-119 (Ferris).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Barnes                      22.1   16     19      2
    Lohmann                     21     12     30      3
    Briggs                      14      5     25      1
    Barlow                      35     23     25      3
    Bates                       21      9     19      1
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    W Bates                                  b Ferris              24  45      3 0
    *A Shrewsbury                            b Ferris              29 125      3 0
    W Barnes              c Moses            b Garrett             32 120      2 0
    RG Barlow             c Jones            b Ferris               4  23      0 0
    JM Read                                  b Ferris               0   1   1  0 0
    W Gunn                                   b Turner               4  23      0 0
    GA Lohmann            lbw                b Ferris               3  17      0 0
    J Briggs                                 b Spofforth           33  65      4 0
    WH Scotton            c Spofforth        b Garrett              6  21      0 0
    W Flowers             c McDonnell        b Turner              14  65      1 0
    +M Sherwin            not out                                  21  30      0 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 5)                              14
    Total                 (all out, 136.2 overs)                  184
    
    FoW: 1-31 (Bates), 2-80 (Shrewsbury), 3-92 (Barlow), 4-92 (Read),
         5-98 (Barnes), 6-99 (Gunn), 7-103 (Lohmann),
         8-128 (Scotton), 9-153 (Briggs), 10-184 (Flowers).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Turner                      44.2   22     53      2
    Ferris                      61     30     76      5
    Spofforth                   12      3     17      1
    Midwinter                    4      1     10      0
    Garrett                     12      7      8      2
    McShane                      3      0      6      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 111 runs)                        R   M   4  6
    +JM Blackham                             b Barnes               5   9   0  0
    *PS McDonnell         lbw                b Barnes               0   5   0  0
    H Moses               c Shrewsbury       b Barnes              24 176   0  0
    SP Jones              c Read             b Barnes              18  40   2  0
    CTB Turner                           c & b Barnes               7  22   0  0
    AC Bannerman                             b Lohmann              4  84   0  0
    PG McShane                               b Briggs               0   4   0  0
    WE Midwinter          lbw                b Barnes              10  28   1  0
    TW Garrett            c Gunn             b Lohmann             10  25   0  0
    FR Spofforth                             b Lohmann              5  22   0  0
    JJ Ferris             not out                                   0   6   0  0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 2)                             14
    Total                 (all out, 107 overs)                     97
    
    FoW: 1-4 (McDonnell), 2-5 (Blackham), 3-29 (Jones),
         4-38 (Turner), 5-58 (Bannerman), 6-61 (McShane),
         7-80 (Moses), 8-83 (Midwinter), 9-95 (Garrett),
         10-97 (Spofforth).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Barnes                      46     29     28      6
    Lohmann                     24     11     20      3
    Briggs                       7      5      7      1
    Barlow                      13      6     20      0
    Bates                       17     11      8      0
    


  • Report

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: W Bates, A Shrewsbury, W Barnes, RG Barlow, JM Read, W Gunn, WH Scotton, J Briggs, GA Lohmann, W Flowers, M Sherwin.

    Australia Player Pages: JM Blackham, PS McDonnell, H Moses, SP Jones, CTB Turner, AC Bannerman, PG McShane, WE Midwinter, TW Garrett, FR Spofforth, JJ Ferris.

    Match Officials' Pages: C Bannerman, H Rawlinson.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Richard (r.head@ic.ac.uk)  
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