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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 26 (26/26)
The Ashes, 1886/87, 2nd Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
25,26,28 February, 1 March 1887 (timeless match)

Result: England won by 71 runs
England wins the 2-Test series 2-0

Toss: England
Umpires: C Bannerman and JS Swift
Test Debuts: RC Allen, FJ Burton, JT Cottam, WF Giffen, JJ Lyons (Aus); R Wood (Eng).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 128/7 (Barlow 24*, Flowers 37*)
  • Day 2: England 151, Australia 84, England 73/5 (Barlow 10*, Scotton 0*)
  • Day 3: England 154, Australia 101/5 (Allen 19*, Midwinter 4*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    *A Shrewsbury                            b Turner               9  36   0  0
    W Bates               c Ferris           b Turner               8  23   0  0
    JM Read                                  b Turner              11  41   0  0
    W Gunn                                   b Turner               9  19   0  0
    RG Barlow             c Allen            b Ferris              34 163   2  0
    GA Lohmann                               b Ferris               2   7   0  0
    WH Scotton                               b Turner               0   9   0  0
    J Briggs                                 b Ferris              17  29   3  0
    W Flowers             c Allen            b Ferris              37  86   3  0
    R Wood                lbw                b Ferris               6  24   0  0
    +M Sherwin            not out                                   4   4   0  0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 3, nb 2)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 109 overs)                    151
    
    FoW: 1-14 (Bates), 2-19 (Shrewsbury), 3-35 (Gunn), 4-38 (Read),
         5-43 (Lohmann), 6-50 (Scotton), 7-73 (Briggs),
         8-130 (Flowers), 9-145 (Barlow), 10-151 (Wood).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ferris                      45     16     71      5
    Turner                      53     29     41      5
    Garrett                      6      2     12      0
    Midwinter                    3      1      2      0
    Lyons                        2      0     11      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JJ Lyons                                 b Lohmann             11  26  32  1 0
    WF Giffen                                b Lohmann              2  22  18  0 0
    RC Allen                                 b Lohmann             14  39  38  2 0
    H Moses                                  b Flowers             28  73  78  1 0
    *PS McDonnell         c Gunn             b Lohmann             10   8   9  2 0
    WE Midwinter                             b Lohmann              1   4   4  0 0
    JT Cottam                                b Lohmann              1   8   6  0 0
    CTB Turner                           c & b Flowers              9  15  17  1 0
    TW Garrett                               b Lohmann              1   6   3  0 0
    JJ Ferris                                b Lohmann              1   7   9  0 0
    +FJ Burton            not out                                   0   4   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 1)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 55.1 overs)                    84
    
    FoW: 1-12 (Giffen), 2-15 (Lyons), 3-40 (Allen), 4-56 (McDonnell),
         5-59 (Midwinter), 6-65 (Cottam), 7-82 (Turner),
         8-83 (Moses), 9-83 (Garrett), 10-84 (Ferris).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lohmann                     27.1   12     35      8
    Briggs                      20      6     34      0
    Flowers                      8      3      9      2
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   4  6
    *A Shrewsbury                            b Turner               6  35   1  0
    W Bates                                  b Turner              30  63   2  1
    RG Barlow             not out                                  42 209   1  0
    JM Read               st Burton          b Ferris               2   9   0  0
    W Gunn                c Cottam           b Ferris              10  17   1  0
    GA Lohmann                               b Ferris               6  14   0  0
    WH Scotton                               b Ferris               2  28   0  0
    J Briggs                                 b Garrett             16  43   0  0
    W Flowers                                b Turner              18  43   1  0
    R Wood                                   b Midwinter            0   9   0  0
    +M Sherwin                               b Turner               5  17   1  0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 5)                             17
    Total                 (all out, 140.1 overs)                  154
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Shrewsbury), 2-42 (Bates), 3-47 (Read), 4-59 (Gunn),
         5-73 (Lohmann), 6-77 (Scotton), 7-98 (Briggs),
         8-136 (Flowers), 9-137 (Wood), 10-154 (Sherwin).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ferris                      60     33     69      4
    Turner                      64.1   33     52      4
    Garrett                     10      6      7      1
    Midwinter                    6      3      9      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 222 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    *PS McDonnell         c Gunn             b Lohmann             35  52      2 0
    H Moses               st Sherwin         b Bates               33 113      1 1
    RC Allen              c sub (CTB Turner) b Bates               30 116      1 0
    JJ Lyons              c Gunn             b Bates                0   1   3  0 0
    JT Cottam             st Sherwin         b Briggs               3  11      0 0
    WF Giffen                                b Briggs               0   1   1  0 0
    WE Midwinter          c Sherwin          b Lohmann              4   8      0 0
    CTB Turner            c Briggs           b Bates                9  29      1 0
    TW Garrett            c Sherwin          b Briggs              20  48      1 0
    JJ Ferris             run out                                   2  10      0 0
    +FJ Burton            not out                                   2  31      0 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 3)                              12
    Total                 (all out, 110 overs)                    150
    
    FoW: 1-51 (McDonnell), 2-86 (Moses), 3-86 (Lyons), 4-95 (Cottam),
         5-95 (Giffen), 6-106 (Midwinter), 7-121 (Turner),
         8-129 (Allen), 9-135 (Ferris), 10-150 (Garrett).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lohmann                     40     16     52      2
    Briggs                      22      9     31      3
    Flowers                     13      5     17      0
    Bates                       26     13     26      4
    Barlow                       9      2     12      0
    

    • GA Lohmann became the first bowler to take eight wickets in an innings of a Test match.
    • W Gunn both played and deputised as umpire in this match on the final morning when Swift was absent.
    • CTB Turner emulated WL Murdoch and AH Jarvis by holding a catch while substituting for the opposition.




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

    Australia Player Pages: JJ Lyons, WF Giffen, RC Allen, H Moses, PS McDonnell, WE Midwinter, JT Cottam, CTB Turner, TW Garrett, JJ Ferris, FJ Burton.

    Match Officials' Pages: C Bannerman, JS Swift.

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