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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 53 (53/47)
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                                             R   M   4  6
    JR Mason                                 b Jones                6  25   1  0
    *AC MacLaren          c Kelly            b McLeod             109 189  15  0
    TW Hayward            c Trott            b Trumble             72 116  10  0
    +W Storer                            c & b Trott               43  90   7  1
    NF Druce              c Gregory          b McLeod              20  35      0
    GH Hirst                                 b Jones               62 100   8  1
    KS Ranjitsinhji       c Gregory          b McKibbin           175 223  26  0
    E Wainwright                             b Jones               10  40      0
    JT Hearne                            c & b McLeod              17  50      0
    J Briggs              run out                                   1   5   0  0
    T Richardson          not out                                  24  31      0
    Extras                (lb 11, w 1)                             12
    Total                 (all out, 175 overs)                    551
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Mason), 2-162 (Hayward), 3-224 (MacLaren),
         4-256 (Druce), 5-258 (Storer), 6-382 (Hirst),
         7-422 (Wainwright), 8-471 (Hearne), 9-477 (Briggs),
         10-551 (Ranjitsinhji).
    
    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                                           R   M   4  6
    J Darling             c Druce            b Richardson           7  16      0
    JJ Lyons                                 b Richardson           3  35   0  0
    FA Iredale            c Druce            b Hearne              25  57      0
    C Hill                                   b Hearne              19  40      0
    SE Gregory            c Mason            b Hearne              46  91      0
    *GHS Trott                               b Briggs              10  45      0
    +JJ Kelly                                b Richardson           1   3   0  0
    H Trumble             c Storer           b Mason               70 138  13  0
    CE McLeod             not out                                  50 105   8  0
    TR McKibbin                              b Hearne               0   5   0  0
    E Jones               c Richardson       b Hearne               0   2   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 4)                         6
    Total                 (all out, 100.1 overs)                  237
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Darling), 2-24 (Lyons), 3-56 (Iredale), 4-57 (Hill),
         5-86 (Trott), 6-87 (Kelly), 7-138 (Gregory),
         8-228 (Trumble), 9-237 (McKibbin), 10-237 (Jones).
    
    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)                            R   M   4  6
    J Darling             c Druce            b Briggs             101 194  19  0
    FA Iredale                               b Briggs              18  55      0
    CE McLeod             run out                                  26  95      0
    C Hill                                   b Hearne              96 143  11  0
    SE Gregory            run out                                  31  58      0
    H Trumble             c Druce            b Hearne               2   2   0  0
    JJ Lyons              c Hayward          b Hearne              25  30      0
    *GHS Trott                               b Richardson          27  60      0
    +JJ Kelly             not out                                  46  63      0
    E Jones               lbw                b Richardson           3   5   0  0
    TR McKibbin                              b Hearne               6  10      0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 1, w 4, nb 10)                 27
    Total                 (all out, 121 overs)                    408
    
    FoW: 1-37 (Iredale), 2-135 (McLeod), 3-191 (Darling),
         4-269 (Gregory), 5-271 (Trumble), 6-318 (Lyons),
         7-321 (Hill), 8-382 (Trott), 9-390 (Jones),
         10-408 (McKibbin).
    
    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)                           R   M   4  6
    *AC MacLaren          not out                                  50  68      0
    JR Mason                                 b McKibbin            32  60      0
    KS Ranjitsinhji       not out                                   8   7      0
    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 (Mason).
    
    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.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: JR Mason, AC MacLaren, TW Hayward, W Storer, NF Druce, GH Hirst, KS Ranjitsinhji, E Wainwright, JT Hearne, J Briggs, T Richardson.

    Australia Player Pages: J Darling, JJ Lyons, FA Iredale, C Hill, SE Gregory, GHS Trott, JJ Kelly, H Trumble, CE McLeod, TR McKibbin, E Jones.

    Match Officials' Pages: C Bannerman, J Phillips.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by John.McDonald (jdon@wpo.nerc.ac.uk)  
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