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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 3 (3/3)
Australia v England, 1878/79, Only Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
2,3,4 January 1879 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Australia wins the one-off Test

Toss: England
Umpires: P Coady and G Coulthard
Test Debuts: FE Allan, AC Bannerman, HF Boyle (Aus); CA Absolom, Lord Harris, L Hone, AN Hornby, AP Lucas, FA MacKinnon, VPFA Royle, SS Schultz, AJ Webbe (Eng).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 113, Australia 95/3 (AC Bannerman 23*, Spofforth 35*)
  • Day 2: Australia 256, England 103/6 (MacKinnon 5*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Ulyett                                 b Spofforth            0   1   2  0 0
    AP Lucas                                 b Allan                6            0
    AJ Webbe                                 b Allan                4            0
    AN Hornby                                b Spofforth            2          0 0
    *Lord Harris                             b Garrett             33          3 0
    VPFA Royle                               b Spofforth            3          0 0
    FA MacKinnon                             b Spofforth            0   1   1  0 0
    T Emmett              c Horan            b Spofforth            0   1   1  0 0
    CA Absolom            c AC Bannerman     b Boyle               52          5 0
    +L Hone               c Blackham         b Spofforth            7            0
    SS Schultz            not out                                   0          0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 2)                               6
    Total                 (all out, 54 overs)                     113
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Ulyett), 2-7 (Webbe), 3-10 (Lucas), 4-14 (Hornby),
         5-26 (Royle), 6-26 (MacKinnon), 7-26 (Emmett),
         8-89 (Harris), 9-113 (Absolom), 10-113 (Hone).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Spofforth                   25      9     48      6
    Allan                       17      4     30      2
    Garrett                      5      0     18      1
    Boyle                        7      1     11      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    C Bannerman                              b Emmett              15          0
    WL Murdoch            c Webbe            b Ulyett               4          0
    TP Horan              c Hone             b Emmett              10          0
    AC Bannerman                             b Schultz             73 235   7  0
    FR Spofforth          c Royle            b Emmett              39          0
    TW Garrett            c Hone             b Emmett              26          0
    FE Allan                                 b Hornby               5          0
    HF Boyle              c Royle            b Emmett              28       5  0
    +JM Blackham                             b Emmett               6          0
    TJD Kelly             c Webbe            b Emmett              10          0
    *DW Gregory           not out                                  12          0
    Extras                (b 19, lb 2, w 7)                        28
    Total                 (all out, 159.3 overs)                  256
    
    FoW: 1-16 (Murdoch), 2-30 (C Bannerman), 3-37 (Horan),
         4-101 (Spofforth), 5-131 (Garrett), 6-158 (Allan),
         7-215 (Boyle), 8-224 (Blackham), 9-234 (Kelly),
         10-256 (AC Bannerman).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Emmett                      59     31     68      7
    Ulyett                      62     24     93      1
    Lucas                       18      6     31      0
    Schultz                      6.3    3     16      1
    Hornby                       7      7      0      1
    Royle                        4      1      6      0
    Harris                       3      0     14      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   4   6
    G Ulyett                                 b Spofforth           14       0
    AP Lucas              c Boyle            b Allan               13       0
    AJ Webbe              lbw                b Allan                0   0   0
    AN Hornby                                b Spofforth            4       0
    *Lord Harris          c Horan            b Spofforth           36   4   0
    VPFA Royle            c Spofforth        b Boyle               18       0
    FA MacKinnon                             b Spofforth            5       0
    CA Absolom                           c & b Spofforth            6       0
    T Emmett              not out                                  24       0
    +L Hone                                  b Spofforth            6       0
    SS Schultz                           c & b Spofforth           20       0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 4)                             14
    Total                 (all out, 83 overs)                     160
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Lucas), 2-28 (Ulyett), 3-28 (Webbe), 4-34 (Hornby),
         5-78 (Royle), 6-103 (Harris), 7-103 (MacKinnon),
         8-118 (Absolom), 9-128 (Hone), 10-160 (Schultz).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Spofforth                   35     16     62      7
    Allan                       28     11     50      2
    Garrett                     10      6     18      0
    Boyle                       10      4     16      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 18 runs)                         R   M   4  6
    C Bannerman           not out                                  15  10      0
    WL Murdoch            not out                                   4  10      0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (0 wickets, 2.3 overs)                   19
    
    DNB: TP Horan, AC Bannerman, FR Spofforth, TW Garrett, FE Allan,
         HF Boyle, +JM Blackham, TJD Kelly, *DW Gregory.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ulyett                       1      0      9      0
    Schultz                      1.3    0     10      0
    

    • FR Spofforth achieved the first Test match hat-trick when he dismissed Royle, Mackinnon and Emmett in the first innings.




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: G Ulyett, AP Lucas, AJ Webbe, AN Hornby, Lord Harris, VPFA Royle, FA MacKinnon, T Emmett, CA Absolom, L Hone, SS Schultz.

    Australia Player Pages: C Bannerman, WL Murdoch, TP Horan, AC Bannerman, FR Spofforth, TW Garrett, FE Allan, HF Boyle, JM Blackham, TJD Kelly, DW Gregory.

    Match Officials' Pages: P Coady, G Coulthard.

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