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Test # 17 (17/17)
The Ashes, 1884/85, 1st Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
12,13,15,16 December 1884 (timeless match)

Result: England won by 8 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: N Cole and IA Fisher
Test Debuts: W Attewell, J Briggs, W Flowers, J Hunter, R Peel (Eng).

Balls per over: 4

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 243
  • Day 2: England 233/2 (Scotton 71*, Barnes 86*)
  • Day 3: England 369, Australia 152/4 (Giffen 43*, Cooper 3*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    AC Bannerman          lbw                b Peel                 2       0  0
    PS McDonnell                             b Attewell           124 195   8  0
    *WL Murdoch           c Hunter           b Peel                 5       0  0
    HJH Scott                                b Peel                19       1  0
    +JM Blackham          c Attewell         b Bates               66       5  0
    G Giffen                                 b Bates                4       0  0
    GJ Bonnor             c Read             b Bates                4       0  0
    GE Palmer             c Shrewsbury       b Bates                6       0  0
    HF Boyle              c Hunter           b Bates                1       0  0
    G Alexander           run out                                   3       0  0
    WH Cooper             not out                                   0       0  0
    Extras                (b 7, w 2)                                9
    Total                 (all out, 149.1 overs)                  243
    
    FoW: 1-33 (Bannerman), 2-47 (Murdoch), 3-95 (Scott),
         4-190 (McDonnell), 5-224 (Blackham), 6-227 (Giffen),
         7-233 (Bonnor), 8-239 (Palmer), 9-242 (Alexander),
         10-243 (Boyle).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Peel                        41     15     68      3
    Attewell                    50     23     48      1
    Ulyett                      10      3     23      0
    Flowers                     10      1     27      0
    Barnes                      14      2     37      0
    Bates                       24.1   10     31      5
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    WH Scotton            st Blackham        b Giffen              82 345   2  0
    *A Shrewsbury                            b Boyle                0  20   0  0
    G Ulyett              c Alexander        b Boyle               68 120   5  0
    W Barnes                                 b Palmer             134 285   7  0
    W Bates               c Giffen           b Palmer              18          0
    W Flowers             lbw                b Palmer              15          0
    JM Read                              c & b Giffen              14          0
    J Briggs              c Blackham         b Palmer               1       0  0
    W Attewell            not out                                  12          0
    R Peel                                   b Palmer               4          0
    +J Hunter             run out                                   1       0  0
    Extras                (b 18, lb 1, nb 1)                       20
    Total                 (all out, 243.2 overs)                  369
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Shrewsbury), 2-107 (Ulyett), 3-282 (Scotton),
         4-306 (Bates), 5-325 (Flowers), 6-344 (Barnes),
         7-349 (Briggs), 8-349 (Read), 9-361 (Peel), 10-369 (Hunter).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Boyle                       63     25     95      2
    Giffen                      56.2   26     80      2
    Cooper                      18      4     26      0
    Bonnor                      16     10     23      0
    Palmer                      73     37     81      5
    McDonnell                    3      0     11      0
    Scott                        4      1      9      0
    Alexander                   10      3     24      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   4  6
    +JM Blackham                             b Peel                11          0
    PS McDonnell          run out                                  83 150   6  0
    *WL Murdoch                              b Peel                 7          0
    G Giffen              c Shrewsbury       b Peel                47          0
    HJH Scott             lbw                b Peel                 1       0  0
    WH Cooper             c Shrewsbury       b Barnes               6          0
    GJ Bonnor             c Peel             b Barnes              19          0
    GE Palmer                                b Barnes               0       0  0
    G Alexander           st Hunter          b Peel                10          0
    HF Boyle              not out                                   0       0  0
    AC Bannerman          absent hurt                               -
    Extras                (b 7)                                     7
    Total                 (all out, 116.1 overs)                  191
    
    FoW: 1-28 (Blackham), 2-56 (Murdoch), 3-125 (McDonnell),
         4-139 (Scott), 5-160 (Cooper), 6-160 (Giffen),
         7-171 (Palmer), 8-182 (Bonnor), 9-191 (Alexander).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Peel                        40.1   15     51      5
    Attewell                    18     10     26      0
    Ulyett                       2      1      3      0
    Flowers                     16      4     27      0
    Barnes                      31     10     51      3
    Bates                        9      3     26      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 66 runs)                           R   4   6
    WH Scotton            c Scott            b Boyle                2   0   0
    W Flowers             c Scott            b Palmer               7   0   0
    *A Shrewsbury         not out                                  26       0
    W Barnes              not out                                  28       0
    Extras                (b 4)                                     4
    Total                 (2 wickets, 31 overs)                    67
    
    DNB: G Ulyett, W Bates, JM Read, J Briggs, W Attewell, R Peel,
         +J Hunter.
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Flowers), 2-14 (Scotton).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Boyle                        9      3     21      1
    Giffen                       6      0     19      0
    Palmer                      16      5     23      1
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: AC Bannerman, PS McDonnell, WL Murdoch, HJH Scott, JM Blackham, G Giffen, GJ Bonnor, GE Palmer, HF Boyle, G Alexander, WH Cooper.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: N Cole, IA Fisher.

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