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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 35 (35/33)
The Ashes, 1891/92, 1st Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,4,5,6 January 1892 (timeless match)

Result: Australia won by 54 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: T Flynn and J Phillips
Test Debuts: ST Callaway, H Donnan, RW McLeod (Aus); G Bean (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 191/7 (Moses 23*, Callaway 11*)
  • Day 2: Australia 240, England 248/7 (Briggs 41*, Attewell 7*)
  • Day 3: England 264, Australia 152/5 (Moses 0*, Trott 0*)
  • Day 4: Australia 236, England 104/7 (Abel 16*, MacGregor 3*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    AC Bannerman          c Read             b Sharpe              45 195   4  0
    JJ Lyons              c Grace            b Peel                19       4  0
    G Giffen              lbw                b Peel                 2       0  0
    W Bruce                                  b Sharpe              57 115   4  0
    H Donnan                                 b Sharpe               9       2  0
    H Moses               c Lohmann          b Sharpe              23       1  0
    GHS Trott             c MacGregor        b Sharpe               6       0  0
    RW McLeod                                b Sharpe              14       1  0
    ST Callaway                              b Attewell            21       1  0
    CTB Turner                               b Peel                29       4  0
    *+JM Blackham         not out                                   4       1  0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 6)                              11
    Total                 (all out, 151.1 overs)                  240
    
    FoW: 1-32 (Lyons), 2-36 (Giffen), 3-123 (Bruce),
         4-136 (Bannerman), 5-136 (Donnan), 6-148 (Trott),
         7-168 (McLeod), 8-191 (Moses), 9-232 (Turner),
         10-240 (Callaway).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sharpe                      51     20     84      6
    Peel                        43     23     54      3
    Attewell                    21.1   11     28      1
    Lohmann                     28     14     40      0
    Briggs                       3      1     13      0
    Stoddart                     5      2     10      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    *WG Grace                                b McLeod              50  75   3  1
    R Abel                                   b McLeod              32       2  0
    G Bean                c Bruce            b Giffen              50  65   5  0
    AE Stoddart           c Giffen           b McLeod               0       0  0
    JM Read                              c & b Giffen              36       2  0
    R Peel                                   b McLeod              19       3  0
    GA Lohmann            lbw                b Giffen               3       0  0
    J Briggs              c Bruce            b Turner              41       4  0
    W Attewell            c Bannerman        b Turner               8       0  0
    +G MacGregor          not out                                   9       0  0
    JW Sharpe             c Blackham         b McLeod               2       0  0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 2, nb 3)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 91.4 overs)                   264
    
    FoW: 1-84 (Abel), 2-85 (Grace), 3-85 (Stoddart), 4-171 (Bean),
         5-179 (Read), 6-187 (Lohmann), 7-232 (Peel), 8-249 (Briggs),
         9-256 (Attewell), 10-264 (Sharpe).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trott                       10      2     25      0
    Giffen                      20      3     75      3
    Turner                      16      3     40      2
    McLeod                      28.4   12     53      5
    Callaway                    14      2     39      0
    Bruce                        3      0     18      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   4  6
    AC Bannerman          c Grace            b Sharpe              41 230   1  0
    JJ Lyons              c Abel             b Briggs              51  90   1  0
    G Giffen                                 b Attewell             1       0  0
    W Bruce               c Lohmann          b Sharpe              40       3  0
    CTB Turner            c Peel             b Lohmann             19       1  0
    H Moses               run out                                  15       2  0
    GHS Trott             lbw                b Attewell            23       0  0
    RW McLeod                                b Peel                31       2  0
    H Donnan                             c & b Lohmann              2       0  0
    ST Callaway           not out                                  13       2  0
    *+JM Blackham         c MacGregor        b Peel                 0       0  0
    Extras                                                          0
    Total                 (all out, 191.5 overs)                  236
    
    FoW: 1-66 (Lyons), 2-67 (Giffen), 3-120 (Bruce),
         4-152 (Bannerman), 5-152 (Turner), 6-182 (Trott),
         7-197 (Moses), 8-210 (Donnan), 9-236 (McLeod),
         10-236 (Blackham).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Sharpe                      54     25     81      2
    Peel                        16.5    7     25      2
    Attewell                    61     32     51      2
    Lohmann                     39     15     53      2
    Briggs                      21      9     26      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 213 runs)                          R   4   6
    *WG Grace             c Bannerman        b Turner              25   2   0
    AE Stoddart                              b Callaway            35   4   0
    G Bean                c McLeod           b Trott                3   0   0
    JM Read                                  b Trott               11   1   0
    R Abel                c Blackham         b Turner              28   0   0
    R Peel                                   b Turner               6   0   0
    GA Lohmann            c Bannerman        b Turner               0   0   0
    J Briggs              c Trott            b McLeod               4   1   0
    +G MacGregor          c sub (SE Gregory) b Trott               16   1   0
    W Attewell            c Donnan           b Turner              24   0   0
    JW Sharpe             not out                                   5   0   0
    Extras                (b 1)                                     1
    Total                 (all out, 82.2 overs)                   158
    
    FoW: 1-60 (Grace), 2-60 (Stoddart), 3-71 (Bean), 4-75 (Read),
         5-93 (Peel), 6-93 (Lohmann), 7-98 (Briggs),
         8-125 (MacGregor), 9-139 (Abel), 10-158 (Attewell).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trott                       19      2     52      3
    Giffen                       3      0      8      0
    Turner                      33.2   14     51      5
    McLeod                      23      8     39      1
    Callaway                     4      1      7      1
    

    • Bannerman batted for 435 minutes for his total of 86 runs.




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: AC Bannerman, JJ Lyons, G Giffen, W Bruce, H Donnan, H Moses, GHS Trott, RW McLeod, ST Callaway, CTB Turner, JM Blackham.

    England Player Pages: WG Grace, R Abel, G Bean, AE Stoddart, JM Read, R Peel, GA Lohmann, J Briggs, W Attewell, G MacGregor, JW Sharpe.

    Match Officials' Pages: T Flynn, J Phillips.

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