- Test no. 2 | 1876/77 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 31 March, 2,3,4 April 1877 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| NFD Thomson | lbw b Hill | 18 | 0 | ||||
| C Bannerman | b Hill | 10 | 55 | 0 | |||
| JM Blackham† | c Lillywhite b Hill | 5 | 0 | ||||
| TW Garrett | b Hill | 12 | 0 | ||||
| TJD Kelly | b Ulyett | 19 | 0 | ||||
| WE Midwinter | c Emmett b Lillywhite | 31 | 0 | ||||
| FR Spofforth | b Ulyett | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WL Murdoch | run out | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TK Kendall | b Lillywhite | 7 | 0 | ||||
| DW Gregory* | not out | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JR Hodges | run out | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, w 1) | 14 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 112.1 overs) | 122 | (1.63 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Thomson), 2-30 (Bannerman), 3-50 (Garrett), 4-60 (Blackham), 5-96 (Kelly), 6-104 (Spofforth), 7-108 (Midwinter), 8-114 (Murdoch), 9-119 (Kendall), 10-122 (Hodges) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Shaw | 42 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 1.07 | |||
| James Lillywhite jnr | 29 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 1.86 | |||
| A Hill | 27 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 1.50 | |||
| G Ulyett | 14.1 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1.57 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| H Jupp | b Kendall | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Shaw | st †Blackham b Spofforth | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| A Greenwood | b Hodges | 49 | 0 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | c Kelly b Kendall | 14 | 0 | |||||
| J Selby† | b Kendall | 7 | 0 | |||||
| G Ulyett | b Spofforth | 52 | 95 | 5 | 0 | |||
| T Emmett | c Kendall b Spofforth | 48 | 0 | |||||
| A Hill | run out | 49 | 0 | |||||
| T Armitage | c Thomson b Midwinter | 21 | 0 | |||||
| James Lillywhite jnr* | not out | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J Southerton | c Thomson b Kendall | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 12, nb 1) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 130.2 overs) | 261 | (3.00 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Jupp), 2-4 (Shaw), 3-55 (Charlwood), 4-72 (Selby), 5-88 (Greenwood), 6-162 (Ulyett), 7-196 (Emmett), 8-255 (Armitage), 9-259 (Hill), 10-261 (Southerton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TK Kendall | 52.2 | 21 | 82 | 4 | 2.34 | |||
| FR Spofforth | 29 | 6 | 67 | 3 | 3.46 | |||
| WE Midwinter | 21 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 2.14 | |||
| JR Hodges | 12 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 4.62 | |||
| TW Garrett | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| NFD Thomson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2.31 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| NFD Thomson | b Lillywhite | 41 | 0 | ||||
| DW Gregory* | c Ulyett b Lillywhite | 43 | 0 | ||||
| C Bannerman | c Jupp b Ulyett | 30 | 13 | 1 | |||
| TJD Kelly | b Southerton | 35 | 8 | 0 | |||
| WL Murdoch | c Shaw b Southerton | 8 | 0 | ||||
| WE Midwinter | c Greenwood b Lillywhite | 12 | 0 | ||||
| TW Garrett | c Jupp b Lillywhite | 18 | 0 | ||||
| FR Spofforth | b Hill | 17 | 0 | ||||
| TK Kendall | b Southerton | 12 | 0 | ||||
| JM Blackham† | lbw b Southerton | 26 | 0 | ||||
| JR Hodges | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 7) | 17 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 154.3 overs) | 259 | (2.51 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-88 (Gregory), 2-112 (Thomson), 3-135 (Bannerman), 4-164 (Murdoch), 5-169 (Kelly), 6-196 (Garrett), 7-203 (Midwinter), 8-221 (Kendall), 9-259 (Spofforth), 10-259 (Blackham) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Shaw | 32 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 1.26 | |||
| James Lillywhite jnr | 41 | 15 | 70 | 4 | 2.56 | |||
| A Hill | 21 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 3.07 | |||
| G Ulyett | 19 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 2.60 | |||
| T Emmett | 13 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 2.65 | |||
| J Southerton | 28.3 | 13 | 46 | 4 | 2.40 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 121 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| H Jupp | b Kendall | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J Selby† | b Spofforth | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| A Greenwood | c †Murdoch b Hodges | 22 | 0 | ||||
| HRJ Charlwood | b Kendall | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| G Ulyett | c Spofforth b Hodges | 63 | 90 | 5 | 1 | ||
| T Emmett | b Midwinter | 8 | 0 | ||||
| A Hill | not out | 17 | 0 | ||||
| A Shaw | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 1) | 9 | |||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 52.1 overs) | 122 | (3.50 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Did not bat T Armitage, James Lillywhite jnr*, J Southerton |
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Jupp), 2-8 (Selby), 3-9 (Charlwood), 4-54 (Greenwood), 5-76 (Emmett), 6-112 (Ulyett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TK Kendall | 17 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 2.11 | |||
| FR Spofforth | 15 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | |||
| WE Midwinter | 13.1 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 2.83 | |||
| JR Hodges | 6 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3.25 | |||
| TW Garrett | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 4 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series 2-match series drawn 1-1 |
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Test debuts
TJD Kelly,
WL Murdoch and
FR Spofforth
(Australia) |
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Umpires
S Cosstick and RB Terry |
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Close of play 31 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 7/2 (A Greenwood 4*, HRJ Charlwood 2*) 1 Apr rest day 2 Apr day 2 - England 1st innings 261 3 Apr day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 207/7 (FR Spofforth 3*, TK Kendall 4*) 4 Apr day 4 - England 2nd innings 122/6 (52.1 ov) - end of match |
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