- Test no. 3 | 1878/79 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 2,3,4 January 1879 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Ulyett | b Spofforth | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 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 | 0.00 | |
| T Emmett | c Horan b Spofforth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 54 overs) | 113 | (3.13 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (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 | Econ | |||
| FR Spofforth | 25 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 2.88 | |||
| FE Allan | 17 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 2.64 | |||
| TW Garrett | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5.40 | |||
| HF Boyle | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2.35 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 159.3 overs) | 256 | (2.40 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-16 (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 | Econ | |||
| T Emmett | 59 | 31 | 68 | 7 | 1.72 | |||
| G Ulyett | 62 | 24 | 93 | 1 | 2.25 | |||
| AP Lucas | 18 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 2.58 | |||
| SS Schultz | 6.3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 3.55 | |||
| AN Hornby | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |||
| VPFA Royle | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| Lord Harris | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
| England 2nd innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| 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 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 83 overs) | 160 | (2.89 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-26 (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 | Econ | |||
| FR Spofforth | 35 | 16 | 62 | 7 | 2.65 | |||
| FE Allan | 28 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 2.67 | |||
| TW Garrett | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2.70 | |||
| HF Boyle | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2.40 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 18 runs) | R | M | 6s | |||
| C Bannerman | not out | 15 | 10 | 0 | ||
| WL Murdoch | not out | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Extras | 0 | |||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 2.3 overs) | 19 | (10.36 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Did not bat TP Horan, AC Bannerman, FR Spofforth, TW Garrett, FE Allan, HF Boyle, JM Blackham†, TJD Kelly, DW Gregory* |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| G Ulyett | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13.50 | |||
| SS Schultz | 1.3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8.57 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 4 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia won the one-off match |
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Test debuts
FE Allan,
AC Bannerman and
HF Boyle
(Australia);
CA Absolom,
Lord Harris,
L Hone,
AN Hornby,
AP Lucas,
FA MacKinnon,
VPFA Royle,
SS Schultz and
AJ Webbe
(England) |
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Umpires
P Coady and G Coulthard |
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Close of play 2 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 95/3 (AC Bannerman 23*, FR Spofforth 35*) 3 Jan day 2 - England 2nd innings 103/6 (FA MacKinnon 5*) 4 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 19/0 (2.3 ov) - end of match |
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