- Test no. 5 | 1881/82 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 31 December 1881, 2,3,4 January 1882 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| RG Barlow | c Bannerman b Palmer | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| G Ulyett | c McDonnell b Cooper | 87 | 135 | 6 | 1 | ||
| J Selby | run out | 55 | 140 | 2 | 0 | ||
| W Bates | c Giffen b Boyle | 58 | 7 | 0 | |||
| A Shrewsbury | c †Blackham b Evans | 11 | 1 | 0 | |||
| WE Midwinter | b Evans | 36 | 4 | 0 | |||
| T Emmett | b Evans | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WH Scotton | run out | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| A Shaw* | c Boyle b Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R Pilling† | c Giffen b Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| E Peate | not out | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 1) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 170.2 overs) | 294 | (2.58 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-5 (Barlow), 2-142 (Ulyett), 3-151 (Selby), 4-187 (Shrewsbury), 5-227 (Bates), 6-232 (Emmett), 7-277 (Midwinter), 8-284 (Shaw), 9-289 (Pilling), 10-294 (Scotton) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GE Palmer | 36 | 9 | 73 | 1 | 3.04 | |||
| E Evans | 71 | 35 | 81 | 3 | 1.71 | |||
| WH Cooper | 32.2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | 3.69 | |||
| HF Boyle | 18 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1.50 | |||
| G Giffen | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| AC Bannerman | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 3.45 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| HH Massie | st †Pilling b Midwinter | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AC Bannerman | b Ulyett | 38 | 1 | 0 | |||
| WL Murdoch* | b Ulyett | 39 | 3 | 0 | |||
| PS McDonnell | b Midwinter | 19 | 2 | 0 | |||
| TP Horan | run out | 124 | 250 | 6 | 0 | ||
| G Giffen | b Emmett | 30 | 150 | 1 | 0 | ||
| JM Blackham† | b Emmett | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GE Palmer | c †Pilling b Bates | 34 | 3 | 0 | |||
| E Evans | b Bates | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| HF Boyle | not out | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WH Cooper | st †Pilling b Peate | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, w 3) | 18 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 237 overs) | 320 | (2.02 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Massie), 2-82 (Bannerman), 3-97 (Murdoch), 4-113 (McDonnell), 5-220 (Giffen), 6-226 (Blackham), 7-305 (Palmer), 8-309 (Evans), 9-309 (Horan), 10-320 (Cooper) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| E Peate | 59 | 24 | 64 | 1 | 1.62 | |||
| WE Midwinter | 39 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 1.92 | |||
| W Bates | 41 | 20 | 43 | 2 | 1.57 | |||
| T Emmett | 35 | 12 | 61 | 2 | 2.61 | |||
| G Ulyett | 20 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 3.07 | |||
| RG Barlow | 23 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1.43 | |||
| A Shaw | 20 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 1.57 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| RG Barlow | st †Blackham b Palmer | 33 | 1 | 0 | |||
| G Ulyett | st †Blackham b Cooper | 23 | 3 | 0 | |||
| J Selby | c Boyle b Cooper | 70 | 165 | 5 | 0 | ||
| W Bates | c Bannerman b Cooper | 47 | 2 | 0 | |||
| A Shrewsbury | b Cooper | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WE Midwinter | c Massie b Cooper | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| T Emmett | b Cooper | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| WH Scotton | not out | 50 | 3 | 0 | |||
| A Shaw* | c Cooper b Boyle | 40 | 3 | 0 | |||
| R Pilling† | b Palmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| E Peate | run out | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 2, nb 5) | 14 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 229.3 overs) | 308 | (2.01 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-37 (Ulyett), 2-96 (Barlow), 3-179 (Bates), 4-183 (Selby), 5-188 (Midwinter), 6-197 (Emmett), 7-217 (Shrewsbury), 8-300 (Shaw), 9-304 (Pilling), 10-308 (Peate) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GE Palmer | 77 | 19 | 77 | 2 | 1.50 | |||
| E Evans | 73 | 45 | 63 | 0 | 1.29 | |||
| WH Cooper | 61 | 19 | 120 | 6 | 2.95 | |||
| HF Boyle | 14.3 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1.93 | |||
| PS McDonnell | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5.62 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 283 runs) | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| JM Blackham† | b Bates | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
| AC Bannerman | b Ulyett | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TP Horan | c Emmett b Bates | 26 | 4 | 0 | ||
| WL Murdoch* | not out | 22 | 3 | 0 | ||
| PS McDonnell | not out | 33 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Extras | (b 9, lb 3, w 1) | 13 | ||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 55 overs) | 127 | (3.46 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Did not bat HH Massie, G Giffen, GE Palmer, E Evans, HF Boyle, WH Cooper |
| Fall of wickets1-35 (Bannerman), 2-70 (Horan), 3-72 (Blackham) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| E Peate | 11 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| W Bates | 13 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 4.96 | |||
| T Emmett | 16 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1.78 | |||
| G Ulyett | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 4 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series 4-match series level 0-0 |
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Test debuts
WH Cooper,
E Evans,
G Giffen and
HH Massie
(Australia);
RG Barlow,
W Bates,
E Peate,
R Pilling,
WH Scotton and
A Shrewsbury
(England) |
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Umpires
James Lillywhite jnr (England) and JS Swift |
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Close of play 31 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 294 1 Jan rest day 2 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 277/6 (TP Horan 106*, GE Palmer 23*) 3 Jan day 3 - England 2nd innings 238/7 (WH Scotton 13*, A Shaw 14*) 4 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 127/3 (55 ov) - end of match |
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