- Test no. 8 | 1881/82 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 10,11,13,14 March 1882 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| G Ulyett | c †Blackham b Garrett | 149 | 240 | 13 | 0 | ||
| RG Barlow | c †Blackham b Garrett | 16 | 1 | 0 | |||
| J Selby | b Spofforth | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| W Bates | st †Blackham b Garrett | 23 | 2 | 0 | |||
| A Shrewsbury | lbw b Palmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WE Midwinter | c Palmer b Boyle | 21 | 2 | 0 | |||
| WH Scotton | st †Blackham b Giffen | 26 | 1 | 0 | |||
| T Emmett | b Giffen | 27 | 4 | 1 | |||
| A Shaw* | c Murdoch b Garrett | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R Pilling† | not out | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| E Peate | c & b Garrett | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 7) | 17 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 159.2 overs) | 309 | (2.90 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-32 (Barlow), 2-49 (Selby), 3-98 (Bates), 4-109 (Shrewsbury), 5-177 (Midwinter), 6-239 (Ulyett), 7-281 (Scotton), 8-284 (Emmett), 9-288 (Shaw), 10-309 (Peate) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TW Garrett | 54.2 | 23 | 80 | 5 | 2.20 | |||
| FR Spofforth | 51 | 14 | 92 | 1 | 2.70 | |||
| HF Boyle | 18 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2.75 | |||
| GE Palmer | 23 | 5 | 70 | 1 | 4.56 | |||
| G Giffen | 13 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1.96 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| WL Murdoch* | b Midwinter | 85 | 165 | 6 | 0 | ||
| AC Bannerman | c & b Midwinter | 37 | 3 | 0 | |||
| TP Horan | c & b Midwinter | 20 | 2 | 0 | |||
| PS McDonnell | c Barlow b Ulyett | 52 | 3 | 1 | |||
| HH Massie | c Emmett b Shaw | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| G Giffen | c Scotton b Peate | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JM Blackham† | c †Pilling b Midwinter | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TW Garrett | c Ulyett b Bates | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| GE Palmer | c Ulyett b Bates | 32 | 5 | 0 | |||
| HF Boyle | c Shrewsbury b Bates | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| FR Spofforth | not out | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, w 6, nb 1) | 16 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 163.1 overs) | 300 | (2.75 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-110 (Bannerman), 2-149 (Horan), 3-153 (Murdoch), 4-189 (Massie), 5-228 (Giffen), 6-247 (Blackham), 7-247 (McDonnell), 8-280 (Garrett), 9-297 (Palmer), 10-300 (Boyle) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| W Bates | 28.1 | 14 | 49 | 3 | 2.60 | |||
| E Peate | 20 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 2.85 | |||
| T Emmett | 19 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1.73 | |||
| G Ulyett | 24 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| RG Barlow | 15 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| A Shaw | 16 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 2.71 | |||
| WE Midwinter | 41 | 9 | 81 | 4 | 2.96 |
| England 2nd innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| G Ulyett | c Palmer b Boyle | 64 | 3 | 1 | ||
| RG Barlow | run out | 56 | 6 | 0 | ||
| J Selby | not out | 48 | 2 | 0 | ||
| W Bates | not out | 52 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 12, lb 2) | 14 | ||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 97.3 overs) | 234 | (3.59 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Did not bat A Shrewsbury, WE Midwinter, WH Scotton, T Emmett, A Shaw*, R Pilling†, E Peate |
| Fall of wickets1-98 (Ulyett), 2-152 (Barlow) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| TW Garrett | 27 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 3.44 | |||
| FR Spofforth | 15 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 3.60 | |||
| HF Boyle | 25 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 2.28 | |||
| GE Palmer | 20 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 3.52 | |||
| G Giffen | 8.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4.28 | |||
| AC Bannerman | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 4 |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 4-match series 2-0 |
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Umpires
G Coulthard and James Lillywhite jnr (England) |
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Close of play 10 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 282/7 (T Emmett 27*, A Shaw 1*) 11 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 228/5 (PS McDonnell 41*, JM Blackham 0*) 12 Mar rest day 13 Mar day 3 - England 2nd innings 234/2 (J Selby 48*, W Bates 52*, 97.3 ov) 14 Mar day 4 - no play |
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