- Test no. 21 | 1884/85 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 21,23,24,25 March 1885 (timeless match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| AC Bannerman | c Peel b Ulyett | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| W Bruce | c Briggs b Peel | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||
| G Giffen | b Ulyett | 13 | 2 | 0 | |||
| TP Horan* | lbw b Ulyett | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| SP Jones | lbw b Peel | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FH Walters | b Ulyett | 7 | 1 | 0 | |||
| AH Jarvis† | c †Hunter b Peel | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||
| JW Trumble | not out | 34 | 4 | 0 | |||
| PG McShane | c †Hunter b Barnes | 9 | 1 | 0 | |||
| TW Garrett | c Briggs b Barnes | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FR Spofforth | b Attewell | 50 | 70 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 1, nb 3) | 9 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 106 overs) | 163 | (2.30 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Bruce), 2-21 (Bannerman), 3-21 (Horan), 4-34 (Jones), 5-34 (Giffen), 6-45 (Walters), 7-67 (Jarvis), 8-89 (McShane), 9-99 (Garrett), 10-163 (Spofforth) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| R Peel | 41 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 1.02 | |||
| G Ulyett | 23 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 3.39 | |||
| W Barnes | 28 | 12 | 47 | 2 | 2.51 | |||
| W Flowers | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| W Attewell | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 5.40 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| W Barnes | c Horan b Bruce | 74 | 175 | 8 | 0 | ||
| WH Scotton | b Bruce | 27 | 4 | 0 | |||
| JM Read | b Giffen | 13 | 1 | 0 | |||
| G Ulyett | b Spofforth | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| A Shrewsbury* | not out | 105 | 320 | 10 | 0 | ||
| W Bates | c Walters b Bruce | 61 | 8 | 0 | |||
| W Flowers | b Spofforth | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J Briggs | c Walters b Trumble | 43 | 8 | 0 | |||
| W Attewell | c Bannerman b Trumble | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| R Peel | b Trumble | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J Hunter† | b Giffen | 18 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 14, nb 4) | 28 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 221.3 overs) | 386 | (2.61 runs per 6 balls) | ||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| G Giffen | 74.3 | 31 | 132 | 2 | 2.64 | |||
| W Bruce | 51 | 13 | 99 | 3 | 2.91 | |||
| FR Spofforth | 49 | 21 | 71 | 2 | 2.17 | |||
| JW Trumble | 28 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 1.55 | |||
| TW Garrett | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| PG McShane | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| SP Jones | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.10 | |||
| TP Horan | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | 4s | 6s | |||
| AC Bannerman | c sub (GF Vernon) b Ulyett | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TW Garrett | b Ulyett | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| G Giffen | c Peel b Ulyett | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||
| SP Jones | b Peel | 17 | 2 | 0 | ||
| TP Horan* | b Attewell | 20 | 3 | 0 | ||
| W Bruce | c Bates b Attewell | 35 | 1 | 1 | ||
| JW Trumble | lbw b Attewell | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FH Walters | c Attewell b Flowers | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AH Jarvis† | c Peel b Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| FR Spofforth | c sub (AH Jarvis) b Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PG McShane | not out | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 5) | 5 | ||||
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| Total | (all out; 102.1 overs) | 125 | (1.83 runs per 6 balls) | |||
| Fall of wickets1-4 (Bannerman), 2-17 (Garrett), 3-26 (Giffen), 4-60 (Horan), 5-60 (Jones), 6-91 (Trumble), 7-100 (Walters), 8-106 (Jarvis), 9-108 (Spofforth), 10-125 (Bruce) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| R Peel | 30 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 1.85 | |||
| G Ulyett | 15 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 2.50 | |||
| W Flowers | 21 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 2.42 | |||
| W Attewell | 36.1 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 0.99 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 4 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 3-2 |
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Test debuts
PG McShane and
FH Walters
(Australia) |
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Umpires
GJ Hodges and J Phillips |
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Close of play 21 Mar day 1 - England 1st innings 44/0 (W Barnes 19*, WH Scotton 21*) 22 Mar rest day 23 Mar day 2 - England 1st innings 270/5 (A Shrewsbury 54*, J Briggs 11*) 24 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 105/7 (W Bruce 28*, AH Jarvis 1*) 25 Mar day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 125 (102.1 ov) - end of match |
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