- Test no. 57 | 1897/98 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 26,28 February, 1,2 March 1898 (timeless match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| AC MacLaren* | b Trott | 65 | 113 | 8 | 0 | ||
| E Wainwright | c Hill b Trumble | 49 | 117 | 0 | |||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | c Gregory b Trott | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TW Hayward | b Jones | 47 | 95 | 5 | 0 | ||
| W Storer† | b Jones | 44 | 108 | 4 | 0 | ||
| NF Druce | lbw b Noble | 64 | 114 | 10 | 0 | ||
| GH Hirst | b Jones | 44 | 80 | 3 | 0 | ||
| JR Mason | c Howell b Jones | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||
| J Briggs | b Jones | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| JT Hearne | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| T Richardson | b Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 1) | 10 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 129.2 overs) | 335 | (2.59 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-111 (MacLaren), 2-117 (Wainwright), 3-119 (Ranjitsinhji), 4-197 (Hayward), 5-230 (Storer), 6-308 (Hirst), 7-318 (Mason), 8-324 (Briggs), 9-334 (Druce), 10-335 (Richardson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MA Noble | 26 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 2.19 | |||
| WP Howell | 17 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 2.35 | |||
| H Trumble | 26 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 2.57 | |||
| E Jones | 26.2 | 3 | 82 | 6 | 3.11 | |||
| GHS Trott | 23 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 2.43 | |||
| CE McLeod | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2.09 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| CE McLeod | b Richardson | 64 | 163 | 8 | 0 | ||
| J Darling | c Mason b Briggs | 14 | 40 | 0 | |||
| C Hill | b Richardson | 8 | 10 | 0 | |||
| J Worrall | c Ranjitsinhji b Richardson | 26 | 65 | 0 | |||
| SE Gregory | c †Storer b Richardson | 21 | 22 | 0 | |||
| MA Noble | c †Storer b Richardson | 31 | 75 | 0 | |||
| GHS Trott* | c Ranjitsinhji b Hearne | 18 | 55 | 0 | |||
| H Trumble | b Richardson | 12 | 0 | ||||
| JJ Kelly† | not out | 27 | 60 | 0 | |||
| WP Howell | c MacLaren b Richardson | 10 | 0 | ||||
| E Jones | c †Storer b Richardson | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, w 1, nb 1) | 7 | |||||
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| Total | (all out; 100.1 overs) | 239 | (2.38 runs per over) | ||||
| Fall of wickets1-36 (Darling), 2-45 (Hill), 3-99 (Worrall), 4-132 (Gregory), 5-137 (McLeod), 6-188 (Trott), 7-188 (Noble), 8-221 (Trumble), 9-232 (Howell), 10-239 (Jones) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| T Richardson | 36.1 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 2.59 | |||
| J Briggs | 17 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 2.29 | |||
| JT Hearne | 21 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1.90 | |||
| W Storer | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | |||
| JR Mason | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1.53 | |||
| TW Hayward | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| GH Hirst | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC MacLaren* | c Darling b Jones | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| E Wainwright | b Noble | 6 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | lbw b Jones | 12 | 58 | 0 | ||||
| TW Hayward | c Worrall b Trumble | 43 | 105 | 0 | ||||
| W Storer† | c Gregory b Trumble | 31 | 65 | 0 | ||||
| NF Druce | c Howell b Trumble | 18 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| GH Hirst | c Trott b Jones | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | |||
| JR Mason | b Trumble | 11 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| J Briggs | b Howell | 29 | 45 | 0 | ||||
| JT Hearne | not out | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| T Richardson | b Howell | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 12) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 78.1 overs) | 178 | (2.27 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (MacLaren), 2-16 (Wainwright), 3-30 (Ranjitsinhji), 4-99 (Storer), 5-104 (Hayward), 6-121 (Druce), 7-137 (Hirst), 8-148 (Mason), 9-172 (Briggs), 10-178 (Richardson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MA Noble | 15 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2.26 | |||
| WP Howell | 6.1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3.56 | |||
| H Trumble | 24 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 1.54 | |||
| E Jones | 26 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 2.34 | |||
| GHS Trott | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1.71 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 275 runs) | R | M | 4s | 6s | |||
| CE McLeod | b Hearne | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J Darling | c Wainwright b Richardson | 160 | 171 | 30 | 0 | ||
| C Hill | b Richardson | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J Worrall | c Hirst b Hayward | 62 | 121 | 9 | 0 | ||
| SE Gregory | not out | 22 | 45 | 0 | |||
| MA Noble | not out | 15 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, w 1, nb 4) | 11 | |||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 62.4 overs) | 276 | (4.40 runs per over) | ||||
| Did not bat GHS Trott*, H Trumble, JJ Kelly†, WP Howell, E Jones |
| Fall of wickets1-23 (McLeod), 2-40 (Hill), 3-233 (Worrall), 4-252 (Darling) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| T Richardson | 21.4 | 1 | 110 | 2 | 5.07 | |||
| J Briggs | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 | |||
| JT Hearne | 15 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 3.46 | |||
| JR Mason | 11 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2.45 | |||
| TW Hayward | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 | |||
| GH Hirst | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.71 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 5-match series 4-1 |
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Umpires
C Bannerman and J Phillips |
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Close of play 26 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 301/5 (NF Druce 43*, GH Hirst 43*) 27 Feb rest day 28 Feb day 2 - Australia 1st innings 184/5 (MA Noble 31*, GHS Trott 14*) 1 Mar day 3 - England 2nd innings 172/9 (JT Hearne 3*) 2 Mar day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 276/4 (62.4 ov) - end of match |
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