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Test Match #5
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1881-1882 Australia v England - 1st Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
31st December, 1881
Australia
320 & 127/3
England
294 & 308
Match drawn
England 1st Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Richard Barlow
c Bannerman b Palmer
0
0
0
George Ulyett
c McDonnell b Cooper
87
6
1
29.59%
John Selby
run out
55
2
0
18.71%
Billy Bates
c Giffen b Boyle
58
7
0
19.73%
Arthur Shrewsbury
c †Blackham b Evans
11
1
0
3.74%
William Midwinter
b Evans
36
4
0
12.24%
Thomas Emmett
b Evans
5
0
0
1.70%
William Scotton
run out
21
0
0
7.14%
Alfred Shaw
*
c Boyle b Cooper
5
0
0
1.70%
Richard Pilling
†
c Giffen b Cooper
5
0
0
1.70%
Ted Peate
not out
4
1
0
1.36%
Extras
(lb 6, nb 1)
7
Total
All Out
 (170.2 overs @ 1.72 rpo)
294
Fall of Wickets
1-5 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
ER
% of Wickets
George Palmer
36.0
9
73
1
2.03
10.00%
Henry Boyle
18.0
9
18
1
1.00
10.00%
Alexander Bannerman
10.0
3
23
0
2.30
Edwin Evans
71.0
35
81
3
1.14
30.00%
William Cooper
32.2
8
80
3
2.47
30.00%
George Giffen
3.0
0
12
0
4.00
Australia 1st Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Hugh Massie
st †Pilling b Midwinter
2
0
0
0.63%
Alexander Bannerman
b Ulyett
38
1
0
11.88%
William Murdoch
*
b Ulyett
39
3
0
12.19%
Percy McDonnell
b Midwinter
19
2
0
5.94%
Thomas Horan
run out
124
6
0
38.75%
George Giffen
b Emmett
30
1
0
9.38%
John Blackham
†
b Emmett
2
0
0
0.63%
George Palmer
c †Pilling b Bates
34
3
0
10.63%
Edwin Evans
b Bates
3
0
0
0.94%
Henry Boyle
not out
4
0
0
1.25%
William Cooper
st †Pilling b Peate
7
0
0
2.19%
Extras
(b 4, lb 11, w 3)
18
Total
All Out
 (237.0 overs @ 1.35 rpo)
320
Fall of Wickets
1-9 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
ER
% of Wickets
Ted Peate
59.0
24
64
1
1.08
10.00%
William Midwinter
39.0
21
50
2
1.28
20.00%
Billy Bates
41.0
20
43
2
1.05
20.00%
Thomas Emmett
35.0
12
61
2
1.74
20.00%
George Ulyett
20.0
5
41
2
2.05
20.00%
Richard Barlow
23.0
13
22
0
0.96
Alfred Shaw
20.0
11
21
0
1.05
England 2nd Innings
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
Richard Barlow
st †Blackham b Palmer
33
1
0
10.71%
George Ulyett
st †Blackham b Cooper
23
3
0
7.47%
John Selby
c Boyle b Cooper
70
5
0
22.73%
Billy Bates
c Bannerman b Cooper
47
2
0
15.26%
Arthur Shrewsbury
b Cooper
16
0
0
5.19%
William Midwinter
c Massie b Cooper
4
1
0
1.30%
Thomas Emmett
b Cooper
6
1
0
1.95%
William Scotton
not out
50
3
0
16.23%
Alfred Shaw
*
c Cooper b Boyle
40
3
0
12.99%
Richard Pilling
†
b Palmer
3
0
0
0.97%
Ted Peate
run out
2
0
0
0.65%
Extras
(b 7, lb 2, nb 5)
14
Total
All Out
 (237.2 overs @ 1.30 rpo)
308
Fall of Wickets
1-37 Ulyett
2-96 Barlow
3-179 Bates
4-183 Selby
5-188 Midwinter
6-197 Emmett
7-217 Shrewsbury
8-300 Shaw
9-305 Pilling
10-308 Peate
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of Wickets
George Palmer
77.0
19
77
2
1.00
20.00%
Henry Boyle
15.0
6
19
1
1.27
10.00%
Edwin Evans
75.2
45
63
0
0.84
William Cooper
66.0
19
120
6
1.82
60.00%
Percy McDonnell
4.0
1
15
0
3.75
Australia 2nd Innings
(target 283)
R
BF
4s
6s
SR
% of Total
John Blackham
†
b Bates
25
2
0
19.69%
Alexander Bannerman
b Ulyett
8
1
0
6.30%
Thomas Horan
c Emmett b Bates
26
4
0
20.47%
William Murdoch
*
not out
22
3
0
17.32%
Percy McDonnell
not out
33
4
1
25.98%
Hugh Massie
George Giffen
George Palmer
Edwin Evans
Henry Boyle
William Cooper
Extras
(b 9, lb 3, w 1)
13
Total
3 wickets
 (55.0 overs @ 2.31 rpo)
127
Fall of Wickets
1-35 Bannerman
2-70 Horan
3-72 Blackham
Bowling
O
M
R
W
ER
% of Wickets
Ted Peate
11.0
5
22
0
2.00
Billy Bates
13.0
3
43
2
3.31
20.00%
Thomas Emmett
16.0
11
19
0
1.19
George Ulyett
15.0
3
30
1
2.00
10.00%
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss
England won the toss and elected to bat
Series
1881-1882 Australia v England
- 1st Test
Match No.
Test #5
Match Conditions
Day Match
Player of Match
No Award
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END OF DAY STATUS
(Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 294
Day 2 - Australia 1st innings 277/6 (TP Horan 106*, GE Palmer 23*)
Day 3 - England 2nd innings 238/7 (WH Scotton 13*, A Shaw 14*)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd Innings 127/3, 55.0 overs - end of match
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