England vs Australia, 3rd Test at London, Aug 11 1884 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, The Oval, August 11 - 13, 1884, Australia tour of England
Australia 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Read b Peate | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c Ulyett b Peate | 103 | 168 | - | 14 | 0 | 61.30 | |||
| c Peate b Barnes | 211 | 525 | 490 | 24 | 0 | 40.19 | |||
| c †Lyttelton b Barnes | 102 | 216 | 210 | 15 | 0 | 47.22 | |||
| c Steel b Ulyett | 32 | 94 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.04 | |||
| c Read b Grace | 8 | 29 | - | 0 | 0 | 27.58 | |||
| c †Grace b Lyttelton | 30 | 94 | - | 4 | 0 | 31.91 | |||
| lbw b Lyttelton | 31 | 65 | - | 3 | 0 | 47.69 | |||
| not out | 8 | 31 | - | 0 | 0 | 25.80 | |||
| b Lyttelton | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |||
| c Harris b Lyttelton | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 10) | 17 | |||||||
| Total | 311 Ov (RR: 1.77) | 551 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Alec Bannerman), 2-158 (Percy McDonnell), 3-365 (Tup Scott), 4-432 (George Giffen), 5-454 (George Bonnor), 6-494 (Billy Murdoch), 7-532 (Billy Midwinter), 8-545 (Jack Blackham), 9-549 (Frederick Spofforth), 10-551 (Harry Boyle) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 25 | 99 | 2 | 2.35 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | 24 | 96 | 1 | 2.57 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 3.13 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 52 | 25 | 81 | 2 | 2.33 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 50 | 22 | 72 | 0 | 2.16 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 1.43 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7.71 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 2.37 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 1st InningsÂ
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out | 19 | 32 | - | 3 | 0 | 59.37 | |||
| c Scott b Giffen | 90 | 375 | 340 | 9 | 0 | 24.00 | |||
| c Midwinter b Spofforth | 19 | 31 | - | 2 | 0 | 61.29 | |||
| c †Blackham b Midwinter | 10 | 33 | - | 2 | 0 | 30.30 | |||
| lbw b Palmer | 31 | 73 | - | 3 | 0 | 42.46 | |||
| c Bannerman b Palmer | 10 | 31 | - | 0 | 0 | 32.25 | |||
| c Murdoch b Palmer | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Palmer | 14 | 35 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| b Spofforth | 8 | 27 | - | 0 | 0 | 29.62 | |||
| b Boyle | 117 | 155 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 75.48 | |||
| not out | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 7, nb 3, w 6) | 24 | |||||||
| Total | 198 Ov (RR: 1.74) | 346 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-32 (W.G. Grace), 2-60 (Billy Barnes), 3-75 (Arthur Shrewsbury), 4-120 (Allan Steel), 5-136 (George Ulyett), 6-136 (Dick Barlow), 7-160 (Lord Harris), 8-181 (Alfred Lyttelton), 9-332 (William Scotton), 10-346 (Walter Read) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 3.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | 19 | 90 | 4 | 2.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | 31 | 81 | 2 | 2.09 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2.76 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | 16 | 41 | 1 | 1.98 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 2.07 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings (Following on)Â
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 21 | 46 | - | 2 | 0 | 45.65 | |||
| b Boyle | 17 | 13 | - | 1 | 0 | 130.76 | |||
| c Scott b Giffen | 37 | 33 | - | 8 | 0 | 112.12 | |||
| not out | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 3, lb 1) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 26 Ov (RR: 3.26) | 85/2 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-22 (Alfred Lyttelton), 2-73 (Arthur Shrewsbury) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 6.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.85 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Mon, 11 Aug
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 363/2 (Billy Murdoch 145*, Tup Scott 101*)Tue, 12 Aug
day 2 - England 1st innings 71/2 (William Scotton 21*, Arthur Shrewsbury 6*)Wed, 13 Aug
day 3 - England 2nd innings 85/2 (26 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
WL Murdoch scored the first double-century in Test cricket. His stand with Scott of 207 was a Test record for any wicket.
WW Read reached his hundred in 113 minutes with 36 scoring strokes.
For the first time in Test cricket all eleven players bowled during Australia's innings, Grace keeping wicket while Lyttelton took four wickets with lobs.
Declarations were not permitted until 1889.
Match Details
GroundKennington Oval, London
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Season1884
Series resultEngland won the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 16
Match daysday (3-day match)
Umpires