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Australia in England Test Match

England v Australia

England won by 5 wickets

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
EM Grace c Alexander b Bannerman 36 81 94 4 0 38.29
WG Grace b Palmer 152 251 294 12 0 51.70
AP Lucas b Bannerman 55 109 121 5 0 45.45
W Barnes b Alexander 28 50 67 1 0 41.79
Lord Harris* c Bonnor b Alexander 52 90 97 7 0 53.60
F Penn b Bannerman 23 35 45 3 0 51.11
AG Steel c Boyle b Moule 42 50 66 5 0 63.63
Hon.A Lyttelton† not out 11 21 32 1 0 34.37
GF Grace c Bannerman b Moule 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
A Shaw b Moule 0 6 4 0 0 0.00
F Morley run out 2 5 9 0 0 22.22
Extras (b 8, lb 11) 19
Total (all out; 210.3 overs) 420 (2.98 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-91 (EM Grace), 2-211 (Lucas), 3-269 (Barnes), 4-281 (WG Grace), 5-322 (Penn), 6-404 (Harris), 7-410 (Steel), 8-410 (GF Grace), 9-413 (Shaw), 10-420 (Morley)
Bowling O M R W Econ
HF Boyle 44 17 71 0 2.42
GE Palmer 70 27 116 1 2.48
G Alexander 32 10 69 2 3.23
AC Bannerman 50 12 111 3 3.33
PS McDonnell 2 0 11 0 8.25
WH Moule 12.3 4 23 3 2.70
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Bannerman b Morley 32 48 54 5 0 59.25
WL Murdoch* c Barnes b Steel 0 22 19 0 0 0.00
TU Groube b Steel 11 39 44 1 0 25.00
PS McDonnell c Barnes b Morley 27 49 41 2 0 65.85
J Slight c GF Grace b Morley 11 29 35 1 0 31.42
JM Blackham† c & b Morley 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
GJ Bonnor c GF Grace b Shaw 2 9 8 0 0 25.00
HF Boyle not out 36 53 47 5 0 76.59
GE Palmer b Morley 6 17 17 0 0 35.29
G Alexander c WG Grace b Steel 6 13 20 0 0 30.00
WH Moule c Morley b WG Grace 6 15 14 0 0 42.85
Extras (b 9, lb 3) 12
Total (all out; 75.1 overs) 149 (2.97 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Murdoch), 2-39 (Bannerman), 3-59 (Groube), 4-84 (Slight), 5-84 (Blackham), 6-89 (McDonnell), 7-97 (Bonnor), 8-113 (Palmer), 9-126 (Alexander), 10-149 (Moule)
Bowling O M R W Econ
F Morley 32 9 56 5 2.62
AG Steel 29 9 58 3 3.00
A Shaw 13 5 21 1 2.42
WG Grace 1.1 0 2 1 2.40
Australia 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
AC Bannerman c Lucas b Shaw 8 7 14 1 0 57.14
HF Boyle run out 3 9 7 0 0 42.85
WL Murdoch* not out 153 316 358 17 0 42.73
TU Groube c Shaw b Morley 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
PS McDonnell lbw b WG Grace 43 75 76 9 0 56.57
J Slight c Harris b WG Grace 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
JM Blackham† c EM Grace b Morley 19 49 54 2 0 35.18
GJ Bonnor b Steel 16 23 29 3 0 55.17
GE Palmer c & b Steel 4 6 9 1 0 44.44
G Alexander c Shaw b Morley 33 56 59 5 0 55.93
WH Moule b Barnes 34 90 99 4 0 34.34
Extras (b 7, lb 7) 14
Total (all out; 176.3 overs) 327 (2.77 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Bannerman), 2-13 (Boyle), 3-14 (Groube), 4-97 (McDonnell), 5-101 (Slight), 6-143 (Blackham), 7-181 (Bonnor), 8-187 (Palmer), 9-239 (Alexander), 10-327 (Moule)
Bowling O M R W Econ
F Morley 61 30 90 3 2.21
AG Steel 31 6 73 2 3.53
A Shaw 33 18 42 1 1.90
WG Grace 28 10 66 2 3.53
W Barnes 8.3 3 17 1 2.91
AP Lucas 12 7 23 0 2.87
F Penn 3 1 2 0 1.00
England 2nd innings (target: 57 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
Hon.A Lyttelton† b Palmer 13 25 32 1 0 40.62
GF Grace b Palmer 0 15 2 0 0 0.00
AP Lucas c †Blackham b Palmer 2 12 18 0 0 11.11
F Penn not out 27 44 46 3 0 58.69
W Barnes c Moule b Boyle 5 14 15 1 0 33.33
EM Grace b Boyle 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
WG Grace not out 9 17 20 1 0 45.00
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (5 wickets; 33.3 overs) 57 (2.53 runs per 6 balls)
Did not bat Lord Harris*, AG Steel, A Shaw, F Morley
Fall of wickets 1-2 (GF Grace), 2-10 (Lucas), 3-22 (Lyttelton), 4-31 (Barnes), 5-31 (EM Grace)
Bowling O M R W Econ
HF Boyle 17 7 21 2 1.85
GE Palmer 16.3 5 35 3 3.13
Match details
Balls per over 4
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England won the one-off match
Test debuts G Alexander, GJ Bonnor, TU Groube, PS McDonnell, WH Moule, GE Palmer and J Slight (Australia); W Barnes, EM Grace, GF Grace, WG Grace, Hon.A Lyttelton, F Morley, F Penn and AG Steel (England)
Umpires HH Stephenson and RA Thoms
Close of play
Mon, 6 Sep - day 1 - England 1st innings 410/8 (Hon.A Lyttelton 4*)
Tue, 7 Sep - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 170/6 (WL Murdoch 79*, GJ Bonnor 13*)
Wed, 8 Sep - day 3 - England 2nd innings 57/5 (33.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • WG Grace, who scored England's first Test century, and his brothers EM and GF provided the first instance of three brothers playing the the same Test.
 
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Series Results
England v Australia at The Oval - Sep 6-8, 1880
England won by 5 wickets
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Sep 8, 1880

Lord Harris chases a ball to the boundary, England v Australia, The Oval, September 1880

Lord Harris chases a ball to the boundary

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