Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie McLeod	b Hearne	1	-	5	0	0	-
Joe Darling	c Hearne b Richardson	12	-	32	1	0	-
Clem Hill	c Stoddart b Hearne	188	-	305	21	0	-
Syd Gregory	b Richardson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Frank Iredale	c †Storer b Hearne	0	-	2	0	0	-
Monty Noble	c & b Hearne	4	-	6	0	0	-
Harry Trott (c)	c †Storer b Hearne	7	-	35	0	0	-
Hugh Trumble	c Mason b Storer	46	-	152	4	0	-
James Kelly †	c †Storer b Briggs	32	-	66	6	0	-
Ernie Jones	c Hayward b Hearne	20	-	37	2	0	-
Bill Howell	not out	9	-	10	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, w 1)	4
Total	101.4 Ov (RR: 3.17)	323
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Charlie McLeod), 2-25 (Joe Darling), 3-25 (Syd Gregory), 4-26 (Frank Iredale), 5-32 (Monty Noble), 6-58 (Harry Trott), 7-223 (Hugh Trumble), 8-283 (James Kelly), 9-303 (Clem Hill), 10-323 (Ernie Jones)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Richardson	26	2	102	2	3.92	-	-	-
Jack Hearne	35.4	13	98	6	2.74	-	-	-
Tom Hayward	10	4	24	0	2.40	-	-	-
Johnny Briggs	17	4	38	1	2.23	-	-	-
Andrew Stoddart	6	1	22	0	3.66	-	-	-
Bill Storer	4	0	24	1	6.00	-	-	-
Ted Wainwright	3	1	11	0	3.66	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren	b Howell	8	-	17	0	0	-
Ted Wainwright	c Howell b Trott	6	-	19	0	0	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Iredale b Trumble	24	-	27	3	0	-
Tom Hayward	c Gregory b Noble	22	-	37	3	0	-
Frank Druce	lbw b Jones	24	-	44	3	0	-
Bill Storer †	c & b Trumble	2	-	16	0	0	-
Jack Mason	b Jones	30	-	65	2	0	-
Andrew Stoddart (c)	c Darling b Jones	17	-	22	1	0	-
Johnny Briggs	not out	21	-	43	2	0	-
Jack Hearne	c Trott b Jones	0	-	1	0	0	-
Tom Richardson	b Trott	20	-	19	4	0	-
Extras		0
Total	61.1 Ov (RR: 2.84)	174
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Archie MacLaren), 2-16 (Ted Wainwright), 3-60 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 4-60 (Tom Hayward), 5-67 (Bill Storer), 6-103 (Frank Druce), 7-121 (Andrew Stoddart), 8-148 (Jack Mason), 9-148 (Jack Hearne), 10-174 (Tom Richardson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Howell	16	7	34	1	2.12	-	-	-
Harry Trott	11.1	1	33	2	2.95	-	-	-
Monty Noble	7	1	21	1	3.00	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	15	4	30	2	2.00	-	-	-
Ernie Jones	12	2	56	4	4.66	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Johnny Briggs	c Darling b Howell	23	-	52	1	0	-
Ted Wainwright	c McLeod b Jones	2	-	13	0	0	-
Archie MacLaren	c Iredale b Trumble	45	-	68	6	0	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Noble	55	-	97	2	0	-
Tom Hayward	c & b Trumble	25	-	98	0	0	-
Andrew Stoddart (c)	b Jones	25	-	100	2	0	-
Frank Druce	c Howell b Trott	16	-	29	2	0	-
Jack Mason	b Howell	26	-	95	0	0	-
Bill Storer †	c Darling b McLeod	26	-	54	2	0	-
Jack Hearne	not out	4	-	8	0	0	-
Tom Richardson	c Trumble b McLeod	2	-	5	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 11, nb 1, w 1)	14
Total	114.2 Ov (RR: 2.30)	263
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Ted Wainwright), 2-63 (Johnny Briggs), 3-94 (Archie MacLaren), 4-147 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 5-157 (Tom Hayward), 6-192 (Frank Druce), 7-211 (Andrew Stoddart), 8-259 (Jack Mason), 9-259 (Bill Storer), 10-263 (Tom Richardson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bill Howell	30	12	58	2	1.93	-	-	-
Harry Trott	12	2	39	1	3.25	-	-	-
Monty Noble	16	6	31	1	1.93	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	23	6	40	2	1.73	-	-	-
Ernie Jones	25	7	70	2	2.80	-	-	-
Charlie McLeod	8.2	4	11	2	1.32	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 115 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charlie McLeod	not out	64	-	99	5	0	-
Joe Darling	c †Druce b Hayward	29	-	38	4	0	-
Clem Hill	lbw b Hayward	0	-	8	0	0	-
Syd Gregory	not out	21	-	53	2	0	-
Extras	(nb 1)	1
Total	39.4 Ov (RR: 2.89)	115/2
Did not bat: Frank Iredale, Monty Noble, Harry Trott (c), Hugh Trumble, James Kelly †, Ernie Jones, Bill Howell
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Joe Darling), 2-56 (Clem Hill)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jack Hearne	7	3	19	0	2.71	-	-	-
Tom Hayward	10	4	24	2	2.40	-	-	-
Johnny Briggs	6	1	31	0	5.16	-	-	-
Ted Wainwright	9	2	21	0	2.33	-	-	-
Jack Mason	4	1	10	0	2.50	-	-	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	3.4	1	9	0	2.45	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 29 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 275/7 (Clem Hill 182*, James Kelly 22*)

Sun, 30 Jan - rest day

Mon, 31 Jan - day 2 - England 2nd innings 7/1 (Johnny Briggs 4*)

Tue, 01 Feb - day 3 - England 2nd innings 254/7 (Jack Mason 25*, Bill Storer 24*)

Wed, 02 Feb - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 115/2 (39.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1897/98
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 3-1
Match number	Test no. 56
Match days	day (0-day match)
Umpires	Charles Bannerman Jim Phillips

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Australia v England 1897-98

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JT Hearne	7	3	19	0	2.71
TW Hayward	10	4	24	2	2.4
J Briggs	6	1	31	0	5.16
E Wainwright	9	2	21	0	2.33
JR Mason	4	1	10	0	2.5
KS Ranjitsinhji	3.4	1	9	0	2.45

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