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Only Test, The Oval, Sep 6 - 8 1880, Australia tour of England
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England

(target 57)420 & 57/5
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Australia

(f/o) 149 & 327
England won by 5 wickets
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England 1st INNINGS
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Edward Grace c Alexander b Bannerman3694814038.29
W.G. Grace  b Palmer15229425112051.70
Bunny Lucas  b Bannerman551211095045.45
Billy Barnes  b Alexander2867501041.79
Lord Harris (c)c Bonnor b Alexander5297907053.60
Frank Penn  b Bannerman2345353051.11
Allan Steel c Boyle b Moule4266505063.63
Alfred Lyttelton †not out 1132211034.37
Fred Grace c Bannerman b Moule022000.00
Alfred Shaw  b Moule046000.00
Fred Morley run out 2950022.22
Extras(b 8, lb 11)19
TOTAL(210.3 Ov, RR: 1.99)420
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Edward Grace), 2-211 (Bunny Lucas), 3-269 (Billy Barnes), 4-281 (W.G. Grace), 5-322 (Frank Penn), 6-404 (Lord Harris), 7-410 (Allan Steel), 8-410 (Fred Grace), 9-413 (Alfred Shaw), 10-420 (Fred Morley)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Harry Boyle44177102.42---00
Joey Palmer702711612.48---00
George Alexander32106923.23---00
Alec Bannerman501211133.33---00
Percy McDonnell201108.25---00
William Moule12.342332.70---00
Australia 1st INNINGS
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Alec Bannerman  b Morley3254485059.25
Billy Murdoch (c)c Barnes b Steel01922000.00
Tom Groube  b Steel1144391025.00
Percy McDonnell c Barnes b Morley2741492065.85
Jim Slight c GF Grace b Morley1135291031.42
Jack Blackham †c & b Morley021000.00
George Bonnor c GF Grace b Shaw2890025.00
Harry Boyle not out 3647535076.59
Joey Palmer  b Morley617170035.29
George Alexander c WG Grace b Steel620130030.00
William Moule c Morley b WG Grace614150042.85
Extras(b 9, lb 3)12
TOTAL(75.1 Ov, RR: 1.98)149
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Billy Murdoch), 2-39 (Alec Bannerman), 3-59 (Tom Groube), 4-84 (Jim Slight), 5-84 (Jack Blackham), 6-89 (Percy McDonnell), 7-97 (George Bonnor), 8-113 (Joey Palmer), 9-126 (George Alexander), 10-149 (William Moule)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Fred Morley3295652.62---00
Allan Steel2995833.00---00
Alfred Shaw1352112.42---00
W.G. Grace1.10212.40---00
Australia 2nd INNINGS (FOLLOWING ON)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Alec Bannerman c Lucas b Shaw81471057.14
Harry Boyle run out 3790042.85
Billy Murdoch (c)not out 15335831617042.73
Tom Groube c Shaw b Morley012000.00
Percy McDonnell lbw b WG Grace4376759056.57
Jim Slight c Harris b WG Grace012000.00
Jack Blackham †c EM Grace b Morley1954492035.18
George Bonnor  b Steel1629233055.17
Joey Palmer c & b Steel4961044.44
George Alexander c Shaw b Morley3359565055.93
William Moule  b Barnes3499904034.34
Extras(b 7, lb 7)14
TOTAL(176.3 Ov, RR: 1.85)327
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Alec Bannerman), 2-13 (Harry Boyle), 3-14 (Tom Groube), 4-97 (Percy McDonnell), 5-101 (Jim Slight), 6-143 (Jack Blackham), 7-181 (George Bonnor), 8-187 (Joey Palmer), 9-239 (George Alexander), 10-327 (William Moule)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Fred Morley61309032.21---00
Allan Steel3167323.53---00
Alfred Shaw33184211.90---00
W.G. Grace28106623.53---00
Billy Barnes8.331712.91---00
Bunny Lucas1272302.87---00
Frank Penn31201.00---00
England 2nd INNINGS (target: 57 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Alfred Lyttelton † b Palmer1332251040.62
Fred Grace  b Palmer0215000.00
Bunny Lucas c †Blackham b Palmer218120011.11
Frank Penn not out 2746443058.69
Billy Barnes c Moule b Boyle515141033.33
Edward Grace  b Boyle021000.00
W.G. Grace not out 920171045.00
Extras(nb 1)1
TOTAL(33.3 Ov, RR: 1.68)57/5
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Fred Grace), 2-10 (Bunny Lucas), 3-22 (Alfred Lyttelton), 4-31 (Billy Barnes), 5-31 (Edward Grace)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Harry Boyle1772121.85---00
Joey Palmer16.353533.13---00
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MATCH DETAILS
Kennington Oval, London
TossEngland, elected to bat first
SeriesAustralia tour of England
Season1880
Match numberTest no. 4
Match daysday (3-day match)
Test debut
Alfred Lyttelton
Alfred Lyttelton
Allan Steel
Allan Steel
Billy Barnes
Billy Barnes
Edward Grace
Edward Grace
Frank Penn
Frank Penn
Fred Grace
Fred Grace
Fred Morley
Fred Morley
George Alexander
George Alexander
George Bonnor
George Bonnor
Jim Slight
Jim Slight
Joey Palmer
Joey Palmer
Percy McDonnell
Percy McDonnell
Tom Groube
Tom Groube
W.G. Grace
W.G. Grace
William Moule
William Moule
Umpires
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Bob Thoms
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Heathfield Stephenson
Balls per over4
CLOSE OF PLAY
Mon, 06 Sep - day 1 - England 1st innings 410/8 (Alfred Lyttelton 4*)
Tue, 07 Sep - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 170/6 (Billy Murdoch 79*, George Bonnor 13*)
Wed, 08 Sep - day 3 - England 2nd innings 57/5 (33.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
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  • 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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England Innings
Player NameRB
Hon.A Lytteltonbowled1332
GF Gracebowled02
AP Lucascaught218
F Pennnot out2746
W Barnescaught515
EM Gracebowled02
WG Gracenot out920
Extras(nb 1)
Total57(5 wkts; 33.3 ovs)
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