RESULT

1st Test, Melbourne, March 15 - 19, 1877, England tour of Australia

Australia

245 & 104

England

(T:154) 196 & 108

Australia won by 45 runs

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charles Bannerman	retired hurt	165	-	285	18	0	-
Nat Thomson	b Hill	1	-	-	0	0	-
Tom Horan	c Hill b Shaw	12	-	-	-	0	-
Dave Gregory (c)	run out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Bransby Cooper	b Southerton	15	-	-	-	0	-
Billy Midwinter	c Ulyett b Southerton	5	-	-	-	0	-
Ned Gregory	c Greenwood b Lillywhite	0	-	-	0	0	-
Jack Blackham †	b Southerton	17	-	-	-	0	-
Tom Garrett	not out	18	-	-	-	0	-
Tom Kendall	c Southerton b Shaw	3	-	-	0	0	-
John Hodges	b Shaw	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 2)	8
TOTAL	169.3 Ov (RR: 1.44)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nat Thomson), 2-40 (Tom Horan), 3-41 (Dave Gregory), 4-118 (Bransby Cooper), 5-142 (Billy Midwinter), 6-143 (Ned Gregory), 7-197 (Jack Blackham), 7-240* (Charles Bannerman, retired hurt), 8-243 (Tom Kendall), 9-245 (John Hodges)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Alfred Shaw	55.3	34	51	3	1.37	-	-	-	0
Allen Hill	23	10	42	1	2.73	-	-	-	0
George Ulyett	25	12	36	0	2.16	-	-	-	0
James Southerton	37	17	61	3	2.47	-	-	-	0
Tom Armitage	3	0	15	0	7.50	-	-	-	2
James Lillywhite (jnr)	14	5	19	1	2.03	-	-	-	0
Tom Emmett	12	7	13	0	1.62	-	-	-	0

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Jupp	lbw b Garrett	63	241	191	2	0	26.14
John Selby †	c Cooper b Hodges	7	18	18	1	0	38.88
Harry Charlwood	c †Blackham b Midwinter	36	62	59	2	0	58.06
George Ulyett	lbw b Thomson	10	21	14	2	0	47.61
Andrew Greenwood	c EJ Gregory b Midwinter	1	26	22	0	0	3.84
Tom Armitage	c †Blackham b Midwinter	9	31	24	1	0	29.03
Alfred Shaw	b Midwinter	10	28	22	0	0	35.71
Tom Emmett	b Midwinter	8	32	25	0	0	25.00
Allen Hill	not out	35	47	41	3	0	74.46
James Lillywhite (jnr) (c)	c & b Kendall	10	15	14	1	0	66.66
James Southerton	c Cooper b Garrett	6	21	21	0	0	28.57
Extras	(lb 1)	1
TOTAL	136.1 Ov (RR: 1.43)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (John Selby), 2-79 (Harry Charlwood), 3-98 (George Ulyett), 4-109 (Andrew Greenwood), 5-121 (Tom Armitage), 6-135 (Alfred Shaw), 7-145 (Harry Jupp), 8-145 (Tom Emmett), 9-168 (James Lillywhite (jnr)), 10-196 (James Southerton)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Hodges	9	0	27	1	4.50	-	-	-
Tom Garrett	18.1	10	22	2	1.80	-	-	-
Tom Kendall	38	16	54	1	2.13	-	-	-
Billy Midwinter	54	23	78	5	2.16	-	-	-
Nat Thomson	17	10	14	1	1.23	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charles Bannerman	b Ulyett	4	10	8	1	0	40.00
Nat Thomson	c Emmett b Shaw	7	26	26	0	0	26.92
Tom Horan	c †Selby b Hill	20	32	28	2	0	62.50
Tom Garrett	c Emmett b Shaw	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Bransby Cooper	b Shaw	3	16	14	0	0	18.75
Billy Midwinter	c Southerton b Ulyett	17	73	68	1	0	23.28
Ned Gregory	c Emmett b Ulyett	11	31	26	1	0	35.48
Jack Blackham †	lbw b Shaw	6	20	16	0	0	30.00
Dave Gregory (c)	b Shaw	3	15	14	0	0	20.00
Tom Kendall	not out	17	22	22	3	0	77.27
John Hodges	b Lillywhite	8	18	18	1	0	44.44
Extras	(b 5, lb 3)	8
TOTAL	68 Ov (RR: 1.52)	104
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Charles Bannerman), 2-27 (Nat Thomson), 3-31 (Tom Garrett), 4-31 (Tom Horan), 5-35 (Bransby Cooper), 6-58 (Ned Gregory), 7-71 (Jack Blackham), 8-75 (Billy Midwinter), 9-75 (Dave Gregory), 10-104 (John Hodges)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alfred Shaw	34	16	38	5	1.67	-	-	-
George Ulyett	19	7	39	3	3.07	-	-	-
Allen Hill	14	6	18	1	1.92	-	-	-
James Lillywhite (jnr)	1	0	1	1	1.50	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS (Target: 154 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Allen Hill	c Thomson b Kendall	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Andrew Greenwood	c Midwinter b Kendall	5	5	5	0	0	100.00
Harry Jupp	lbw b Midwinter	4	17	18	0	0	23.52
Harry Charlwood	b Kendall	13	17	16	1	0	76.47
John Selby †	c Horan b Hodges	38	81	81	4	0	46.91
George Ulyett	b Kendall	24	62	47	1	0	38.70
Alfred Shaw	st †Blackham b Kendall	2	9	5	0	0	22.22
Tom Armitage	c †Blackham b Kendall	3	32	31	0	0	9.37
Tom Emmett	b Kendall	9	27	28	0	0	33.33
James Lillywhite (jnr) (c)	b Hodges	4	6	4	0	0	66.66
James Southerton	not out	1	7	12	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5
TOTAL	66.1 Ov (RR: 1.63)	108
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Allen Hill), 2-7 (Andrew Greenwood), 3-20 (Harry Jupp), 4-22 (Harry Charlwood), 5-62 (George Ulyett), 6-68 (Alfred Shaw), 7-92 (John Selby), 8-93 (Tom Armitage), 9-100 (James Lillywhite (jnr)), 10-108 (Tom Emmett)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Kendall	33.1	12	55	7	2.48	-	-	-
Billy Midwinter	19	7	23	1	1.81	-	-	-
Dave Gregory	5	1	9	0	2.70	-	-	-
Tom Garrett	2	0	9	0	6.75	-	-	-
John Hodges	7	5	7	2	1.50	-	-	-

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MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1876/77
Series result	Australia led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Alfred Shaw Allen Hill Andrew Greenwood Billy Midwinter Bransby Cooper Charles Bannerman Dave Gregory George Ulyett Harry Charlwood Harry Jupp Jack Blackham James Lillywhite (jnr) James Southerton John Hodges John Selby Nat Thomson Ned Gregory Tom Armitage Tom Emmett Tom Garrett Tom Horan Tom Kendall
Umpires	Benjamin Terry Curtis Reid
Balls per over	4

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 15 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 166/6 (Charles Bannerman 126*, Jack Blackham 3*)

Fri, 16 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 109/4 (Harry Jupp 54*)

Sat, 17 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 83/9 (Tom Kendall 5*, John Hodges 3*)

Sun, 18 Mar - rest day

Mon, 19 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 108 (66.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

Alfred Shaw bowled the first Test delivery to Charles Bannerman, who went on to become the first Test centurion. Hill had both the first Test wicket and the first catch. Midwinter picked up the first 5 wicket haul, and Blackham had the first stumping.
W.Newing fielded for Bannerman.
Southerton is still the oldest Test debutant at 49 years 119 days.
Bannerman scored 69.6% of his side's runs from the bat - still a record in Test matches - his 165 took about 290 minutes and included 18 fours.
C Bannerman retired hurt at 240/7 (split the index finger on his right hand by a ball from Ulyett)
Attendances on the four 4 days were approximately 4500, 4000 10000, 2000

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
A Hill	caught	0	2
A Greenwood	caught	5	5
H Jupp	lbw	4	17
HRJ Charlwood	bowled	13	17
J Selby	caught	38	81
G Ulyett	bowled	24	62
A Shaw	stumped	2	9
T Armitage	caught	3	32
T Emmett	bowled	9	27
James Lillywhite	bowled	4	6
J Southerton	not out	1	7
Extras	(b 4, lb 1)
Total	108(10 wkts; 66.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
TK Kendall	33.1	12	55	7	2.48
WE Midwinter	19	7	23	1	1.81
DW Gregory	5	1	9	0	2.7
TW Garrett	2	0	9	0	6.75
JR Hodges	7	5	7	2	1.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Andrew Greenwood	Allen Hill
2nd	7	Andrew Greenwood	Harry Jupp
3rd	13	Harry Charlwood	Harry Jupp
4th	2	Harry Charlwood	John Selby
5th	40	John Selby	George Ulyett
6th	6	John Selby	Alfred Shaw
7th	24	Tom Armitage	John Selby
8th	1	Tom Armitage	Tom Emmett
9th	7	Tom Emmett	James Lillywhite (jnr)
10th	8	Tom Emmett	James Southerton

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