Full Scorecard of England vs Australia Only Test 1878/79 - Score Report

result

Only Test, Melbourne, Jan 2 - 4 1879, England tour of Australia

England

113 & 160

Australia

(2.3 ov, target 18)256 & 19/0

Australia won by 10 wickets

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Ulyett	b Spofforth	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Bunny Lucas	b Allan	6	-	-	-	0	0.00

Alexander Webbe	b Allan	4	-	-	-	0	0.00

Monkey Hornby	b Spofforth	2	-	-	0	0	0.00

Lord Harris (c)	b Garrett	33	-	-	3	0	0.00

The Revd Vernon Royle	b Spofforth	3	-	-	0	0	0.00

Francis MacKinnon	b Spofforth	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Tom Emmett	c Horan b Spofforth	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Charlie Absolom	c AC Bannerman b Boyle	52	-	-	5	0	0.00

Leland Hone †	c †Blackham b Spofforth	7	-	-	-	0	0.00

Sandford Schultz	not out	0	-	-	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
TOTAL	(54 Ov, RR: 2.09)	113
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (George Ulyett), 2-7 (Alexander Webbe), 3-10 (Bunny Lucas), 4-14 (Monkey Hornby), 5-26 (The Revd Vernon Royle), 6-26 (Francis MacKinnon), 7-26 (Tom Emmett), 8-89 (Lord Harris), 9-113 (Charlie Absolom), 10-113 (Leland Hone)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Frederick Spofforth	25	9	48	6	2.88	-	-	-
Frank Allan	17	4	30	2	2.64	-	-	-
Tom Garrett	5	0	18	1	5.40	-	-	-
Harry Boyle	7	1	11	1	2.35	-	-	-

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charles Bannerman	b Emmett	15	-	-	-	0	0.00

Billy Murdoch	c Webbe b Ulyett	4	-	-	-	0	0.00

Tom Horan	c †Hone b Emmett	10	-	-	-	0	0.00

Alec Bannerman	b Schultz	73	-	235	7	0	0.00

Frederick Spofforth	c Royle b Emmett	39	-	-	-	0	0.00

Tom Garrett	c †Hone b Emmett	26	-	-	-	0	0.00

Frank Allan	b Hornby	5	-	-	-	0	0.00

Harry Boyle	c Royle b Emmett	28	-	-	5	0	0.00

Jack Blackham †	b Emmett	6	-	-	-	0	0.00

Thomas Kelly	c Webbe b Emmett	10	-	-	-	0	0.00

Dave Gregory (c)	not out	12	-	-	-	0	0.00

Extras	(b 19, lb 2, w 7)	28
TOTAL	(159.3 Ov, RR: 1.60)	256
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Billy Murdoch), 2-30 (Charles Bannerman), 3-37 (Tom Horan), 4-101 (Frederick Spofforth), 5-131 (Tom Garrett), 6-158 (Frank Allan), 7-215 (Harry Boyle), 8-224 (Jack Blackham), 9-234 (Thomas Kelly), 10-256 (Alec Bannerman)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Emmett	59	31	68	7	1.72	-	-	-
George Ulyett	62	24	93	1	2.25	-	-	-
Bunny Lucas	18	6	31	0	2.58	-	-	-
Sandford Schultz	6.3	3	16	1	3.55	-	-	-
Monkey Hornby	7	7	0	1	0.00	-	-	-
The Revd Vernon Royle	4	1	6	0	2.25	-	-	-
Lord Harris	3	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-

England 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
George Ulyett	b Spofforth	14	-	-	-	0	0.00

Bunny Lucas	c Boyle b Allan	13	-	-	-	0	0.00

Alexander Webbe	lbw b Allan	0	-	-	0	0	0.00

Monkey Hornby	b Spofforth	4	-	-	-	0	0.00

Lord Harris (c)	c Horan b Spofforth	36	-	-	4	0	0.00

The Revd Vernon Royle	c Spofforth b Boyle	18	-	-	-	0	0.00

Francis MacKinnon	b Spofforth	5	-	-	-	0	0.00

Charlie Absolom	c & b Spofforth	6	-	-	-	0	0.00

Tom Emmett	not out	24	-	-	-	0	0.00

Leland Hone †	b Spofforth	6	-	-	-	0	0.00

Sandford Schultz	c & b Spofforth	20	-	-	-	0	0.00

Extras	(b 10, lb 4)	14
TOTAL	(83 Ov, RR: 1.92)	160
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Bunny Lucas), 2-28 (George Ulyett), 3-28 (Alexander Webbe), 4-34 (Monkey Hornby), 5-78 (The Revd Vernon Royle), 6-103 (Lord Harris), 7-103 (Francis MacKinnon), 8-118 (Charlie Absolom), 9-128 (Leland Hone), 10-160 (Sandford Schultz)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Frederick Spofforth	35	16	62	7	2.65	-	-	-
Frank Allan	28	11	50	2	2.67	-	-	-
Tom Garrett	10	6	18	0	2.70	-	-	-
Harry Boyle	10	4	16	1	2.40	-	-	-

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 18 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Charles Bannerman	not out	15	-	10	-	0	0.00

Billy Murdoch	not out	4	-	10	-	0	0.00

Extras		0
TOTAL	(2.3 Ov, RR: 6.90)	19
Did not bat: Tom Horan, Alec Bannerman, Frederick Spofforth, Tom Garrett, Frank Allan, Harry Boyle, Jack Blackham †, Thomas Kelly, Dave Gregory (c)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
George Ulyett	1	0	9	0	13.50	-	-	-	0	0
Sandford Schultz	1.3	0	10	0	8.57	-	-	-	0	0

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1878/79
Match number	Test no. 3
Match days	day(0-day match)
Test debut	Alec Bannerman Alexander Webbe Bunny Lucas Charlie Absolom Francis MacKinnon Frank Allan Harry Boyle Leland Hone Lord Harris Monkey Hornby Sandford Schultz The Revd Vernon Royle
Umpires	George Coulthard P Coady
Balls per over	4

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 02 Jan - day 1 -Australia 1st innings 95/3 (Alec Bannerman 23*, Frederick Spofforth 35*)

Fri, 03 Jan - day 2 -England 2nd innings 103/6 (Francis MacKinnon 5*)

Sat, 04 Jan - day 3 -Australia 2nd innings 19/0 (2.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

FR Spofforth achieved the first Test match hat-trick when he dismissed Royle, Mackinnon and Emmett in the first innings.

Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
C Bannerman	not out	15
WL Murdoch	not out	4
Total	19(0 wkts; 2.3 ovs)

England 1st INNINGS

Australia 1st INNINGS

England 2nd INNINGS

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 18 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Alec Bannerman

Alexander Webbe

Bunny Lucas

Charlie Absolom

Francis MacKinnon

Frank Allan

Harry Boyle

Leland Hone

Lord Harris

Monkey Hornby

Sandford Schultz

The Revd Vernon Royle

George Coulthard

P Coady

CLOSE OF PLAY

MATCH NOTES

General

Australia Innings