Full Scorecard of Australia vs England 2nd Test 1897/98 - Score Report

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joe Darling	c Hirst b Briggs	36	-	45	5	0	-

Charlie McLeod	b Storer	112	-	244	4	0	-

Clem Hill	c †Storer b Hayward	58	-	115	1	0	-

Syd Gregory	b Briggs	71	-	136	3	0	-

Frank Iredale	c Ranjitsinhji b Hirst	89	-	167	6	0	-

Harry Trott (c)	c Wainwright b Briggs	79	-	193	11	0	-

Monty Noble	b Richardson	17	-	22	2	0	-

Hugh Trumble	c Hirst b Mason	14	-	19	1	0	-

James Kelly †	c Richardson b Hearne	19	-	40	2	0	-

Ernie Jones	run out	7	-	12	0	0	-

Tom McKibbin	not out	2	-	3	0	0	-

Extras	(b 14, nb 1, w 1)	16
TOTAL	(185 Ov, RR: 2.81)	520
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Joe Darling), 2-167 (Clem Hill), 3-244 (Charlie McLeod), 4-310 (Syd Gregory), 5-434 (Frank Iredale), 6-453 (Monty Noble), 7-478 (Hugh Trumble), 8-509 (Harry Trott), 9-515 (James Kelly), 10-520 (Ernie Jones)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom Richardson	48	12	114	1	2.37	-	-	-
George Hirst	25	1	89	1	3.56	-	-	-
Johnny Briggs	40	10	96	3	2.40	-	-	-
Jack Hearne	36	6	94	1	2.61	-	-	-
Jack Mason	11	1	33	1	3.00	-	-	-
Tom Hayward	9	4	23	1	2.55	-	-	-
Bill Storer	16	4	55	1	3.43	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren (c)	c Trumble b McKibbin	35	-	83	2	0	-

Jack Mason	b McKibbin	3	-	6	0	0	-

Ted Wainwright	c Jones b Noble	21	-	60	2	0	-

KS Ranjitsinhji	b Trumble	71	-	149	4	0	-

Tom Hayward	c Jones b Trott	23	-	70	1	0	-

Bill Storer †	c †Kelly b Trumble	51	-	88	6	0	-

George Hirst	b Jones	0	-	3	0	0	-

Frank Druce	lbw b Trumble	44	-	88	4	0	-

Jack Hearne	b Jones	1	-	1	0	0	-

Johnny Briggs	not out	46	-	71	5	0	-

Tom Richardson	b Trumble	3	-	4	0	0	-

Extras	(b 10, lb 3, nb 4)	17
TOTAL	(119.5 Ov, RR: 2.62)	315
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Jack Mason), 2-60 (Ted Wainwright), 3-74 (Archie MacLaren), 4-133 (Tom Hayward), 5-203 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 6-208 (George Hirst), 7-223 (Bill Storer), 8-224 (Jack Hearne), 9-311 (Frank Druce), 10-315 (Tom Richardson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom McKibbin	28	7	66	2	2.35	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	26.5	5	54	4	2.01	-	-	-
Ernie Jones	22	5	54	2	2.45	-	-	-
Harry Trott	17	3	49	1	2.88	-	-	-
Monty Noble	12	3	31	1	2.58	-	-	-
Charlie McLeod	14	2	44	0	3.14	-	-	-

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren (c)	c Trott b Trumble	38	-	70	2	0	-

Jack Mason	b Trumble	3	-	17	0	0	-

KS Ranjitsinhji	b Noble	27	-	68	2	0	-

Tom Hayward	c Trumble b Noble	33	-	73	3	0	-

Bill Storer †	c Trumble b Noble	1	-	5	0	0	-

George Hirst	lbw b Trumble	3	-	7	0	0	-

Frank Druce	c McLeod b Noble	15	-	32	1	0	-

Ted Wainwright	b Noble	11	-	35	0	0	-

Johnny Briggs	c Trott b Trumble	12	-	33	2	0	-

Jack Hearne	c Jones b Noble	0	-	4	0	0	-

Tom Richardson	not out	2	-	3	0	0	-

Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 1)	5
TOTAL	(65.4 Ov, RR: 2.28)	150
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Jack Mason), 2-65 (Archie MacLaren), 3-71 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 4-75 (Bill Storer), 5-80 (George Hirst), 6-115 (Frank Druce), 7-123 (Tom Hayward), 8-141 (Ted Wainwright), 9-148 (Jack Hearne), 10-150 (Johnny Briggs)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Tom McKibbin	4	0	13	0	3.25	-	-	-
Hugh Trumble	30.4	12	53	4	1.72	-	-	-
Harry Trott	7	0	17	0	2.42	-	-	-
Monty Noble	17	1	49	6	2.88	-	-	-
Charlie McLeod	7	2	13	0	1.85	-	-	-

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1897/98
Series result	5-match series level 1-1
Match number	Test no. 54
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Monty Noble
Umpires	Charles Bannerman Jim Phillips

Sat, 01 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 283/3 (Syd Gregory 54*, Frank Iredale 12*)

Sun, 02 Jan - rest day

Mon, 03 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 22/1 (Archie MacLaren 9*, Ted Wainwright 3*)

Tue, 04 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 311/8 (Frank Druce 44*, Johnny Briggs 45*)

Wed, 05 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 150 (65.4 ov) - end of match

Jones was the first bowler to be no-balled for throwing in a Test match - umpire Phillips called him once.
McLeod avenged his unfortunate dismissal in the previous match by making the most of his surprising promotion in the order.

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
TR McKibbin	4	0	13	0	3.25
H Trumble	30.4	12	53	4	1.72
GHS Trott	7	0	17	0	2.42
MA Noble	17	1	49	6	2.88
CE McLeod	7	2	13	0	1.85