Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Arthur Shrewsbury (c)	c Worrall b Morris	72	-	180	6	0	-
William Scotton	b Bruce	13	-	-	1	0	-
Billy Barnes	b Morris	58	-	125	3	0	-
Billy Bates	b Bruce	35	-	-	3	0	-
Wilf Flowers	c Worrall b Bruce	5	-	-	0	0	-
Maurice Read	b Jones	3	-	-	0	0	-
Johnny Briggs	c Horan b Jones	121	-	150	15	0	-
George Ulyett	b Jones	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
William Attewell	c Jones b Worrall	30	-	-	4	0	-
Bobby Peel	b Jones	5	-	-	0	0	-
Joe Hunter †	not out	39	-	60	4	1	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 12, nb 1)	20
Total	216.2 Ov (RR: 1.85)	401
Fall of wickets 1-28 (William Scotton), 2-144 (Billy Barnes), 3-161 (Arthur Shrewsbury), 4-191 (Billy Bates), 5-194 (Wilf Flowers), 6-204 (Maurice Read), 7-204 (George Ulyett), 8-254 (William Attewell), 9-303 (Bobby Peel), 10-401 (Johnny Briggs)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
William Bruce	55	22	88	3	2.40	-
Jack Worrall	56	28	97	1	2.59	-
Alfred Marr	11	6	11	0	1.50	-
John Trumble	23	9	41	0	2.67	-
Digger Robertson	11	3	24	0	3.27	-
Sam Morris	34	14	73	2	3.22	-
Sammy Jones	25.2	9	47	4	2.76	-
Tom Horan	1	1	0	0	0.00	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sammy Jones	lbw b Peel	19	-	-	0	0	-
Sam Morris	lbw b Attewell	4	-	-	1	0	-
Tom Horan (c)	c Shrewsbury b Peel	63	-	165	3	0	-
John Trumble	c & b Barnes	59	-	210	2	0	-
Affie Jarvis †	c Briggs b Flowers	82	-	220	2	0	-
Roland Pope	c Flowers b Attewell	0	-	-	0	0	-
Alfred Marr	b Barnes	0	-	-	0	0	-
Harry Musgrove	c Read b Barnes	4	-	-	0	0	-
Jack Worrall	b Flowers	34	-	-	5	0	-
William Bruce	not out	3	-	-	0	0	-
Digger Robertson	c Barnes b Peel	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 2, w 2)	11
Total	274.1 Ov (RR: 1.01)	279
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Sam Morris), 2-46 (Sammy Jones), 3-124 (Tom Horan), 4-190 (John Trumble), 5-193 (Roland Pope), 6-193 (Alfred Marr), 7-203 (Harry Musgrove), 8-276 (Affie Jarvis), 9-278 (Jack Worrall), 10-279 (Digger Robertson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Wilf Flowers	29	12	46	2	2.37	-
William Attewell	61	35	54	2	1.32	-
Billy Barnes	50	27	50	3	1.50	-
Bobby Peel	102.1	56	78	3	1.14	-
Billy Bates	17	11	17	0	1.50	-
George Ulyett	15	7	23	0	2.30	-

Australia 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sammy Jones	b Ulyett	9	-	-	0	0	-
William Bruce	c †Hunter b Barnes	45	-	-	2	1	-
Tom Horan (c)	c †Hunter b Barnes	16	-	-	1	0	-
John Trumble	c & b Barnes	11	-	-	2	0	-
Affie Jarvis †	lbw b Peel	10	-	45	0	0	-
Roland Pope	b Peel	3	-	-	0	0	-
Alfred Marr	c & b Barnes	5	-	-	1	0	-
Harry Musgrove	c Bates b Peel	9	-	-	0	0	-
Jack Worrall	c & b Barnes	6	-	-	1	0	-
Sam Morris	not out	10	-	-	0	0	-
Digger Robertson	b Barnes	2	-	-	0	0	-
Extras		0
Total	114.3 Ov (RR: 1.09)	126
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Sammy Jones), 2-66 (Tom Horan), 3-80 (John Trumble), 4-83 (William Bruce), 5-86 (Roland Pope), 6-95 (Alfred Marr), 7-99 (Affie Jarvis), 8-108 (Jack Worrall), 9-116 (Harry Musgrove), 10-126 (Digger Robertson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Wilf Flowers	11	6	11	0	1.50	-
William Attewell	5	2	7	0	2.10	-
Billy Barnes	38.3	26	31	6	1.20	-
Bobby Peel	44	26	45	3	1.53	-
George Ulyett	8	3	19	1	3.56	-
Johnny Briggs	8	3	13	0	2.43	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 5 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Arthur Shrewsbury (c)	not out	0	-	5	0	0	-
William Scotton	not out	7	-	5	1	0	-
Extras		0
Total	1.1 Ov (RR: 5.60)	7/0
Did not bat Billy Barnes, Billy Bates, Wilf Flowers, Maurice Read, Johnny Briggs, George Ulyett, William Attewell, Bobby Peel, Joe Hunter †

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Alfred Marr	1	0	3	0	4.50	-	0	0
William Bruce	0.1	0	4	0	24.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 01 Jan

day 1 - England 1st innings 303/9 (Johnny Briggs 65*)

Fri, 02 Jan

day 2 - Australia 1st innings 151/3 (John Trumble 41*, Affie Jarvis 15*)

Sat, 03 Jan

day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 66/2 (William Bruce 41*)

Sun, 04 Jan

rest day

Mon, 05 Jan

day 4 - England 2nd innings 7/0 (1.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Australia's team showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of the gate money for this match. Thus was ended the unique run of JM Blackham who played in each of the first 17 Test matches.

Match Details

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

England tour of Australia

Season1884/85

Series resultEngland led the 5-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 18

Match daysday (0-day match)

Test debut