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Test No. 3

England tour of Australia 1878/79
1878-79 season
Australia vs England - Only Test
02-04 January, 1879 (timeless match)

Australia won the one-off match

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Australia won by 10 wickets


England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 George Ulyett b Spofforth
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bunny Lucas b Allan
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alexander Webbe b Allan
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monkey Hornby b Spofforth
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Lord Harris b Garrett
33 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 The Revd Vernon Royle b Spofforth
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Francis MacKinnon b Spofforth
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Tom Emmett c Horan b Spofforth
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Charlie Absolom c AC Bannerman b Boyle
52 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Leland Hone c Blackham b Spofforth
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sandford Schultz Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 2
6
Total : (all out in 54.0 overs)
113
 RR : 3.14

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Ulyett), 2-7 (Webbe), 3-10 (Lucas), 4-14 (Hornby), 5-26 (The Royle), 6-26 (MacKinnon), 7-26 (Emmett), 8-89 (Lord Harris), 9-113 (Absolom), 10-113 (Hone)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frederick Spofforth
25
9 
48 
6
2.88
0
0
»
 Frank Allan
17
4 
30 
2
2.65
0
0
»
 Tom Garrett
5
0 
18 
1
5.40
0
0
»
 Harry Boyle
7
1 
11 
1
2.36
0
0

Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Bannerman b Emmett
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Billy Murdoch c Webbe b Ulyett
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Horan c Hone b Emmett
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alec Bannerman b Schultz
73 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Frederick Spofforth c The Royle b Emmett
39 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Garrett c Hone b Emmett
26 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Allan b Hornby
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Boyle c The Royle b Emmett
28 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Jack Blackham b Emmett
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Thomas Kelly c Webbe b Emmett
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Dave Gregory Not Out
12 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 19, LB 2, W 7
28
Total : (all out in 159.3 overs)
256
 RR : 2.40

Fall of wickets : 1-16 (Murdoch), 2-30 (C Bannerman), 3-37 (Horan), 4-101 (Spofforth), 5-131 (Garrett), 6-158 (Allan), 7-215 (Boyle), 8-224 (Blackham), 9-234 (Kelly), 10-256 (AC Bannerman)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Emmett
59
31 
68 
7
1.73
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
62
24 
93 
1
2.25
0
0
»
 Bunny Lucas
18
6 
31 
0
2.58
0
0
»
 Sandford Schultz
6
 .3
3 
16 
1
3.56
0
0
»
 Monkey Hornby
7
7 
0 
1
0.00
0
0
»
 The Revd Vernon Royle
4
1 
6 
0
2.25
0
0
»
 Lord Harris
3
0 
14 
0
7.00
0
0

England 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 George Ulyett b Spofforth
14 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bunny Lucas c Boyle b Allan
13 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alexander Webbe lbw b Allan
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monkey Hornby b Spofforth
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Lord Harris c Horan b Spofforth
36 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 The Revd Vernon Royle c Spofforth b Boyle
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Francis MacKinnon b Spofforth
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charlie Absolom c & b Spofforth
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Emmett Not Out
24 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Leland Hone b Spofforth
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sandford Schultz c & b Spofforth
20 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 10, LB 4
14
Total : (all out in 83.0 overs)
160
 RR : 2.89

Fall of wickets : 1-26 (Lucas), 2-28 (Ulyett), 3-28 (Webbe), 4-34 (Hornby), 5-78 (Royle), 6-103 (Harris), 7-103 (MacKinnon), 8-118 (Absolom), 9-128 (Hone), 10-160 (Schultz)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Frederick Spofforth
35
16 
62 
7
2.66
0
0
»
 Frank Allan
28
11 
50 
2
2.68
0
0
»
 Tom Garrett
10
6 
18 
0
2.70
0
0
»
 Harry Boyle
10
4 
16 
1
2.40
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
(Target: 18 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Bannerman Not Out
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Billy Murdoch Not Out
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
Total : (0 wickets in 2.3 overs)
19
 RR : 10.36

did not bat: Alec Bannerman, Dave Gregory, Frank Allan, Frederick Spofforth, Harry Boyle, Jack Blackham, Thomas Kelly, Tom Garrett, Tom Horan


Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Sandford Schultz
1
 .3
0 
10 
0
8.57
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
1
0 
9 
0
13.50
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 4
Debuts: FE Allan, AC Bannerman and HF Boyle (Australia); CA Absolom, Lord Harris, L Hone, AN Hornby, AP Lucas, FA MacKinnon, VPFA Royle, SS Schultz and AJ Webbe (England)
Umpires : P Coady (Australia) and G Coulthard (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Thu, 2 Jan - Australia 1st innings 95/3 (AC Bannerman 23*, FR Spofforth 35*)
Day 2 : Fri, 3 Jan - England 2nd innings 103/6 (FA MacKinnon 5*)
Day 3 : Sat, 4 Jan - Australia 2nd innings 19/0 (2.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Alec Bannerman, Billy Murdoch, Charles Bannerman, Dave Gregory (Capt.), Frank Allan, Frederick Spofforth, Harry Boyle, Jack Blackham (wk), Thomas Kelly, Tom Garrett, Tom Horan
England Alexander Webbe, Bunny Lucas, Charlie Absolom, Francis MacKinnon, George Ulyett, Leland Hone (wk), Lord Harris (Capt.), Monkey Hornby, Sandford Schultz, The Revd Vernon Royle, Tom Emmett
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