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Test No. 17

England tour of Australia 1884/85
1884-85 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
12-16 December, 1884

England led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Adelaide Oval
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 8 wickets


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alec Bannerman lbw b Peel
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Percy McDonnell b Attewell
124 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Billy Murdoch c J Hunter b Peel
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tup Scott b Peel
19 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Jack Blackham c Attewell b Bates
66 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 George Giffen b Bates
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Bonnor c Read b Bates
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joey Palmer c Shrewsbury b Bates
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Boyle c J Hunter b Bates
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Alexander run out
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Cooper Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 7, W 2
9
Total : (all out in 149.1 overs)
243
 RR : 2.44

Fall of wickets : 1-33 (AC Bannerman), 2-47 (WL Murdoch), 3-95 (HJH Scott), 4-190 (PS McDonnell), 5-224 (JM Blackham), 6-227 (G Giffen), 7-233 (GJ Bonnor), 8-239 (GE Palmer), 9-242 (G Alexander), 10-243 (HF Boyle)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bobby Peel
41
15 
68 
3
2.49
0
0
»
 William Attewell
50
23 
48 
1
1.44
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
10
3 
23 
0
3.45
0
0
»
 Wilf Flowers
10
1 
27 
0
4.05
0
0
»
 Billy Barnes
14
2 
37 
0
3.96
0
0
»
 Billy Bates
24
 .1
10 
31 
5
1.92
0
0

England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 William Scotton st Blackham b Giffen
82 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Shrewsbury b Boyle
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Ulyett c Alexander b Boyle
68 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Billy Barnes b Palmer
134 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Billy Bates c Giffen b Palmer
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilf Flowers lbw b Palmer
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Maurice Read c & b Giffen
14 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs c Blackham b Palmer
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Attewell Not Out
12 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bobby Peel b Palmer
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joe Hunter run out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 18, LB 1, N 1
20
Total : (all out in 243.2 overs)
369
 RR : 2.27

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (A Shrewsbury), 2-107 (G Ulyett), 3-282 (WH Scotton), 4-306 (W Bates), 5-325 (W Flowers), 6-344 (W Barnes), 7-349 (J Briggs), 8-349 (JM Read), 9-361 (R Peel), 10-369 (J Hunter)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Harry Boyle
63
25 
95 
2
2.26
0
0
»
 George Giffen
56
 .2
26 
80 
2
2.12
0
0
»
 William Cooper
18
4 
26 
0
2.17
0
0
»
 George Bonnor
16
10 
23 
0
2.16
0
0
»
 Joey Palmer
73
37 
81 
5
1.66
0
0
»
 Percy McDonnell
3
0 
11 
0
5.50
0
0
»
 Tup Scott
4
1 
9 
0
3.38
0
0
»
 George Alexander
10
3 
24 
0
3.60
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jack Blackham b Peel
11 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Percy McDonnell run out
83 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Billy Murdoch b Peel
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Giffen c Shrewsbury b Peel
47 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tup Scott lbw b Peel
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Cooper c Shrewsbury b Barnes
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Bonnor c Peel b Barnes
19 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joey Palmer b Barnes
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Alexander st J Hunter b Peel
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Boyle Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alec Bannerman absent hurt
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 7
7
Total : (all out in 116.1 overs)
191
 RR : 2.46

Fall of wickets : 1-28 (JM Blackham), 2-56 (WL Murdoch), 3-125 (PS McDonnell), 4-139 (HJH Scott), 5-160 (WH Cooper), 6-160 (G Giffen), 7-171 (GE Palmer), 8-182 (GJ Bonnor), 9-191 (G Alexander)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bobby Peel
40
 .1
15 
51 
5
1.90
0
0
»
 William Attewell
18
10 
26 
0
2.17
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
2
1 
3 
0
2.25
0
0
»
 Wilf Flowers
16
4 
27 
0
2.53
0
0
»
 Billy Barnes
31
10 
51 
3
2.47
0
0
»
 Billy Bates
9
3 
26 
0
4.33
0
0

England 2nd innings
(Target: 66 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 William Scotton c Scott b Boyle
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilf Flowers c Scott b Palmer
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Shrewsbury Not Out
26 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Billy Barnes Not Out
28 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4
4
Total : (2 wickets in 31.0 overs)
67
 RR : 3.24

did not bat: George Ulyett, Joe Hunter, Billy Bates, Bobby Peel, Johnny Briggs, Maurice Read, William Attewell

Fall of wickets : 1-8 (W Flowers), 2-14 (WH Scotton)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Harry Boyle
9
3 
21 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 George Giffen
6
0 
19 
0
4.75
0
0
»
 Joey Palmer
16
5 
23 
1
2.16
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 4
Debuts: W Flowers, J Briggs, W Attewell, R Peel and J Hunter (England)
Umpires : Tom Cole (Australia) and Isaac Fisher (Australia)

Teams:
Australia Alec Bannerman, Billy Murdoch (Capt.), George Alexander, George Bonnor, George Giffen, Harry Boyle, Jack Blackham (wk), Joey Palmer, Percy McDonnell, Tup Scott, William Cooper
England Arthur Shrewsbury (Capt.), George Ulyett, Joe Hunter (wk), William Scotton, Billy Barnes, Billy Bates, Bobby Peel, Johnny Briggs, Maurice Read, Wilf Flowers, William Attewell
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