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Test No. 25

England tour of Australia 1886/87
1886-87 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
28-31 January, 1887

England led the 2-match series 1-0

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 13 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Billy Bates c Midwinter b Ferris
8 
18 
2 
0
44.44 
»
 Arthur Shrewsbury c McShane b Ferris
2 
18 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Billy Barnes c Spofforth b Turner
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Dick Barlow b Turner
2 
2 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Maurice Read c Spofforth b Ferris
5 
19 
0 
0
26.32 
»
 Billy Gunn b Turner
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 William Scotton c Jones b Turner
1 
15 
0 
0
6.67 
»
 Johnny Briggs c Midwinter b Turner
5 
12 
0 
0
41.67 
»
 George Lohmann c Garrett b Ferris
17 
36 
3 
0
47.22 
»
 Wilf Flowers b Turner
2 
11 
0 
0
18.18 
»
 Mordecai Sherwin Not Out
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 2, LB 1
3
Total : (all out in 35.3 overs)
45
 RR : 1.89

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (W Bates), 2-11 (W Barnes), 3-13 (A Shrewsbury), 4-13 (RG Barlow), 5-13 (W Gunn), 6-17 (WH Scotton), 7-21 (JM Read), 8-29 (J Briggs), 9-41 (W Flowers), 10-45 (GA Lohmann)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Charlie Turner
18
11 
15 
6
1.25
0
0
»
 John Ferris
17
 .3
7 
27 
4
2.28
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jack Blackham c Sherwin b Lohmann
4 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Percy McDonnell b Barnes
14 
0 
0 
1
- 
»
 Harry Moses b Barlow
31 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Jones c Shrewsbury b Bates
31 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Charlie Turner b Barlow
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alec Bannerman Not Out
15 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 George McShane lbw b Briggs
5 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Billy Midwinter c Shrewsbury b Barlow
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Tom Garrett b Lohmann
12 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Frederick Spofforth b Lohmann
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 John Ferris c Barlow b Barnes
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1
1
Total : (all out in 113.1 overs)
119
 RR : 1.58

Fall of wickets : 1-8 (JM Blackham), 2-18 (PS McDonnell), 3-64 (SP Jones), 4-67 (CTB Turner), 5-86 (H Moses), 6-95 (PG McShane), 7-96 (WE Midwinter), 8-116 (TW Garrett), 9-118 (FR Spofforth), 10-119 (JJ Ferris)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Billy Barnes
22
 .1
16 
19 
2
1.28
0
0
»
 George Lohmann
21
12 
30 
3
2.14
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
14
5 
25 
1
2.68
0
0
»
 Dick Barlow
35
23 
25 
3
1.07
0
0
»
 Billy Bates
21
9 
19 
1
1.36
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Billy Bates b Ferris
24 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Shrewsbury b Ferris
29 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Billy Barnes c Moses b Garrett
32 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Dick Barlow c Jones b Ferris
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Maurice Read b Ferris
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Billy Gunn b Turner
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Lohmann lbw b Ferris
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs b Spofforth
33 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 William Scotton c Spofforth b Garrett
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilf Flowers c McDonnell b Turner
14 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Mordecai Sherwin Not Out
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 9, LB 5
14
Total : (all out in 136.2 overs)
184
 RR : 2.02

Fall of wickets : 1-31 (W Bates), 2-80 (A Shrewsbury), 3-92 (RG Barlow), 4-92 (JM Read), 5-98 (W Barnes), 6-99 (W Gunn), 7-103 (GA Lohmann), 8-128 (WH Scotton), 9-153 (J Briggs), 10-184 (W Flowers)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Charlie Turner
44
 .2
22 
53 
2
1.79
0
0
»
 John Ferris
61
30 
76 
5
1.87
0
0
»
 Frederick Spofforth
12
3 
17 
1
2.13
0
0
»
 Billy Midwinter
4
1 
10 
0
3.75
0
0
»
 Tom Garrett
12
7 
8 
2
1.00
0
0
»
 George McShane
3
0 
6 
0
3.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 111 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jack Blackham b Barnes
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Percy McDonnell lbw b Barnes
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Moses c Shrewsbury b Barnes
24 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Jones c Read b Barnes
18 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Charlie Turner c & b Barnes
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alec Bannerman b Lohmann
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George McShane b Briggs
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Billy Midwinter lbw b Barnes
10 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Tom Garrett c Gunn b Lohmann
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frederick Spofforth b Lohmann
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 John Ferris Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 12, LB 2
14
Total : (all out in 107.0 overs)
97
 RR : 1.36

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (PS McDonnell), 2-5 (JM Blackham), 3-29 (SP Jones), 4-38 (CTB Turner), 5-58 (AC Bannerman), 6-61 (PG McShane), 7-80 (H Moses), 8-83 (WE Midwinter), 9-95 (TW Garrett), 10-97 (FR Spofforth)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Billy Barnes
46
29 
28 
6
0.91
0
0
»
 George Lohmann
24
11 
20 
3
1.25
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
7
5 
7 
1
1.50
0
0
»
 Dick Barlow
13
6 
20 
0
2.31
0
0
»
 Billy Bates
17
11 
8 
0
0.71
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 4
Debuts: H Moses, CTB Turner and JJ Ferris (Australia); W Gunn and M Sherwin (England)
Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Henry Rawlinson (Australia)

Teams:
Australia Tom Garrett, Sammy Jones, Percy McDonnell (Capt.), John Ferris, Jack Blackham (wk), Harry Moses, George McShane, Frederick Spofforth, Charlie Turner, Billy Midwinter, Alec Bannerman
England Billy Barnes, Wilf Flowers, William Scotton, Mordecai Sherwin (wk), Maurice Read, Johnny Briggs, George Lohmann, Dick Barlow, Billy Gunn, Billy Bates, Arthur Shrewsbury (Capt.)
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