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Test No. 53

England tour of Australia 1897/98
1897-98 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
13-17 December, 1897

England led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 9 wickets


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jack Mason b Jones
6 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Archie MacLaren c Kelly b McLeod
109 
0 
15 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward c Trott b Trumble
72 
0 
10 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer c & b Trott
43 
0 
7 
1
- 
»
 Frank Druce c Gregory b McLeod
20 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst b Jones
62 
0 
8 
1
- 
»
 Ranji c Gregory b McKibbin
175 
0 
26 
0
- 
»
 Ted Wainwright b Jones
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne c & b McLeod
17 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs run out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson Not Out
24 
31 
0 
0
77.42 
Extras LB 11, W 1
12
Total : (all out in 175.0 overs)
551
 RR : 3.15

Fall of wickets : 1-26 (JR Mason), 2-162 (TW Hayward), 3-224 (AC MacLaren), 4-256 (NF Druce), 5-258 (W Storer), 6-382 (GH Hirst), 7-422 (E Wainwright), 8-471 (JT Hearne), 9-477 (J Briggs), 10-551 (KS Ranjitsinhji, 174.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom McKibbin
34
5 
113 
1
3.32
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
50
8 
130 
3
2.60
0
0
»
 Charlie McLeod
28
12 
80 
3
2.86
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
40
7 
138 
1
3.45
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
23
2 
78 
1
3.39
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Joe Darling c Druce b Richardson
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 John Lyons b Richardson
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Iredale c Druce b Hearne
25 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Hearne
19 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory c Mason b Hearne
46 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Trott b Briggs
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly b Richardson
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Trumble c Storer b Mason
70 
0 
13 
0
- 
»
 Charlie McLeod Not Out
50 
0 
8 
0
- 
»
 Tom McKibbin b Hearne
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ernie Jones c Richardson b Hearne
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 1, LB 1, N 4
6
Total : (all out in 100.1 overs)
237
 RR : 2.37

Fall of wickets : 1-8 (J Darling), 2-24 (JJ Lyons), 3-56 (FA Iredale), 4-57 (C Hill), 5-86 (GHS Trott), 6-87 (JJ Kelly), 7-138 (SE Gregory), 8-228 (H Trumble), 9-237 (TR McKibbin), 10-237 (E Jones, 100.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Richardson
27
8 
71 
3
2.63
0
0
»
 George Hirst
28
7 
57 
0
2.04
0
0
»
 Jack Hearne
20
 .1
7 
42 
5
2.08
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
20
7 
42 
1
2.10
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
3
1 
11 
0
3.67
0
0
»
 Jack Mason
2
1 
8 
1
4.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Joe Darling c Druce b Briggs
101 
0 
19 
0
- 
»
 Frank Iredale b Briggs
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charlie McLeod run out
28 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill b Hearne
96 
0 
11 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory run out
31 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Trumble c Druce b Hearne
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 John Lyons c Hayward b Hearne
25 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Trott b Richardson
27 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly Not Out
46 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ernie Jones lbw b Richardson
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom McKibbin b Hearne
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 12, LB 1, W 4, N 10
27
Total : (all out in 121.0 overs)
410
 RR : 3.39

Fall of wickets : 1-37 (FA Iredale), 2-135 (CE McLeod), 3-191 (J Darling), 4-269 (SE Gregory), 5-271 (H Trumble), 6-318 (JJ Lyons), 7-321 (C Hill), 8-382 (GHS Trott), 9-390 (E Jones), 10-408 (TR McKibbin, 120.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Richardson
41
9 
121 
2
2.95
0
0
»
 George Hirst
13
3 
49 
0
3.77
0
0
»
 Jack Hearne
38
8 
99 
4
2.61
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
22
3 
86 
2
3.91
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
5
1 
16 
0
3.20
0
0
»
 Jack Mason
2
0 
10 
0
5.00
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 95 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren Not Out
50 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Mason b McKibbin
32 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ranji Not Out
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 5, N 1
6
Total : (1 wickets in 28.0 overs)
96
 RR : 3.43

did not bat: Bill Storer, Frank Druce, George Hirst, Jack Hearne, Johnny Briggs, Ted Wainwright, Tom Hayward, Tom Richardson

Fall of wickets : 1-80 (JR Mason)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Hugh Trumble
14
4 
40 
0
2.86
0
0
»
 Tom McKibbin
5
1 
22 
1
4.40
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
9
1 
28 
0
3.11
0
0

Match details
Debuts: JR Mason, W Storer, NF Druce and GH Hirst (England)
Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Jim Phillips (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 13 Dec - England 1st innings 337/5 (GH Hirst 37*, KS Ranjitsinhji 39*)
Day 2 : 14 Dec - Australia 1st innings 86/5 (SE Gregory 18*)
Day 3 : 15 Dec - Australia 2nd innings 126/1 (J Darling 80*, CE McLeod 20*)
Day 4 : 16 Dec - England 2nd innings 30/0 (AC MacLaren 16*, JR Mason 13*)
Day 5 : 17 Dec - England 2nd innings 96/1 (AC MacLaren 50*, KS Ranjitsinhji *, 28 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Charlie McLeod, Clem Hill, Ernie Jones, Frank Iredale, Harry Trott (Capt.), Hugh Trumble, James Kelly (wk), Joe Darling, John Lyons, Syd Gregory, Tom McKibbin
England Archie MacLaren (Capt.), Bill Storer (wk), Frank Druce, George Hirst, Jack Hearne, Jack Mason, Johnny Briggs, Ranji, Ted Wainwright, Tom Hayward, Tom Richardson
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