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Test No. 54

England tour of Australia 1897/98
1897-98 season
Australia vs England - 2nd Test
01-05 January, 1898

5-match series level 1-1

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by an innings and 55 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Joe Darling c Hirst b Briggs
36 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Charlie McLeod b Storer
112 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Clem Hill c Storer b Hayward
58 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory b Briggs
71 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Frank Iredale c Ranjitsinhji b Hirst
89 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 Harry Trott c Wainwright b Briggs
79 
0 
11 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble b Richardson
17 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Hugh Trumble c Hirst b Mason
14 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 James Kelly c Richardson b Hearne
19 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Ernie Jones run out
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom McKibbin Not Out
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 14, W 1, N 1
16
Total : (all out in 185.0 overs)
520
 RR : 2.81

Fall of wickets : 1-43 (J Darling), 2-167 (C Hill), 3-244 (CE McLeod), 4-310 (SE Gregory), 5-434 (FA Iredale), 6-453 (MA Noble), 7-478 (H Trumble), 8-509 (GHS Trott), 9-515 (JJ Kelly), 10-520 (E Jones, 184.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Richardson
48
12 
114 
1
2.38
0
0
»
 George Hirst
25
1 
89 
1
3.56
0
0
»
 Johnny Briggs
40
10 
96 
3
2.40
0
0
»
 Jack Hearne
36
6 
94 
1
2.61
0
0
»
 Jack Mason
11
1 
33 
1
3.00
0
0
»
 Tom Hayward
9
4 
23 
1
2.56
0
0
»
 Bill Storer
16
4 
55 
1
3.44
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren c Trumble b McKibbin
35 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Mason b McKibbin
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ted Wainwright c Jones b Noble
21 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Ranji b Trumble
71 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward c Jones b Trott
23 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer c Kelly b Trumble
51 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst b Jones
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Druce lbw b Trumble
44 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne b Jones
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs Not Out
46 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson b Trumble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 10, LB 3, N 4
17
Total : (all out in 119.5 overs)
315
 RR : 2.63

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (JR Mason), 2-60 (E Wainwright), 3-74 (AC MacLaren), 4-133 (TW Hayward), 5-203 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 6-208 (GH Hirst), 7-223 (W Storer), 8-224 (JT Hearne), 9-311 (NF Druce), 10-315 (T Richardson, 119.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom McKibbin
28
7 
66 
2
2.36
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
26
 .5
5 
54 
4
2.01
0
0
»
 Ernie Jones
22
5 
54 
2
2.45
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
17
3 
49 
1
2.88
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
12
3 
31 
1
2.58
0
0
»
 Charlie McLeod
14
2 
44 
0
3.14
0
0

England 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren c Trott b Trumble
38 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Mason b Trumble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ranji b Noble
27 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Tom Hayward c Trumble b Noble
33 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Bill Storer c Trumble b Noble
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst lbw b Trumble
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Frank Druce c McLeod b Noble
15 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Ted Wainwright b Noble
11 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Johnny Briggs c Trott b Trumble
12 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Jack Hearne c Jones b Noble
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Richardson Not Out
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 3, LB 1, W 1
5
Total : (all out in 65.4 overs)
150
 RR : 2.28

Fall of wickets : 1-10 (JR Mason), 2-65 (AC MacLaren), 3-71 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 4-75 (W Storer), 5-80 (GH Hirst), 6-115 (NF Druce), 7-123 (TW Hayward), 8-141 (E Wainwright), 9-148 (JT Hearne), 10-150 (J Briggs, 65.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom McKibbin
4
0 
13 
0
3.25
0
0
»
 Hugh Trumble
30
 .4
12 
53 
4
1.73
0
0
»
 Harry Trott
7
0 
17 
0
2.43
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
17
1 
49 
6
2.88
0
0
»
 Charlie McLeod
7
2 
13 
0
1.86
0
0

Match details
Debuts: MA Noble (Australia)
Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Jim Phillips (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 1 Jan - Australia 1st innings 283/3 (SE Gregory 54*, FA Iredale 12*)
Day 2 : 3 Jan - England 1st innings 22/1 (AC MacLaren 9*, E Wainwright 3*)
Day 3 : 4 Jan - England 1st innings 311/8 (NF Druce 44*, J Briggs 45*)
Day 4 : 5 Jan - England 2nd innings 150 (T Richardson 2*, 65.4 ov) - end of match

2nd January was the rest day.

Teams:
Australia Charlie McLeod, Clem Hill, Ernie Jones, Frank Iredale, Harry Trott (Capt.), Hugh Trumble, James Kelly (wk), Joe Darling, Monty Noble, 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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