Test No. 55 |
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1897-98 season |
Australia vs England - 3rd Test 14-19 January, 1898 |
Australia led the 5-match series 2-1 |
Venue : Adelaide Oval |
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first |
Result : Australia won by an innings and 13 runs |
Fall of wickets : 1-97 (CE McLeod), 2-245 (C Hill), 3-310 (J Darling), 4-374 (SE Gregory), 5-389 (GHS Trott), 6-474 (MA Noble), 7-493 (FA Iredale), 8-537 (JJ Kelly), 9-552 (E Jones), 10-573 (WP Howell, 214.2 ov)
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Fall of wickets : 1-24 (JR Mason), 2-30 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 3-34 (AC MacLaren), 4-42 (W Storer), 5-106 (NF Druce), 6-172 (TW Hayward), 7-206 (AE Stoddart), 8-223 (J Briggs), 9-224 (JT Hearne), 10-278 (GH Hirst, 126.5 ov)
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Fall of wickets : 1-10 (JR Mason), 2-152 (KS Ranjitsinhji), 3-154 (TW Hayward), 4-160 (W Storer), 5-212 (NF Druce), 6-235 (GH Hirst), 7-262 (AC MacLaren), 8-278 (AE Stoddart), 9-282 (JT Hearne, 143.5 ov), 10-282 (T Richardson, 143.6 ov)
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Match details |
Debuts: WP Howell (Australia) |
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Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Jim Phillips (Australia) |
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Close of Play |
Day 1 : 14 Jan - Australia 1st innings 309/2 (J Darling 178*, SE Gregory 16*) |
Day 2 : 15 Jan - Australia 1st innings 552/9 (H Trumble 32*) |
Day 3 : 17 Jan - England 1st innings 197/6 (GH Hirst 50*, AE Stoddart 11*) |
Day 4 : 18 Jan - England 2nd innings 161/4 (AC MacLaren 70*, NF Druce 0*) |
Day 5 : 19 Jan - England 2nd innings 282 (J Briggs 0*, 144 ov) - end of match |
16th January was the rest day.
Joe Darling became the first batsman to score two hundreds in the same test and the first to reach his century with a six.
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Teams:
Australia
Bill Howell, Charlie McLeod, Clem Hill, Ernie Jones, Frank Iredale, Harry Trott (Capt.), Hugh Trumble, James Kelly (wk), Joe Darling, Monty Noble, Syd Gregory |
England
Andrew Stoddart (Capt.), Archie MacLaren, Bill Storer (wk), Frank Druce, George Hirst, Jack Mason, Johnny Briggs, Ranji, Tom Hayward, Tom Richardson, Jack Hearne |
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