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Test No. 55

England tour of Australia 1897/98

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


Australia 1st Innings
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Charlie McLeod b Briggs
31 
0
»
Joe Darling c Storer b Richardson
178 
26 
3
»
Clem Hill c Storer b Richardson
81 
0
»
Syd Gregory c Storer b Hirst
52 
0
»
Frank Iredale b Richardson
84 
0
»
Harry Trott b Hearne
0
»
Monty Noble b Richardson
39 
0
»
Hugh Trumble Not Out
37 
0
»
James Kelly b Stoddart
22 
0
»
Ernie Jones run out
0
»
Bill Howell b Hearne
16 
0
Extras B 16, LB 5, N 1
22
Total : (all out in 214.2 overs)
573
RR : 2.67

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
Tom Richardson
56
11 
164 
4
2.93
0
0
»
Johnny Briggs
63
27 
128 
1
2.03
0
0
»
Jack Hearne
44
.1
15 
94 
2
2.13
0
0
»
George Hirst
24
.1
62 
1
2.57
0
0
»
Tom Hayward
9
36 
0
4.00
0
0
»
Jack Mason
11
41 
0
3.73
0
0
»
Bill Storer
3
16 
0
5.33
0
0
»
Andrew Stoddart
4
10 
1
2.50
0
0

England 1st Innings
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Archie MacLaren b Howell
14 
0
»
Jack Mason b Jones
11 
0
»
Ranji c Noble b Trumble
0
»
Tom Hayward b Trumble
70 
0
»
Bill Storer b Howell
0
»
Frank Druce c Darling b Noble
24 
0
»
George Hirst c Trumble b Noble
85 
11 
0
»
Andrew Stoddart c Jones b Howell
15 
0
»
Johnny Briggs c Kelly b Noble
14 
0
»
Jack Hearne b Howell
0
0.00 
»
Tom Richardson Not Out
25 
0
Extras B 2, LB 6, W 2
10
Total : (all out in 126.5 overs)
278
RR : 2.19

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
Bill Howell
54
23 
70 
4
1.30
0
0
»
Ernie Jones
27
67 
2
2.48
0
0
»
Hugh Trumble
17
39 
1
2.29
0
0
»
Monty Noble
24
.5
78 
3
3.14
0
0
»
Harry Trott
4
14 
0
3.50
0
0

England 2nd Innings (f/o)
4s 
6s
SR 
»
Archie MacLaren c Kelly b Noble
124 
10 
0
»
Jack Mason c Jones b Noble
0
»
Ranji c Trumble b McLeod
77 
0
»
Tom Hayward c & b McLeod
0
»
Bill Storer c Hill b McLeod
0
»
Frank Druce b Noble
27 
0
»
George Hirst lbw b McLeod
0
»
Andrew Stoddart c Jones b McLeod
24 
0
»
Johnny Briggs Not Out
0
»
Jack Hearne c & b Noble
0
»
Tom Richardson c Jones b Noble
0
0.00 
Extras B 2, LB 6, W 3, N 2
13
Total : (all out in 144.0 overs)
282
RR : 1.96

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
 
»
Bill Howell
40
18 
60 
0
1.50
0
0
»
Monty Noble
33
84 
5
2.55
0
0
»
Ernie Jones
1
0
5.00
0
0
»
Hugh Trumble
16
37 
0
2.31
0
0
»
Harry Trott
6
18 
0
3.00
0
0
»
Charlie McLeod
48
24 
65 
5
1.35
0
0

Match details
Debuts: WP Howell (Australia)
Umpires : Charles Bannerman (Australia) and Jim Phillips (Australia)
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.


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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