Test No. 1 |
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1876-77 season |
Australia vs England - 1st Test 15-19 March, 1877 (timeless match) |
Australia led the 2-match series 1-0 |
Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground |
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first |
Result : Australia won by 45 runs |
Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Thomson), 2-40 (Horan), 3-41 (Gregory), 4-118 (Cooper), 5-142 (Midwinter), 6-143 (Gregory), 7-197 (Blackham), 8-243 (Kendall), 9-245 (Hodges)
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Fall of wickets : 1-23 (Selby), 2-79 (Charlwood), 3-98 (Ulyett), 4-109 (Greenwood), 5-121 (Armitage), 6-135 (Shaw), 7-145 (Jupp), 8-145 (Emmett), 9-168 (Lillywhite), 10-196 (Southerton)
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Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Bannerman), 2-27 (Thomson), 3-31 (Garrett), 4-31 (Horan), 5-35 (Cooper), 6-58 (Gregory), 7-71 (Blackham), 8-75 (Midwinter), 9-75 (Gregory), 10-104 (Hodges)
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Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Hill), 2-7 (Greenwood), 3-20 (Jupp), 4-22 (Charlwood), 5-62 (Ulyett), 6-68 (Shaw), 7-92 (Selby), 8-93 (Armitage), 9-100 (Lillywhite), 10-108 (Emmett)
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Match details |
Balls per over : 4 |
Debuts: Bannerman, Blackham, Cooper, Garrett, DW Gregory, EJ Gregory, Hodges, Horan, Kendall, Midwinter and Thomson (Australia); Armitage, Charlwood, Emmett, Greenwood, Hill, Jupp, Lillywhite jnr, Selby, Shaw, Southerton and Ulyett (England) |
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Umpires : CA Reid (Australia) and RB Terry (Australia) |
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Close of Play |
Day 1 : Thu, 15 Mar - Australia 1st innings 166/6 (C Bannerman 126*, JM Blackham 3*) |
Day 2 : Fri, 16 Mar - England 1st innings 109/4 (H Jupp 54*) |
Day 3 : Sat, 17 Mar - Australia 2nd innings 83/9 (TK Kendall 5*, JR Hodges 3*) |
Day 4 : Sun, 18 Mar - rest day |
Day 5 : Mon, 19 Mar - England 2nd innings 108 (66.1 ov) - end of match |
Teams:
Australia
Nat Thomson, Charles Bannerman, Jack Blackham (wk), Tom Garrett, Billy Midwinter, Tom Kendall, Dave Gregory (Capt.), John Hodges, Bransby Cooper, Ned Gregory, Tom Horan |
England
Alfred Shaw, Allen Hill, Andrew Greenwood, George Ulyett, Harry Charlwood, Harry Jupp, James Lillywhite (jnr) (Capt.), James Southerton, John Selby (wk), Tom Armitage, Tom Emmett |
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