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Test No. 1

England tour of Australia 1876/77
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


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Bannerman retire hurt
165 
0 
18 
0
- 
»
 Nat Thomson b Hill
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Horan c Hill b Shaw
12 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Dave Gregory run out
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bransby Cooper b Southerton
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Billy Midwinter c Ulyett b Southerton
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ned Gregory c Greenwood b Lillywhite
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack Blackham b Southerton
17 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Garrett Not Out
18 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tom Kendall c Southerton b Shaw
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 John Hodges b Shaw
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 2, W 2
8
Total : (9 wickets in 169.3 overs)
245
 RR : 2.16

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Alfred Shaw
55
 .3
34 
51 
3
1.37
0
0
»
 Allen Hill
23
10 
42 
1
2.74
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
25
12 
36 
0
2.16
0
0
»
 James Southerton
37
17 
61 
3
2.47
0
0
»
 Tom Armitage
3
0 
15 
0
7.50
0
2
»
 James Lillywhite (jnr)
14
5 
19 
1
2.04
0
0
»
 Tom Emmett
12
7 
13 
0
1.63
0
0

England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Harry Jupp lbw b Garrett
63 
242 
2 
0
26.03 
»
 John Selby c Cooper b Hodges
7 
18 
1 
0
38.89 
»
 Harry Charlwood c Blackham b Midwinter
36 
62 
2 
0
58.06 
»
 George Ulyett lbw b Thomson
10 
21 
2 
0
47.62 
»
 Andrew Greenwood c Gregory b Midwinter
1 
26 
0 
0
3.85 
»
 Tom Armitage c Blackham b Midwinter
9 
31 
1 
0
29.03 
»
 Alfred Shaw b Midwinter
10 
28 
0 
0
35.71 
»
 Tom Emmett b Midwinter
8 
32 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Allen Hill Not Out
35 
47 
3 
0
74.47 
»
 James Lillywhite (jnr) c & b Kendall
10 
15 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 James Southerton c Cooper b Garrett
6 
21 
0 
0
28.57 
Extras LB 1
1
Total : (all out in 136.1 overs)
196
 RR : 2.16

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 John Hodges
9
0 
27 
1
4.50
0
0
»
 Tom Garrett
18
 .1
10 
22 
2
1.81
0
0
»
 Tom Kendall
38
16 
54 
1
2.13
0
0
»
 Billy Midwinter
54
23 
78 
5
2.17
0
0
»
 Nat Thomson
17
10 
14 
1
1.24
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Charles Bannerman b Ulyett
4 
10 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Nat Thomson c Emmett b Shaw
7 
26 
0 
0
26.92 
»
 Tom Horan c Selby b Hill
20 
32 
2 
0
62.50 
»
 Tom Garrett c Emmett b Shaw
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bransby Cooper b Shaw
3 
16 
0 
0
18.75 
»
 Billy Midwinter c Southerton b Ulyett
17 
73 
1 
0
23.29 
»
 Ned Gregory c Emmett b Ulyett
11 
31 
1 
0
35.48 
»
 Jack Blackham lbw b Shaw
6 
20 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Dave Gregory b Shaw
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Tom Kendall Not Out
17 
22 
3 
0
77.27 
»
 John Hodges b Lillywhite
8 
18 
1 
0
44.44 
Extras B 5, LB 3
8
Total : (all out in 68.0 overs)
104
 RR : 2.29

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Alfred Shaw
34
16 
38 
5
1.68
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
19
7 
39 
3
3.08
0
0
»
 Allen Hill
14
6 
18 
1
1.93
0
0
»
 James Lillywhite (jnr)
1
0 
1 
1
1.50
0
0

England 2nd innings
(Target: 154 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Allen Hill c Thomson b Kendall
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Andrew Greenwood c Midwinter b Kendall
5 
5 
0 
0
100.00 
»
 Harry Jupp lbw b Midwinter
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Harry Charlwood b Kendall
13 
17 
1 
0
76.47 
»
 John Selby c Horan b Hodges
38 
81 
4 
0
46.91 
»
 George Ulyett b Kendall
24 
62 
1 
0
38.71 
»
 Alfred Shaw st Blackham b Kendall
2 
9 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Tom Armitage c Blackham b Kendall
3 
32 
0 
0
9.38 
»
 Tom Emmett b Kendall
9 
27 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 James Lillywhite (jnr) b Hodges
4 
6 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 James Southerton Not Out
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
Extras B 4, LB 1
5
Total : (all out in 66.1 overs)
108
 RR : 2.45

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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tom Kendall
33
 .1
12 
55 
7
2.48
0
0
»
 Billy Midwinter
19
7 
23 
1
1.82
0
0
»
 Dave Gregory
5
1 
9 
0
2.70
0
0
»
 Tom Garrett
2
0 
9 
0
6.75
0
0
»
 John Hodges
7
5 
7 
2
1.50
0
0

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)
Umpires : CA Reid (Australia) and RB Terry (Australia)
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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