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Test No. 5

England tour of Australia 1881/82
1881-82 season
Australia vs England - 1st Test
31 December, 1881 - 04 January, 1882 (timeless match)

4-match series level 0-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn (by agreement)


England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dick Barlow c Bannerman b Palmer
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Ulyett c McDonnell b Cooper
87 
0 
6 
1
- 
»
 John Selby run out
55 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Billy Bates c Giffen b Boyle
58 
0 
7 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Shrewsbury c Blackham b Evans
11 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Billy Midwinter b Evans
36 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Tom Emmett b Evans
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Scotton run out
21 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alfred Shaw c Boyle b Cooper
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Dick Pilling c Giffen b Cooper
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ted Peate Not Out
4 
0 
1 
0
- 
Extras LB 6, N 1
7
Total : (all out in 170.2 overs)
294
 RR : 2.59

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (RG Barlow), 2-142 (G Ulyett), 3-151 (J Selby), 4-187 (A Shrewsbury), 5-227 (W Bates), 6-232 (T Emmett), 7-277 (WE Midwinter), 8-284 (A Shaw), 9-289 (R Pilling), 10-294 (WH Scotton)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Joey Palmer
36
9 
73 
1
3.04
0
0
»
 Edwin Evans
71
35 
81 
3
1.71
0
0
»
 William Cooper
32
 .2
8 
80 
3
3.69
0
0
»
 Harry Boyle
18
9 
18 
1
1.50
0
0
»
 George Giffen
3
0 
12 
0
6.00
0
0
»
 Alec Bannerman
10
3 
23 
0
3.45
0
0

Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Hugh Massie st Pilling b Midwinter
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Alec Bannerman b Ulyett
38 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Billy Murdoch b Ulyett
39 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Percy McDonnell b Midwinter
19 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Tom Horan run out
124 
0 
6 
0
- 
»
 George Giffen b Emmett
30 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Jack Blackham b Emmett
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Joey Palmer c Pilling b Bates
34 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Edwin Evans b Bates
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Harry Boyle Not Out
4 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 William Cooper st Pilling b Peate
7 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 11, W 3
18
Total : (all out in 237.0 overs)
320
 RR : 2.03

Fall of wickets : 1-9 (HH Massie), 2-82 (AC Bannerman), 3-97 (WL Murdoch), 4-113 (PS McDonnell), 5-220 (G Giffen), 6-226 (JM Blackham), 7-305 (GE Palmer), 8-309 (E Evans), 9-309 (TP Horan), 10-320 (WH Cooper)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ted Peate
59
24 
64 
1
1.63
0
0
»
 Billy Midwinter
39
21 
50 
2
1.92
0
0
»
 Billy Bates
41
20 
43 
2
1.57
0
0
»
 Tom Emmett
35
12 
61 
2
2.61
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
20
5 
41 
2
3.08
0
0
»
 Dick Barlow
23
13 
22 
0
1.43
0
0
»
 Alfred Shaw
20
11 
21 
0
1.58
0
0

England 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dick Barlow st Blackham b Palmer
33 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 George Ulyett st Blackham b Cooper
23 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 John Selby c Boyle b Cooper
70 
0 
5 
0
- 
»
 Billy Bates c Bannerman b Cooper
47 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Arthur Shrewsbury b Cooper
16 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Billy Midwinter c Massie b Cooper
4 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Tom Emmett b Cooper
6 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 William Scotton Not Out
50 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Alfred Shaw c Cooper b Boyle
40 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Dick Pilling b Palmer
3 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Ted Peate run out
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 7, LB 2, N 5
14
Total : (all out in 229.3 overs)
308
 RR : 2.01

Fall of wickets : 1-37 (G Ulyett), 2-96 (RG Barlow), 3-179 (W Bates), 4-183 (J Selby), 5-188 (WE Midwinter), 6-197 (T Emmett), 7-217 (A Shrewsbury), 8-300 (A Shaw), 9-304 (R Pilling), 10-308 (E Peate)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Joey Palmer
77
19 
77 
2
1.50
0
0
»
 Edwin Evans
73
45 
63 
0
1.29
0
0
»
 William Cooper
61
19 
120 
6
2.95
0
0
»
 Harry Boyle
14
 .3
6 
19 
1
1.93
0
0
»
 Percy McDonnell
4
1 
15 
0
5.63
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
(Target: 283 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Jack Blackham b Bates
25 
0 
2 
0
- 
»
 Alec Bannerman b Ulyett
8 
0 
1 
0
- 
»
 Tom Horan c Emmett b Bates
26 
0 
4 
0
- 
»
 Billy Murdoch Not Out
22 
0 
3 
0
- 
»
 Percy McDonnell Not Out
33 
0 
4 
1
- 
Extras B 9, LB 3, W 1
13
Total : (3 wickets in 55.0 overs)
127
 RR : 3.46

did not bat: Edwin Evans, George Giffen, Harry Boyle, Hugh Massie, Joey Palmer, William Cooper

Fall of wickets : 1-35 (AC Bannerman), 2-70 (TP Horan), 3-72 (JM Blackham)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ted Peate
11
5 
22 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Billy Bates
13
3 
43 
2
4.96
0
0
»
 Tom Emmett
16
11 
19 
0
1.78
0
0
»
 George Ulyett
15
3 
30 
1
3.00
0
0

Match details
Balls per over : 4
Debuts: HH Massie, G Giffen, E Evans and WH Cooper (Australia); RG Barlow, W Bates, A Shrewsburysnr, WH Scotton, R Pilling and E Peate (England)
Umpires : James Lillywhite (jnr) (England) and John Swift (Australia)

Teams:
Australia Alec Bannerman, Billy Murdoch (Capt.), Edwin Evans, George Giffen, Harry Boyle, Hugh Massie, Jack Blackham (wk), Joey Palmer, Percy McDonnell, William Cooper, Tom Horan
England Alfred Shaw (Capt.), Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Bates, Billy Midwinter, Dick Barlow, Dick Pilling (wk), George Ulyett, John Selby, Ted Peate, Tom Emmett, William Scotton
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