England v Australia
England won by 5 wickets
6 to 8 September 1880The Oval
Englandwon by 5 wickets
420 & 57/533.3 ov
Australia
149 & 327176.3 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
420210.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Grace | caught | 36 | 94 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 38.3 |
| W.G. Grace | bowled | 152 | 294 | 251 | 12 | 0 | 51.7 |
| Bunny Lucas | bowled | 55 | 121 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Billy Barnes | bowled | 28 | 67 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 41.8 |
| Lord Harris | caught | 52 | 97 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 53.6 |
| Frank Penn | bowled | 23 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 51.1 |
| Allan Steel | caught | 42 | 66 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 63.6 |
| Alfred Lyttelton | not out | 11* | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
| Fred Grace | caught | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alfred Shaw | bowled | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Fred Morley | run out | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 11 | 19 | |||||
| Total | all out, 210.3 overs (4-ball) | 420 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-91 Edward Grace2-211 Bunny Lucas3-269 Billy Barnes4-281 W.G. Grace5-322 Frank Penn6-404 Lord Harris7-410 Allan Steel8-410 Fred Grace9-413 Alfred Shaw10-420 Fred Morley
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Boyle | 44 | 17 | 71 | 0 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | 70 | 27 | 116 | 1 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 |
| George Alexander | 32 | 10 | 69 | 2 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bannerman | 50 | 12 | 111 | 3 | 2.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy McDonnell | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| William Moule | 12.3 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
14975.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bannerman | bowled | 32 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 59.3 |
| Billy Murdoch | caught | 0 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tom Groube | bowled | 11 | 44 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Percy McDonnell | caught | 27 | 41 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 65.9 |
| Jim Slight | caught | 11 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 31.4 |
| Jack Blackham | caught | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| George Bonnor | caught | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Harry Boyle | not out | 36* | 47 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 76.6 |
| Joey Palmer | bowled | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 |
| George Alexander | caught | 6 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| William Moule | caught | 6 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Extras | b 9, lb 3 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 75.1 overs (4-ball) | 149 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-28 Billy Murdoch2-39 Alec Bannerman3-59 Tom Groube4-84 Jim Slight5-84 Jack Blackham6-89 Percy McDonnell7-97 George Bonnor8-113 Joey Palmer9-126 George Alexander10-149 William Moule
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morley | 32 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Steel | 29 | 9 | 58 | 3 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Shaw | 13 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 |
| W.G. Grace | 1.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
327176.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bannerman | caught | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Harry Boyle | run out | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Billy Murdoch | not out | 153* | 358 | 316 | 17 | 0 | 42.7 |
| Tom Groube | caught | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Percy McDonnell | lbw | 43 | 76 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 56.6 |
| Jim Slight | caught | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jack Blackham | caught | 19 | 54 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 35.2 |
| George Bonnor | bowled | 16 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 55.2 |
| Joey Palmer | caught | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| George Alexander | caught | 33 | 59 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 55.9 |
| William Moule | bowled | 34 | 99 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 34.3 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 7 | 14 | |||||
| Total | all out, 176.3 overs (4-ball) | 327 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-8 Alec Bannerman2-13 Harry Boyle3-14 Tom Groube4-97 Percy McDonnell5-101 Jim Slight6-143 Jack Blackham7-181 George Bonnor8-187 Joey Palmer9-239 George Alexander10-327 William Moule
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morley | 61 | 30 | 90 | 3 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Steel | 31 | 6 | 73 | 2 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Shaw | 33 | 18 | 42 | 1 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 |
| W.G. Grace | 28 | 10 | 66 | 2 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 8.3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Bunny Lucas | 12 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Penn | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 57
57/533.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Lyttelton | bowled | 13 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 40.6 |
| Fred Grace | bowled | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bunny Lucas | caught | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Frank Penn | not out | 27* | 46 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 58.7 |
| Billy Barnes | caught | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Edward Grace | bowled | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| W.G. Grace | not out | 9* | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 |
| Extras | nb 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 33.3 overs (4-ball) | 57 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 420
1-2 Fred Grace2-10 Bunny Lucas3-22 Alfred Lyttelton4-31 Billy Barnes5-31 Edward Grace
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Boyle | 17 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | 16.3 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 2.09 | 0 | 0 |