England v Australia
Match drawn
11 to 13 August 1884The Oval
England
346 & 85/226 ov
Australia
551311 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.
Australia innings
551311 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bannerman | caught | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Percy McDonnell | caught | 103 | 168 | - | 14 | 0 | 61.3 |
| Billy Murdoch | caught | 211 | 525 | 490 | 24 | 0 | 40.2 |
| Tup Scott | caught | 102 | 216 | 210 | 15 | 0 | 47.2 |
| George Giffen | caught | 32 | 94 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.0 |
| George Bonnor | caught | 8 | 29 | - | 0 | 0 | 27.6 |
| Billy Midwinter | caught | 30 | 94 | - | 4 | 0 | 31.9 |
| Jack Blackham | lbw | 31 | 65 | - | 3 | 0 | 47.7 |
| Joey Palmer | not out | 8* | 31 | - | 0 | 0 | 25.8 |
| Frederick Spofforth | bowled | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Harry Boyle | caught | 1 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 10 | 17 | |||||
| Total | all out, 311 overs (4-ball) | 551 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-15 Alec Bannerman2-158 Percy McDonnell3-365 Tup Scott4-432 George Giffen5-454 George Bonnor6-494 Billy Murdoch7-532 Billy Midwinter8-545 Jack Blackham9-549 Frederick Spofforth10-551 Harry Boyle
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Peate | 63 | 25 | 99 | 2 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | 56 | 24 | 96 | 1 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Steel | 34 | 7 | 71 | 0 | 2.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 52 | 25 | 81 | 2 | 1.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Barlow | 50 | 22 | 72 | 0 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| W.G. Grace | 24 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Read | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 |
| William Scotton | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Lord Harris | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Lyttelton | 12 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
346198 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.G. Grace | run out | 19 | 32 | - | 3 | 0 | 59.4 |
| William Scotton | caught | 90 | 375 | 340 | 9 | 0 | 24.0 |
| Billy Barnes | caught | 19 | 31 | - | 2 | 0 | 61.3 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | caught | 10 | 33 | - | 2 | 0 | 30.3 |
| Allan Steel | lbw | 31 | 73 | - | 3 | 0 | 42.5 |
| George Ulyett | caught | 10 | 31 | - | 0 | 0 | 32.3 |
| Dick Barlow | caught | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lord Harris | lbw | 14 | 35 | - | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Alfred Lyttelton | bowled | 8 | 27 | - | 0 | 0 | 29.6 |
| Walter Read | bowled | 117 | 155 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 75.5 |
| Ted Peate | not out | 4* | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 7, w 6, nb 3 | 24 | |||||
| Total | all out, 198 overs (4-ball) | 346 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-32 W.G. Grace2-60 Billy Barnes3-75 Arthur Shrewsbury4-120 Allan Steel5-136 George Ulyett6-136 Dick Barlow7-160 Lord Harris8-181 Alfred Lyttelton9-332 William Scotton10-346 Walter Read
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Bonnor | 13 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | 54 | 19 | 90 | 4 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Spofforth | 58 | 31 | 81 | 2 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Boyle | 13 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Midwinter | 31 | 16 | 41 | 1 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 |
| George Giffen | 26 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Tup Scott | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
85/226 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Barlow | not out | 21* | 46 | - | 2 | 0 | 45.7 |
| Alfred Lyttelton | bowled | 17 | 13 | - | 1 | 0 | 130.8 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | caught | 37 | 33 | - | 8 | 0 | 112.1 |
| Lord Harris | not out | 6* | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 3, lb 1 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 26 overs (4-ball) | 85 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-22 Alfred Lyttelton2-73 Arthur Shrewsbury
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Palmer | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Spofforth | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Boyle | 8 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Midwinter | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| George Giffen | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 |