Australia v England
England won by 8 wickets
12 to 16 December 1884Adelaide
Australia
243 & 191/9116.1 ov
Englandwon by 8 wickets
369 & 67/231 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
243149.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bannerman | lbw | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Percy McDonnell | bowled | 124 | - | 195 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Billy Murdoch | caught | 5 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tup Scott | bowled | 19 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Jack Blackham | caught | 66 | - | - | 5 | 0 | - |
| George Giffen | bowled | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| George Bonnor | caught | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Joey Palmer | caught | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Harry Boyle | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| George Alexander | run out | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| William Cooper | not out | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 7, w 2 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 149.1 overs (4-ball) | 243 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370
1-33 Alec Bannerman2-47 Billy Murdoch3-95 Tup Scott4-190 Percy McDonnell5-224 Jack Blackham6-227 George Giffen7-233 George Bonnor8-239 Joey Palmer9-242 George Alexander10-243 Harry Boyle
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Peel | 41 | 15 | 68 | 3 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | 50 | 23 | 48 | 1 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | 10 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 14 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 2.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bates | 24.1 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
369243.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Scotton | stumped | 82 | - | 345 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | bowled | 0 | - | 20 | 0 | 0 | - |
| George Ulyett | caught | 68 | - | 120 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Billy Barnes | bowled | 134 | - | 285 | 7 | 0 | - |
| Billy Bates | caught | 18 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Wilf Flowers | lbw | 15 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Maurice Read | caught | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| William Attewell | not out | 12* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Bobby Peel | bowled | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Joe Hunter | run out | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 18, lb 1, nb 1 | 20 | |||||
| Total | all out, 243.2 overs (4-ball) | 369 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370
1-11 Arthur Shrewsbury2-107 George Ulyett3-282 William Scotton4-306 Billy Bates5-325 Wilf Flowers6-344 Billy Barnes7-349 Johnny Briggs8-349 Maurice Read9-361 Bobby Peel10-369 Joe Hunter
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Boyle | 63 | 25 | 95 | 2 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 |
| George Giffen | 56.2 | 26 | 80 | 2 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 |
| William Cooper | 18 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| George Bonnor | 16 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | 73 | 37 | 81 | 5 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy McDonnell | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Tup Scott | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| George Alexander | 10 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
191/9116.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Blackham | bowled | 11 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Percy McDonnell | run out | 83 | - | 150 | 6 | 0 | - |
| Billy Murdoch | bowled | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| George Giffen | caught | 47 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Tup Scott | lbw | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| William Cooper | caught | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| George Bonnor | caught | 19 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Joey Palmer | bowled | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| George Alexander | stumped | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Harry Boyle | not out | 0* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 7 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 116.1 overs (4-ball) | 191 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370
1-28 Jack Blackham2-56 Billy Murdoch3-125 Percy McDonnell4-139 Tup Scott5-160 William Cooper6-160 George Giffen7-171 Joey Palmer8-182 George Bonnor9-191 George Alexander
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Peel | 40.1 | 15 | 51 | 5 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | 18 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | 16 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 31 | 10 | 51 | 3 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bates | 9 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 66
67/231 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Scotton | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Wilf Flowers | caught | 7 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | not out | 26* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Billy Barnes | not out | 28* | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 4 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 31 overs (4-ball) | 67 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370
1-8 Wilf Flowers2-14 William Scotton
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Boyle | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| George Giffen | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | 16 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |