Australia v England
Australia won by 8 wickets
14 to 17 March 1885Sydney
Australiawon by 8 wickets
309 & 38/224.3 ov
England
269 & 7739.1 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
269126 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ulyett | bowled | 10 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | bowled | 40 | - | - | 4 | 0 | - |
| William Scotton | caught | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Billy Barnes | bowled | 50 | - | - | 4 | 0 | - |
| Billy Bates | caught | 64 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - |
| Maurice Read | bowled | 47 | - | - | 7 | 0 | - |
| Wilf Flowers | bowled | 14 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | caught | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 150.0 |
| William Attewell | bowled | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bobby Peel | not out | 17* | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Joe Hunter | bowled | 13 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, nb 1 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 126 overs (4-ball) | 269 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-19 George Ulyett2-52 William Scotton3-76 Arthur Shrewsbury4-159 Billy Barnes5-186 Billy Bates6-219 Wilf Flowers7-222 Johnny Briggs8-229 William Attewell9-252 Maurice Read10-269 Joe Hunter
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Giffen | 52 | 14 | 117 | 7 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | 16 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Spofforth | 29 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Garrett | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| John Trumble | 12 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Horan | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Jones | 10 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1.70 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
309169.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Palmer | bowled | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tom Garrett | bowled | 32 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| John Trumble | bowled | 5 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Percy McDonnell | caught | 20 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bannerman | caught | 51 | - | - | 8 | 0 | - |
| George Giffen | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Horan | caught | 9 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| George Bonnor | caught | 128 | - | 115 | 14 | 3 | - |
| Sammy Jones | run out | 40 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - |
| Jack Blackham | not out | 11* | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Frederick Spofforth | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, lb 1, w 2, nb 3 | 11 | |||||
| Total | all out, 169.3 overs (4-ball) | 309 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-0 Joey Palmer2-15 John Trumble3-40 Percy McDonnell4-98 Tom Garrett5-108 George Giffen6-119 Tom Horan7-134 Alec Bannerman8-288 George Bonnor9-308 Sammy Jones10-309 Frederick Spofforth
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ulyett | 54 | 25 | 91 | 3 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Peel | 31 | 12 | 53 | 1 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | 18 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bates | 17 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 2.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 35.3 | 17 | 61 | 4 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | 14 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
7739.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ulyett | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | caught | 16 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| William Scotton | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Billy Barnes | caught | 20 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Billy Bates | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Maurice Read | caught | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Wilf Flowers | caught | 7 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | run out | 5 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| William Attewell | not out | 1* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bobby Peel | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Joe Hunter | bowled | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 14, nb 1 | 15 | |||||
| Total | all out, 39.1 overs (4-ball) | 77 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-3 George Ulyett2-16 William Scotton3-19 Arthur Shrewsbury4-20 Billy Bates5-27 Maurice Read6-46 Wilf Flowers7-66 Johnny Briggs8-69 Billy Barnes9-69 Bobby Peel10-77 Joe Hunter
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Palmer | 19.1 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Spofforth | 20 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 38
38/224.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy McDonnell | caught | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Alec Bannerman | bowled | 8 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Tom Horan | not out | 12* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sammy Jones | not out | 15* | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 2 wickets, 24.3 overs (4-ball) | 38 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310
1-7 Percy McDonnell2-16 Alec Bannerman
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Peel | 9 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1.78 | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 9 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | 3.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.80 | 0 | 0 |