Australia v England
England won by an innings and 98 runs
21 to 25 March 1885Melbourne
Australia
163 & 125102.1 ov
Englandwon by an innings and 98 runs
386221.3 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.
Australia innings
163106 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bannerman | caught | 5 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| William Bruce | caught | 15 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| George Giffen | bowled | 13 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Tom Horan | lbw | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Sammy Jones | lbw | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Frank Walters | bowled | 7 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Affie Jarvis | caught | 15 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| John Trumble | not out | 34* | - | - | 4 | 0 | - |
| George McShane | caught | 9 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Tom Garrett | caught | 6 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Frederick Spofforth | bowled | 50 | - | 70 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Extras | b 5, lb 1, nb 3 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 106 overs (4-ball) | 163 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-21 William Bruce2-21 Alec Bannerman3-21 Tom Horan4-34 Sammy Jones5-34 George Giffen6-45 Frank Walters7-67 Affie Jarvis8-89 George McShane9-99 Tom Garrett10-163 Frederick Spofforth
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Peel | 41 | 26 | 28 | 3 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | 23 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 2.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 28 | 12 | 47 | 2 | 1.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
386221.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Barnes | caught | 74 | - | 175 | 8 | 0 | - |
| William Scotton | bowled | 27 | - | - | 4 | 0 | - |
| Maurice Read | bowled | 13 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| George Ulyett | bowled | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | not out | 105* | - | 320 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Billy Bates | caught | 61 | - | - | 8 | 0 | - |
| Wilf Flowers | bowled | 16 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | caught | 43 | - | - | 8 | 0 | - |
| William Attewell | caught | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Bobby Peel | bowled | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Joe Hunter | bowled | 18 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 10, lb 14, nb 4 | 28 | |||||
| Total | all out, 221.3 overs (4-ball) | 386 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-61 William Scotton2-96 Maurice Read3-97 George Ulyett4-141 Billy Barnes4-214 Billy Bates5-256 Wilf Flowers6-324 Johnny Briggs7-324 William Attewell8-335 Billy Bates9-337 Bobby Peel10-386 Joe Hunter
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Giffen | 74.3 | 31 | 132 | 2 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 |
| William Bruce | 51 | 13 | 99 | 3 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Spofforth | 49 | 21 | 71 | 2 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 |
| John Trumble | 28 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Garrett | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| George McShane | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Jones | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Horan | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
125102.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Bannerman | caught | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Garrett | bowled | 5 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| George Giffen | caught | 12 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Sammy Jones | bowled | 17 | - | - | 2 | 0 | - |
| Tom Horan | bowled | 20 | - | - | 3 | 0 | - |
| William Bruce | caught | 35 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| John Trumble | lbw | 10 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Frank Walters | caught | 5 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - |
| Affie Jarvis | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Frederick Spofforth | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| George McShane | not out | 12* | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5 | 5 | |||||
| Total | all out, 102.1 overs (4-ball) | 125 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390
1-4 Alec Bannerman2-17 Tom Garrett3-26 George Giffen4-60 Tom Horan5-60 Sammy Jones6-91 John Trumble7-100 Frank Walters8-106 Affie Jarvis9-108 Frederick Spofforth10-125 William Bruce
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Peel | 30 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | 15 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | 21 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | 36.1 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 |