Australia v England
England won by 9 wickets
13 to 17 December 1897Sydney
Australia
237 & 408121 ov
Englandwon by 9 wickets
551 & 96/128 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
551175 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mason | bowled | 6 | - | 25 | 1 | 0 | - |
| Archie MacLaren | caught | 109 | - | 189 | 15 | 0 | - |
| Tom Hayward | caught | 72 | - | 116 | 10 | 0 | - |
| Bill Storer | caught | 43 | - | 90 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Frank Druce | caught | 20 | - | 35 | - | 0 | - |
| George Hirst | bowled | 62 | - | 100 | 8 | 1 | - |
| KS Ranjitsinhji | caught | 175 | - | 223 | 26 | 0 | - |
| Ted Wainwright | bowled | 10 | - | 40 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Hearne | caught | 17 | - | 50 | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | run out | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Richardson | not out | 24* | - | 31 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 11, w 1 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 175 overs | 551 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-26 Jack Mason2-162 Tom Hayward3-224 Archie MacLaren4-256 Frank Druce5-258 Bill Storer6-382 George Hirst7-422 Ted Wainwright8-471 Jack Hearne9-477 Johnny Briggs10-551 KS Ranjitsinhji
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McKibbin | 34 | 5 | 113 | 1 | 3.32 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 50 | 8 | 130 | 3 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McLeod | 28 | 12 | 80 | 3 | 2.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Trumble | 40 | 7 | 138 | 1 | 3.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Trott | 23 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
237100.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Darling | caught | 7 | - | 16 | - | 0 | - |
| John Lyons | bowled | 3 | - | 35 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Frank Iredale | caught | 25 | - | 57 | - | 0 | - |
| Clem Hill | bowled | 19 | - | 40 | - | 0 | - |
| Syd Gregory | caught | 46 | - | 91 | - | 0 | - |
| Harry Trott | bowled | 10 | - | 45 | - | 0 | - |
| James Kelly | bowled | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Hugh Trumble | caught | 70 | - | 138 | 13 | 0 | - |
| Charlie McLeod | not out | 50* | - | 105 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Tom McKibbin | bowled | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ernie Jones | caught | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 1, nb 4 | 6 | |||||
| Total | all out, 100.1 overs | 237 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-8 Joe Darling2-24 John Lyons3-56 Frank Iredale4-57 Clem Hill5-86 Harry Trott6-87 James Kelly7-138 Syd Gregory8-228 Hugh Trumble9-237 Tom McKibbin10-237 Ernie Jones
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Richardson | 27 | 8 | 71 | 3 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hirst | 28 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 2.04 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hearne | 20.1 | 7 | 42 | 5 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Briggs | 20 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hayward | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Mason | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
408121 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Darling | caught | 101 | - | 194 | 19 | 0 | - |
| Frank Iredale | bowled | 18 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - |
| Charlie McLeod | run out | 26 | - | 95 | - | 0 | - |
| Clem Hill | bowled | 96 | - | 143 | 11 | 0 | - |
| Syd Gregory | run out | 31 | - | 58 | - | 0 | - |
| Hugh Trumble | caught | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| John Lyons | caught | 25 | - | 30 | - | 0 | - |
| Harry Trott | bowled | 27 | - | 60 | - | 0 | - |
| James Kelly | not out | 46* | - | 63 | - | 0 | - |
| Ernie Jones | lbw | 3 | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom McKibbin | bowled | 6 | - | 10 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 12, lb 1, w 4, nb 10 | 27 | |||||
| Total | all out, 121 overs | 408 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-37 Frank Iredale2-135 Charlie McLeod3-191 Joe Darling4-269 Syd Gregory5-271 Hugh Trumble6-318 John Lyons7-321 Clem Hill8-382 Harry Trott9-390 Ernie Jones10-408 Tom McKibbin
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Richardson | 41 | 9 | 121 | 2 | 2.95 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hirst | 13 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 3.77 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hearne | 38 | 8 | 99 | 4 | 2.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Briggs | 22 | 3 | 86 | 2 | 3.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hayward | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Mason | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 95
96/128 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie MacLaren | not out | 50* | - | 68 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Mason | bowled | 32 | - | 60 | - | 0 | - |
| KS Ranjitsinhji | not out | 8* | - | 7 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, nb 1 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 1 wicket, 28 overs | 96 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 560
1-80 Jack Mason
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Trumble | 14 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 2.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McKibbin | 5 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3.11 | 0 | 0 |