TestNo. 54MenScorecard

Australia v England

Australia won by an innings and 55 runs

1 to 5 January 1898Melbourne

Australiawon by an innings and 55 runs

520185 ov

England

315 & 15065.4 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

520185 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Joe Darling	caught	36	-	45	5	0	-
Charlie McLeod	bowled	112	-	244	4	0	-
Clem Hill	caught	58	-	115	1	0	-
Syd Gregory	bowled	71	-	136	3	0	-
Frank Iredale	caught	89	-	167	6	0	-
Harry Trott	caught	79	-	193	11	0	-
Monty Noble	bowled	17	-	22	2	0	-
Hugh Trumble	caught	14	-	19	1	0	-
James Kelly	caught	19	-	40	2	0	-
Ernie Jones	run out	7	-	12	0	0	-
Tom McKibbin	not out	2*	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	b 14, w 1, nb 1	16
Total	all out, 185 overs	520

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-43 Joe Darling2-167 Clem Hill3-244 Charlie McLeod4-310 Syd Gregory5-434 Frank Iredale6-453 Monty Noble7-478 Hugh Trumble8-509 Harry Trott9-515 James Kelly10-520 Ernie Jones

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tom Richardson	48	12	114	1	2.38
George Hirst	25	1	89	1	3.56
Johnny Briggs	40	10	96	3	2.40
Jack Hearne	36	6	94	1	2.61
Jack Mason	11	1	33	1	3.00
Tom Hayward	9	4	23	1	2.56
Bill Storer	16	4	55	1	3.44

England innings

315119.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren	caught	35	-	83	2	0	-
Jack Mason	bowled	3	-	6	0	0	-
Ted Wainwright	caught	21	-	60	2	0	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	bowled	71	-	149	4	0	-
Tom Hayward	caught	23	-	70	1	0	-
Bill Storer	caught	51	-	88	6	0	-
George Hirst	bowled	0	-	3	0	0	-
Frank Druce	lbw	44	-	88	4	0	-
Jack Hearne	bowled	1	-	1	0	0	-
Johnny Briggs	not out	46*	-	71	5	0	-
Tom Richardson	bowled	3	-	4	0	0	-
Extras	b 10, lb 3, nb 4	17
Total	all out, 119.5 overs	315

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-10 Jack Mason2-60 Ted Wainwright3-74 Archie MacLaren4-133 Tom Hayward5-203 KS Ranjitsinhji6-208 George Hirst7-223 Bill Storer8-224 Jack Hearne9-311 Frank Druce10-315 Tom Richardson

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tom McKibbin	28	7	66	2	2.36
Hugh Trumble	26.5	5	54	4	2.01
Ernie Jones	22	5	54	2	2.45
Harry Trott	17	3	49	1	2.88
Monty Noble	12	3	31	1	2.58
Charlie McLeod	14	2	44	0	3.14

England innings

15065.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren	caught	38	-	70	2	0	-
Jack Mason	bowled	3	-	17	0	0	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	bowled	27	-	68	2	0	-
Tom Hayward	caught	33	-	73	3	0	-
Bill Storer	caught	1	-	5	0	0	-
George Hirst	lbw	3	-	7	0	0	-
Frank Druce	caught	15	-	32	1	0	-
Ted Wainwright	bowled	11	-	35	0	0	-
Johnny Briggs	caught	12	-	33	2	0	-
Jack Hearne	caught	0	-	4	0	0	-
Tom Richardson	not out	2*	-	3	0	0	-
Extras	b 3, lb 1, w 1	5
Total	all out, 65.4 overs	150

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-10 Jack Mason2-65 Archie MacLaren3-71 KS Ranjitsinhji4-75 Bill Storer5-80 George Hirst6-115 Frank Druce7-123 Tom Hayward8-141 Ted Wainwright9-148 Jack Hearne10-150 Johnny Briggs

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tom McKibbin	4	0	13	0	3.25
Hugh Trumble	30.4	12	53	4	1.73
Harry Trott	7	0	17	0	2.43
Monty Noble	17	1	49	6	2.88
Charlie McLeod	7	2	13	0	1.86

Tests in January 1898

3 matches

TestScorecardAustralia520185England315 & 15065.4Australia won by an innings and 55 runsMelbourne, 1 January TestScorecardAustralia573214.2England278 & 282144Australia won by an innings and 13 runsAdelaide, 14 January TestScorecardAustralia323 & 115/239.4England174 & 263114.2Australia won by 8 wicketsMelbourne, 29 January

Match facts

Format: Test No. 54
Dates: 1 to 5 January 1898
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by an innings and 55 runs
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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      "runs": 112, "balls": null, "minutes": 244, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Tom Richardson", "overs": "48", "wickets": 1, ...}, ...]
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