TestNo. 56MenScorecard

Australia v England

Australia won by 8 wickets

29 January to 2 February 1898Melbourne

Australiawon by 8 wickets

323 & 115/239.4 ov

England

174 & 263114.2 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

323101.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Charlie McLeod	bowled	1	-	5	0	0	-
Joe Darling	caught	12	-	32	1	0	-
Clem Hill	caught	188	-	305	21	0	-
Syd Gregory	bowled	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Frank Iredale	caught	0	-	2	0	0	-
Monty Noble	caught	4	-	6	0	0	-
Harry Trott	caught	7	-	35	0	0	-
Hugh Trumble	caught	46	-	152	4	0	-
James Kelly	caught	32	-	66	6	0	-
Ernie Jones	caught	20	-	37	2	0	-
Bill Howell	not out	9*	-	10	0	0	-
Extras	b 3, w 1	4
Total	all out, 101.4 overs	323

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-1 Charlie McLeod2-25 Joe Darling3-25 Syd Gregory4-26 Frank Iredale5-32 Monty Noble6-58 Harry Trott7-223 Hugh Trumble8-283 James Kelly9-303 Clem Hill10-323 Ernie Jones

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tom Richardson	26	2	102	2	3.92
Jack Hearne	35.4	13	98	6	2.75
Tom Hayward	10	4	24	0	2.40
Johnny Briggs	17	4	38	1	2.24
Andrew Stoddart	6	1	22	0	3.67
Bill Storer	4	0	24	1	6.00
Ted Wainwright	3	1	11	0	3.67

England innings

17461.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Archie MacLaren	bowled	8	-	17	0	0	-
Ted Wainwright	caught	6	-	19	0	0	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	caught	24	-	27	3	0	-
Tom Hayward	caught	22	-	37	3	0	-
Frank Druce	lbw	24	-	44	3	0	-
Bill Storer	caught	2	-	16	0	0	-
Jack Mason	bowled	30	-	65	2	0	-
Andrew Stoddart	caught	17	-	22	1	0	-
Johnny Briggs	not out	21*	-	43	2	0	-
Jack Hearne	caught	0	-	1	0	0	-
Tom Richardson	bowled	20	-	19	4	0	-
Extras		0
Total	all out, 61.1 overs	174

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-14 Archie MacLaren2-16 Ted Wainwright3-60 KS Ranjitsinhji4-60 Tom Hayward5-67 Bill Storer6-103 Frank Druce7-121 Andrew Stoddart8-148 Jack Mason9-148 Jack Hearne10-174 Tom Richardson

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bill Howell	16	7	34	1	2.13
Harry Trott	11.1	1	33	2	2.96
Monty Noble	7	1	21	1	3.00
Hugh Trumble	15	4	30	2	2.00
Ernie Jones	12	2	56	4	4.67

England innings

263114.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Johnny Briggs	caught	23	-	52	1	0	-
Ted Wainwright	caught	2	-	13	0	0	-
Archie MacLaren	caught	45	-	68	6	0	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	bowled	55	-	97	2	0	-
Tom Hayward	caught	25	-	98	0	0	-
Andrew Stoddart	bowled	25	-	100	2	0	-
Frank Druce	caught	16	-	29	2	0	-
Jack Mason	bowled	26	-	95	0	0	-
Bill Storer	caught	26	-	54	2	0	-
Jack Hearne	not out	4*	-	8	0	0	-
Tom Richardson	caught	2	-	5	0	0	-
Extras	b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 1	14
Total	all out, 114.2 overs	263

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-7 Ted Wainwright2-63 Johnny Briggs3-94 Archie MacLaren4-147 KS Ranjitsinhji5-157 Tom Hayward6-192 Frank Druce7-211 Andrew Stoddart8-259 Jack Mason9-259 Bill Storer10-263 Tom Richardson

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bill Howell	30	12	58	2	1.93
Harry Trott	12	2	39	1	3.25
Monty Noble	16	6	31	1	1.94
Hugh Trumble	23	6	40	2	1.74
Ernie Jones	25	7	70	2	2.80
Charlie McLeod	8.2	4	11	2	1.32

Australia innings chasing 115

115/239.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Charlie McLeod	not out	64*	-	99	5	0	-
Joe Darling	caught	29	-	38	4	0	-
Clem Hill	lbw	0	-	8	0	0	-
Syd Gregory	not out	21*	-	53	2	0	-
Extras	nb 1	1
Total	2 wickets, 39.4 overs	115

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 330

1-50 Joe Darling2-56 Clem Hill

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jack Hearne	7	3	19	0	2.71
Tom Hayward	10	4	24	2	2.40
Johnny Briggs	6	1	31	0	5.17
Ted Wainwright	9	2	21	0	2.33
Jack Mason	4	1	10	0	2.50
KS Ranjitsinhji	3.4	1	9	0	2.45

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. 56
Dates: 29 January to 2 February 1898
Ground: Melbourne
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
In the database: Scorecard

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      "runs": 188, "balls": null, "minutes": 305, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Tom Richardson", "overs": "26", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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