Australia v England
Australia won by 6 wickets
26 February to 2 March 1898Sydney
Australiawon by 6 wickets
239 & 276/462.4 ov
England
335 & 17878.1 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
335129.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie MacLaren | bowled | 65 | - | 113 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Ted Wainwright | caught | 49 | - | 117 | - | 0 | - |
| KS Ranjitsinhji | caught | 2 | - | 6 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Hayward | bowled | 47 | - | 95 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Bill Storer | bowled | 44 | - | 108 | 4 | 0 | - |
| Frank Druce | lbw | 64 | - | 114 | 10 | 0 | - |
| George Hirst | bowled | 44 | - | 80 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Jack Mason | caught | 7 | - | 10 | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | bowled | 0 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jack Hearne | not out | 2* | - | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Richardson | bowled | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 2, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 129.2 overs | 335 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-111 Archie MacLaren2-117 Ted Wainwright3-119 KS Ranjitsinhji4-197 Tom Hayward5-230 Bill Storer6-308 George Hirst7-318 Jack Mason8-324 Johnny Briggs9-334 Frank Druce10-335 Tom Richardson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Noble | 26 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 2.19 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Howell | 17 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Trumble | 26 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 2.58 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 26.2 | 3 | 82 | 6 | 3.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Trott | 23 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McLeod | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2.09 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
239100.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie McLeod | bowled | 64 | - | 163 | 8 | 0 | - |
| Joe Darling | caught | 14 | - | 40 | - | 0 | - |
| Clem Hill | bowled | 8 | - | 10 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Worrall | caught | 26 | - | 65 | - | 0 | - |
| Syd Gregory | caught | 21 | - | 22 | - | 0 | - |
| Monty Noble | caught | 31 | - | 75 | - | 0 | - |
| Harry Trott | caught | 18 | - | 55 | - | 0 | - |
| Hugh Trumble | bowled | 12 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| James Kelly | not out | 27* | - | 60 | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Howell | caught | 10 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Ernie Jones | caught | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 5, w 1, nb 1 | 7 | |||||
| Total | all out, 100.1 overs | 239 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-36 Joe Darling2-45 Clem Hill3-99 Jack Worrall4-132 Syd Gregory5-137 Charlie McLeod6-188 Harry Trott7-188 Monty Noble8-221 Hugh Trumble9-232 Bill Howell10-239 Ernie Jones
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Richardson | 36.1 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Briggs | 17 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hearne | 21 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Storer | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Mason | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hayward | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hirst | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
17878.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie MacLaren | caught | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ted Wainwright | bowled | 6 | - | 25 | - | 0 | - |
| KS Ranjitsinhji | lbw | 12 | - | 58 | - | 0 | - |
| Tom Hayward | caught | 43 | - | 105 | - | 0 | - |
| Bill Storer | caught | 31 | - | 65 | - | 0 | - |
| Frank Druce | caught | 18 | - | 25 | - | 0 | - |
| George Hirst | caught | 7 | - | 30 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Jack Mason | bowled | 11 | - | 30 | - | 0 | - |
| Johnny Briggs | bowled | 29 | - | 45 | - | 0 | - |
| Jack Hearne | not out | 3* | - | 25 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tom Richardson | bowled | 6 | - | 5 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 78.1 overs | 178 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-0 Archie MacLaren2-16 Ted Wainwright3-30 KS Ranjitsinhji4-99 Bill Storer5-104 Tom Hayward6-121 Frank Druce7-137 George Hirst8-148 Jack Mason9-172 Johnny Briggs10-178 Tom Richardson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Noble | 15 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Howell | 6.1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Trumble | 24 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 26 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Trott | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 275
276/462.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie McLeod | bowled | 4 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Joe Darling | caught | 160 | - | 171 | 30 | 0 | - |
| Clem Hill | bowled | 2 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jack Worrall | caught | 62 | - | 121 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Syd Gregory | not out | 22* | - | 45 | - | 0 | - |
| Monty Noble | not out | 15* | - | 17 | - | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 6, w 1, nb 4 | 11 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets, 62.4 overs | 276 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340
1-23 Charlie McLeod2-40 Clem Hill3-233 Jack Worrall4-252 Joe Darling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Richardson | 21.4 | 1 | 110 | 2 | 5.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Briggs | 5 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hearne | 15 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Mason | 11 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hayward | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hirst | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |