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Full scorecard - Partnerships - Career averages - Almanack report

Test no. 3
England in Australia Test Match
Australia v England
1878/79 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 2,3,4 January 1879 (timeless match)

Result Australia won by 10 wickets

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
G Ulyett b Spofforth 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
AP Lucas b Allan 6 0
AJ Webbe b Allan 4 0
AN Hornby b Spofforth 2 0 0
captain Lord Harris b Garrett 33 3 0
VPFA Royle b Spofforth 3 0 0
FA MacKinnon b Spofforth 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
T Emmett c Horan b Spofforth 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
CA Absolom c AC Bannerman b Boyle 52 5 0
wicketkeeper L Hone c wicketkeeperBlackham b Spofforth 7 0
SS Schultz not out 0 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 2) 6
    Total (all out; 54 overs) 113 (3.13 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Ulyett), 2-7 (Webbe), 3-10 (Lucas), 4-14 (Hornby), 5-26 (Royle), 6-26 (MacKinnon), 7-26 (Emmett), 8-89 (Harris), 9-113 (Absolom), 10-113 (Hone)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 FR Spofforth 25 9 48 6 2.88
 FE Allan 17 4 30 2 2.64
 TW Garrett 5 0 18 1 5.40
 HF Boyle 7 1 11 1 2.35

Australia 1st innings R M 4s 6s
C Bannerman b Emmett 15 0
WL Murdoch c Webbe b Ulyett 4 0
TP Horan c wicketkeeperHone b Emmett 10 0
AC Bannerman b Schultz 73 235 7 0
FR Spofforth c Royle b Emmett 39 0
TW Garrett c wicketkeeperHone b Emmett 26 0
FE Allan b Hornby 5 0
HF Boyle c Royle b Emmett 28 5 0
wicketkeeper JM Blackham b Emmett 6 0
TJD Kelly c Webbe b Emmett 10 0
captain DW Gregory not out 12 0
    Extras (b 19, lb 2, w 7) 28
    Total (all out; 159.3 overs) 256 (2.40 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Murdoch), 2-30 (C Bannerman), 3-37 (Horan), 4-101 (Spofforth), 5-131 (Garrett), 6-158 (Allan), 7-215 (Boyle), 8-224 (Blackham), 9-234 (Kelly), 10-256 (AC Bannerman)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 T Emmett 59 31 68 7 1.72
 G Ulyett 62 24 93 1 2.25
 AP Lucas 18 6 31 0 2.58
 SS Schultz 6.3 3 16 1 3.55
 AN Hornby 7 7 0 1 0.00
 VPFA Royle 4 1 6 0 2.25
 Lord Harris 3 0 14 0 7.00

England 2nd innings R 4s 6s
G Ulyett b Spofforth 14 0
AP Lucas c Boyle b Allan 13 0
AJ Webbe lbw b Allan 0 0 0
AN Hornby b Spofforth 4 0
captain Lord Harris c Horan b Spofforth 36 4 0
VPFA Royle c Spofforth b Boyle 18 0
FA MacKinnon b Spofforth 5 0
CA Absolom c & b Spofforth 6 0
T Emmett not out 24 0
wicketkeeper L Hone b Spofforth 6 0
SS Schultz c & b Spofforth 20 0
    Extras (b 10, lb 4) 14
    Total (all out; 83 overs) 160 (2.89 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Lucas), 2-28 (Ulyett), 3-28 (Webbe), 4-34 (Hornby), 5-78 (Royle), 6-103 (Harris), 7-103 (MacKinnon), 8-118 (Absolom), 9-128 (Hone), 10-160 (Schultz)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 FR Spofforth 35 16 62 7 2.65
 FE Allan 28 11 50 2 2.67
 TW Garrett 10 6 18 0 2.70
 HF Boyle 10 4 16 1 2.40

Australia 2nd innings (target: 18 runs) R M 6s
C Bannerman not out 15 10 0
WL Murdoch not out 4 10 0
    Extras 0
    Total (0 wickets; 2.3 overs) 19 (10.36 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat TP Horan, AC Bannerman, FR Spofforth, TW Garrett, FE Allan, HF Boyle, wicketkeeperJM Blackham, TJD Kelly, captainDW Gregory

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 G Ulyett 1 0 9 0 13.50
 SS Schultz 1.3 0 10 0 8.57

Balls per over 4

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the one-off match

Test debuts FE Allan, AC Bannerman and HF Boyle (Australia); CA Absolom, Lord Harris, L Hone, AN Hornby, AP Lucas, FA MacKinnon, VPFA Royle, SS Schultz and AJ Webbe (England)

Umpires P Coady and G Coulthard

Close of play
2 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 95/3 (AC Bannerman 23*, FR Spofforth 35*)
3 Jan day 2 - England 2nd innings 103/6 (FA MacKinnon 5*)
4 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 19/0 (2.3 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • FR Spofforth achieved the first Test match hat-trick when he dismissed Royle, Mackinnon and Emmett in the first innings.

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