Test Match #17 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1884-1885 Australia v England - 1st Test
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
12th December, 1884
 
Australia 243 & 191
England 369 & 67/2
England won by 8 wickets

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Alexander Bannerman lbw b Peel 2    0  0   0.82%
Percy McDonnell b Attewell 124    8  0   51.03%
William Murdoch* c †Hunter b Peel 5    0  0   2.06%
Henry Scott b Peel 19    1  0   7.82%
John Blackham c Attewell b Bates 66    5  0   27.16%
George Giffen b Bates 4    0  0   1.65%
George Bonnor c Read b Bates 4    0  0   1.65%
George Palmer c Shrewsbury b Bates 6    0  0   2.47%
Henry Boyle c †Hunter b Bates 1    0  0   0.41%
George Alexander run out 3    0  0   1.23%
William Cooper not out 0    0  0  
Extras (b 7, w 2) 9  
Total All Out   (151.1 overs @ 1.61 rpo) 243
Fall of Wickets
 
1-33 Bannerman, 2-47 Murdoch, 3-95 Scott, 4-190 McDonnell, 5-224 Blackham,
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6-227 Giffen, 7-233 Bonnor, 8-239 Palmer, 9-242 Alexander, 10-243 Boyle
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Robert Peel 41.0 15 68 3 1.66 30.00
William Attewell 50.0 23 48 1 0.96 10.00
George Ulyett 10.0 3 23 0 2.30
Wilfred Flowers 10.0 1 27 0 2.70
William Barnes 14.0 2 37 0 2.64
Billy Bates 24.1 10 31 5 1.28 50.00
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
William Scotton st †Blackham b Giffen 82    0  0   22.22%
Arthur Shrewsbury* b Boyle 0    0  0  
George Ulyett c Alexander b Boyle 68    0  0   18.43%
William Barnes b Palmer 134    0  0   36.31%
Billy Bates c Giffen b Palmer 18    0  0   4.88%
Wilfred Flowers lbw b Palmer 15    0  0   4.07%
John Read c & b Giffen 14    0  0   3.79%
John Briggs c †Blackham b Palmer 1    0  0   0.27%
William Attewell not out 12    0  0   3.25%
Robert Peel b Palmer 4    0  0   1.08%
Joseph Hunter run out 1    0  0   0.27%
Extras (b 18, lb 1, nb 1) 20  
Total All Out   (243.2 overs @ 1.52 rpo) 369
Fall of Wickets
 
1-11 Shrewsbury, 2-107 Ulyett, 3-282 Scotton, 4-306 Bates, 5-325 Flowers, 6-344 Barnes,
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7-349 Briggs, 8-349 Read, 9-361 Peel, 10-369 Hunter
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Henry Boyle 63.0 25 95 2 1.51 20.00
George Giffen 56.2 26 80 2 1.42 20.00
William Cooper 18.0 4 26 0 1.44
George Bonnor 16.0 10 23 0 1.44
George Palmer 73.0 37 81 5 1.11 50.00
Percy McDonnell 3.0 0 11 0 3.67
Henry Scott 4.0 1 9 0 2.25
George Alexander 10.0 3 24 0 2.40
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
John Blackham b Peel 11    0  0   5.76%
Percy McDonnell run out 83    0  0   43.46%
William Murdoch* b Peel 7    0  0   3.66%
George Giffen c Shrewsbury b Peel 47    0  0   24.61%
Henry Scott lbw b Peel 1    0  0   0.52%
William Cooper c Shrewsbury b Barnes 6    0  0   3.14%
George Bonnor c Peel b Barnes 19    0  0   9.95%
George Palmer b Barnes 0    0  0  
George Alexander st †Hunter b Peel 10    0  0   5.24%
Henry Boyle not out 0    0  0  
Alexander Bannerman absent hurt          
Extras (b 7) 7  
Total All Out   (116.1 overs @ 1.64 rpo) 191
Fall of Wickets
 
1-28 Blackham, 2-56 Murdoch, 3-125 McDonnell, 4-139 Scott, 5-160 Cooper, 6-171 Giffen,
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7-182 Palmer, 8-191 Bonnor, 9-191 Alexander
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Robert Peel 40.1 15 51 5 1.27 50.00
William Attewell 18.0 10 26 0 1.44
George Ulyett 2.0 1 3 0 1.50
Wilfred Flowers 16.0 4 27 0 1.69
William Barnes 31.0 10 51 3 1.65 30.00
Billy Bates 9.0 3 26 0 2.89
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 66)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
William Scotton c Scott b Boyle 2    0  0   2.99%
Wilfred Flowers c Scott b Palmer 7    0  0   10.45%
Arthur Shrewsbury* not out 26    0  0   38.81%
William Barnes not out 28    0  0   41.79%
Extras (b 4) 4  
Total 2 wickets   (31.0 overs @ 2.16 rpo) 67
 
Did not Bat
 
George Ulyett, Billy Bates, John Read, John Briggs, William Attewell, Robert Peel,
 
Joseph Hunter†
Fall of Wickets
 
1-8 Flowers, 2-14 Scotton
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Henry Boyle 9.0 3 21 1 2.33 10.00
George Giffen 6.0 0 19 0 3.17
George Palmer 16.0 5 23 1 1.44 10.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1884-1885 Australia v England  (The Ashes) - 1st Test
Match No. Test #17
Match Conditions Day Match
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 243
Day 2 - England 1st innings 233/2 (WH Scotton 71*, W Barnes 86*)
Day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 152/4 (G Giffen 43*, WH Cooper 3*)
Day 4 - England 2nd Innings 67/2, 31.0 overs - end of match

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