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Test no. 4

Australia in England Test Match England v Australia

1880 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 6,7,8 September 1880 (3-day match) Result England won by 5 wickets

	England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		EM Grace	c Alexander b Bannerman	36	81	94	4	0	38.29
		WG Grace	b Palmer	152	251	294	12	0	51.70
		AP Lucas	b Bannerman	55	109	121	5	0	45.45
		W Barnes	b Alexander	28	50	67	1	0	41.79
		Lord Harris	c Bonnor b Alexander	52	90	97	7	0	53.60
		F Penn	b Bannerman	23	35	45	3	0	51.11
		AG Steel	c Boyle b Moule	42	50	66	5	0	63.63
		Hon.A Lyttelton	not out	11	21	32	1	0	34.37
		GF Grace	c Bannerman b Moule	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
		A Shaw	b Moule	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
		F Morley	run out	2	5	9	0	0	22.22
		Extras	(b 8, lb 11)	19
		Total	(all out; 210.3 overs)	420	(2.98 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-91 (EM Grace), 2-211 (Lucas), 3-269 (Barnes), 4-281 (WG Grace), 5-322 (Penn), 6-404 (Harris), 7-410 (Steel), 8-410 (GF Grace), 9-413 (Shaw), 10-420 (Morley)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	HF Boyle	44	17	71	0	2.42
	GE Palmer	70	27	116	1	2.48
	G Alexander	32	10	69	2	3.23
	AC Bannerman	50	12	111	3	3.33
	PS McDonnell	2	0	11	0	8.25
	WH Moule	12.3	4	23	3	2.70

	Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Bannerman	b Morley	32	48	54	5	0	59.25
		WL Murdoch	c Barnes b Steel	0	22	19	0	0	0.00
		TU Groube	b Steel	11	39	44	1	0	25.00
		PS McDonnell	c Barnes b Morley	27	49	41	2	0	65.85
		J Slight	c GF Grace b Morley	11	29	35	1	0	31.42
		JM Blackham	c & b Morley	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
		GJ Bonnor	c GF Grace b Shaw	2	9	8	0	0	25.00
		HF Boyle	not out	36	53	47	5	0	76.59
		GE Palmer	b Morley	6	17	17	0	0	35.29
		G Alexander	c WG Grace b Steel	6	13	20	0	0	30.00
		WH Moule	c Morley b WG Grace	6	15	14	0	0	42.85
		Extras	(b 9, lb 3)	12
		Total	(all out; 75.1 overs)	149	(2.97 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Murdoch), 2-39 (Bannerman), 3-59 (Groube), 4-84 (Slight), 5-84 (Blackham), 6-89 (McDonnell), 7-97 (Bonnor), 8-113 (Palmer), 9-126 (Alexander), 10-149 (Moule)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	F Morley	32	9	56	5	2.62
	AG Steel	29	9	58	3	3.00
	A Shaw	13	5	21	1	2.42
	WG Grace	1.1	0	2	1	2.40

	Australia 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Bannerman	c Lucas b Shaw	8	7	14	1	0	57.14
		HF Boyle	run out	3	9	7	0	0	42.85
		WL Murdoch	not out	153	316	358	17	0	42.73
		TU Groube	c Shaw b Morley	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		PS McDonnell	lbw b WG Grace	43	75	76	9	0	56.57
		J Slight	c Harris b WG Grace	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		JM Blackham	c EM Grace b Morley	19	49	54	2	0	35.18
		GJ Bonnor	b Steel	16	23	29	3	0	55.17
		GE Palmer	c & b Steel	4	6	9	1	0	44.44
		G Alexander	c Shaw b Morley	33	56	59	5	0	55.93
		WH Moule	b Barnes	34	90	99	4	0	34.34
		Extras	(b 7, lb 7)	14
		Total	(all out; 176.3 overs)	327	(2.77 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-8 (Bannerman), 2-13 (Boyle), 3-14 (Groube), 4-97 (McDonnell), 5-101 (Slight), 6-143 (Blackham), 7-181 (Bonnor), 8-187 (Palmer), 9-239 (Alexander), 10-327 (Moule)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	F Morley	61	30	90	3	2.21
	AG Steel	31	6	73	2	3.53
	A Shaw	33	18	42	1	1.90
	WG Grace	28	10	66	2	3.53
	W Barnes	8.3	3	17	1	2.91
	AP Lucas	12	7	23	0	2.87
	F Penn	3	1	2	0	1.00

	England 2nd innings (target: 57 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		Hon.A Lyttelton	b Palmer	13	25	32	1	0	40.62
		GF Grace	b Palmer	0	15	2	0	0	0.00
		AP Lucas	c Blackham b Palmer	2	12	18	0	0	11.11
		F Penn	not out	27	44	46	3	0	58.69
		W Barnes	c Moule b Boyle	5	14	15	1	0	33.33
		EM Grace	b Boyle	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
		WG Grace	not out	9	17	20	1	0	45.00
		Extras	(nb 1)	1
		Total	(5 wickets; 33.3 overs)	57	(2.53 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat Lord Harris, AG Steel, A Shaw, F Morley

Fall of wickets1-2 (GF Grace), 2-10 (Lucas), 3-22 (Lyttelton), 4-31 (Barnes), 5-31 (EM Grace)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	HF Boyle	17	7	21	2	1.85
	GE Palmer	16.3	5	35	3	3.13

Balls per over 4 Toss England, who chose to bat first Series England won the one-off match Test debuts G Alexander, GJ Bonnor, TU Groube, PS McDonnell, WH Moule, GE Palmer and J Slight (Australia); W Barnes, EM Grace, GF Grace, WG Grace, Hon.A Lyttelton, F Morley, F Penn and AG Steel (England) Umpires HH Stephenson and RA Thoms Close of play 6 Sep day 1 - England 1st innings 410/8 (Hon.A Lyttelton 4*) 7 Sep day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 170/6 (WL Murdoch 79*, GJ Bonnor 13*) 8 Sep day 3 - England 2nd innings 57/5 (33.3 ov) - end of match

Match notes

WG Grace, who scored England's first Test century, and his brothers EM and GF provided the first instance of three brothers playing the the same Test.

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