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Test no. 5
England in Australia Test Series - 1st Test
Australia v England
1881/82 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 31 December 1881, 2,3,4 January 1882 (timeless match)

Result Match drawn (by agreement)

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
RG Barlow c Bannerman b Palmer 0 4 0 0
G Ulyett c McDonnell b Cooper 87 135 6 1
J Selby run out 55 140 2 0
W Bates c Giffen b Boyle 58 7 0
A Shrewsbury c wicketkeeperBlackham b Evans 11 1 0
WE Midwinter b Evans 36 4 0
T Emmett b Evans 5 0 0
WH Scotton run out 21 0 0
captain A Shaw c Boyle b Cooper 5 0 0
wicketkeeper R Pilling c Giffen b Cooper 5 0 0
E Peate not out 4 1 0
    Extras (lb 6, nb 1) 7
    Total (all out; 170.2 overs) 294 (2.58 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Barlow), 2-142 (Ulyett), 3-151 (Selby), 4-187 (Shrewsbury), 5-227 (Bates), 6-232 (Emmett), 7-277 (Midwinter), 8-284 (Shaw), 9-289 (Pilling), 10-294 (Scotton)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GE Palmer 36 9 73 1 3.04
 E Evans 71 35 81 3 1.71
 WH Cooper 32.2 8 80 3 3.69
 HF Boyle 18 9 18 1 1.50
 G Giffen 3 0 12 0 6.00
 AC Bannerman 10 3 23 0 3.45

Australia 1st innings R M 4s 6s
HH Massie st wicketkeeperPilling b Midwinter 2 0 0
AC Bannerman b Ulyett 38 1 0
captain WL Murdoch b Ulyett 39 3 0
PS McDonnell b Midwinter 19 2 0
TP Horan run out 124 250 6 0
G Giffen b Emmett 30 150 1 0
wicketkeeper JM Blackham b Emmett 2 0 0
GE Palmer c wicketkeeperPilling b Bates 34 3 0
E Evans b Bates 3 0 0
HF Boyle not out 4 0 0
WH Cooper st wicketkeeperPilling b Peate 7 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 11, w 3) 18
    Total (all out; 237 overs) 320 (2.02 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Massie), 2-82 (Bannerman), 3-97 (Murdoch), 4-113 (McDonnell), 5-220 (Giffen), 6-226 (Blackham), 7-305 (Palmer), 8-309 (Evans), 9-309 (Horan), 10-320 (Cooper)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 E Peate 59 24 64 1 1.62
 WE Midwinter 39 21 50 2 1.92
 W Bates 41 20 43 2 1.57
 T Emmett 35 12 61 2 2.61
 G Ulyett 20 5 41 2 3.07
 RG Barlow 23 13 22 0 1.43
 A Shaw 20 11 21 0 1.57

England 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
RG Barlow st wicketkeeperBlackham b Palmer 33 1 0
G Ulyett st wicketkeeperBlackham b Cooper 23 3 0
J Selby c Boyle b Cooper 70 165 5 0
W Bates c Bannerman b Cooper 47 2 0
A Shrewsbury b Cooper 16 0 0
WE Midwinter c Massie b Cooper 4 1 0
T Emmett b Cooper 6 1 0
WH Scotton not out 50 3 0
captain A Shaw c Cooper b Boyle 40 3 0
wicketkeeper R Pilling b Palmer 3 0 0
E Peate run out 2 0 0
    Extras (b 7, lb 2, nb 5) 14
    Total (all out; 229.3 overs) 308 (2.01 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-37 (Ulyett), 2-96 (Barlow), 3-179 (Bates), 4-183 (Selby), 5-188 (Midwinter), 6-197 (Emmett), 7-217 (Shrewsbury), 8-300 (Shaw), 9-304 (Pilling), 10-308 (Peate)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GE Palmer 77 19 77 2 1.50
 E Evans 73 45 63 0 1.29
 WH Cooper 61 19 120 6 2.95
 HF Boyle 14.3 6 19 1 1.93
 PS McDonnell 4 1 15 0 5.62

Australia 2nd innings (target: 283 runs) R 4s 6s
wicketkeeper JM Blackham b Bates 25 2 0
AC Bannerman b Ulyett 8 1 0
TP Horan c Emmett b Bates 26 4 0
captain WL Murdoch not out 22 3 0
PS McDonnell not out 33 4 1
    Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 1) 13
    Total (3 wickets; 55 overs) 127 (3.46 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat HH Massie, G Giffen, GE Palmer, E Evans, HF Boyle, WH Cooper

Fall of wickets1-35 (Bannerman), 2-70 (Horan), 3-72 (Blackham)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 E Peate 11 5 22 0 3.00
 W Bates 13 3 43 2 4.96
 T Emmett 16 11 19 0 1.78
 G Ulyett 15 3 30 1 3.00

Balls per over 4

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series 4-match series level 0-0

Test debuts WH Cooper, E Evans, G Giffen and HH Massie (Australia); RG Barlow, W Bates, E Peate, R Pilling, WH Scotton and A Shrewsbury (England)

Umpires James Lillywhite jnr (England) and JS Swift

Close of play
31 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 294
1 Jan rest day
2 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 277/6 (TP Horan 106*, GE Palmer 23*)
3 Jan day 3 - England 2nd innings 238/7 (WH Scotton 13*, A Shaw 14*)
4 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 127/3 (55 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • WE Midwinter made his debut for England having played for Australia in the first two Test matches.

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