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Played at
Sydney Cricket Ground on 13,14,15,16,17 December 1897 (timeless match)
Result England won by 9 wickets
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England 2nd innings (target: 95 runs) |
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6s |
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AC MacLaren |
not out |
50 |
68 |
0 |
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JR Mason |
b McKibbin |
32 |
60 |
0 |
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KS Ranjitsinhji |
not out |
8 |
7 |
0 |
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Extras |
(b 5, nb 1) |
6 |
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Total |
(1 wicket; 28 overs) |
96 |
(3.42 runs per over) |
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Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0
Test debuts
NF Druce,
GH Hirst,
JR Mason and
W Storer
(England)
Umpires
C Bannerman and J Phillips
Close of play
13 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 337/5 (GH Hirst 37*, KS Ranjitsinhji 39*)
14 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 86/5 (SE Gregory 18*)
15 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 126/1 (J Darling 80*, CE McLeod 20*)
16 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 30/0 (AC MacLaren 16*, JR Mason 13*)
17 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 96/1 (28 ov) - end of match
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Match notes |
- Ranjitsinhji, although ill, emulated H Graham by scoring a hundred in his first Test in Australia having done so in England.
- MacLaren, deputising for AE Stoddart whose mother had died, scored a hundred in his first Test as captain.
- Darling had the distinction of being the first left-hander to score a hundred in a Test match.
- McLeod was run out by Storer when he left his crease after being bowled by a no-ball. His deafness prevented him from hearing the umpire's call.
- Kelly became the first wicket-keeper to prevent any byes in a total of over 500.
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Kelly b McLeod
