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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1879 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | P Coady, G Coulthard |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 95/3 (AC Bannerman 23*, Spofforth 35*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (2) 103/6 (MacKinnon 5*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Ulyett | b Spofforth | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| AP Lucas | b Allan | 6 | - | - | |||
| AJ Webbe | b Allan | 4 | - | - | |||
| AN Hornby | b Spofforth | 2 | - | - | |||
| *Lord Harris | b Garrett | 33 | 3 | - | |||
| VPFA Royle | b Spofforth | 3 | - | - | |||
| FA MacKinnon | b Spofforth | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| T Emmett | c Horan b Spofforth | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CA Absolom | c AC Bannerman b Boyle | 52 | 5 | - | |||
| +L Hone | c Blackham b Spofforth | 7 | - | - | |||
| SS Schultz | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Ulyett, 0.2 ov), 2-7 (Webbe, 5.1 ov), 3-10 (Lucas), 4-14 (Hornby), 5-26 (Royle), 6-26 (MacKinnon), 7-26 (Emmett), 8-89 (Harris), 9-113 (Absolom), 10-113 (Hone, 54 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 25 | 9 | 48 | 6 | - | - | |
| Allan | 17 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Bannerman | b Emmett | 15 | 1 | - | |||
| WL Murdoch | c Webbe b Ulyett | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| TP Horan | c Hone b Emmett | 10 | - | - | |||
| AC Bannerman | b Schultz | 73 | 235 | 7 | - | ||
| FR Spofforth | c Royle b Emmett | 39 | 5 | - | |||
| TW Garrett | c Hone b Emmett | 26 | 3 | - | |||
| FE Allan | b Hornby | 5 | - | - | |||
| HF Boyle | c Royle b Emmett | 28 | 5 | - | |||
| +JM Blackham | b Emmett | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| TJD Kelly | c Webbe b Emmett | 10 | - | - | |||
| *DW Gregory | not out | 12 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (19 b, 2 lb, 7 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 159.3 overs) | 256 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (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, 159.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Emmett | 59 | 31 | 68 | 7 | - | - | |
| Ulyett | 62 | 24 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lucas | 18 | 6 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Schultz | 6.3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hornby | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Royle | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harris | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Ulyett | b Spofforth | 14 | 1 | - | |||
| AP Lucas | c Boyle b Allan | 13 | 1 | - | |||
| AJ Webbe | lbw b Allan | 0 | - | - | |||
| AN Hornby | b Spofforth | 4 | - | - | |||
| *Lord Harris | c Horan b Spofforth | 36 | 4 | - | |||
| VPFA Royle | c Spofforth b Boyle | 18 | 2 | - | |||
| FA MacKinnon | b Spofforth | 5 | - | - | |||
| CA Absolom | c and b Spofforth | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| T Emmett | not out | 24 | 4 | - | |||
| +L Hone | b Spofforth | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| SS Schultz | c and b Spofforth | 20 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (10 b, 4 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (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, 83 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 35 | 16 | 62 | 7 | - | - | |
| Allan | 28 | 11 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Bannerman | not out | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2 | - | |
| WL Murdoch | not out | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| TP Horan | did not bat | ||||||
| AC Bannerman | did not bat | ||||||
| FR Spofforth | did not bat | ||||||
| TW Garrett | did not bat | ||||||
| FE Allan | did not bat | ||||||
| HF Boyle | did not bat | ||||||
| +JM Blackham | did not bat | ||||||
| TJD Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| *DW Gregory | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 10 minutes, 2.3 overs) | 19 | |||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Schultz | 1.3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ulyett | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AP Lucas made his debut in Test matches
--> AJ Webbe made his debut in Test matches
--> AN Hornby made his debut in Test matches
--> Lord Harris made his debut in Test matches
--> VPFA Royle made his debut in Test matches
--> FA MacKinnon made his debut in Test matches
--> CA Absolom made his debut in Test matches
--> L Hone made his debut in Test matches
--> SS Schultz made his debut in Test matches
--> AC Bannerman made his debut in Test matches
--> FE Allan made his debut in Test matches
--> HF Boyle made his debut in Test matches
--> AJ Webbe made his last appearance in Test matches
--> VPFA Royle made his last appearance in Test matches
--> FA MacKinnon made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CA Absolom made his last appearance in Test matches
--> L Hone made his last appearance in Test matches
--> SS Schultz made his last appearance in Test matches
--> C Bannerman made his last appearance in Test matches
--> FE Allan made his last appearance in Test matches
--> TJD Kelly made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DW Gregory made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CA Absolom (1) 50 in 60 balls with 5 fours
--> AC Bannerman (1) 50 in 180 balls with 6 fours
--> AC Bannerman (1) passed his previous highest score of 71 in First-Class matches
--> FR Spofforth (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Test matches
--> TW Garrett (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> CA Absolom made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> FE Allan made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> AC Bannerman made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> HF Boyle made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> Lord Harris made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> L Hone made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> FA MacKinnon made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> VPFA Royle made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> SS Schultz made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> CA Absolom made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> Lord Harris made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> L Hone made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AN Hornby made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AP Lucas made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> FA MacKinnon made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> VPFA Royle made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> SS Schultz made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AJ Webbe made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> FR Spofforth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed FA MacKinnon in the England first innings (previous best was 3-67)
--> FR Spofforth achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> FR Spofforth completed a hat-trick in the England first innings (Royle, Mackinnon, Emmett)
--> T Emmett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed C Bannerman in the Australia first innings (previous best was 0-13)
--> T Emmett achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> FR Spofforth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed SS Schultz in the England second innings (previous best was 6-48)
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