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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1881, 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1882 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | J Lillywhite, J Swift |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 294 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 277/6 (Horan 106*, Palmer 23*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 238/7 (Scotton 13*, Shaw 14*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Barlow | c Bannerman b Palmer | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| G Ulyett | c McDonnell b Cooper | 87 | 135 | 6 | 1 | ||
| J Selby | run out | 55 | 140 | 2 | - | ||
| W Bates | c Giffen b Boyle | 58 | 7 | - | |||
| A Shrewsbury | c Blackham b Evans | 11 | 1 | - | |||
| WE Midwinter | b Evans | 36 | 4 | - | |||
| T Emmett | b Evans | 5 | |||||
| WH Scotton | run out | 21 | |||||
| *A Shaw | c Boyle b Cooper | 5 | |||||
| +R Pilling | c Giffen b Cooper | 5 | |||||
| E Peate | not out | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 170.2 overs) | 294 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (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, 170.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palmer | 36 | 9 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Evans | 71 | 35 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 32.2 | 8 | 80 | 3 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 18 | 9 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Giffen | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bannerman | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HH Massie | st Pilling b Midwinter | 2 | |||||
| AC Bannerman | b Ulyett | 38 | 1 | - | |||
| *WL Murdoch | b Ulyett | 39 | 3 | - | |||
| PS McDonnell | b Midwinter | 19 | 2 | - | |||
| TP Horan | run out | 124 | 250 | 6 | - | ||
| G Giffen | b Emmett | 30 | 150 | 1 | - | ||
| +JM Blackham | b Emmett | 2 | |||||
| GE Palmer | c Pilling b Bates | 34 | 3 | - | |||
| E Evans | b Bates | 3 | |||||
| HF Boyle | not out | 4 | |||||
| WH Cooper | st Pilling b Peate | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 11 lb, 3 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 237 overs) | 320 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9 (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, 237 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Peate | 59 | 24 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Midwinter | 39 | 21 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bates | 41 | 20 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Emmett | 35 | 12 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ulyett | 20 | 5 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barlow | 23 | 13 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 20 | 11 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Barlow | st Blackham b Palmer | 33 | 1 | - | |||
| G Ulyett | st Blackham b Cooper | 23 | 3 | - | |||
| J Selby | c Boyle b Cooper | 70 | 165 | 5 | - | ||
| W Bates | c Bannerman b Cooper | 47 | 2 | - | |||
| A Shrewsbury | b Cooper | 16 | |||||
| WE Midwinter | c Massie b Cooper | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| T Emmett | b Cooper | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| WH Scotton | not out | 50 | 3 | - | |||
| *A Shaw | c Cooper b Boyle | 40 | 3 | - | |||
| +R Pilling | b Palmer | 3 | |||||
| E Peate | run out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 5 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 229.3 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (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, 229.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palmer | 77 | 19 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Evans | 73 | 45 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 61 | 19 | 120 | 6 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 14.3 | 6 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| McDonnell | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JM Blackham | b Bates | 25 | 2 | - | |||
| AC Bannerman | b Ulyett | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| TP Horan | c Emmett b Bates | 26 | 4 | - | |||
| *WL Murdoch | not out | 22 | 3 | - | |||
| PS McDonnell | not out | 33 | 4 | 1 | |||
| HH Massie | did not bat | ||||||
| G Giffen | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Palmer | did not bat | ||||||
| E Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| HF Boyle | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 55 overs) | 127 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Bannerman), 2-70 (Horan), 3-72 (Blackham) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ulyett | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Emmett | 16 | 11 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bates | 13 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Peate | 11 | 5 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RG Barlow made his debut in Test matches
--> W Bates made his debut in Test matches
--> A Shrewsbury made his debut in Test matches
--> WH Scotton made his debut in Test matches
--> R Pilling made his debut in Test matches
--> E Peate made his debut in Test matches
--> HH Massie made his debut in Test matches
--> G Giffen made his debut in Test matches
--> E Evans made his debut in Test matches
--> WH Cooper made his debut in Test matches
--> G Ulyett (1) 50 in 88 balls
--> G Ulyett (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Test matches
--> J Selby (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Test matches
--> J Selby (1) 50 in 128 balls with 2 fours
--> J Selby (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> W Bates (1) 50 in 62 balls with 7 fours
--> WE Midwinter (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Test matches
--> TP Horan (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> TP Horan (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> TP Horan (1) 50 in 112 balls, 110 minutes with 2 fours
--> TP Horan (1) 100 in 240 balls, 205 minutes
--> TP Horan (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in First-Class matches
--> GE Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> J Selby (2) 50 in 96 balls with 5 fours
--> J Selby (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Test matches
--> WH Scotton (2) 50 in 170 balls with 3 fours
--> A Shaw (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> WE Midwinter made his debut for England in Test matches
--> WH Cooper made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> E Evans made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> G Giffen made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> HH Massie made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> E Peate made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> WH Scotton made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> PS McDonnell made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> GE Palmer made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> G Ulyett reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AC Bannerman, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> WH Cooper achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England second innings
WE Midwinter made his debut for England having played for Australia in the first two Test matches.
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