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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st, 23rd, 24th, 25th March 1885 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 98 runs |
| Umpires | GJ Hodges, J Phillips |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 44/0 (Barnes 19*, Scotton 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 270/5 (Shrewsbury 54*, Briggs 11*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 105/7 (Bruce 28*, Jarvis 1*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | c Peel b Ulyett | 5 | |||||
| W Bruce | c Briggs b Peel | 15 | 1 | - | |||
| G Giffen | b Ulyett | 13 | 2 | - | |||
| *TP Horan | lbw b Ulyett | 0 | |||||
| SP Jones | lbw b Peel | 0 | |||||
| FH Walters | b Ulyett | 7 | 1 | - | |||
| +AH Jarvis | c Hunter b Peel | 15 | 1 | - | |||
| JW Trumble | not out | 34 | 4 | - | |||
| PG McShane | c Hunter b Barnes | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| TW Garrett | c Briggs b Barnes | 6 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | b Attewell | 50 | 70 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106 overs) | 163 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Bruce), 2-21 (Bannerman), 3-21 (Horan), 4-34 (Jones), 5-34 (Giffen), 6-45 (Walters), 7-67 (Jarvis), 8-89 (McShane), 9-99 (Garrett), 10-163 (Spofforth, 106 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Peel | 41 | 26 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ulyett | 23 | 7 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 28 | 12 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Flowers | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Attewell | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Barnes | c Horan b Bruce | 74 | 175 | 8 | - | ||
| WH Scotton | b Bruce | 27 | 4 | - | |||
| JM Read | b Giffen | 13 | 1 | - | |||
| G Ulyett | b Spofforth | 1 | |||||
| *A Shrewsbury | not out | 105 | 320 | 10 | - | ||
| W Bates | c Walters b Bruce | 61 | 8 | - | |||
| W Flowers | b Spofforth | 16 | |||||
| J Briggs | c Walters b Trumble | 43 | 8 | - | |||
| W Attewell | c Bannerman b Trumble | 0 | |||||
| R Peel | b Trumble | 0 | |||||
| +J Hunter | b Giffen | 18 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (10 b, 14 lb, 4 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 221.3 overs) | 386 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-61 (Scotton), 2-96 (Read), 3-97 (Ulyett), 4-141 (Barnes), 5-256 (Flowers), 6-324 (Briggs), 7-324 (Attewell), 8-335 (Bates), 9-337 (Peel), 10-386 (Hunter, 221.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Giffen | 74.3 | 31 | 132 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bruce | 51 | 13 | 99 | 3 | - | - | |
| Spofforth | 49 | 21 | 71 | 2 | - | - | |
| Trumble | 28 | 14 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 8 | 6 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| McShane | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horan | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | c sub (GF Vernon) b Ulyett | 2 | - | - | |||
| TW Garrett | b Ulyett | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| G Giffen | c Peel b Ulyett | 12 | 1 | - | |||
| SP Jones | b Peel | 17 | 2 | - | |||
| *TP Horan | b Attewell | 20 | 3 | - | |||
| W Bruce | c Bates b Attewell | 35 | 1 | 1 | |||
| JW Trumble | lbw b Attewell | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| FH Walters | c Attewell b Flowers | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| +AH Jarvis | c Peel b Flowers | 1 | - | - | |||
| FR Spofforth | c sub (AH Jarvis) b Flowers | 1 | - | - | |||
| PG McShane | not out | 12 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (5 b) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102.1 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Bannerman), 2-17 (Garrett), 3-26 (Giffen), 4-60 (Horan), 5-60 (Jones), 6-91 (Trumble), 7-100 (Walters), 8-106 (Jarvis), 9-108 (Spofforth), 10-125 (Bruce, 102.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ulyett | 15 | 7 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Peel | 30 | 16 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Attewell | 36.1 | 22 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Flowers | 21 | 7 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> FH Walters made his debut in Test matches
--> PG McShane made his debut in Test matches
--> J Hunter made his last appearance in Test matches
--> TP Horan made his last appearance in Test matches
--> FH Walters made his last appearance in Test matches
--> FR Spofforth (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Test matches
--> FR Spofforth (1) 50 in 58 balls with 4 fours
--> FR Spofforth (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> W Barnes (1) 50 in 130 balls
--> W Barnes (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 51
--> A Shrewsbury (1) 50 in 170 balls, 180 minutes with 7 fours
--> A Shrewsbury (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
--> A Shrewsbury (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> A Shrewsbury (1) 100 in 285 balls, 310 minutes with 10 fours
--> W Bates (1) 50 in 85 balls with 8 fours
--> PG McShane made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> FH Walters made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JW Trumble achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed R Peel in the England first innings (previous best was 2-26)
--> G Ulyett reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AC Bannerman, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> W Bates retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 54 (team score 214/4) - he returned when the score was 324/7
TW Garrett deputised for umpire Hodges when the latter refused to stand after tea on the third day because of England's complaints about his decisions. JC Allen stood for Phillips on the third and fourth days. McShane played in this Test after umpiring in the previous one.
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