f4825 t54	Australia v England
	AE Stoddart's XI in Australia 1897/98 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1898 (timeless match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 55 runs
Umpires	C Bannerman, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 283/3 (Gregory 54*, Iredale 12*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 22/1 (MacLaren 9*, Wainwright 3*)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 311/8 (Druce 44*, Briggs 45*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Darling	c Hirst b Briggs	36		45	5	-
CE McLeod	b Storer	112		244	4	-
C Hill	c Storer b Hayward	58		115	1	-
SE Gregory	b Briggs	71		136	3	-
FA Iredale	c Ranjitsinhji b Hirst	89		167	6	-
*GHS Trott	c Wainwright b Briggs	79		193	11	-
MA Noble	b Richardson	17		22	2	-
H Trumble	c Hirst b Mason	14		19	1	-
+JJ Kelly	c Richardson b Hearne	19		40	2	-
E Jones	run out	7		12	-	-
TR McKibbin	not out	2		3	-	-
Extras	(14 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 185 overs)	520
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Darling), 2-167 (Hill), 3-244 (McLeod), 4-310 (Gregory), 5-434 (Iredale), 6-453 (Noble), 7-478 (Trumble), 8-509 (Trott), 9-515 (Kelly), 10-520 (Jones, 185 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Richardson	48	12	114	1	-	-
Hirst	25	1	89	1	-	-
Briggs	40	10	96	3	-	-
Hearne	36	6	94	1	-	-
Mason	11	1	33	1	-	-
Hayward	9	4	23	1	-	-
Storer	16	4	55	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Trumble b McKibbin	35		83	2	-
JR Mason	b McKibbin	3		6	-	-
E Wainwright	c Jones b Noble	21		60	2	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Trumble	71		149	4	-
TW Hayward	c Jones b Trott	23		70	1	-
+W Storer	c Kelly b Trumble	51		88	6	-
GH Hirst	b Jones	0		3	-	-
NF Druce	lbw b Trumble	44		88	4	-
JT Hearne	b Jones	1		1	-	-
J Briggs	not out	46		71	5	-
T Richardson	b Trumble	3		4	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 119.5 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Mason), 2-60 (Wainwright), 3-74 (MacLaren), 4-133 (Hayward), 5-203 (Ranjitsinhji), 6-208 (Hirst), 7-223 (Storer), 8-224 (Hearne), 9-311 (Druce), 10-315 (Richardson, 119.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKibbin	28	7	66	2	-	-
Trumble	26.5	5	54	4	-	-
Jones	22	5	54	2	-	-
Trott	17	3	49	1	-	-
Noble	12	3	31	1	-	-
McLeod	14	2	44	0	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	c Trott b Trumble	38		70	2	-
JR Mason	b Trumble	3		17	-	-
KS Ranjitsinhji	b Noble	27		68	2	-
TW Hayward	c Trumble b Noble	33		73	3	-
+W Storer	c Trumble b Noble	1		5	-	-
GH Hirst	lbw b Trumble	3		7	-	-
NF Druce	c McLeod b Noble	15		32	1	-
E Wainwright	b Noble	11		35	-	-
J Briggs	c Trott b Trumble	12		33	2	-
JT Hearne	c Jones b Noble	0		4	-	-
T Richardson	not out	2		3	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Mason), 2-65 (MacLaren), 3-71 (Ranjitsinhji), 4-75 (Storer), 5-80 (Hirst), 6-115 (Druce), 7-123 (Hayward), 8-141 (Wainwright), 9-148 (Hearne), 10-150 (Briggs, 65.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trumble	30.4	12	53	4	-	-
McLeod	7	2	13	0	-	-
McKibbin	4	0	13	0	-	-
Trott	7	0	17	0	-	-
Noble	17	1	49	6	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Noble made his debut in Test matches
--> TR McKibbin made his last appearance in Test matches
--> J Darling (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 22
--> CE McLeod (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Test matches
--> CE McLeod (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> CE McLeod (1) 50 in 142 minutes
--> CE McLeod (1) 100 in 225 minutes with 3 fours
--> CE McLeod (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> CE McLeod (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> FA Iredale (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> W Storer (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Test matches
--> NF Druce (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> AC MacLaren (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 25
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> MA Noble made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> E Jones was no-balled for throwing in the England first innings (once by J Phillips)
--> MA Noble achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JT Hearne in the England second innings (previous best was 5-111)
--> MA Noble achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England second innings

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Jones was the first bowler to be no-balled for throwing in a Test match - umpire Phillips called him once.

 

 

 

 

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