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Test no. 17

The Ashes - 1st Test
Australia v England

1884/85 season

Played at Adelaide Oval on 12,13,15,16 December 1884 (timeless match)

Result England won by 8 wickets


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	AC Bannerman	lbw b Peel	2		0	0
	PS McDonnell	b Attewell	124	195	8	0
	WL Murdoch	c Hunter b Peel	5		0	0
	HJH Scott	b Peel	19		1	0
	JM Blackham	c Attewell b Bates	66		5	0
	G Giffen	b Bates	4		0	0
	GJ Bonnor	c Read b Bates	4		0	0
	GE Palmer	c Shrewsbury b Bates	6		0	0
	HF Boyle	c Hunter b Bates	1		0	0
	G Alexander	run out	3		0	0
	WH Cooper	not out	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 7, w 2)	9

	Total	(all out; 149.1 overs)	243	(2.44 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-33 (Bannerman), 2-47 (Murdoch), 3-95 (Scott), 4-190 (McDonnell), 5-224 (Blackham), 6-227 (Giffen), 7-233 (Bonnor), 8-239 (Palmer), 9-242 (Alexander), 10-243 (Boyle)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Peel	41	15	68	3	2.48
W Attewell	50	23	48	1	1.44
G Ulyett	10	3	23	0	3.45
W Flowers	10	1	27	0	4.05
W Barnes	14	2	37	0	3.96
W Bates	24.1	10	31	5	1.91


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WH Scotton	st Blackham b Giffen	82	345	2	0
	A Shrewsbury	b Boyle	0	20	0	0
	G Ulyett	c Alexander b Boyle	68	120	5	0
	W Barnes	b Palmer	134	285	7	0
	W Bates	c Giffen b Palmer	18			0
	W Flowers	lbw b Palmer	15			0
	JM Read	c & b Giffen	14			0
	J Briggs	c Blackham b Palmer	1		0	0
	W Attewell	not out	12			0
	R Peel	b Palmer	4			0
	J Hunter	run out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 18, lb 1, nb 1)	20

	Total	(all out; 243.2 overs)	369	(2.27 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Shrewsbury), 2-107 (Ulyett), 3-282 (Scotton), 4-306 (Bates), 5-325 (Flowers), 6-344 (Barnes), 7-349 (Briggs), 8-349 (Read), 9-361 (Peel), 10-369 (Hunter)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HF Boyle	63	25	95	2	2.26
G Giffen	56.2	26	80	2	2.12
WH Cooper	18	4	26	0	2.16
GJ Bonnor	16	10	23	0	2.15
GE Palmer	73	37	81	5	1.66
PS McDonnell	3	0	11	0	5.50
HJH Scott	4	1	9	0	3.37
G Alexander	10	3	24	0	3.60


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JM Blackham	b Peel	11			0
	PS McDonnell	run out	83	150	6	0
	WL Murdoch	b Peel	7			0
	G Giffen	c Shrewsbury b Peel	47			0
	HJH Scott	lbw b Peel	1		0	0
	WH Cooper	c Shrewsbury b Barnes	6			0
	GJ Bonnor	c Peel b Barnes	19			0
	GE Palmer	b Barnes	0		0	0
	G Alexander	st Hunter b Peel	10			0
	HF Boyle	not out	0		0	0
	AC Bannerman	absent hurt	-
	Extras	(b 7)	7

	Total	(all out; 116.1 overs)	191	(2.46 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Blackham), 2-56 (Murdoch), 3-125 (McDonnell), 4-139 (Scott), 5-160 (Cooper), 6-160 (Giffen), 7-171 (Palmer), 8-182 (Bonnor), 9-191 (Alexander)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Peel	40.1	15	51	5	1.90
W Attewell	18	10	26	0	2.16
G Ulyett	2	1	3	0	2.25
W Flowers	16	4	27	0	2.53
W Barnes	31	10	51	3	2.46
W Bates	9	3	26	0	4.33


England 2nd innings (target: 66 runs)			R	4s	6s
	WH Scotton	c Scott b Boyle	2	0	0
	W Flowers	c Scott b Palmer	7	0	0
	A Shrewsbury	not out	26		0
	W Barnes	not out	28		0
	Extras	(b 4)	4

	Total	(2 wickets; 31 overs)	67	(3.24 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat G Ulyett, W Bates, JM Read, J Briggs, W Attewell, R Peel,

J Hunter

Fall of wickets1-8 (Flowers), 2-14 (Scotton)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HF Boyle	9	3	21	1	3.50
G Giffen	6	0	19	0	4.75
GE Palmer	16	5	23	1	2.15

Balls per over 4

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debuts W Attewell, J Briggs, W Flowers, J Hunter and R Peel (England)

Umpires N Cole and IA Fisher

Close of play
12 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 243
13 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 233/2 (WH Scotton 71*, W Barnes 86*)
14 Dec rest day
15 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 152/4 (G Giffen 43*, WH Cooper 3*)
16 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 67/2 (31 ov) - end of match

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