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Test no. 14

The Ashes - 1st Test
England v Australia

1884 season

Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, on 10,11,12 July 1884 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	WG Grace	c Palmer b Boyle	8		0
	AN Hornby	st Blackham b Boyle	0	0	0
	G Ulyett	b Spofforth	5		0
	A Shrewsbury	b Boyle	43		0
	AG Steel	c Midwinter b Spofforth	15		0
	AP Lucas	not out	15		0
	W Barnes	c & b Boyle	0	0	0
	TC O'Brien	b Spofforth	0	0	0
	RG Barlow	c Bonnor b Boyle	6		0
	R Pilling	c Scott b Boyle	0	0	0
	E Peate	b Spofforth	2	0	0
	Extras	(lb 1)	1

	Total	(all out; 63 overs)	95	(2.26 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-6 (Hornby), 2-13 (Grace), 3-13 (Ulyett), 4-45 (Steel), 5-83 (Shrewsbury), 6-83 (Barnes), 7-84 (O'Brien), 8-93 (Barlow), 9-93 (Pilling), 10-95 (Peate)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FR Spofforth	32	10	42	4	1.96
HF Boyle	25	9	42	6	2.52
GE Palmer	6	2	10	0	2.50


Australia 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	PS McDonnell	c Pilling b Steel	36		0
	AC Bannerman	lbw b Ulyett	6		0
	WL Murdoch	c Grace b Peate	28		0
	G Giffen	c & b Barnes	16		0
	WE Midwinter	c Grace b Ulyett	37		0
	GJ Bonnor	hit wicket b Peate	6	0	0
	JM Blackham	lbw b Steel	8		0
	HJH Scott	b Grace	12		0
	GE Palmer	not out	14		0
	FR Spofforth	c Shrewsbury b Peate	13		0
	HF Boyle	b Ulyett	4		0
	Extras	(lb 2)	2

	Total	(all out; 130 overs)	182	(2.10 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-10 (Bannerman), 2-56 (McDonnell), 3-86 (Murdoch), 4-90 (Giffen), 5-97 (Bonnor), 6-118 (Blackham), 7-141 (Scott), 8-157 (Midwinter), 9-172 (Spofforth), 10-182 (Boyle)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
E Peate	49	25	62	3	1.89
G Ulyett	30	17	41	3	2.05
RG Barlow	8	3	18	0	3.37
AG Steel	13	5	32	2	3.69
W Barnes	19	10	25	1	1.97
WG Grace	11	10	2	1	0.27


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WG Grace	b Palmer	31	75		0
	AP Lucas	b Giffen	24	120		0
	G Ulyett	c Bannerman b Boyle	1		0	0
	A Shrewsbury	b Palmer	25			0
	AG Steel	c Blackham b Bonnor	18			0
	W Barnes	b Palmer	8			0
	RG Barlow	not out	14			0
	TC O'Brien	c Bannerman b Spofforth	20			0
	AN Hornby	st Blackham b Palmer	4			0
	R Pilling	b Spofforth	3		0	0
	E Peate	not out	8			0
	Extras	(b 18, lb 5, nb 1)	24

	Total	(9 wickets; 130 overs)	180	(2.07 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-41 (Grace), 2-44 (Ulyett), 3-70 (Lucas), 4-106 (Shrewsbury), 5-108 (Steel), 6-114 (Barnes), 7-139 (O'Brien), 8-145 (Hornby), 9-154 (Pilling)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FR Spofforth	41	17	52	2	1.90
HF Boyle	20	8	27	1	2.02
GE Palmer	36	17	47	4	1.95
G Giffen	29	15	25	1	1.29
GJ Bonnor	4	1	5	1	1.87

Balls per over 4

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debuts HJH Scott (Australia); TC O'Brien (England)

Umpires CK Pullin and J Rowbotham

Close of play
10 Jul day 1 - no play
11 Jul day 2 - Australia 1st innings 141/7 (WE Midwinter 29*, GE Palmer 0*)
12 Jul day 3 - England 2nd innings 180/9 (130 ov) - end of match