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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
245-9 & 104
Series badge ENG
196 & 108
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Overs: 68.0 RR: 1.53 vs seam: 2.13
Overs: 66.1 RR: 1.63 vs seam: 2.18
Thu 15/03/77 Australia v England, 1st Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 45 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 245-9 (169.3; RR: 1.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
C Bannerman retired not out (hurt) 165 0 18 0
NFD Thomson b Hill 1 0 0 0
TP Horan c Hill b Shaw 12 0 0 0
DW Gregory run out 1 0 0 0
BB Cooper b Southerton 15 0 0 0
WE Midwinter c Ulyett b Southerton 5 0 0 0
EJ Gregory c Greenwood b Lillywhite 0 0 0 0
JM Blackham b Southerton 17 0 0 0
TW Garrett not out 18 0 0 0
TK Kendall c Southerton b Shaw 3 0 0 0
JR Hodges b Shaw 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 2w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 245-9 (169.3 overs; RR: 1.45)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (NFD Thomson 0.0 ov), 40-2 (TP Horan 0.0 ov), 41-3 (DW Gregory 0.0 ov), 118-4 (BB Cooper 0.0 ov), 142-5 (WE Midwinter 0.0 ov), 143-6 (EJ Gregory 0.0 ov), 197-7 (JM Blackham 0.0 ov), 243-8 (TK Kendall 0.0 ov), 245-9 (JR Hodges 169.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
A Shaw 55.3 34 51 3 0.93 0 0
A Hill 23.0 10 42 1 1.83 0 0
G Ulyett 25.0 12 36 0 1.44 0 0
J Southerton 37.0 17 61 3 1.65 0 0
T Armitage 3.0 0 15 0 5.00 2 0
J Lillywhite 14.0 5 19 1 1.36 0 0
T Emmett 12.0 7 13 0 1.08 0 0

England - 1st Inns 196 (136.1; RR: 1.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
H Jupp lbw b Garrett 63 241 2 0 26.14
J Selby c Cooper b Hodges 7 18 1 0 38.89
HRJ Charlwood c Blackham b Midwinter 36 62 2 0 58.06
G Ulyett lbw b Thomson 10 21 2 0 47.62
A Greenwood c Gregory b Midwinter 1 26 0 0 3.85
T Armitage c Blackham b Midwinter 9 31 1 0 29.03
A Shaw b Midwinter 10 28 0 0 35.71
T Emmett b Midwinter 8 32 0 0 25.00
A Hill not out 35 47 3 0 74.47
J Lillywhite c & b Kendall 10 15 1 0 66.67
J Southerton c Cooper b Garrett 6 21 0 0 28.57
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 1  
TOTAL 196 all out (136.1 overs; RR: 1.44)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (J Selby 0.0 ov), 79-2 (HRJ Charlwood 0.0 ov), 98-3 (G Ulyett 0.0 ov), 109-4 (A Greenwood 0.0 ov), 121-5 (T Armitage 0.0 ov), 135-6 (A Shaw 0.0 ov), 145-7 (H Jupp 0.0 ov), 145-8 (T Emmett 0.0 ov), 168-9 (J Lillywhite 0.0 ov), 196-10 (J Southerton 136.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JR Hodges 9.0 0 27 1 3.00 0 0
TW Garrett 18.1 10 22 2 1.22 0 0
TK Kendall 38.0 16 54 1 1.42 0 0
WE Midwinter 54.0 23 78 5 1.44 0 0
NFD Thomson 17.0 10 14 1 0.82 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 104 (68.0; RR: 1.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
C Bannerman b Ulyett 4 10 1 0 40.00
NFD Thomson c Emmett b Shaw 7 26 0 0 26.92
TP Horan c Selby b Hill 20 32 2 0 62.50
TW Garrett c Emmett b Shaw 0 8 0 0 0.00
BB Cooper b Shaw 3 16 0 0 18.75
WE Midwinter c Southerton b Ulyett 17 73 1 0 23.29
EJ Gregory c Emmett b Ulyett 11 31 1 0 35.48
JM Blackham lbw b Shaw 6 20 0 0 30.00
DW Gregory b Shaw 3 15 0 0 20.00
TK Kendall not out 17 22 3 0 77.27
JR Hodges b Lillywhite 8 18 1 0 44.44
Extras (5b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 104 all out (68.0 overs; RR: 1.53)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (C Bannerman 0.0 ov), 27-2 (NFD Thomson 0.0 ov), 31-3 (TW Garrett 0.0 ov), 31-4 (TP Horan 0.0 ov), 35-5 (BB Cooper 0.0 ov), 58-6 (EJ Gregory 0.0 ov), 71-7 (JM Blackham 0.0 ov), 75-8 (WE Midwinter 0.0 ov), 75-9 (DW Gregory 0.0 ov), 104-10 (JR Hodges 68.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
A Shaw 34.0 16 38 5 1.12 0 0
G Ulyett 19.0 7 39 3 2.05 0 0
A Hill 14.0 6 18 1 1.29 0 0
J Lillywhite 1.0 0 1 1 1.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 108 (66.1; RR: 1.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
A Hill c Thomson b Kendall 0 2 0 0 0.00
A Greenwood c Midwinter b Kendall 5 5 0 0 100.00
H Jupp lbw b Midwinter 4 17 0 0 23.53
HRJ Charlwood b Kendall 13 17 1 0 76.47
J Selby c Horan b Hodges 38 81 4 0 46.91
G Ulyett b Kendall 24 62 1 0 38.71
A Shaw st Blackham b Kendall 2 9 0 0 22.22
T Armitage c Blackham b Kendall 3 32 0 0 9.38
T Emmett b Kendall 9 27 0 0 33.33
J Lillywhite b Hodges 4 6 0 0 66.67
J Southerton not out 1 7 0 0 14.29
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 108 all out (66.1 overs; RR: 1.63)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (A Hill 0.0 ov), 7-2 (A Greenwood 0.0 ov), 20-3 (H Jupp 0.0 ov), 22-4 (HRJ Charlwood 0.0 ov), 62-5 (G Ulyett 0.0 ov), 68-6 (A Shaw 0.0 ov), 92-7 (J Selby 0.0 ov), 93-8 (T Armitage 0.0 ov), 100-9 (J Lillywhite 0.0 ov), 108-10 (T Emmett 66.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TK Kendall 33.1 12 55 7 1.67 0 0
WE Midwinter 19.0 7 23 1 1.21 0 0
DW Gregory 5.0 1 9 0 1.80 0 0
TW Garrett 2.0 0 9 0 4.50 0 0
JR Hodges 7.0 5 7 2 1.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 1st Test

Date

Thursday March 15, 1877

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:20am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RB Terry, CA Reid

Australia Team

Playing XI

C Bannerman, JM Blackham, BB Cooper, TW Garrett, DW Gregory, EJ Gregory, JR Hodges, TP Horan, TK Kendall, WE Midwinter, NFD Thomson

England Team

Playing XI

T Armitage, HRJ Charlwood, T Emmett, A Greenwood, A Hill, H Jupp, J Lillywhite, J Selby, A Shaw, J Southerton, G Ulyett