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237 & 408
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
551 & 96-1
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Overs: 121.0 RR: 3.37 vs spin: 3.91
vs seam: 3.21
Overs: 28.0 RR: 3.43 vs spin: 3.39
vs seam: 3.11
Mon 13/12/97 Australia v England, 1st Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
ENGLAND WIN England won by 9 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 551 (175.0; RR: 3.15)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JR Mason b Jones 6 0 1 0
AC MacLaren c Kelly b McLeod 109 0 15 0
TW Hayward c Trott b Trumble 72 0 10 0
W Storer c & b Trott 43 0 7 1
NF Druce c Gregory b McLeod 20 0 0 0
GH Hirst b Jones 62 0 8 1
Maharaja of Nawanagar c Gregory b McKibbin 175 0 26 0
E Wainwright b Jones 10 0 0 0
JT Hearne c & b McLeod 17 0 0 0
J Briggs run out 1 0 0 0
T Richardson not out 24 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 11lb, 1w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 551 all out (175.0 overs; RR: 3.15)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (JR Mason 0.0 ov), 162-2 (TW Hayward 0.0 ov), 224-3 (AC MacLaren 0.0 ov), 256-4 (NF Druce 0.0 ov), 258-5 (W Storer 0.0 ov), 382-6 (GH Hirst 0.0 ov), 422-7 (E Wainwright 0.0 ov), 471-8 (JT Hearne 0.0 ov), 477-9 (J Briggs 0.0 ov), 551-10 (Maharaja of Nawanagar 175.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TR McKibbin 34.0 5 113 1 3.32 0 0
E Jones 50.0 8 130 3 2.60 0 0
CE McLeod 28.0 12 80 3 2.86 0 0
H Trumble 40.0 7 138 1 3.45 0 0
GHS Trott 23.0 2 78 1 3.39 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 237 (100.1; RR: 2.37)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Darling c Druce b Richardson 7 0 0 0
JJ Lyons b Richardson 3 0 0 0
FA Iredale c Druce b Hearne 25 0 0 0
C Hill b Hearne 19 0 0 0
SE Gregory c Mason b Hearne 46 0 0 0
GHS Trott b Briggs 10 0 0 0
JJ Kelly b Richardson 1 0 0 0
H Trumble c Storer b Mason 70 0 13 0
CE McLeod not out 50 0 8 0
TR McKibbin b Hearne 0 0 0 0
E Jones c Richardson b Hearne 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 4nb) 6  
TOTAL 237 all out (100.1 overs; RR: 2.37)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (J Darling 0.0 ov), 24-2 (JJ Lyons 0.0 ov), 56-3 (FA Iredale 0.0 ov), 57-4 (C Hill 0.0 ov), 86-5 (GHS Trott 0.0 ov), 87-6 (JJ Kelly 0.0 ov), 138-7 (SE Gregory 0.0 ov), 228-8 (H Trumble 0.0 ov), 237-9 (TR McKibbin 0.0 ov), 237-10 (E Jones 100.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
T Richardson 27.0 8 71 3 2.63 0 0
GH Hirst 28.0 7 57 0 2.04 0 0
JT Hearne 20.1 7 42 5 2.10 0 0
J Briggs 20.0 7 42 1 2.10 0 0
TW Hayward 3.0 1 11 0 3.67 0 0
JR Mason 2.0 1 8 1 4.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 408 (121.0; RR: 3.37)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Darling c Druce b Briggs 101 0 19 0
FA Iredale b Briggs 18 0 0 0
CE McLeod run out 26 0 0 0
C Hill b Hearne 96 0 11 0
SE Gregory run out 31 0 0 0
H Trumble c Druce b Hearne 2 0 0 0
JJ Lyons c Hayward b Hearne 25 0 0 0
GHS Trott b Richardson 27 0 0 0
JJ Kelly not out 46 0 0 0
E Jones lbw b Richardson 3 0 0 0
TR McKibbin b Hearne 6 0 0 0
Extras (12b, 1lb, 4w, 10nb) 27  
TOTAL 408 all out (121.0 overs; RR: 3.37)

Fall of wickets

37-1 (FA Iredale 0.0 ov), 135-2 (CE McLeod 0.0 ov), 191-3 (J Darling 0.0 ov), 269-4 (SE Gregory 0.0 ov), 271-5 (H Trumble 0.0 ov), 318-6 (JJ Lyons 0.0 ov), 321-7 (C Hill 0.0 ov), 382-8 (GHS Trott 0.0 ov), 390-9 (E Jones 0.0 ov), 408-10 (TR McKibbin 121.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
T Richardson 41.0 9 121 2 2.95 0 0
JT Hearne 38.0 8 99 4 2.61 0 0
J Briggs 22.0 3 86 2 3.91 0 0
TW Hayward 5.0 1 16 0 3.20 0 0
GH Hirst 13.0 3 49 0 3.77 0 0
JR Mason 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 96-1 (28.0; RR: 3.43)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC MacLaren not out 50 0 0 0
JR Mason b McKibbin 32 0 0 0
Maharaja of Nawanagar not out 8 0 0 0
TW Hayward  
W Storer  
NF Druce  
GH Hirst  
E Wainwright  
JT Hearne  
J Briggs  
T Richardson  
Extras (5b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 6  
TOTAL 96-1 (28.0 overs; RR: 3.43)

Fall of wickets

80-1 (JR Mason 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
E Jones 9.0 1 28 0 3.11 0 0
H Trumble 14.0 4 40 0 2.86 0 0
TR McKibbin 5.0 1 22 1 4.40 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Sydney, 1st Test

Date

Monday December 13, 1897

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

J Phillips, C Bannerman

Australia Team

Playing XI

JJ Lyons, GHS Trott, SE Gregory, H Trumble, J Darling, FA Iredale, E Jones, CE McLeod, TR McKibbin, C Hill, JJ Kelly

England Team

Playing XI

J Briggs, JT Hearne, E Wainwright, T Richardson, AC MacLaren, TW Hayward, Maharaja of Nawanagar, NF Druce, GH Hirst, JR Mason, W Storer