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Test no. 60

The Ashes - 1st Test
England v Australia

1899 season

Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, on 1,2,3 June 1899 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


Australia 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	J Darling	b Hearne	47		0
	FA Iredale	c Hayward b Hearne	6		0
	MA Noble	b Rhodes	41		0
	SE Gregory	b Hirst	48		0
	C Hill	run out	52		0
	VT Trumper	b Hearne	0	0	0
	JJ Kelly	c Hirst b Hearne	26		0
	FJ Laver	b Rhodes	3	0	0
	WP Howell	c Hayward b Rhodes	0	0	0
	H Trumble	not out	16		0
	E Jones	c Fry b Rhodes	4		0
	Extras	(b 8, lb 1)	9

	Total	(all out; 152.2 overs)	252	(1.98 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-14 (Iredale), 2-85 (Darling), 3-109 (Noble), 4-166 (Gregory), 5-167 (Trumper), 6-229 (Hill), 7-229 (Kelly), 8-229 (Howell), 9-248 (Laver), 10-252 (Jones)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Rhodes	35.2	13	58	4	1.96
JT Hearne	59	28	71	4	1.44
WG Grace	20	8	31	0	1.86
GH Hirst	24	9	42	1	2.10
FS Jackson	11	3	27	0	2.94
TW Hayward	3	0	14	0	5.60


England 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	WG Grace	c Kelly b Noble	28		0
	CB Fry	b Jones	50	4	0
	FS Jackson	c Darling b Noble	8		0
	W Gunn	b Jones	14		0
	KS Ranjitsinhji	b Jones	42		0
	TW Hayward	run out	0	0	0
	JT Tyldesley	c Laver b Howell	22		0
	W Storer	b Jones	4		0
	GH Hirst	b Howell	6		0
	W Rhodes	c Kelly b Jones	6		0
	JT Hearne	not out	4		0
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 6)	9

	Total	(all out; 90.4 overs)	193	(2.55 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-75 (Grace), 2-91 (Jackson), 3-93 (Fry), 4-116 (Gunn), 5-117 (Hayward), 6-172 (Ranjitsinhji), 7-176 (Tyldesley), 8-178 (Storer), 9-185 (Rhodes), 10-193 (Hirst)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
E Jones	33	6	88	5	3.20
WP Howell	28.4	12	43	2	1.79
H Trumble	13	7	17	0	1.56
MA Noble	16	4	36	2	2.70


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	J Darling	b Rhodes	14			0
	MA Noble	lbw b Rhodes	45			0
	C Hill	c Grace b Jackson	80	160	7	0
	FA Iredale	run out	20			0
	VT Trumper	b Jackson	11			0
	E Jones	c Ranjitsinhji b Hearne	3		0	0
	FJ Laver	b Jackson	3		0	0
	H Trumble	c Ranjitsinhji b Rhodes	38			0
	JJ Kelly	not out	11			0
	WP Howell	not out	4			0
	Extras	(lb 1)	1

	Total	(8 wickets dec; 94 overs)	230	(2.93 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat SE Gregory

Fall of wickets1-18 (Darling), 2-111 (Noble), 3-151 (Iredale), 4-170 (Trumper), 5-173 (Hill), 6-177 (Jones), 7-180 (Laver), 8-226 (Trumble)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
W Rhodes	20	3	60	3	3.60
JT Hearne	29	10	70	1	2.89
WG Grace	2	0	6	0	3.60
GH Hirst	11	4	20	0	2.18
FS Jackson	26	8	57	3	2.63
TW Hayward	6	2	16	0	3.20


England 2nd innings (target: 290 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	WG Grace	b Howell	1		0	0
	CB Fry	c Jones b Trumble	9			0
	FS Jackson	b Howell	0		0	0
	W Gunn	b Jones	3		0	0
	KS Ranjitsinhji	not out	93	165	11	0
	TW Hayward	b Trumble	28			0
	JT Tyldesley	c Kelly b Trumble	10			0
	W Storer	lbw b Jones	3		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, w 1, nb 2)	8

	Total	(7 wickets; 99 overs)	155	(1.87 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat GH Hirst, W Rhodes, JT Hearne

Fall of wickets1-1 (Grace), 2-1 (Jackson), 3-10 (Gunn), 4-19 (Fry), 5-82 (Hayward), 6-140 (Tyldesley), 7-155 (Storer)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
E Jones	22	9	31	2	1.69
WP Howell	37	18	54	2	1.75
H Trumble	29	16	39	3	1.61
MA Noble	11	5	23	0	2.50

Balls per over 5

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts FJ Laver and VT Trumper (Australia); W Rhodes (England)

Umpires RG Barlow and VA Titchmarsh

Close of play
1 Jun day 1 - Australia 1st innings 238/8 (FJ Laver 0*, H Trumble 9*)
2 Jun day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 93/1 (MA Noble 38*, C Hill 41*)
3 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 155/7 (99 ov) - end of match

Match notes

The first five-match rubber in England began with the first Test ever staged at Nottingham.
WG Grace, playing his last Test was 50 years and 320 days old when the match ended; only W Rhodes played Test cricket at a greater age, and by coincidence, he was making his debut in Grace's last match.

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