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Test no. 15

The Ashes - 2nd Test
England v Australia

1884 season

Played at Lord's, London, on 21,22,23 July 1884 (3-day match)

Result England won by an innings and 5 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	4s	6s
	PS McDonnell	b Peate	0	0	0
	AC Bannerman	b Peate	12		0
	WL Murdoch	lbw b Peate	10		0
	G Giffen	b Peate	63	4	0
	WE Midwinter	b Peate	3	0	0
	GJ Bonnor	c Grace b Christopherson	25		0
	JM Blackham	run out	0	0	0
	HJH Scott	c sub (WL Murdoch) b Steel	75	10	0
	GE Palmer	c Grace b Peate	7		0
	FR Spofforth	c Barlow b Grace	0	0	0
	HF Boyle	not out	26		0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 3)	8

	Total	(all out; 105.2 overs)	229	(3.25 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-0 (McDonnell), 2-25 (Bannerman), 3-32 (Murdoch), 4-46 (Midwinter), 5-88 (Bonnor), 6-93 (Blackham), 7-132 (Giffen), 8-155 (Palmer), 9-160 (Spofforth), 10-229 (Scott)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
E Peate	40	14	85	6	3.18
RG Barlow	20	6	44	0	3.30
G Ulyett	11	3	21	0	2.86
S Christopherson	26	10	52	1	3.00
WG Grace	7	4	13	1	2.78
AG Steel	1.2	0	6	1	6.00


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WG Grace	c Bonnor b Palmer	14			0
	AP Lucas	c Bonnor b Palmer	28			0
	A Shrewsbury	st Blackham b Giffen	27			0
	G Ulyett	b Palmer	32			0
	AG Steel	b Palmer	148	230	13	0
	Lord Harris	b Spofforth	4			0
	RG Barlow	c Palmer b Bonnor	38	90		0
	WW Read	b Palmer	12			0
	Hon.A Lyttelton	b Palmer	31			0
	E Peate	not out	8			0
	S Christopherson	c Bonnor b Spofforth	17			0
	Extras	(b 15, lb 5)	20

	Total	(all out; 184.1 overs)	379	(3.08 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-37 (Grace), 2-56 (Lucas), 3-90 (Shrewsbury), 4-120 (Ulyett), 5-135 (Harris), 6-233 (Barlow), 7-272 (Read), 8-348 (Lyttelton), 9-351 (Steel), 10-379 (Christopherson)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FR Spofforth	55.1	19	112	2	3.04
GE Palmer	75	26	111	6	2.22
G Giffen	22	4	68	1	4.63
HF Boyle	11	3	16	0	2.18
GJ Bonnor	8	1	23	1	4.31
WE Midwinter	13	2	29	0	3.34


Australia 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	PS McDonnell	b Steel	20		0
	AC Bannerman	c & b Ulyett	27		0
	WL Murdoch	c Shrewsbury b Ulyett	17		0
	G Giffen	c Peate b Ulyett	5		0
	GJ Bonnor	c & b Ulyett	4		0
	HJH Scott	not out	31		0
	WE Midwinter	b Ulyett	6		0
	JM Blackham	retired hurt	0	0	0
	GE Palmer	b Ulyett	13		0
	FR Spofforth	c Shrewsbury b Barlow	11		0
	HF Boyle	b Ulyett	10		0
	Extras	(b 1)	1

	Total	(all out; 94.1 overs)	145	(2.30 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-33 (McDonnell), 2-60 (Murdoch), 3-65 (Bannerman), 4-73 (Giffen), 5-84 (Bonnor), 6-90 (Midwinter), 6-94* (Blackham, retired not out), 7-118 (Palmer), 8-133 (Spofforth), 9-145 (Boyle)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
E Peate	16	4	34	0	3.18
RG Barlow	21	8	31	1	2.21
G Ulyett	39.1	23	36	7	1.37
S Christopherson	8	3	17	0	3.18
AG Steel	10	2	26	1	3.90

Balls per over 4

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut S Christopherson (England)

Umpires FH Farrands and CK Pullin

Close of play
21 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 90/3 (G Ulyett 18*)
22 Jul day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 73/4 (G Giffen 4*)
23 Jul day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 145 (94.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Murdoch fielded as a substitute for the opposition and claimed the first sub catch in Test cricket

JM Blackham retired hurt at 94/6

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