f2463 t8	Australia v England
	A Shaw's XI in Australia and New Zealand 1881/82 (4th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th March 1882 (timeless match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Coulthard, J Lillywhite
Close of play day 1	England (1) 282/7 (Emmett 27*, Shaw 1*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 228/5 (McDonnell 41*, Blackham 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 234/2 (Selby 48*, Bates 52*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Ulyett	c Blackham b Garrett	149		240	13	-
RG Barlow	c Blackham b Garrett	16			1	-
J Selby	b Spofforth	7			1	-
W Bates	st Blackham b Garrett	23			2	-
A Shrewsbury	lbw b Palmer	1
WE Midwinter	c Palmer b Boyle	21			2	-
WH Scotton	st Blackham b Giffen	26			1	-
T Emmett	b Giffen	27			4	1
*A Shaw	c Murdoch b Garrett	3
+R Pilling	not out	6
E Peate	c and b Garrett	13			1	-
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 159.2 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Barlow), 2-49 (Selby), 3-98 (Bates), 4-109 (Shrewsbury), 5-177 (Midwinter), 6-239 (Ulyett), 7-281 (Scotton), 8-284 (Emmett), 9-288 (Shaw), 10-309 (Peate, 159.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	51	14	92	1	-	-
Garrett	54.2	23	80	5	-	-
Palmer	23	5	70	1	-	-
Boyle	18	4	33	1	-	-
Giffen	13	6	17	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WL Murdoch	b Midwinter	85		165	6	-
AC Bannerman	c and b Midwinter	37			3	-
TP Horan	c and b Midwinter	20			2	-
PS McDonnell	c Barlow b Ulyett	52			3	1
HH Massie	c Emmett b Shaw	19
G Giffen	c Scotton b Peate	14
+JM Blackham	c Pilling b Midwinter	6
TW Garrett	c Ulyett b Bates	10
GE Palmer	c Ulyett b Bates	32			5	-
HF Boyle	c Shrewsbury b Bates	6			1	-
FR Spofforth	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	16
Total	(all out, 163.1 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-110 (Bannerman), 2-149 (Horan), 3-153 (Murdoch), 4-189 (Massie), 5-228 (Giffen), 6-247 (Blackham), 7-247 (McDonnell), 8-280 (Garrett), 9-297 (Palmer), 10-300 (Boyle, 163.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	28.1	14	49	3	-	-
Peate	20	6	38	1	-	-
Emmett	19	14	22	0	-	-
Ulyett	24	8	40	1	-	-
Barlow	15	6	25	0	-	-
Shaw	16	6	29	1	-	-
Midwinter	41	9	81	4	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Ulyett	c Palmer b Boyle	64			3	1
RG Barlow	run out	56			6	-
J Selby	not out	48			2	-
W Bates	not out	52			5	-
A Shrewsbury	did not bat
WE Midwinter	did not bat
WH Scotton	did not bat
T Emmett	did not bat
*A Shaw	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
E Peate	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(2 wickets, 97.3 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-98 (Ulyett), 2-152 (Barlow)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	20	5	47	0	-	-
Garrett	27	6	62	0	-	-
Boyle	25	9	38	1	-	-
Spofforth	15	3	36	0	-	-
Giffen	8.3	1	25	0	-	-
Bannerman	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> G Ulyett (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in Test matches
--> G Ulyett (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in first-class matches
--> G Ulyett (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 112
--> G Ulyett (1) passed 7500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 108
--> E Peate (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> PS McDonnell (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 45

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This was the last drawn Test in Australia until 1946-47. G Ulyett's 149 was the first Test hundred for England in Australia and it was the highest score for England on the first day of a Test in Australia until RW Barber scored 185 in 1965-66.

 

 

 

 

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