f2845 t18	Australia v England
	A Shaw's XI in Australia 1884/85 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th January 1885 (timeless match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 10 wickets
Umpires	EH Elliott, J Lillywhite
Close of play day 1	England (1) 303/9 (Briggs 65*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 151/3 (Trumble 41*, Jarvis 15*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 66/2 (Bruce 41*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Shrewsbury	c Worrall b Morris	72		180	6	-
WH Scotton	b Bruce	13			1	-
W Barnes	b Morris	58		125	3	-
W Bates	b Bruce	35			3	-
W Flowers	c Worrall b Bruce	5
JM Read	b Jones	3
J Briggs	c Horan b Jones	121		150	15	-
G Ulyett	b Jones	0	1	1	-	-
W Attewell	c Jones b Worrall	30			4	-
R Peel	b Jones	5
+J Hunter	not out	39		60	4	1
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 216.2 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Scotton), 2-144 (Barnes), 3-161 (Shrewsbury), 4-191 (Bates), 5-194 (Flowers), 6-204 (Read), 7-204 (Ulyett), 8-254 (Attewell), 9-303 (Peel), 10-401 (Briggs, 216.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bruce	55	22	88	3	-	-
Worrall	56	28	97	1	-	-
Marr	11	6	11	0	-	-
Trumble	23	9	41	0	-	-
Robertson	11	3	24	0	-	-
Morris	34	14	73	2	-	-
Jones	25.2	9	47	4	-	-
Horan	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	lbw b Peel	19
S Morris	lbw b Attewell	4			1	-
*TP Horan	c Shrewsbury b Peel	63		165	3	-
JW Trumble	c and b Barnes	59		210	2	-
+AH Jarvis	c Briggs b Flowers	82		220	2	-
RJ Pope	c Flowers b Attewell	0
AP Marr	b Barnes	0
HA Musgrove	c Read b Barnes	4
J Worrall	b Flowers	34			5	-
W Bruce	not out	3
WR Robertson	c Barnes b Peel	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 274.1 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Morris), 2-46 (Jones), 3-124 (Horan), 4-190 (Trumble), 5-193 (Pope), 6-193 (Marr), 7-203 (Musgrove), 8-276 (Jarvis), 9-278 (Worrall), 10-279 (Robertson, 274.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peel	102.1	56	78	3	-	-
Attewell	61	35	54	2	-	-
Barnes	50	27	50	3	-	-
Flowers	29	12	46	2	-	-
Bates	17	11	17	0	-	-
Ulyett	15	7	23	0	-	-

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Australia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	b Ulyett	9
W Bruce	c Hunter b Barnes	45			2	1
*TP Horan	c Hunter b Barnes	16			1	-
JW Trumble	c and b Barnes	11			2	-
+AH Jarvis	lbw b Peel	10		45	-	-
RJ Pope	b Peel	3
AP Marr	c and b Barnes	5			1	-
HA Musgrove	c Bates b Peel	9
J Worrall	c and b Barnes	6			1	-
S Morris	not out	10
WR Robertson	b Barnes	2
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Jones), 2-66 (Horan), 3-80 (Trumble), 4-83 (Bruce), 5-86 (Pope), 6-95 (Marr), 7-99 (Jarvis), 8-108 (Worrall), 9-116 (Musgrove), 10-126 (Robertson, 114.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Flowers	11	6	11	0	-	-
Peel	44	26	45	3	-	-
Ulyett	8	3	19	1	-	-
Briggs	8	3	13	0	-	-
Attewell	5	2	7	0	-	-
Barnes	38.3	26	31	6	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Shrewsbury	not out	0		5	-	-
WH Scotton	not out	7		5	1	-
W Barnes	did not bat
W Bates	did not bat
W Flowers	did not bat
JM Read	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
G Ulyett	did not bat
W Attewell	did not bat
R Peel	did not bat
+J Hunter	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 1.1 overs)	7

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marr	1	0	3	0	-	-
Bruce	0.1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Briggs (1) passed his previous highest score of 112 in first-class matches
--> W Attewell (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> S Morris made his debut in Test matches
--> JW Trumble made his debut in Test matches
--> AH Jarvis made his debut in Test matches
--> RJ Pope made his debut in Test matches
--> AP Marr made his debut in Test matches
--> HA Musgrove made his debut in Test matches
--> J Worrall made his debut in Test matches
--> J Worrall (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> W Bruce made his debut in Test matches
--> WR Robertson made his debut in Test matches
--> W Bruce (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in first-class matches
--> SP Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed G Ulyett in the England first innings (previous best was 1-19)
--> SP Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed R Peel in the England first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> W Barnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-51)
--> W Barnes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AP Marr in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-50)

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Australia's team showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of the gate money for this match. Thus was ended the unique run of JM Blackham who played in each of the first 17 Test matches.

 

 

 

 

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