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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th, 31st January, 1st, 2nd February 1898 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | C Bannerman, J Phillips |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 275/7 (Hill 182*, Kelly 22*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (2) 7/1 (Briggs 4*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (2) 254/7 (Mason 25*, Storer 24*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CE McLeod | b Hearne | 1 | 5 | - | - | ||
| J Darling | c Hearne b Richardson | 12 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| C Hill | c Stoddart b Hearne | 188 | 305 | 21 | - | ||
| SE Gregory | b Richardson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| FA Iredale | c Storer b Hearne | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| MA Noble | c and b Hearne | 4 | 6 | - | - | ||
| *GHS Trott | c Storer b Hearne | 7 | 35 | - | - | ||
| H Trumble | c Mason b Storer | 46 | 152 | 4 | - | ||
| +JJ Kelly | c Storer b Briggs | 32 | 66 | 6 | - | ||
| E Jones | c Hayward b Hearne | 20 | 37 | 2 | - | ||
| WP Howell | not out | 9 | 10 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 101.4 overs) | 323 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (McLeod), 2-25 (Darling), 3-25 (Gregory), 4-26 (Iredale), 5-32 (Noble), 6-58 (Trott), 7-223 (Trumble), 8-283 (Kelly), 9-303 (Hill), 10-323 (Jones, 101.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Richardson | 26 | 2 | 102 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 35.4 | 13 | 98 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hayward | 10 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Briggs | 17 | 4 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stoddart | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Storer | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wainwright | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC MacLaren | b Howell | 8 | 17 | - | - | ||
| E Wainwright | c Howell b Trott | 6 | 19 | - | - | ||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | c Iredale b Trumble | 24 | 27 | 3 | - | ||
| TW Hayward | c Gregory b Noble | 22 | 37 | 3 | - | ||
| NF Druce | lbw b Jones | 24 | 44 | 3 | - | ||
| +W Storer | c and b Trumble | 2 | 16 | - | - | ||
| JR Mason | b Jones | 30 | 65 | 2 | - | ||
| *AE Stoddart | c Darling b Jones | 17 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| J Briggs | not out | 21 | 43 | 2 | - | ||
| JT Hearne | c Trott b Jones | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| T Richardson | b Trott | 20 | 19 | 4 | - | ||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 61.1 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (MacLaren), 2-16 (Wainwright), 3-60 (Ranjitsinhji), 4-60 (Hayward), 5-67 (Storer), 6-103 (Druce), 7-121 (Stoddart), 8-148 (Mason), 9-148 (Hearne), 10-174 (Richardson, 61.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Howell | 16 | 7 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Trott | 11.1 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Noble | 7 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Trumble | 15 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jones | 12 | 2 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| England second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Briggs | c Darling b Howell | 23 | 52 | 1 | - | ||
| E Wainwright | c McLeod b Jones | 2 | 13 | - | - | ||
| AC MacLaren | c Iredale b Trumble | 45 | 68 | 6 | - | ||
| KS Ranjitsinhji | b Noble | 55 | 97 | 2 | - | ||
| TW Hayward | c and b Trumble | 25 | 98 | - | - | ||
| *AE Stoddart | b Jones | 25 | 100 | 2 | - | ||
| NF Druce | c Howell b Trott | 16 | 29 | 2 | - | ||
| JR Mason | b Howell | 26 | 95 | - | - | ||
| +W Storer | c Darling b McLeod | 26 | 54 | 2 | - | ||
| JT Hearne | not out | 4 | 8 | - | - | ||
| T Richardson | c Trumble b McLeod | 2 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114.2 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Wainwright), 2-63 (Briggs), 3-94 (MacLaren), 4-147 (Ranjitsinhji), 5-157 (Hayward), 6-192 (Druce), 7-211 (Stoddart), 8-259 (Mason), 9-259 (Storer), 10-263 (Richardson, 114.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Howell | 30 | 12 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jones | 25 | 7 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Trott | 12 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Trumble | 23 | 6 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Noble | 16 | 6 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| McLeod | 8.2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CE McLeod | not out | 64 | 99 | 5 | - | ||
| J Darling | c Druce b Hayward | 29 | 38 | 4 | - | ||
| C Hill | lbw b Hayward | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| SE Gregory | not out | 21 | 53 | 2 | - | ||
| FA Iredale | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Noble | did not bat | ||||||
| *GHS Trott | did not bat | ||||||
| H Trumble | did not bat | ||||||
| +JJ Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| E Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| WP Howell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 39.4 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50 (Darling), 2-56 (Hill) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hearne | 7 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Briggs | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hayward | 10 | 4 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wainwright | 9 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mason | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ranjitsinhji | 3.4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AE Stoddart made his last appearance in Test matches
--> C Hill (1) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Test matches
--> C Hill (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> C Hill (1) 100 in 106 minutes
--> C Hill (1) 150 in 169 minutes
--> C Hill (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 176
--> E Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> AE Stoddart (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> E Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JT Hearne in the England first innings (previous best was 3-130)
--> GHS Trott reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed E Wainwright, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
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