f2590 t10	Australia v England
	IFW Bligh's XI in Australia 1882/83 (1st Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 30th December 1882, 1st, 2nd January 1883 (timeless match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Umpires	EH Elliott, J Swift
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 258/7 (Bonnor 60*, Spofforth 1*)
Close of play day 2	England (2) 11/0 (Barlow 8*, Tylecote 3*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	st Tylecote b Leslie	30			3	-
HH Massie	c and b CT Studd	4			1	-
*WL Murdoch	b Leslie	48			4	-
TP Horan	c Barlow b Leslie	0
PS McDonnell	b Bates	43			4	-
G Giffen	st Tylecote b Steel	36			6	-
GJ Bonnor	c Barlow b Barnes	85		135	5	4
+JM Blackham	c Tylecote b CT Studd	25			2	-
FR Spofforth	c Steel b Barnes	9
TW Garrett	c CT Studd b Steel	0
GE Palmer	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 169 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Massie), 2-81 (Murdoch), 3-81 (Horan), 4-96 (Bannerman), 5-162 (McDonnell), 6-190 (Giffen), 7-251 (Blackham), 8-287 (Spofforth), 9-287 (Garrett), 10-291 (Bonnor, 169 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CT Studd	46	30	35	2	-	-
Barnes	30	11	51	2	-	-
Steel	33	16	68	2	-	-
Barlow	20	6	37	0	1	-
Bates	21	7	31	1	1	-
Read	8	2	27	0	-	3
Leslie	11	1	31	3	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	st Blackham b Palmer	10			-	-
*IFW Bligh	b Palmer	0			-	-
CFH Leslie	c Garrett b Palmer	4			-	-
CT Studd	b Spofforth	0			-	-
AG Steel	b Palmer	27			5	-
WW Read	b Palmer	19			1	-
W Bates	c Bannerman b Garrett	28			1	1
+EFS Tylecote	b Palmer	33			3	-
GB Studd	run out	7			1	-
W Barnes	b Palmer	26			1	-
GF Vernon	not out	11			-	-
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Bligh), 2-7 (Leslie), 3-8 (CT Studd), 4-36 (Barlow), 5-45 (Steel), 6-96 (Read), 7-100 (Bates), 8-117 (GB Studd), 9-156 (Tylecote), 10-177 (Barnes, 107.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	28	11	56	1	-	-
Palmer	52.2	25	65	7	-	3
Garrett	27	6	44	1	-	-

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England second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Spofforth	28			1	-
+EFS Tylecote	b Spofforth	38			2	-
CT Studd	b Palmer	21			1	-
AG Steel	lbw b Giffen	29			4	-
*IFW Bligh	b Spofforth	3			-	-
WW Read	b Giffen	29			4	-
CFH Leslie	b Giffen	4			-	-
W Bates	c Massie b Palmer	11			1	-
GB Studd	c Palmer b Giffen	0			-	-
W Barnes	not out	2			-	-
GF Vernon	lbw b Palmer	3			-	-
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Tylecote), 2-75 (Barlow), 3-105 (CT Studd), 4-108 (Bligh), 5-132 (Steel), 6-150 (Leslie), 7-164 (Read), 8-164 (GB Studd), 9-164 (Bates), 10-169 (Vernon, 99.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	36.1	11	61	3	-	-
Garrett	2	1	4	0	-	-
Spofforth	41	15	65	3	-	-
Giffen	20	7	38	4	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	not out	25		95	3	-
HH Massie	c and b Barnes	0
*WL Murdoch	not out	33			1	-
TP Horan	did not bat
PS McDonnell	did not bat
G Giffen	did not bat
GJ Bonnor	did not bat
+JM Blackham	did not bat
FR Spofforth	did not bat
TW Garrett	did not bat
GE Palmer	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 53.1 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Massie)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
CT Studd	14	11	7	0	-	-
Barnes	13	8	6	1	-	-
Steel	9	4	17	0	-	-
Bates	13.1	7	22	0	-	-
Barlow	4	2	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> IFW Bligh made his debut in Test matches
--> CFH Leslie made his debut in Test matches
--> WW Read made his debut in Test matches
--> EFS Tylecote made his debut in Test matches
--> GB Studd made his debut in Test matches
--> GF Vernon made his debut in Test matches
--> GF Vernon made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Giffen (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Test matches
--> GJ Bonnor (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Test matches
--> GJ Bonnor (1) 50 in 70 balls with 1 four
--> CFH Leslie (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AC Bannerman (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> WL Murdoch (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 23
--> IFW Bligh made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> CFH Leslie made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> GB Studd made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> EFS Tylecote made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> W Barnes made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> GJ Bonnor made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> AG Steel made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> CT Studd made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> IFW Bligh made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> CFH Leslie achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WL Murdoch in the Australia first innings (previous best was 0-11)
--> GE Palmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 7-68)
--> G Giffen reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CFH Leslie, his 2nd wicket in the England second innings
--> G Giffen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WW Read in the England second innings (previous best was 2-17)

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