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| 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*) |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> J Selby made his last appearance in Test matches
--> T Emmett made his last appearance in Test matches
--> A Shaw made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Ulyett (1) 50 in 80 balls, 110 minutes with 3 fours
--> G Ulyett (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in Test matches
--> G Ulyett (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> G Ulyett (1) 100 in 148 balls, 140 minutes with 7 fours
--> 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
--> WL Murdoch (1) 50 in 110 balls with 5 fours
--> PS McDonnell (1) 50 in 70 balls with 3 fours
--> PS McDonnell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 45
--> G Ulyett (2) 50 in 71 balls with 3 fours
--> RG Barlow (2) 50 in 150 balls with 7 fours
--> W Bates (2) 50 in 40 balls with 5 fours
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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