England v Australia, 1880, Only Test
Kennington Oval, London
6,7,8 September 1880 (3-day match)
Result: England won by 5 wickets
England wins the one-off Test
Toss: England
Umpires: HH Stephenson and R Thoms
Test Debuts: W Barnes, EM Grace, GF Grace, WG Grace, Hon.A Lyttelton, F Morley, F Penn,
AG Steel (Eng); G Alexander, GJ Bonnor, TU Groube, PS McDonnell, WH Moule, GE Palmer,
J Slight (Aus).
Balls per over: 4
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 410/8 (Lyttelton 4*)
Day 2: England 420, Australia 149 and 170/6 (Murdoch 79*, Bonnor 13*)
England 1st innings
EM Grace c Alexander b Bannerman 36
WG Grace b Palmer 152
AP Lucas b Bannerman 55
W Barnes b Alexander 28
*Lord Harris c Bonnor b Alexander 52
F Penn b Bannerman 23
AG Steel c Boyle b Moule 42
+Hon.A Lyttelton not out 11
GF Grace c Bannerman b Moule 0
A Shaw b Moule 0
F Morley run out 2
Extras (b 8, lb 11) 19
Total (all out, 210.3 overs) 420
FoW: 1-91, 2-211, 3-269, 4-281, 5-322,
6-404, 7-410, 8-410, 9-413, 10-420.
Bowling O M R W
Boyle 44 17 71 0
Palmer 70 27 116 1
Alexander 32 10 69 2
Bannerman 50 12 111 3
McDonnell 2 0 11 0
Moule 12.3 4 23 3
Australia 1st innings
AC Bannerman b Morley 32
*WL Murdoch c Barnes b Steel 0
TU Groube b Steel 11
PS McDonnell c Barnes b Morley 27
J Slight c GF Grace b Morley 11
+JM Blackham c & b Morley 0
GJ Bonnor c GF Grace b Shaw 2
HF Boyle not out 36
GE Palmer b Morley 6
G Alexander c WG Grace b Steel 6
WH Moule c Morley b WG Grace 6
Extras (b 9, lb 3) 12
Total (all out, 75.1 overs) 149
FoW: 1-28, 2-39, 3-59, 4-84, 5-84,
6-89, 7-97, 8-113, 9-126, 10-149.
Bowling O M R W
Morley 32 9 56 5
Steel 29 9 58 3
Shaw 13 5 21 1
WG Grace 1.1 0 2 1
Australia 2nd innings (following on)
AC Bannerman c Lucas b Shaw 8
HF Boyle run out 3
*WL Murdoch not out 153
TU Groube c Shaw b Morley 0
PS McDonnell lbw b WG Grace 43
J Slight c Harris b WG Grace 0
+JM Blackham c EM Grace b Morley 19
GJ Bonnor b Steel 16
GE Palmer c & b Steel 4
G Alexander c Shaw b Morley 33
WH Moule b Barnes 34
Extras (b 7, lb 7) 14
Total (all out, 176.3 overs) 327
FoW: 1-8, 2-13, 3-14, 4-97, 5-101,
6-143, 7-181, 8-187, 9-239, 10-327.
Bowling O M R W
Morley 61 30 90 3
Steel 31 6 73 2
Shaw 33 18 42 1
WG Grace 28 10 66 2
Barnes 8.3 3 17 1
Lucas 12 7 23 0
Penn 3 1 2 0
England 2nd innings (target: 57 runs)
+Hon.A Lyttelton b Palmer 13
GF Grace b Palmer 0
AP Lucas c Blackham b Palmer 2
F Penn not out 27
W Barnes c Moule b Boyle 5
EM Grace b Boyle 0
WG Grace not out 9
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (5 wickets, 33.3 overs) 57
DNB: *Lord Harris, AG Steel, A Shaw, F Morley.
FoW: 1-2, 2-10, 3-22, 4-31, 5-31.
Bowling O M R W
Boyle 17 7 21 2
Palmer 16.3 5 35 3
WG Grace, who scored England's first Test century, and his brothers EM and GF provided the first instance of three brothers playing the the same Test.
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