Story The Origin Of Test Cricket:IvoBligh's XI in Australia;1882-83;3rd Test;Two innings in one day!!!

[Karachi Xpress]

England are in a bit of a trouble here. They need atleast one good and huge partnership!

Nice presentation! Love the Sepia tone. KUTGW!

 

[surendar]

I believe this is going to be a close contest. England need to preserve the wickets and one big partnership will place them in driver's seat.

Outstanding Classic story!

 

[biks76]

Bates is the third wicket to fall with score at 62.He is caught by Massie off Cooper. Bates gets a rank half volley which he pulls straight into the waiting hands of Massie.



Shrewsbury is the next wicket to fall with the score on 62.He is lbw to Spofforth for a duck.
Midwinter is in the middle for two balls before he is caught by Bannermann off Spofforth.



This has been an amazing over by Spofforth. He has three wickets is an over and England have slipped down to 5 down for 62.

Score moves on to 84 before Scotton is caught by Murdoch off Spofforth.



With score on 94, Ulyett falls to a great catch by Massie off Palmer. Ulyett had to retire hurt when he had slipped while taking off for a run.



The rot continues when Emmett falls to the old firm of Messers Bannerman and Spofforth.



Pilling gives a tame caught and bowled to Giffen while Peate hits out Giffen to Spofforth.





Spofforth takes 6 for 19 to reduce England to 120 allout.Australia now need only 51 runs to win.England badly missed Ulyett at the top of the order.without his calmed presence, Spofforth and co have wracked havoc.
Australia have no problem in knocking off the required runs off 9.1 overs.Massie falls legbefore to Peate.Bannerman, in a surprising new role as Aggressor is unbeaten at 30 off 20 balls.

[SIZE="2"]AUSTRALIA Vs ENGLAND
2-Innings Match Played At MELBOURNE, 10-Mar-1882, TEST CRICKET

AUSTRALIA Win Outright by 9 wkts

Round             8
Toss won by       ENGLAND
Umpires           G Coulthard and James Lillywhite jnr (Eng)
Player / Match    AUS:SPOFFORTH, F.R
Comment           Test No.8;Boyle becomes first to take 25 wickets.Bannerman equals 4 catches record held by Murdoch
Points Awarded    ENGLAND 3, AUSTRALIA 10


ENGLAND 1st Innings 227/10 Closed (Overs 78)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    G ULYETT                                      b SPOFFORTH,F        116   0 119 15  0
    R Barlow             c BANNERMAN,A            b G Giffen            37   0  74  3  0
    J SELBY              run out                                         1   0   5  0  0
    W Bates              run out                                        19   0  41  2  0
    À Shrewsbury         c T GARRETT              b SPOFFORTH,F         26   0  55  4  0
    W Evan               lbw                      b BOYLE,H              4   0  23  0  0
    W Scotton            c BANNERMAN,A            b BOYLE,H              0   0   3  0  0
    T EMMETT                                    c&b T GARRETT            9   0  32  0  0
    A SHAW*                                     c&b BOYLE,H              5   0  16  1  0
    R Pilling+           not out                                        10   0  21  1  0
    E Peate              c BANNERMAN,A            b G Giffen             0   0   8  0  0
      extras                                      (b0 lb0 w0 nb0)        0
    TOTAL                                         10 wickets for       227

    FOW
    1-91(R Barlow) 2-97(J SELBY) 3-127(W Bates) 4-182(À Shrewsbury) 5-193(W Evan)
    6-193(W Scotton) 7-205(G ULYETT) 8-214(A SHAW) 9-224(T EMMETT) 10-227(E Peate)

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   wd  nb
    T GARRETT          22    4    71   1   -   -  
    SPOFFORTH,F        19    2    62   2   -   -  
    BOYLE,H            23    3    69   3   -   -  
    Palmer,G           1     0    2    0   -   -  
    G Giffen           13    5    23   2   -   -  

AUSTRALIA 1st Innings 299/10 All Out (Overs 63)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    MURDOCH,W*           c A SHAW                 b G ULYETT             7   0  34  0  0
    BANNERMAN,A          lbw                      b E Peate              9   0   6  2  0
    T HORAN                                       b E Peate             15   0  38  3  0
    Mcdonnell,P                                   b W Evan              56   0  82  9  0
    H Massie             st R Pilling             b W Bates            143   0 148 24  1
    G Giffen             c T EMMETT               b E Peate             42   0  44  8  1
    J BLACKHAM+          lbw                      b W Bates             13   0  17  3  0
    T GARRETT            c T EMMETT               b G ULYETT             9   0   6  2  0
    Palmer,G             run out T EMMETT/G ULYET.                       0   0   0  0  0
    BOYLE,H              c W Bates                b G ULYETT             0   0   1  0  0
    SPOFFORTH,F          not out                                         5   0   2  1  0
      extras                                      (b0 lb0 w0 nb0)        0
    TOTAL                                         10 wickets for       299

    FOW
    1-9(BANNERMAN,A) 2-29(MURDOCH,W) 3-35(T HORAN) 4-157(Mcdonnell,P) 5-258(G Giffen)
    6-274(J BLACKHAM) 7-293(H Massie) 8-293(T GARRETT) 9-294(BOYLE,H) 10-299(Palmer,G)

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   wd  nb
    W Bates            21    3    93   2   -   -  
    E Peate            9     4    37   3   -   -  
    T EMMETT           2     0    16   0   -   -  
    G ULYETT           26    3    124  3   -   -  
    R Barlow           0     0    0    0   -   -  
    A SHAW             0     0    0    0   -   -  
    W Evan             5     0    29   1   -   -  

ENGLAND 2nd Innings 120/10 All Out (Overs 25.4)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    R Barlow             c BANNERMAN,A            b G Giffen            58   0  63 10  1
    G ULYETT             c H Massie               b Palmer,G             4   0  20  1  0
    J SELBY              c BANNERMAN,A            b SPOFFORTH,F          4   0   8  1  0
    W Bates              c H Massie               b SPOFFORTH,F         11   0  15  1  0
    À Shrewsbury         lbw                      b SPOFFORTH,F          0   0   1  0  0
    W Evan               c BANNERMAN,A            b SPOFFORTH,F          0   0   2  0  0
    W Scotton            c MURDOCH,W              b SPOFFORTH,F          8   0  15  1  0
    T EMMETT             c BANNERMAN,A            b SPOFFORTH,F          8   0   7  2  0
    A SHAW*              not out                                        12   0  13  4  0
    R Pilling+                                  c&b G Giffen             0   0   4  0  0
    E Peate              c SPOFFORTH,F            b G Giffen             8   0   7  1  0
      extras                                      (b5 lb0 w2 nb0)        7
    TOTAL                                         10 wickets for       120

    FOW
    1-26(R Barlow) 2-30(J SELBY) 3-62(W Bates) 4-62(À Shrewsbury) 5-62(W Evan)
    6-84(W Scotton) 7-94(G ULYETT) 8-100(T EMMETT) 9-100(R Pilling) 10-120(E Peate)

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   wd  nb
    T GARRETT          5     3    20   0   -   -  
    SPOFFORTH,F        6     2    19   6   -   -  
    BOYLE,H            4     0    28   0   -   -  
    Palmer,G           6     0    23   1   -   -  
    G Giffen           4.4   0    25   3   -   -  

AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings 51/1 Closed (Overs 9.1)
    Batsman              Fieldsman                Bowler              Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
    H Massie             lbw                      b E Peate              8   0  25  2  0
    BANNERMAN,A          not out                                        30  21  20  6  0
    MURDOCH,W*           not out                                        12   0  10  3  0
    Mcdonnell,P          dnb                                             -
    T HORAN              dnb                                             -
    G Giffen             dnb                                             -
    J BLACKHAM+          dnb                                             -
    T GARRETT            dnb                                             -
    Palmer,G             dnb                                             -
    BOYLE,H              dnb                                             -
    SPOFFORTH,F          dnb                                             -
      extras                                      (b0 lb0 w0 nb1)        1
    TOTAL                                         1 wickets for         51

    FOW
    1-33(H Massie)

    Bowler             O     M    R    W   wd  nb
    W Bates            4     0    31   0   -   -  
    E Peate            5     0    16   1   -   -  
    T EMMETT           0     0    0    0   -   -  
    G ULYETT           .1    0    4    0   -   -  
    R Barlow           0     0    0    0   -   -  
    A SHAW             0     0    0    0   -   -  
    W Evan             0     0    0    0   -   -  


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Match Records
1. Ulyett becomes first man to cross 500 runs when he is at 91 during course of his 116 in the first innings.
2. Boyle becomes first one to take 25 wickets when he has Midwinter legbefore in the first innings.This is his 7th test.
3. 4th wicket partnership of 122 between Mcdonnell and Massie in the first innings is a new record.
4. 5th wicket partnership of 101 between Giffen and Massie in the first innings is a new record.
5.Massie scores his maiden century.His 143 is the second highest individual score inTest Cricket.

 

[Highlander999]

What a horrid batting display by England. Australia deserved that win after some superb bowling

Excellent work mate, your graphics especially have improved ten fold

 

[biks76]

What a horrid batting display by England. Australia deserved that win after some superb bowling

Excellent work mate, your graphics especially have improved ten fold

Thank you very much.I appreciate your comments a lot.

Series Stats

Match Draw/Results
All matches, TEST CRICKET

Team1 Team2 VENUE
AUSTRALIA 299/10 51/1 ENGLAND 227/10 120/10 M.C.G AUSTRALIA Win by 9 wkts
AUSTRALIA 175/10 238/9 ENGLAND 267/10 147/10 S.C.G AUSTRALIA Win by 1 wkts
AUSTRALIA 103/10 262/6 ENGLAND 258/10 103/10 S.C.G AUSTRALIA Win by 4 wkts
AUSTRALIA 107/10 89/10 ENGLAND 99/10 99/10 M.C.G ENGLAND Win by 2 runs

Australia won the series 3-1.They lost the first test narrowly at M.C.G before Giffen's brilliance helped them square the series at S.C.G.The third test at S.C.G again went down to the wire, with Australia wining by 1 wicket before the rout of England by Spofforth at M.C.G.

Run Aggregate

Top Run Aggregates
All matches, TEST CRICKET 31-Dec-1881 to 10-Mar-1882

#    Name               Club             Mts  Inn  NO  Ct  50s 100s HS   Avg    Runs
1    Mcdonnell,P        AUS              4    7    2   3   2   1    104* 57.80  289
2    G ULYETT           ENG              4    8    -   6   1   1    116  34.50  276
3    H Massie           AUS              4    8    -   10  -   1    143  33.50  268
4    R Barlow           ENG              4    8    -   7   1   -    58   22.25  178
5    W Evan             ENG              4    8    1   4   1   -    89*  24.29  170
6    T HORAN            AUS              4    7    -   3   -   -    35   20.43  143
7    G Giffen           AUS              3    5    -   2   1   -    66   23.80  119
8    MURDOCH,W          AUS              4    8    2   5   -   -    32   18.50  111
9    ? Shrewsbury       ENG              4    8    -   1   -   -    30   13.88  111
10   A SHAW             ENG              4    8    2   7   -   -    33   18.17  109
11   S Jones            AUS              2    4    -   -   1   -    54   25.50  102
12   W Bates            ENG              4    8    -   5   -   -    28   12.50  100
13   J BLACKHAM         AUS              4    7    -   3   -   -    30   13.14  92
14   R Pilling          ENG              4    8    2   2   1   -    72   15.33  92
15   W Scotton          ENG              4    8    -   2   -   -    21   10.25  82
16   T EMMETT           ENG              4    8    -   4   -   -    32   8.75   70
17   E Peate            ENG              4    8    3   -   -   -    22   11.40  57
18   BANNERMAN,A        AUS              4    6    1   15  -   -    30*  11.20  56
19   J SELBY            ENG              4    8    -   1   -   -    18   5.62   45
20   T GARRETT          AUS              3    5    1   4   -   -    13   8.00   32

[SIZE="5"][U]Bowling Stats[/U][/SIZE]

Top Wicket Takers
All matches, TEST CRICKET 31-Dec-1881 to 10-Mar-1882

#    Name               Club             Mts  Overs   Maids Runs  5I 10M BBowl  Econ  Avg    Wkts
1    E Peate            ENG              4    84.5    26    297   1  -    7-47   3.50 16.50  18
2    W Bates            ENG              4    86.2    15    318   2  -    5-28   3.68 19.88  16
3    BOYLE,H            AUS              4    65.0    8     221   1  -    5-40   3.40 14.73  15
4    T GARRETT          AUS              3    59.5    15    220   2  -    6-56   3.68 15.71  14
5    E Evans            AUS              3    34.0    12    113   1  -    5-50   3.32 9.42   12
6    Palmer,G           AUS              4    75.0    9     297   -  -    3-42   3.96 29.70  10
7    G ULYETT           ENG              4    70.3    7     325   -  -    4-20   4.61 36.11  9
8    SPOFFORTH,F        AUS              1    25.0    4     81    1  -    6-19   3.24 10.12  8
9    G Giffen           AUS              3    38.0    6     130   -  -    3-25   3.42 16.25  8
10   W Evan             ENG              4    47.0    13    155   -  -    3-22   3.30 19.38  8
11   T EMMETT           ENG              4    34.4    4     117   -  -    2-17   3.38 23.40  5
12   A SHAW             ENG              4    18.2    2     94    -  -    3-35   5.13 23.50  4
13   W Cooper           AUS              3    14.2    1     51    -  -    2-25   3.56 12.75  4
14   G COULTHARD        AUS              1    16.0    8     39    -  -    4-39   2.44 9.75   4
15   BANNERMAN,A        AUS              4    16.0    2     68    -  -    2-24   4.25 34.00  2
16   R Barlow           ENG              4    1.0     -     9     -  -    1-9    9.00 9.00   1
17   S Jones            AUS              2    30.0    4     81    -  -    0-40   2.70 0.00   0
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[freddiw]

outstanding sotry it just keeps going awesome work

 

[biks76]

Guys,
Can somebody help me with the scorcard?It is a text file but when I cut and paste, it is all jumbles up?Any suggestions?

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Guys,
Can somebody help me with the scorcard?It is a text file but when I cut and paste, it is all jumbles up?Any suggestions?

I am not sure, but try wrapping the

 tags around the scorecard. I think that should work. If not, try making a scorecard like most other stories, and maybe that could be black and white too:)

 

[surendar]

Its one of the bad loss for English side.. Better luck next game.

And regarding the story, its growing better and better update by update. Storyline wise as well as Presentation wise.. its going great. :hpraise :hpraise Very detailed works with the stats too. Very well done. Keep it going. Looking forward to the next one.

And regarding that scorecard of text file, try using the code tags between the text and see a preview and lets see how it comes. It should be coming alright.

 

[biks76]

Thanks a lot,Karachi Xpress,Surendar.It works fine.Now it looks great.Thanks for your help guys.I really appreciate it.

 

[biks76]

The birth of the Ashes after Australia won a thrilling Test at The Oval, dismissing England for 69 after they had been set only 77 to win. Spofforth took 14 for 90 in the match, and bowled his last 11 overs for 2 runs and 4 wickets. The match resulted in a mock obituary for English cricket penned by Reginald Shirley Brooks appearing in The Sporting Times and the legend began.

 

[biks76]

Australia win the toss and decide to bat.It is an overcast day.The pitch is laden heavily in the favor of the bowlers.Going by the popular wisdom of batting first if unsure, the australians have their work cut out.With more rain expected, in the era of uncovered pitches, it seems to be a sensible decision.English batting is led by Ulyett while Spofforth for Australia has been giving nightmares to the batsmen all over the land.

The englishmen walk down the steps led by Lord Lyttleton, followed by "Monkey" Hornby,Ulyett.Grace and Lucas seem to be talking about weather as they join the rest.
There is a big cheer from the crowd as the Australian pair of Bannerman and Massie make their way to the middle through the crowd.
The umpires take their positions and call"Play"

 

[biks76]

Lunch Bulletin

The Australian innings fell apart right from the word go. The rot started with Massie nicking Ulyett to Hornby. What followed next was a calculated assault on the Australian line-up boasting of names like Bannerman, Bonnor and Horan.

Bannerman was snapped brilliantly by Ulyett off Peate right after Murdoch had fallen to swing of Ulyett in the slips.Three down for 25 wasn?t the kind of start expected by Australia.By the time, the umpires announced the lunch interval, Australia were at 97 for 9 after 27 overs in the middle.

The only partnership of substance was when Horan and Giffen added 27 runs for the 5th wicket. After Horan fell at 71, Blackham, Garrett and Giffen were back in the hut by the time scoreboard moved to 79.The last semblance of a fight was offered when Boyle and Jones combined for a stand of 18 for the 9th wicket. But when Boyle was adjudged lbw , last over before lunch, the patrons had a big smile on their way to the hospitality tent. Obviously, English bowlers dominating was the topic of discussion over the cup of tea and sandwiches. Australian batsmen kept trying to hit their way out of trouble. Considering the state of the pitch and the weather assisting the bowlers and as the scorecard would justify, it wasn?t the best idea ?under the clouds?.

Gallery

Massie c Hornby b Ulyett















Australia:97/9
Jones:9*(7)
Spofforth:0*(1)
Peate:11-0-51-3
Ulyett:8-0-24-2
Steele:5-3-11-2
Studd:2-0-8-1

 

[evertonfan]

I don't read much stories these days because most of them are just sub-standard to be honest, but this is fantastic.

 

[surendar]

but this is fantastic.

Can I take that "fantastic" description for loosing 9 wickets of Aussies in such a low score. ( just kidding )

On a serious note, there is no doubts that this has been a well written/neatly written classic story. Hard works are well reflected in this thread. Outstanding effort. :hpraise