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f1773 t1	Australia v England
	James Lillywhite's XI in Australia 1876/77 (1st Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15th, 16th, 17th, 19th March 1877 (timeless match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 45 runs
Umpires	CA Reid, RB Terry
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 166/6 (Bannerman 126, Blackham 3)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 109/4 (Jupp 54*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 83/9 (Kendall 5, Hodges 3)

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Bannerman	retired hurt	165		285	18	-
NFD Thomson	b Hill	1
TP Horan	c Hill b Shaw	12
*DW Gregory	run out	1
BB Cooper	b Southerton	15
WE Midwinter	c Ulyett b Southerton	5
EJ Gregory	c Greenwood b Lillywhite	0
+JM Blackham	b Southerton	17
TW Garrett	not out	18
TK Kendall	c Southerton b Shaw	3
JR Hodges	b Shaw	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 169.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Thomson), 2-40 (Horan), 3-41 (DW Gregory), 4-118 (Cooper), 5-142 (Midwinter), 6-143 (EJ Gregory), 7-197 (Blackham), 8-243 (Kendall), 9-245 (Hodges)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	55.3	34	51	3	-	-
Hill	23	10	42	1	-	-
Ulyett	25	12	36	0	-	-
Southerton	37	17	61	3	-	-
Armitage	3	0	15	0	2	-
Lillywhite	14	5	19	1	-	-
Emmett	12	7	13	0	-	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Jupp	lbw b Garrett	63	241	191	2	-
+J Selby	c Cooper b Hodges	7	18	18	1	-
HRJ Charlwood	c Blackham b Midwinter	36	62	59	2	-
G Ulyett	lbw b Thomson	10	21	14	2	-
A Greenwood	c EJ Gregory b Midwinter	1	26	22	-	-
T Armitage	c Blackham b Midwinter	9	31	24	1	-
A Shaw	b Midwinter	10	28	22	-	-
T Emmett	b Midwinter	8	32	25	-	-
A Hill	not out	35	47	41	3	-
*J Lillywhite	c and b Kendall	10	15	14	1	-
J Southerton	c Cooper b Garrett	6	21	21	-	-
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 136.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Selby), 2-79 (Charlwood), 3-98 (Ulyett), 4-109 (Greenwood), 5-121 (Armitage), 6-135 (Shaw), 7-145 (Jupp), 8-145 (Emmett), 9-168 (Lillywhite), 10-196 (Southerton, 136.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodges	9	0	27	1	-	-
Garrett	18.1	10	22	2	-	-
Kendall	38	16	54	1	-	-
Midwinter	54	23	78	5	-	-
Thomson	17	10	14	1	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Bannerman	b Ulyett	4	10	8	1	-
NFD Thomson	c Emmett b Shaw	7	26	26	-	-
TP Horan	c Selby b Hill	20	32	28	2	-
TW Garrett	c Emmett b Shaw	0	8	7	-	-
BB Cooper	b Shaw	3	16	14	-	-
WE Midwinter	c Southerton b Ulyett	17	73	68	1	-
EJ Gregory	c Emmett b Ulyett	11	31	26	1	-
+JM Blackham	lbw b Shaw	6	20	16	-	-
*DW Gregory	b Shaw	3	15	14	-	-
TK Kendall	not out	17	22	22	3	-
JR Hodges	b Lillywhite	8	18	18	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	104
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Bannerman), 2-27 (Thomson), 3-31 (Garrett), 4-31 (Horan), 5-35 (Cooper), 6-58 (EJ Gregory), 7-71 (Blackham), 8-75 (Midwinter), 9-75 (DW Gregory), 10-104 (Hodges, 68 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	34	16	38	5	-	-
Ulyett	19	7	39	3	-	-
Hill	14	6	18	1	-	-
Lillywhite	1	0	1	1	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hill	c Thomson b Kendall	0	2	1	-	-
A Greenwood	c Midwinter b Kendall	5	5	5	-	-
H Jupp	lbw b Midwinter	4	17	18	-	-
HRJ Charlwood	b Kendall	13	17	16	1	-
+J Selby	c Horan b Hodges	38	81	81	4	-
G Ulyett	b Kendall	24	62	47	1	-
A Shaw	st Blackham b Kendall	2	9	5	-	-
T Armitage	c Blackham b Kendall	3	32	31	-	-
T Emmett	b Kendall	9	27	28	-	-
*J Lillywhite	b Hodges	4	6	4	-	-
J Southerton	not out	1	7	12	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 66.1 overs)	108
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Hill), 2-7 (Greenwood), 3-20 (Jupp), 4-22 (Charlwood), 5-62 (Ulyett), 6-68 (Shaw), 7-92 (Selby), 8-93 (Armitage), 9-100 (Lillywhite), 10-108 (Emmett, 66.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kendall	33.1	12	55	7	-	-
Midwinter	19	7	23	1	-	-
DW Gregory	5	1	9	0	-	-
Garrett	2	0	9	0	-	-
Hodges	7	5	7	2	-	-

Notes
--> C Bannerman made his debut in Test Matches
--> C Bannerman (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 83
--> NFD Thomson made his debut in Test Matches
--> TP Horan made his debut in Test Matches
--> DW Gregory made his debut in Test Matches
--> BB Cooper made his debut in Test Matches
--> WE Midwinter made his debut in Test Matches
--> EJ Gregory made his debut in Test Matches
--> JM Blackham made his debut in Test Matches
--> TW Garrett made his debut in Test Matches
--> TK Kendall made his debut in Test Matches
--> TK Kendall made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> JR Hodges made his debut in Test Matches
--> JR Hodges made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> H Jupp made his debut in Test Matches
--> J Selby made his debut in Test Matches
--> J Selby (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 3
--> HRJ Charlwood made his debut in Test Matches
--> G Ulyett made his debut in Test Matches
--> A Greenwood made his debut in Test Matches
--> T Armitage made his debut in Test Matches
--> A Shaw made his debut in Test Matches
--> T Emmett made his debut in Test Matches
--> A Hill made his debut in Test Matches
--> J Lillywhite made his debut in Test Matches
--> J Lillywhite (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 5
--> J Southerton made his debut in Test Matches
--> WE Midwinter (2) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 15
--> T Armitage (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 3
--> G Ulyett reached 100 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed WE Midwinter, his 3rd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> A Shaw reached 1050 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed TW Garrett, his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> C Bannerman retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 165 (team score 240/7) (split the index finger on his right hand by a ball from Ulyett )

Alfred Shaw bowled the first Test delivery to Charles Bannerman, who went on to become the first Test centurion. Hill had both the first Test wicket and the first catch. Midwinter picked up the first 5 wicket haul, and Blackham had the first stumping.
W.Newing fielded for Bannerman.
Bannerman scored 67.3% of his side's runs - still a record in Test matches - his 165 took about 290 minutes and included 18 fours.
Attendances on the four 4 days were approximately 4500, 4000, 10000, 2000