Mon, 13 Dec - Fri, 17 Dec 1897 - 00:00 – 1st Test •  Sydney
England won by 9 wickets
AustraliaAustralia
573/10 (20.00) & 408/10 (121)
EnglandEngland
0/0 (20.00) & 96/1 (28)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4
Most 50s 2 Archie MacLaren 1 Tom Hayward 1 George Hirst
Best Average 15.67 Jack Hearne 18 Jack Mason 38.4 Tom Richardson
Best Bowling Fig 5 Jack Hearne 3 Tom Richardson 2 Johnny Briggs
Most Wickets 9 Jack Hearne 5 Tom Richardson 3 Johnny Briggs
Most Runs Conceed 192 Tom Richardson 141 Jack Hearne 128 Johnny Briggs
Best Economy 2.43 Jack Hearne 2.59 George Hirst 2.82 Tom Richardson
Most Fours 26 Ranji 15 Archie MacLaren 10 Tom Hayward
Best Averages 183 Ranji 159 Archie MacLaren 72 Tom Hayward
Highest Score 175 Ranji 109 Archie MacLaren 72 Tom Hayward
Best Bowling Fig 1 Jack Mason
Most Not Outs 2 Archie MacLaren 2 Ranji
Most Runs Conceed 106 George Hirst
Most Wickets 1 Jack Mason
Best Economy 3.05 Johnny Briggs
Best Strike Rate 24 Jack Mason 38.73 Jack Hearne
Most Not Outs 1 Tom Richardson
Most Runs 183 Ranji 159 Archie MacLaren 72 Tom Hayward
Best Averages 62 George Hirst
Most 100s 2 Archie MacLaren 2 Ranji
Worst Bowling Fig 121 Tom Richardson 99 Jack Hearne 86 Johnny Briggs
Best Strike Rate 81.6 Tom Richardson 84 Johnny Briggs
Highest Score 62 George Hirst
Most sixes 1 Bill Storer 1 George Hirst
Best Average 42.67 Johnny Briggs
Most Fours 8 George Hirst
Most 50s 2 Hugh Trumble 2 Charlie McLeod 2 Clem Hill
Best Average 26.67 Charlie McLeod 52.67 Ernie Jones 67.5 Tom McKibbin
Best Bowling Fig 3 Ernie Jones 3 Charlie McLeod 1 Tom McKibbin
Most Wickets 3 Ernie Jones 3 Charlie McLeod 2 Tom McKibbin
Most Runs Conceed 178 Hugh Trumble 158 Ernie Jones 135 Tom McKibbin
Best Economy 2.68 Ernie Jones 2.86 Charlie McLeod 3.3 Hugh Trumble
Most Fours 19 Joe Darling 13 Hugh Trumble 11 Clem Hill
Best Averages 76 Charlie McLeod 57.5 Clem Hill 54 Joe Darling
Highest Score 101 Joe Darling 96 Clem Hill 70 Hugh Trumble
Best Bowling Fig 1 Harry Trott 1 Hugh Trumble
Most Not Outs 2 Charlie McLeod
Most Wickets 1 Harry Trott 1 Hugh Trumble
Best Strike Rate 56 Charlie McLeod 117 Tom McKibbin 118 Ernie Jones
Most Not Outs 2 James Kelly
Most Runs 115 Clem Hill 108 Joe Darling 77 Syd Gregory
Most 100s 2 Joe Darling
Worst Bowling Fig 138 Hugh Trumble 130 Ernie Jones 113 Tom McKibbin 80 Charlie McLeod
Most Fours 8 Charlie McLeod
Most Runs 76 Charlie McLeod 72 Hugh Trumble