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 #5
Most 50s 2 Archie MacLaren 2 Hugh Trumble 2 Charlie McLeod
Best Average 15.67 Jack Hearne 18 Jack Mason 26.67 Charlie McLeod 38.4 Tom Richardson 42.67 Johnny Briggs
Best Bowling Fig 5 Jack Hearne 3 Tom Richardson 3 Ernie Jones 3 Charlie McLeod 2 Johnny Briggs
Most Runs Conceed 192 Tom Richardson 178 Hugh Trumble 158 Ernie Jones 141 Jack Hearne 135 Tom McKibbin
Most Runs 183 Ranji 159 Archie MacLaren 115 Clem Hill 108 Joe Darling 77 Syd Gregory
Best Averages 183 Ranji 159 Archie MacLaren 76 Charlie McLeod 72 Tom Hayward 62 George Hirst
Most 50s 2 Clem Hill 1 Tom Hayward 1 George Hirst
Most Fours 26 Ranji 19 Joe Darling 15 Archie MacLaren 13 Hugh Trumble 11 Clem Hill
Highest Score 175 Ranji 109 Archie MacLaren 101 Joe Darling 96 Clem Hill 72 Tom Hayward
Best Economy 2.43 Jack Hearne 2.59 George Hirst 2.68 Ernie Jones 2.82 Tom Richardson 2.86 Charlie McLeod
Most Wickets 9 Jack Hearne 5 Tom Richardson 3 Ernie Jones 3 Charlie McLeod 3 Johnny Briggs
Most Runs Conceed 106 George Hirst
Most Not Outs 2 Archie MacLaren 2 Ranji 2 Charlie McLeod 2 James Kelly 1 Tom Richardson
Best Economy 3.3 Hugh Trumble
Best Strike Rate 24 Jack Mason 38.73 Jack Hearne 56 Charlie McLeod 81.6 Tom Richardson 84 Johnny Briggs
Best Averages 54 Joe Darling
Most 100s 2 Archie MacLaren 2 Ranji
Best Strike Rate 117 Tom McKibbin 118 Ernie Jones
Most 100s 2 Joe Darling
Worst Bowling Fig 138 Hugh Trumble 130 Ernie Jones 121 Tom Richardson 113 Tom McKibbin 99 Jack Hearne
Best Average 67.5 Tom McKibbin
Most Runs 72 Hugh Trumble 72 Tom Hayward
Most Ducks 2 Ernie Jones
Highest Score 62 George Hirst
Most sixes 1 Bill Storer 1 George Hirst
Most Ducks 2 Tom McKibbin
Worst Bowling Fig 86 Johnny Briggs 80 Charlie McLeod