Thu, 02 Jan - Sat, 04 Jan 1879 - 00:00 – Only Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 10 wickets
AustraliaAustralia
0/0 (0.00) & 19/10 (2.3)
EnglandEngland
0/0 (20.00) & 160/10 (83)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Wickets 13 Frederick Spofforth 7 Tom Emmett 4 Frank Allan 2 Harry Boyle 1 Sandford Schultz
Best Bowling Fig 7 Tom Emmett 7 Frederick Spofforth 2 Frank Allan 1 Harry Boyle 1 Sandford Schultz
Best Economy 0 Monkey Hornby 1.15 Tom Emmett 1.5 The Revd Vernon Royle 1.59 Harry Boyle 1.62 George Ulyett
Most Fours 7 Lord Harris 7 Alec Bannerman 5 Harry Boyle
Best Strike Rate 24 Tom Emmett 7 George Ulyett 5 Francis MacKinnon
Best Averages 73 Alec Bannerman 39 Frederick Spofforth 34.5 Lord Harris 30 Charles Bannerman 29 Charlie Absolom
Most Runs 73 Alec Bannerman 69 Lord Harris 58 Charlie Absolom 39 Frederick Spofforth 30 Charles Bannerman
Best Average 0 Monkey Hornby 8.46 Frederick Spofforth 9.71 Tom Emmett 13.5 Harry Boyle 20 Frank Allan
Most Runs Conceed 110 Frederick Spofforth 102 George Ulyett 80 Frank Allan 68 Tom Emmett 36 Tom Garrett
Highest Score 73 Alec Bannerman 52 Charlie Absolom 39 Frederick Spofforth 36 Lord Harris 28 Harry Boyle
Most 50s 2 Charlie Absolom 1 Alec Bannerman
Most Wickets 1 George Ulyett 1 Monkey Hornby
Most Runs Conceed 27 Harry Boyle
Best Strike Rate 27.69 Frederick Spofforth 42 Monkey Hornby 45.6 Sandford Schultz 50.57 Tom Emmett 51 Harry Boyle
Best Bowling Fig 1 George Ulyett 1 Monkey Hornby
Most Not Outs 2 Tom Emmett 2 Sandford Schultz 2 Charles Bannerman 2 Billy Murdoch
Best Strike Rate 90 Tom Garrett
Most Not Outs 1 Dave Gregory
Most Runs 26 Tom Garrett
Most Ducks 2 Tom Emmett 2 George Ulyett 2 Francis MacKinnon 2 Alexander Webbe
Best Average 36 Tom Garrett
Most Fours 5 Charlie Absolom
Most Balls Faced 2 George Ulyett 1 Tom Emmett
Best Averages 26 Tom Garrett
Worst Bowling Fig 93 George Ulyett 68 Tom Emmett 62 Frederick Spofforth 50 Frank Allan 31 Bunny Lucas
Highest Score 24 Tom Emmett