Australia v England 1st Test
England tour of Australia - 1884 (1884/85) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 12 December 1884 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat
England won by 8 wickets
England won by 8 wickets. Billy Barnes top-scored with 134 for England.
Australia, 234 (10 wkts)
| Alec Bannerman | lbw | 2 | 0 |
| Percy McDonnell | bowled | 124 | 0 |
| Billy Murdoch | caught (Joe Hunter) | 5 | 0 |
| Tup Scott | bowled | 19 | 0 |
| Jack Blackham | caught (William Attewell) | 66 | 0 |
| George Giffen | bowled | 4 | 0 |
| George Bonnor | caught (Maurice Read) | 4 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | caught (Arthur Shrewsbury) | 6 | 0 |
| Harry Boyle | caught (Joe Hunter) | 1 | 0 |
| George Alexander | run out | 3 | 0 |
| William Cooper | not out | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Peel 41.00-15-68-3William Attewell 50.00-23-48-1George Ulyett 10.00-3-23-0Wilf Flowers 10.00-1-27-0Billy Barnes 14.00-2-37-0Billy Bates 24.10-10-31-5
England, 349 (10 wkts)
| William Scotton | stumping (Jack Blackham) | 82 | 0 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | caught (George Alexander) | 68 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | bowled | 134 | 0 |
| Billy Bates | caught (George Giffen) | 18 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | lbw | 15 | 0 |
| Maurice Read | caught (George Giffen) | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Briggs | caught (Jack Blackham) | 1 | 0 |
| William Attewell | not out | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Peel | bowled | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Hunter | run out | 1 | 0 |
Harry Boyle 63.00-25-95-2George Giffen 56.20-26-80-2William Cooper 18.00-4-26-0George Bonnor 16.00-10-23-0Joey Palmer 73.00-37-81-5Percy McDonnell 3.00-0-11-0Tup Scott 4.00-1-9-0George Alexander 10.00-3-24-0
Australia, 184 (9 wkts)
| Jack Blackham | bowled | 11 | 0 |
| Percy McDonnell | run out | 83 | 0 |
| Billy Murdoch | bowled | 7 | 0 |
| George Giffen | caught (Arthur Shrewsbury) | 47 | 0 |
| Tup Scott | lbw | 1 | 0 |
| William Cooper | caught (Arthur Shrewsbury) | 6 | 0 |
| George Bonnor | caught (Bobby Peel) | 19 | 0 |
| Joey Palmer | bowled | 0 | 0 |
| George Alexander | stumping (Joe Hunter) | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Boyle | not out | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Bannerman | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Peel 40.10-15-51-5William Attewell 18.00-10-26-0George Ulyett 2.00-1-3-0Wilf Flowers 16.00-4-27-0Billy Barnes 31.00-10-51-3Billy Bates 9.00-3-26-0
England, 63 (2 wkts)
| Bobby Peel | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Hunter | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| William Scotton | caught (Tup Scott) | 2 | 0 |
| Wilf Flowers | caught (Tup Scott) | 7 | 0 |
| Arthur Shrewsbury | not out | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | not out | 28 | 0 |
| George Ulyett | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Bates | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Maurice Read | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Briggs | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| William Attewell | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Harry Boyle 9.00-3-21-1George Giffen 6.00-0-19-0Joey Palmer 16.00-5-23-1
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