GUIDES

The Follow-On Rule, Explained— What the follow-on is, when a captain can enforce it, and how the margin has changed since cricket's first Test in 1877.
How CricArcade Decides a Single Delivery— The geometric-mean matchup at the heart of every engine: how a batter's numbers and a bowler's become a run and a wicket probability, then a result.
How a Test Pitch Plays— Green tops, dustbowls and roads: 60-plus real venues, per-match pitch preparation, wear over five days, the new ball and the sessions in The Follow-On.
The Six Eras of Test Cricket— From the three-day Golden Age to the DRS era: six periods of Test cricket, each calibrated to the real match record, and two findings that surprised us.
Test Captaincy: Declarations, the Follow-On and Reviews— When to bat first, when to declare, whether to enforce the follow-on and when to burn a review, and how The Follow-On's AI captain weighs each call.
Settling In, and the Myth of the Nervous Nineties— A new batter is most vulnerable early, and the nervous nineties turn out to be a myth. How CricArcade models both, measured from real Test data.
How to Read a Cricket Scorecard— A plain-English guide to the batting card, bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets and the result line, with what every abbreviation actually means.

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Australia v England 3rd Test

England tour of Australia - 1884 (1884/85) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 20 February 1885 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 6 runs

Australia won by 6 runs. Wilf Flowers top-scored with 56 for England.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1885 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 173 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (Bobby Peel)	13	0
Sammy Jones	stumping (Joe Hunter)	28	0
Tom Horan	caught (Joe Hunter)	7	0
Tup Scott	caught (George Ulyett)	5	0
George Bonnor	caught (Billy Barnes)	18	0
John Trumble	caught (Maurice Read)	13	0
Hugh Massie	caught (William Scotton)	2	0
Affie Jarvis	bowled	0	1
Frederick Spofforth	stumping (Joe Hunter)	3	0
Tom Garrett	not out	51	0
Edwin Evans	caught (Joe Hunter)	33	0

Bobby Peel 32.00-13-51-0William Attewell 71.00-47-53-4George Ulyett 12.20-8-17-1Wilf Flowers 46.00-24-46-5Billy Bates 6.00-2-6-0

England, 120 (10 wkts)

William Scotton	caught (Affie Jarvis)	22	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	caught (Frederick Spofforth)	18	0
George Ulyett	bowled	2	0
Billy Barnes	stumping (Affie Jarvis)	0	1
Billy Bates	caught (Edwin Evans)	12	0
Johnny Briggs	caught (Tup Scott)	3	0
Wilf Flowers	caught (Affie Jarvis)	24	0
Maurice Read	caught (Edwin Evans)	4	0
William Attewell	bowled	14	0
Bobby Peel	not out	8	0
Joe Hunter	bowled	13	0

Frederick Spofforth 48.00-23-54-4Tom Garrett 6.00-2-17-0Tom Horan 37.10-22-40-6Edwin Evans 4.00-1-9-0

Australia, 163 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	16	0
George Bonnor	bowled	29	0
Tom Horan	bowled	36	0
Sammy Jones	bowled	22	0
Tup Scott	caught (Billy Barnes)	4	0
John Trumble	caught (George Ulyett)	32	0
Hugh Massie	bowled	21	0
Affie Jarvis	caught (Bobby Peel)	2	0
Edwin Evans	bowled	1	0
Tom Garrett	not out	0	0
Frederick Spofforth	caught (William Attewell)	0	0

Bobby Peel 20.00-10-24-1William Attewell 58.00-36-54-2George Ulyett 39.00-25-42-2Wilf Flowers 20.00-14-19-0Billy Bates 20.00-10-24-5

England, 187 (10 wkts)

William Scotton	bowled	2	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	bowled	24	0
George Ulyett	run out	4	0
Billy Barnes	caught (Affie Jarvis)	5	0
Billy Bates	caught (Affie Jarvis)	31	0
Johnny Briggs	bowled	1	0
Wilf Flowers	caught (Edwin Evans)	56	0
Maurice Read	bowled	56	0
William Attewell	run out	0	1
Bobby Peel	caught (Affie Jarvis)	3	0
Joe Hunter	not out	5	0

Frederick Spofforth 48.10-22-90-6Tom Garrett 21.00-8-31-0Tom Horan 9.00-4-23-0Edwin Evans 4.00-1-8-0John Trumble 26.00-13-26-2Sammy Jones 3.00-0-9-0

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