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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England v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1886 (1886) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 5 July 1886 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 4 wickets

England won by 4 wickets. Sammy Jones top-scored with 87 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1886 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

Australia, 204 (10 wkts)

Sammy Jones	lbw	87	0
Tup Scott	caught (Dick Barlow)	21	0
George Giffen	bowled	3	0
Affie Jarvis	caught (William Scotton)	45	0
George Bonnor	caught (George Lohmann)	4	0
John Trumble	caught (William Scotton)	24	0
William Bruce	run out	2	0
Tom Garrett	caught (Dick Pilling)	5	0
Jack Blackham	not out	7	0
Joey Palmer	caught (George Lohmann)	4	0
Frederick Spofforth	caught (Dick Barlow)	2	0

Ted Peate 19.00-7-30-0George Lohmann 23.00-9-41-1Allan Steel 27.00-5-47-2George Ulyett 36.10-20-46-4Dick Barlow 23.00-15-19-1W.G. Grace 9.00-3-21-1

England, 219 (10 wkts)

William Scotton	caught (John Trumble)	21	0
W.G. Grace	caught (George Bonnor)	8	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	bowled	31	0
Walter Read	caught (Tup Scott)	51	0
Allan Steel	caught (Affie Jarvis)	12	0
Dick Barlow	not out	38	0
George Ulyett	bowled	17	0
Johnny Briggs	caught (Tom Garrett)	1	0
George Lohmann	bowled	32	0
Ted Peate	stumping (Affie Jarvis)	6	0
Dick Pilling	caught (William Bruce)	2	0

Frederick Spofforth 53.00-22-82-4George Giffen 32.00-15-44-1Tom Garrett 45.00-23-43-2William Bruce 10.00-7-9-0Joey Palmer 17.20-4-41-3

Australia, 120 (10 wkts)

Sammy Jones	caught (George Ulyett)	12	0
Tup Scott	bowled	47	0
George Giffen	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	1	0
Affie Jarvis	caught (George Lohmann)	2	0
George Bonnor	caught (Dick Barlow)	2	0
John Trumble	caught (George Ulyett)	4	0
Jack Blackham	lbw	2	0
William Bruce	caught (W.G. Grace)	0	0
Tom Garrett	caught (W.G. Grace)	22	0
Joey Palmer	caught (Dick Pilling)	8	0
Frederick Spofforth	not out	20	0

Ted Peate 46.00-25-45-1George Lohmann 5.00-3-14-0Allan Steel 8.00-3-9-1George Ulyett 6.30-3-7-1Dick Barlow 52.00-34-44-7W.G. Grace 1.00-0-1-0

England, 96 (6 wkts)

William Scotton	bowled	20	0
W.G. Grace	caught (Joey Palmer)	4	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	caught (George Giffen)	4	0
Walter Read	caught (Sammy Jones)	9	0
Dick Barlow	caught (Joey Palmer)	30	0
Allan Steel	not out	19	0
George Ulyett	caught (Tup Scott)	8	0
Johnny Briggs	not out	2	0
George Lohmann	did not bat	0	0
Ted Peate	did not bat	0	0
Dick Pilling	did not bat	0	0

Frederick Spofforth 29.20-13-40-2George Giffen 24.00-9-31-2Tom Garrett 17.00-9-14-1Joey Palmer 7.00-3-11-1

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