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.

Three games · One XI

All-time Test Captain · 1877 – present · every player · real stats

Discord Updates← ARCHIVE

England v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1884 (1884) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 10 July 1884 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn

Match drawn. Arthur Shrewsbury top-scored with 43 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1884 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

England, 94 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (Joey Palmer)	8	0
Monkey Hornby	stumping (Jack Blackham)	0	0
George Ulyett	bowled	5	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	bowled	43	0
Allan Steel	caught (Billy Midwinter)	15	0
Bunny Lucas	not out	15	0
Billy Barnes	caught (Harry Boyle)	0	0
Tim O'Brien	bowled	0	0
Dick Barlow	caught (George Bonnor)	6	0
Dick Pilling	caught (Tup Scott)	0	0
Ted Peate	bowled	2	0

Frederick Spofforth 32.00-10-42-4Harry Boyle 25.00-9-42-6Joey Palmer 6.00-2-10-0

Australia, 180 (10 wkts)

Percy McDonnell	caught (Dick Pilling)	36	0
Alec Bannerman	lbw	6	0
Billy Murdoch	caught (W.G. Grace)	28	0
George Giffen	caught (Billy Barnes)	16	0
Billy Midwinter	caught (W.G. Grace)	37	0
George Bonnor	hitwicket	6	0
Jack Blackham	lbw	8	0
Tup Scott	bowled	12	0
Joey Palmer	not out	14	0
Frederick Spofforth	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	13	0
Harry Boyle	bowled	4	0

Ted Peate 49.00-25-62-3George Ulyett 30.00-17-41-3Dick Barlow 8.00-3-18-0Allan Steel 13.00-5-32-2Billy Barnes 19.00-10-25-1W.G. Grace 11.00-10-2-1

England, 156 (9 wkts)

W.G. Grace	bowled	31	0
Bunny Lucas	bowled	24	0
George Ulyett	caught (Alec Bannerman)	1	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	bowled	25	0
Allan Steel	caught (Jack Blackham)	18	0
Billy Barnes	bowled	8	0
Dick Barlow	not out	14	0
Tim O'Brien	caught (Alec Bannerman)	20	0
Monkey Hornby	stumping (Jack Blackham)	4	0
Dick Pilling	bowled	3	0
Ted Peate	not out	8	0

Frederick Spofforth 41.00-17-52-2Harry Boyle 20.00-8-27-1Joey Palmer 36.00-17-47-4George Giffen 29.00-15-25-1George Bonnor 4.00-1-5-1

← England v Australia Australia v England →

Want to captain one of these sides yourself?

PLAY THE FOLLOW-ON →