no_quiero here is more for you. Scores were made even 100 years ago. You needed batsman with guts to score runs not just body armour to protect themself.

Test no. 42

The Ashes - 1st Test Australia v England

1894/95 season

	Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JJ Lyons	b Richardson	1	8		0	0
		GHS Trott	b Richardson	12	22		1	0
		G Giffen	c Ford b Brockwell	161	254		22	1
		J Darling	b Richardson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
		FA Iredale	c Stoddart b Ford	81	146		12	0
		SE Gregory	c Peel b Stoddart	201	243		28	0
		JC Reedman	c Ford b Peel	17	31		1	1
		CE McLeod	b Richardson	15	23		0	0
		CTB Turner	c Gay b Peel	1	14		0	0
		JM Blackham	b Richardson	74	86		8	0
		E Jones	not out	11	10		2	0
		Extras	(b 8, lb 3, w 1)	12
		Total	(all out; 172.3 overs)	586	(3.39 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	T Richardson	55.3	13	181	5	3.26
	R Peel	53	14	140	2	2.64
	J Briggs	25	4	96	0	3.84
	W Brockwell	22	7	78	1	3.54
	FGJ Ford	11	2	47	1	4.27
	AE Stoddart	3	0	31	1	10.33
	WH Lockwood	3	2	1	0	0.33

	England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
		AC MacLaren	c Reedman b Turner	4	12	0	0
		A Ward	c Iredale b Turner	75	166	10	0
		AE Stoddart	c Jones b Giffen	12	34	2	0
		JT Brown	run out	22	28	3	0
		W Brockwell	c Blackham b Jones	49	143	3	0
		R Peel	c Gregory b Giffen	4	8	1	0
		FGJ Ford	st Blackham b Giffen	30	43	2	1
		J Briggs	b Giffen	57	118	3	0
		WH Lockwood	c Giffen b Trott	18	40	3	0
		LH Gay	c Gregory b Reedman	33	71	3	0
		T Richardson	not out	0	2	0	0
		Extras	(b 17, lb 3, w 1)	21
		Total	(all out; 140.3 overs)	325	(2.31 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	E Jones	19	7	44	1	2.31
	CTB Turner	44	16	89	2	2.02
	G Giffen	43	17	75	4	1.74
	GHS Trott	15	4	59	1	3.93
	CE McLeod	14	2	25	0	1.78
	JC Reedman	3.3	1	12	1	3.42
	JJ Lyons	2	2	0	0	0.00

	England 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	4s	6s
		AC MacLaren	b Giffen	20	53	0	0
		A Ward	b Giffen	117	224	11	0
		AE Stoddart	c Giffen b Turner	36	63	3	0
		JT Brown	c Jones b Giffen	53	130	3	0
		W Brockwell	b Jones	37	70	2	0
		R Peel	b Giffen	17	57	1	0
		FGJ Ford	c & b McLeod	48	76	4	0
		J Briggs	b McLeod	42	76	6	0
		WH Lockwood	b Trott	29	45	4	0
		LH Gay	b Trott	4	22	0	0
		T Richardson	not out	12	10	1	0
		Extras	(b 14, lb 8)	22
		Total	(all out; 181.4 overs)	437	(2.40 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	E Jones	19	0	57	1	3.00
	CTB Turner	35	14	78	1	2.22
	G Giffen	75	25	164	4	2.18
	GHS Trott	12.4	2	22	2	1.73
	CE McLeod	30	6	67	2	2.23
	JC Reedman	6	1	12	0	2.00
	JJ Lyons	2	0	12	0	6.00
	FA Iredale	2	1	3	0	1.50

	Australia 2nd innings (target: 177 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
		JJ Lyons	b Richardson	25	17	2	0
		GHS Trott	c Gay b Peel	8	50	0	0
		G Giffen	lbw b Briggs	41	135	4	0
		J Darling	c Brockwell b Peel	53	80	5	1
		SE Gregory	c Gay b Peel	16	32	2	0
		FA Iredale	c & b Briggs	5	17	0	0
		JC Reedman	st Gay b Peel	4	8	0	0
		CE McLeod	not out	2	24	0	0
		CTB Turner	c Briggs b Peel	2	6	0	0
		E Jones	c MacLaren b Briggs	1	4	0	0
		JM Blackham	c & b Peel	2	11	0	0
		Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 4)	7
		Total	(all out; 68 overs)	166	(2.44 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	T Richardson	11	3	27	1	2.45
	R Peel	30	9	67	6	2.23
	WH Lockwood	16	3	40	0	2.50
	J Briggs	11	2	25	3	2.27