36th Test
The Ashes - 2nd Test
Australia v England
Australia won by 72 runs
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
29,30 January, 1,2,3 February 1892 (timeless match)
- Abel became the first England player to carry his bat through a completed Test innings.
- Briggs ended Australia's second innings with a hat-trick, dismissing WF Giffen,Callaway and Blackham.
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BOWLER OF THE YEAR - 1889
Johnny Briggs was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, on October 3, 1862. He played in the Colt's match at Old Trafford, in 1879, and appeared for Lancashire that year. He bowls left-hand, and bats right, being in this respect like his colleague, Barlow.........
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