Welcome to my new story, A Revised History of Cricket, possibly the most ambitious project Planet Cricket has ever seen.
The basic premise is: What if Test Cricketers were born at different points in time? Everyone who has played a test in real life is eligible, although some people who played (for example) 1 Test in 1898 may not play any in this universe...
How I decide when players were "born" is that for every player who made their debut in a given year, one randomly selected player becomes eligible. For example, England will have 5 new avaliable players for the 1909 summer, because 5 players debuted in that summer.
The write-ups for each test won't be very long, because of how many Tests there have been...
Test Match 1 - Australia vs England - Melbourne Cricket Ground
15/03/1877
Star Players:
Stuart Broad, Matt Prior, Darren Gough (captain)
Rod Marsh (captain), Kerry O'Keeffe, Hugh Trumble, Tim May
Australia 196 and 239-6 beat England 279 and 154 by 4 wickets
Man of the Match is Greg Matthews (101 and 2/13)
Greg Matthews scored the first ever Test century, as Australia chased down 239 to win. England had started well, but a 152 run partnership between captain Marsh and Matthews sealed the game for Australia.
The basic premise is: What if Test Cricketers were born at different points in time? Everyone who has played a test in real life is eligible, although some people who played (for example) 1 Test in 1898 may not play any in this universe...
How I decide when players were "born" is that for every player who made their debut in a given year, one randomly selected player becomes eligible. For example, England will have 5 new avaliable players for the 1909 summer, because 5 players debuted in that summer.
The write-ups for each test won't be very long, because of how many Tests there have been...
Test Match 1 - Australia vs England - Melbourne Cricket Ground
15/03/1877
Star Players:
Stuart Broad, Matt Prior, Darren Gough (captain)
Rod Marsh (captain), Kerry O'Keeffe, Hugh Trumble, Tim May
Code:
England versus Australia
England
GRJ Roope b H Trumble 37 (68)
SCJ Broad b H Trumble 41 (84)
MJ Prior lbw b BP Julian 13 (47)
JG Binks c MRJ Veletta b KJ O'Keeffe 73 (160)
WG Quaife c MRJ Veletta b KJ O'Keeffe 36 (64)
JW Martin c H Trumble b KJ O'Keeffe 5 (19)
D Gough hit wkt b H Trumble 20 (30)
ACS Pigott not out 27 (49)
AJ Evans c BP Julian b EW Freeman 7 (25)
A Hearne lbw b EW Freeman 0 (2)
WH Copson b H Trumble 0 (1)
Extras ( w6 nb1 b4 lb9 ) 20
Total (from 92 overs) 279 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-61 2-84 3-117 4-180 5-204 6-237 7-237 8-276 9-276 10-279
Bowling Figures for Australia
O M R W
CG Rackemann 14 6 32 0
EW Freeman 7 4 23 2
H Trumble 19 7 55 4
BP Julian 10 0 42 1
TBA May 20 6 50 0
KJ O'Keeffe 21 7 64 3
Australia
RW Marsh c JW Martin b D Gough 4 (3)
SP O'Donnell c WG Quaife b WH Copson 6 (7)
GRJ Matthews b WH Copson 7 (14)
KJ O'Keeffe run out 28 (66)
WAS Oldfield c ACS Pigott b D Gough 4 (6)
H Trumble c SCJ Broad b JW Martin 50 (69)
EW Freeman b JW Martin 38 (60)
MRJ Veletta lbw b JW Martin 7 (8)
BP Julian c JG Binks b D Gough 25 (35)
TBA May not out 4 (30)
CG Rackemann c GRJ Roope b D Gough 0 (1)
Extras ( w3 b4 lb16 ) 23
Total (from 50 overs) 196 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-7 2-15 3-22 4-32 5-80 6-129 7-141 8-174 9-196 10-196
Bowling Figures for England
O M R W
D Gough 16 2 63 4
WH Copson 10 2 26 2
SCJ Broad 6 1 26 0
ACS Pigott 6 1 18 0
JW Martin 11 2 43 3
England
GRJ Roope lbw b EW Freeman 1 (10)
SCJ Broad c BP Julian b H Trumble 40 (95)
MJ Prior lbw b CG Rackemann 10 (23)
JG Binks not out 60 (148)
WG Quaife stMRJ Veletta b H Trumble 0 (9)
JW Martin c MRJ Veletta b TBA May 15 (23)
D Gough c MRJ Veletta b TBA May 0 (2)
ACS Pigott run out 6 (5)
AJ Evans c MRJ Veletta b CG Rackemann 6 (26)
A Hearne c MRJ Veletta b GRJ Matthews 5 (19)
WH Copson c BP Julian b GRJ Matthews 5 (12)
Extras ( w1 lb5 ) 6
Total (from 62 overs) 154 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-1 2-20 3-64 4-72 5-95 6-95 7-102 8-131 9-146 10-154
Bowling Figures for Australia
O M R W
CG Rackemann 16 6 27 2
EW Freeman 11 2 29 1
H Trumble 9 5 14 2
BP Julian 9 1 21 0
TBA May 6 1 33 2
KJ O'Keeffe 6 2 12 0
GRJ Matthews 5 1 13 2
Australia
RW Marsh c AJ Evans b SCJ Broad 63 (113)
SP O'Donnell c JG Binks b WH Copson 0 (5)
GRJ Matthews c MJ Prior b WH Copson 101 (179)
KJ O'Keeffe c A Hearne b D Gough 22 (52)
WAS Oldfield not out 16 (25)
H Trumble lbw b D Gough 0 (8)
EW Freeman b D Gough 12 (12)
MRJ Veletta not out 6 (4)
Extras ( w5 b8 lb6 ) 19
Total (from 67 overs) 239 - 6
Fall of wickets:
1-1 2-153 3-205 4-209 5-213 6-231
Bowling Figures for England
O M R W
D Gough 16 5 49 3
WH Copson 20 3 68 2
SCJ Broad 16 2 56 1
ACS Pigott 3 0 15 0
JW Martin 11 2 37 0Australia 196 and 239-6 beat England 279 and 154 by 4 wickets
Man of the Match is Greg Matthews (101 and 2/13)
Greg Matthews scored the first ever Test century, as Australia chased down 239 to win. England had started well, but a 152 run partnership between captain Marsh and Matthews sealed the game for Australia.
