Richard Benjamin Terry
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Richard Benjamin Terry umpired the historic first
Test match
played between Australia
and England
in Melbourne on 15 March to 19 March 1877. His colleague was Curtis Reid
. He also umpired in the second Test match, played two weeks later in Melbourne, partnered by Sam Cosstick
.
As a player, Terry played three matches for Victoria
from 1877 to 1881. He scored 60 runs at an average of 12 with a top score of 30, and took 6 wickets at an average of 15.66, with best figures of 3 for 23.
History of Test cricket (to 1883)
Test matches in the period 1877 to 1883 were organised somewhat differently from international cricket matches today. The teams were rarely representative, and the boat trip between Australia and England, which usually lasted about 48 days, was one that many cricketers were unable or unwilling to...
Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
played between Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
and England
English cricket team
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in Melbourne on 15 March to 19 March 1877. His colleague was Curtis Reid
Curtis Reid
Curtis Alexander Reid umpired the historic first Test match played between Australia and England in Melbourne on 15 March to 19 March 1877. His colleague was Richard Terry....
. He also umpired in the second Test match, played two weeks later in Melbourne, partnered by Sam Cosstick
Sam Cosstick
Samuel Cosstick was an important figure in developing cricket in Victoria in its formative years.-Biography:Cosstick was born at Croydon, Surrey, England. He was attracted to Victoria by the gold fever of the early 1850s and joined the Melbourne Cricket Club on arrival...
.
As a player, Terry played three matches for Victoria
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
from 1877 to 1881. He scored 60 runs at an average of 12 with a top score of 30, and took 6 wickets at an average of 15.66, with best figures of 3 for 23.