cricket

[nanny-ogg]

can any one tell me who was the first men to score a century in a test match? i seem to get two or three different answers, thanks

[Zen]

Charles Bannerman (July 3, 1851 � August 20, 1930) was an Australian Test cricketer, a right-hand batsman, who played domestic cricket for New South Wales. He was born in Woolwich, Kent, England not long before his parents migrated to New South Wales, and died in Sydney, Australia. He first played first-class cricket in 1870-71, and came to prominence by scoring 81 and 32 not out against Victoria in 1874.

He played in the very first Test match, held at Melbourne in March 1877, and had the honour of facing the first ball ever bowled in Test cricket (the bowler being England's Alfred Shaw). Dropped before he reached double figures, he went on to 165 when he was forced to retire hurt, his finger being broken by a ball from George Ulyett. This was not only the first century scored in a Test match, but remains, more than 130 years later, the highest score by an Australian batsman on debut. Also, his 165 runs, out of Australia's total of 245, is still the highest proportion (67.35%) of a completed innings in a Test match. No other Australian exceeded 20 in either innings, as Australia won this historic match by 45 runs. For his feat, spectators at the match collected �83/7/6 to present to him.

Thats what it says in Wikipedia

[Rollo]

I agree - having looked here:

http://www.cricmania.com/cricket/DB/card/user/ us03/game/T1