The Mecca of Cricket, Lord's Cricket Ground has been an iconic venue in the history of the sport. Established in 1814, the Lord's was the leading sports venue for visiting teams who played against England over the years.
On July 21, 1884 a visiting Australian team took on Lord Harris' lead England team at the iconic venue hosting its first-ever Test match.
England won the Test by an innings and 3 runs against Bill Murdoch-led Australian side. Australia managed only 229 in their first innings after which a big hundred (148) from Allan Steel helped England take a 150-run lead. England then bundled Australia out for 145 with George Ullyet picking up 7 wickets in the 2nd innings.
In this historic Test, the
first-ever substitute catch was also taken as Australia captain Billy Murdoch,
who fielded for England, took the catch of his teammate Tup Scott of Allan
Steel's bowling.
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