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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th December 1879 (timeless match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Victoria won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Victoria won by an innings and 96 runs |
| Umpires | J Swift, RB Terry |
| Scorers | CW Beal (Victoria), WAK Plummer (New South Wales) |
| Close of play day 1 | New South Wales (1) 12/0 (Murdoch 5*, Davis 5*) |
| Victoria first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Alexander | c AC Bannerman b Coates | 75 | |||||
| PS McDonnell | b Spofforth | 12 | |||||
| TP Horan | lbw b Coates | 43 | |||||
| J Slight | run out (?->Spofforth) | 10 | |||||
| D Campbell | b Spofforth | 8 | |||||
| *HF Boyle | c AC Bannerman b Coates | 36 | |||||
| FE Allan | c Massie b Garrett | 34 | |||||
| +JM Blackham | not out | 41 | |||||
| GE Palmer | c Spofforth b Coates | 4 | |||||
| WH Cooper | lbw b Spofforth | 13 | |||||
| TK Kendall | b AC Bannerman | 43 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 9 lb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 260 minutes, 137.1 overs) | 338 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-131, 3-140, 4-153, 5-157, 6-213, 7-238, 8-245, 9-277, 10-338 (137.1 ov) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 45 | 9 | 121 | 3 | - | - | |
| Coates | 40 | 10 | 85 | 4 | - | - | |
| Tindall | 20 | 5 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 18 | 6 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| AC Bannerman | 10.1 | 5 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| New South Wales first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +WL Murdoch | c Kendall b Alexander | 27 | |||||
| JJ Davis | b Boyle | 5 | |||||
| AC Bannerman | c Blackham b Boyle | 18 | |||||
| C Bannerman | c Allan b Alexander | 0 | |||||
| E Tindall | st Blackham b Cooper | 52 | |||||
| NFD Thomson | st Blackham b Cooper | 5 | |||||
| HH Massie | c Cooper b Alexander | 19 | |||||
| TW Garrett | run out (Palmer->Alexander) | 0 | |||||
| T Powell | b Allan | 7 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | c Kendall b Allan | 1 | |||||
| *J Coates | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 125 minutes, 63.3 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-45, 3-45, 4-84, 5-108, 6-115, 7-115, 8-137, 9-137, 10-139 (63.3 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palmer | 14 | 6 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 14 | 5 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kendall | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alexander | 19 | 8 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allan | 3.3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| New South Wales second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +WL Murdoch | b Alexander | 2 | |||||
| C Bannerman | c Slight b Kendall | 6 | |||||
| AC Bannerman | run out (Slight->Alexander) | 16 | |||||
| TW Garrett | c Kendall b Alexander | 47 | |||||
| HH Massie | st Blackham b Cooper | 8 | |||||
| NFD Thomson | b Cooper | 1 | |||||
| JJ Davis | c Alexander b Allan | 4 | |||||
| T Powell | c Palmer b Allan | 9 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | not out | 4 | |||||
| *J Coates | b Allan | 0 | |||||
| E Tindall | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115 minutes, 57.3 overs) | 103 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-14, 3-42, 4-53, 5-67, 6-89, 7-99, 8-99, 9-103 (57.3 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Alexander | 29 | 15 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kendall | 13 | 7 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cooper | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Allan | 5.3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | - | - | |
Notes
--> JJ Davis made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NFD Thomson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Coates made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Alexander (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> HF Boyle (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> FE Allan (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> TK Kendall (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> E Tindall (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> TW Garrett (2) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> TK Kendall made his debut for Victoria in First-Class matches
12th Men: TU Groube (Vic) and A Geary (NSW)
Crowds: 9000, 10000. Total: About 19,000. Receipts: No figures published
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