f2362	New South Wales and Victoria v Australian XI
	First-Class matches in Australia 1880/81
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1881 (timeless match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australian XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australian XI won by 178 runs
Umpires	J Swift, RB Terry
Close of play day 1	New South Wales and Victoria (1) 84/8 (Midwinter 9*, Garrett 3*)
Close of play day 2	New South Wales and Victoria (2) 40/4 (Campbell 4*)

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	c Elliott b Evans	29
*WL Murdoch	c Elliott b Midwinter	7
TU Groube	lbw b Midwinter	6
PS McDonnell	b Midwinter	0
J Slight	st Elliott b Midwinter	12
+JM Blackham	c DW Gregory b Midwinter	5
GJ Bonnor	c Mackay b Midwinter	55
HF Boyle	c Campbell b Midwinter	6
G Alexander	b Evans	3
GE Palmer	b Garrett	10
FR Spofforth	not out	25
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 195 minutes, 115.1 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-26, 3-26, 4-42, 5-48, 6-105, 7-116, 8-120, 9-133, 10-172 (115.1 ov)

New South Wales and Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	50	33	31	2	-	-
Midwinter	58	27	107	7	-	-
Garrett	7.1	2	20	1	-	-

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New South Wales and Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HH Massie	b Spofforth	12
TP Horan	b Palmer	9
E Evans	b Spofforth	33
D Campbell	b Palmer	7
+EH Elliott	c Bonnor b Spofforth	8
G Mackay	b Palmer	0
WE Midwinter	c and b Spofforth	11
*DW Gregory	c Boyle b Spofforth	3
AH Gregory	c Boyle b Spofforth	0
TW Garrett	b Spofforth	7
E Tindall	not out	1
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 100 minutes, 56 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-42, 3-56, 4-65, 5-65, 6-77, 7-80, 8-80, 9-93, 10-94 (56 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	29	9	55	7	-	-
Palmer	27	10	36	3	-	-

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Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	c AH Gregory b Evans	11
+JM Blackham	lbw b Evans	6
*WL Murdoch	b Midwinter	39
PS McDonnell	c Horan b Evans	37
FR Spofforth	c Massie b Midwinter	4
J Slight	run out	4
GJ Bonnor	b Midwinter	13
HF Boyle	c Mackay b Evans	4
GE Palmer	lbw b Midwinter	2
TU Groube	b Evans	19
G Alexander	not out	42
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 200 minutes, 115.2 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-32, 3-78, 4-88, 5-102, 6-115, 7-117, 8-121, 9-126, 10-185 (115.2 ov)

New South Wales and Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	49.2	26	38	5	-	-
Midwinter	52	20	104	4	-	-
Tindall	4	1	10	0	-	-
Mackay	6	1	16	0	-	-
DW Gregory	4	0	13	0	-	-

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New South Wales and Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HH Massie	b Spofforth	8
TP Horan	b Palmer	7
E Evans	b Palmer	11
D Campbell	c Alexander b Spofforth	6
+EH Elliott	b Spofforth	4
WE Midwinter	c Palmer b Spofforth	0
*DW Gregory	run out (Groube)	34
E Tindall	c Alexander b Spofforth	1
G Mackay	b Palmer	7
AH Gregory	b Palmer	0
TW Garrett	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 110 minutes, 62.3 overs)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-28, 3-29, 4-40, 5-40, 6-45, 7-53, 8-76, 9-78, 10-85 (62.3 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	31.3	14	50	5	-	-
Palmer	31	17	29	4	-	-

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Notes
--> D Campbell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Tindall made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GJ Bonnor (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> WL Murdoch (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> GJ Bonnor made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> FR Spofforth reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the New South Wales and Victoria first innings

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12th Men: TPowell (Comb XI) AHJarvis & WH Moule named as Aust XI emergencies
Crowds: 9000, 7000, 400. Total: About 16,400. Receipts: No figures published

 

 

 

 

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