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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1878 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 8 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 14/0 (Murdoch 6*, Bannerman 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Leicestershire (2) 129/4 (Parnham 0*) |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Wheeler | c Boyle b Spofforth | 60 | |||||
| *A Sankey | b Garrett | 70 | |||||
| G Panter | c Gregory b Garrett | 20 | |||||
| GS Marriott | c Horan b Garrett | 7 | |||||
| J Collier | not out | 20 | |||||
| JT Parnham | c Garrett b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| J Rodwell | b Garrett | 4 | |||||
| HM Walter | c Allan b Spofforth | 2 | |||||
| A Rylott | run out | 4 | |||||
| F Randon | b Spofforth | 2 | |||||
| G Bishop | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 107 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-113 (Wheeler), 2-151 (Sankey), 3-156 (Panter), 4-167 (Marriott), 5-167 (Parnham), 6-171 (Rodwell), 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-193 (107 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Spofforth | 27 | 4 | 60 | 5 | - | - | |
| Allan | 24 | 9 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 22 | 10 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 18 | 8 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horan | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 10 | 6 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WL Murdoch | b Rylott | 16 | |||||
| C Bannerman | c Bishop b Rylott | 15 | |||||
| TP Horan | run out | 1 | |||||
| *DW Gregory | c Bishop b Parnham | 23 | |||||
| TW Garrett | b Randon | 7 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | c Marriott b Randon | 7 | |||||
| GH Bailey | c Panter b Randon | 0 | |||||
| FE Allan | c Rodwell b Parnham | 5 | |||||
| +JM Blackham | not out | 24 | |||||
| J Conway | c Bishop b Parnham | 12 | |||||
| HF Boyle | b Rylott | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.3 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Murdoch), 2-29 (Horan), 3-34 (Bannerman), 4-53 (Garrett), 5-? (Spofforth), 6-? (Bailey), 7-83 (Allan), 8-95 (Gregory), 9-117 (Conway), 10-130 (Boyle, 84.3 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rylott | 42.3 | 25 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Randon | 27 | 14 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parnham | 15 | 3 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Wheeler | c Blackham b Spofforth | 65 | |||||
| *A Sankey | retired hurt | 0 | |||||
| G Panter | b Bailey | 32 | |||||
| GS Marriott | b Blackham | 18 | |||||
| J Collier | lbw b Boyle | 6 | |||||
| JT Parnham | c Gregory b Garrett | 0 | |||||
| J Rodwell | c Bailey b Spofforth | 6 | |||||
| HM Walter | c Boyle b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| A Rylott | b Garrett | 0 | |||||
| F Randon | lbw b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| G Bishop | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.1 overs) | 145 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44 (Panter), 2-106 (Marriott), 3-? (Collier), 4-129 (Wheeler), 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-145 (63.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Boyle | 16 | 8 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spofforth | 8.1 | 2 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Allan | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bailey | 11 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 8 | 3 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Horan | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blackham | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WL Murdoch | b Parnham | 24 | |||||
| C Bannerman | run out | 133 | 23 | - | |||
| TP Horan | not out | 40 | |||||
| *DW Gregory | not out | 3 | |||||
| TW Garrett | did not bat | ||||||
| FR Spofforth | did not bat | ||||||
| GH Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| FE Allan | did not bat | ||||||
| +JM Blackham | did not bat | ||||||
| J Conway | did not bat | ||||||
| HF Boyle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 78.2 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93 (Murdoch), 2-205 (Bannerman) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rylott | 30 | 11 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Parnham | 19 | 6 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Randon | 12 | 4 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bishop | 6.2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wheeler | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Panter | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Collier | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> C Bannerman scored 1 five in the Australians second innings
--> A Sankey retired hurt in the Leicestershire second innings having scored 0 (team had lost 0 wickets)
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