misc93342	Melbourne Cricket Club v GF Vernon's XI
	GF Vernon's XI in Australia 1887/88
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 14th March 1888 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Melbourne Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	GF Vernon's XI won by 5 wickets

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Melbourne Cricket Club innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Duffy	c Vernon b O'Brien	34
W Bruce	lbw b Read	15
H Trumble	lbw b O'Brien	12
*JS Swift	c Newton b Bowden	9
J McIlwraith	not out	88
FH Walters	b O'Brien	13
D Clarke	c Peel b O'Brien	0
AA Aitken	b Abel	5
FR Spofforth	c and b Stoddart	15
AG Mussabini	c Bowden b Read	3
DF Cotter	lbw b Read	1
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 42.4 overs)	203
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-203 (42.4 ov)

GF Vernon's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	8.4	0	51	3	-	-
Stoddart	11	2	27	1	-	-
O'Brien	13	0	69	4	1	1
Bowden	5	1	32	1	-	-
Abel	5	1	16	1	-	-

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GF Vernon's XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MP Bowden	c Walters b Spofforth	31
R Peel	c Walters b Spofforth	3
W Attewell	b Duffy	19
AE Newton	b Duffy	0
R Abel	not out	92
J Beaumont	st Cotter b Spofforth	40
*GF Vernon	not out	13
AE Stoddart	did not bat
WW Read	did not bat
TC O'Brien	did not bat
[unknown]	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(5 wickets)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	?	?	?	3	-	-
Duffy	?	?	?	2	-	-

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The match was played for the benefit of tour member W Bates who had recently lost the sight of an eye in a cricketing accident but "not more than 100 people were present at any part of the day."

 

 

 

 

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