f3099	Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI v A Shaw's XI
	A Shaw's XI in Australia 1886/87
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1887 (4-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WE Midwinter, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI (1) 223/8 (Blackham 50*, Spofforth 0*)
Close of play day 2	A Shaw's XI (1) 272/9 (Shrewsbury 29*, Sherwin 20*)
Close of play day 3	Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI (2) 223/9 (Trott 14*)

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Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	c and b Bates	15
GE Palmer	c Barnes b Bates	1
SP Jones	c Lohmann b Flowers	48
JW Trumble	run out (Read->Sherwin)	28
+AH Jarvis	b Bates	8
J McIlwraith	run out (Lohmann->Sherwin)	35
JM Blackham	c Barnes b Bates	63
GHS Trott	c Lohmann b Barlow	0
*TW Garrett	run out (Read->Sherwin)	31
FR Spofforth	b Bates	6
E Evans	not out	4
Extras	(6 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 298 minutes, 183.3 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-21, 3-93, 4-98, 5-120, 6-166, 7-166, 8-223, 9-239, 10-246 (183.3 ov)

A Shaw's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	42	20	51	0	-	-
Bates	43.3	16	72	5	-	-
Lohmann	22	11	24	0	1	-
Barlow	33	17	39	1	-	-
Flowers	25	9	41	1	-	-
Barnes	18	11	12	0	-	-

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A Shaw's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Barnes	c Palmer b Bruce	93
RG Barlow	b Spofforth	2
JM Read	b Spofforth	7
WH Scotton	run out (Evans->Jarvis)	13
W Gunn	b Bruce	48
W Bates	c Garrett b Bruce	14
GA Lohmann	lbw b Bruce	24
J Briggs	b Palmer	4
W Flowers	b Bruce	0
*A Shrewsbury	b Evans	31
+M Sherwin	not out	22
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 5 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 310 minutes, 172 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-23, 3-56, 4-157, 5-180, 6-206, 7-221, 8-221, 9-227, 10-276 (172 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	32	10	56	2	1	4
Trott	20	7	40	0	-	-
Garrett	17	7	22	0	-	-
Trumble	13	7	12	0	-	-
Bruce	35	17	56	5	-	-
Palmer	36	12	60	1	-	-
Jones	5	2	3	0	-	1
Evans	14	8	9	1	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Bruce	lbw b Bates	20
GE Palmer	b Barlow	25
SP Jones	c Scotton b Briggs	45
JW Trumble	c Scotton b Lohmann	4
+AH Jarvis	b Bates	42
J McIlwraith	c Read b Lohmann	35
JM Blackham	b Barnes	21
GHS Trott	not out	29
*TW Garrett	lbw b Briggs	8
FR Spofforth	b Briggs	5
E Evans	c Sherwin b Barlow	11
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 390 minutes, 234.1 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-68, 3-87, 4-119, 5-153, 6-186, 7-201, 8-215, 9-223, 10-249 (234.1 ov)

A Shaw's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	59	31	67	3	-	-
Bates	37	12	69	2	-	-
Flowers	21	15	8	0	-	-
Barlow	39.1	18	42	2	-	-
Lohmann	50	34	40	2	-	-
Barnes	28	18	19	1	-	-

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A Shaw's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Read	c and b Evans	5
W Barnes	b Spofforth	4
W Bates	b Spofforth	6
W Gunn	not out	61
WH Scotton	b Bruce	22
*A Shrewsbury	not out	15
RG Barlow	did not bat
GA Lohmann	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
W Flowers	did not bat
+M Sherwin	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(4 wickets, 205 minutes, 123 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-9, 3-21, 4-84

Melbourne Cricket Club's Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	20	7	33	2	-	1
Evans	21	13	13	1	-	-
Bruce	28	20	19	1	-	-
Palmer	22	15	13	0	-	-
Garrett	12	8	8	0	-	-
Trumble	4	2	6	0	-	-
Trott	4	2	7	0	-	-
Jones	12	4	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Barnes (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> SP Jones (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> E Evans (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> WH Scotton (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> W Gunn (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> W Bruce achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the A Shaw's XI first innings (previous best was 4-30)
--> W Bruce achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the A Shaw's XI first innings
--> W Bruce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the A Shaw's XI first innings
--> E Evans reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the A Shaw's XI first innings
--> FR Spofforth reached 750 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the A Shaw's XI second innings

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12th Men: None named
Crowds: 5000, 6000, 2000, 1000. Total: About 14,000. Receipts: No figures published

 

 

 

 

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