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First-class match

Australia tour of England
England XI v Australians

1884 season

Played at Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham, on 26 May 1884 (3-day match)

Result Australians won by 4 wickets


England XI 1st innings			R
	RG Barlow	b Palmer	8
	JG Walker	b Spofforth	18
	FH Sugg	b Spofforth	5
	LC Docker	b Spofforth	19
	J Briggs	c McDonnell b Spofforth	0
	AH Heath	b Boyle	2
	W Robinson	c & b Boyle	7
	A Watson	b Spofforth	2
	S Christopherson	not out	8
	R Pilling	b Spofforth	0
	H Rotherham	st Blackham b Spofforth	8
	Extras	(b 3, lb 2)	5

	Total	(all out; 30.3 overs)	82	(4.00 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-17, 2-26, 3-35, 4-35, 5-?, 6-54, 7-64, 8-70, 9-70, 10-82


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FR Spofforth	15.3	3	34	7	3.23
GE Palmer	7	1	30	1	6.42
HF Boyle	8	2	13	2	2.43


Australians 1st innings			R
	AC Bannerman	b Barlow	1
	PS McDonnell	b Barlow	21
	WL Murdoch	c & b Rotherham	7
	G Giffen	b Barlow	9
	JM Blackham	b Rotherham	3
	GJ Bonnor	b Barlow	0
	HJH Scott	c Watson b Rotherham	3
	FR Spofforth	b Barlow	9
	G Alexander	b Barlow	5
	GE Palmer	c Docker b Barlow	4
	HF Boyle	not out	4
	Extras	(b 9, lb 1)	10

	Total	(all out; 34 overs)	76	(3.35 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-1, 2-38, 3-38, 4-50, 5-50, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-76


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
H Rotherham	17	4	35	3	3.08
RG Barlow	17	9	31	7	2.73


England XI 2nd innings			R
	RG Barlow	b Spofforth	2
	JG Walker	b Boyle	0
	FH Sugg	st Blackham b Boyle	0
	LC Docker	b Spofforth	5
	J Briggs	b Boyle	2
	AH Heath	b Spofforth	4
	W Robinson	c Boyle b Spofforth	1
	A Watson	not out	7
	S Christopherson	b Spofforth	0
	R Pilling	c Palmer b Spofforth	0
	H Rotherham	b Spofforth	1
	Extras	(b 4)	4

	Total	(all out; 16.3 overs)	26	(2.32 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-2, 2-2, 3-?, 4-?, 5-9, 6-14, 7-19, 8-21, 9-21, 10-26


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
FR Spofforth	8.3	6	3	7	0.51
HF Boyle	8	2	19	3	3.56


Australians 2nd innings (target: 33 runs)			R
	AC Bannerman	c Docker b Christopherson	7
	PS McDonnell	b Christopherson	17
	WL Murdoch	b Barlow	1
	G Giffen	b Barlow	1
	JM Blackham	b Christopherson	0
	GJ Bonnor	not out	1
	FR Spofforth	b Christopherson	0
	HJH Scott	not out	5
	Extras	(lb 1)	1

	Total	(6 wickets; 23.1 overs)	33	(2.12 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat G Alexander, GE Palmer, HF Boyle

Fall of wickets1-12, 2-20, 3-22, 4-23, 5-28, 6-28


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
H Rotherham	2	0	9	0	6.75
RG Barlow	12	6	13	2	1.62
S Christopherson	9.1	4	10	4	1.62

Balls per over 4

Toss England XI, who chose to bat first

Umpires Unknown

Close of play
26 May day 1 - Australians 2nd innings 33/6 (23.1 ov)

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