misc28638	Wellington v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1886/87
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 1st, 2nd, 3rd December 1886 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Wellington: 22; Australians: 10
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CA Knapp, P McIntyre
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 182 all out
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 262/1 (Jones 154*, Trumble 28*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Salmon	b Spofforth	16
C Tindall	st Jarvis b Spofforth	10
TA Cox	c Trumble b Palmer	4
GC Heenan	b Palmer	0
H Roberts	b Spofforth	0
RV Blacklock	b Garrett	20
*A Motley	b Spofforth	4
M Moorhouse	c Palmer b Garrett	7
A Blacklock	b Garrett	11
J Riley	b Jones	23
AH Gore	b Jones	10
CTH Perry	b Jones	0
CH Mansill	b Jones	9
HW Lawson	b Palmer	20
GG Burnes	b Jones	0
JU Collins	st Jarvis b Bruce	14
J Gooder	run out	4
+S Nicholls	b Palmer	1
WP McGirr	b Palmer	12
TR Fleming	b Palmer	0
CH Dryden	b Bruce	3
WDR Kirker	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Salmon), 2-30 (Cox), 3-30 (Heenan), 4-31 (Roberts), 5-42 (Tindall), 6-54 (Motley), 7-65 (Moorhouse), 8-68 (RV Blacklock), 9-90 (A Blacklock), 10-109 (Gore), 11-109 (Perry), 12-115 (Riley), 13-132 (Mansill), 14-132 (Burnes), 15-146 (Lawson), 16-158 (Collins), 17-163 (Gooder), 18-163 (Nicholls), 19-163 (Fleming), 20-178 (Dryden), 21-182 (McGirr, 103.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	30.2	?	42	6	-	2
Spofforth	28	?	51	4	-	-
Garrett	22	?	33	3	-	-
Jones	15	?	37	5	1	-
Bruce	8	?	9	2	2	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	st +Moorhouse b McGirr	159
GE Palmer	b McGirr	76
JW Trumble	run out (Burnes)	57
W Bruce	c Heenan b Dryden	6
+AH Jarvis	c Cox b Perry	60
J McIlwraith	b Lawson	3
*TW Garrett	b Dryden	76
E Evans	b Lawson	16
FR Spofforth	b Lawson	2
J Phillips	not out	10
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 323.2 overs)	475
Fall of wickets:
1-202 (Palmer), 2-272 (Jones), 3-304 (Trumble), 4-307 (Bruce), 5-314 (McIlwraith), 6-445 (Jarvis), 7-? (Evans), 8-459 (Spofforth), 9-475 (Garrett, 323.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dryden	71.2	?	100	2	-	-
Lawson	72.2	?	88	3	-	-
McGirr	62	?	58	2	-	-
Roberts	22	?	54	0	-	-
Gore	24	?	18	0	-	-
Perry	19	?	36	1	-	-
Cox	9	?	21	0	-	-
Motley	23	?	51	0	-	-
Kirker	6.2	?	15	0	-	2
Riley	2	?	11	0	-	-
Gooder	2	?	5	0	-	-
Moorhouse	10	?	8	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Heenan	b Evans	11
H Roberts	b Evans	5
TA Cox	b Phillips	1
WJ Salmon	run out	0
CTH Perry	not out	9
M Moorhouse	not out	14
C Tindall	did not bat
RV Blacklock	did not bat
*A Motley	did not bat
J Riley	did not bat
A Blacklock	did not bat
AH Gore	did not bat
CH Mansill	did not bat
HW Lawson	did not bat
GG Burnes	did not bat
JU Collins	did not bat
J Gooder	did not bat
+S Nicholls	did not bat
WP McGirr	did not bat
TR Fleming	did not bat
CH Dryden	did not bat
WDR Kirker	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 15 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Roberts), 2-18 (Cox), 3-18 (Salmon), 4-18 (Heenan)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	8	2	21	2	-	-
Phillips	7	0	19	1	-	-

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The first wicket partnership of 202 was only 14 fewer than the 216 put on by HH Secretan and JR Hartland in a minor match a few years before.
The Wellington fielding was atrocious, many catches being dropped, the only fielder to redeem his reputation was Moorhouse, at point, who was excellent.

 

 

 

 

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