f2704	Australian XI v Combined XI
	First-Class matches in Australia 1883/84
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australian XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	EH Elliott, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 328/3 (Murdoch 145*, Bonnor 2*)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (1) 619/9 (Murdoch 279*, Boyle 40*)

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PS McDonnell	c Giffen b Walters	111
AC Bannerman	c Jarvis b Bruce	11
*WL Murdoch	not out	279
G Giffen	b McShane	53
GJ Bonnor	run out (Scott->Jarvis)	2
WE Midwinter	lbw b Turner	19
+JM Blackham	b Turner	0
G Alexander	b McShane	50
GE Palmer	b McShane	5
WH Cooper	b Jones	33
HF Boyle	b McShane	40
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 569 minutes, 339.1 overs)	619
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-214, 3-319, 4-329, 5-372, 6-374, 7-467, 8-489, 9-552, 10-619 (339.1 ov)

Combined XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bruce	61	18	104	1	-	-
Noel	53	25	61	0	-	-
Turner	61	15	141	2	-	-
McShane	55.1	28	60	4	-	-
Jones	50	15	113	1	-	-
Scott	19	7	33	0	-	2
Horan	25	9	57	0	-	-
Walters	9	2	17	1	-	-
Jarvis	6	0	17	0	-	1

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Combined XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Noel	c and b Midwinter	2
SP Jones	c Boyle b Palmer	30
*TP Horan	b Palmer	22
HJH Scott	b Palmer	26
WF Giffen	b Palmer	15
+AH Jarvis	c Boyle b Giffen	19
PM Lewis	b Giffen	23
PG McShane	c Murdoch b Giffen	12
FH Walters	not out	13
E Turner	b Giffen	0
W Bruce	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 1 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, 265 minutes, 157 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-36, 3-84, 4-95, 5-104, 6-147, 7-150, 8-181, 9-181 (157 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	74	36	80	4	-	1
Midwinter	43	23	39	1	-	-
Giffen	36	24	40	4	-	-
Boyle	4	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WL Murdoch (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 133
--> WH Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> PM Lewis (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches

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12th Men: WATobin (Comb XI) No 12th man or emergency fieldsman named for Australian XI
Crowds: 5000, 1500, 500. Total: About 7000. Receipts: No figures published

 

 

 

 

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