f2737	Gentlemen of England v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Gentlemen of England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of England won by 4 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, J West
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 83/4 (Blackham 36*, Bonnor 16*)
Close of play day 2	Gentlemen of England (2) 17/1 (Grace 7*, Read 7*)

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Boyle b Spofforth	21
*Lord Harris	b Palmer	31
WW Read	b Giffen	31
CT Studd	b Palmer	0
AG Steel	b Palmer	44
AW Ridley	c and b Giffen	68
GF Vernon	c McDonnell b Giffen	58
EJ Diver	b Palmer	4
J Robertson	b Palmer	1
+JA Bush	b Palmer	6
S Christopherson	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 121 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-58, 3-58, 4-98, 5-144, 6-238, 7-248, 8-251, 9-277, 10-277 (121 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	20	7	29	1	-	-
Boyle	26	7	52	0	-	-
Palmer	34	12	82	6	-	-
Midwinter	10	1	30	0	-	-
Giffen	31	9	71	3	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	c Robertson b Christopherson	9
PS McDonnell	c Read b Studd	13
*WL Murdoch	c Ridley b Christopherson	0
G Giffen	c Steel b Studd	1
WE Midwinter	c Bush b Christopherson	5
+JM Blackham	lbw b Ridley	42
GJ Bonnor	c Bush b Studd	44
HJH Scott	not out	7
GE Palmer	b Studd	8
HF Boyle	run out	3
FR Spofforth	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-22, 3-23, 4-23, 5-42, 6-117, 7-117, 8-129, 9-135 (67 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Studd	33	12	61	4	-	-
Ridley	14	8	17	1	-	-
Christopherson	13	5	27	3	-	-
Grace	2	0	7	0	-	-
Robertson	5	0	20	0	-	-

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Australians second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	c Read b Studd	17
PS McDonnell	b Christopherson	1
*WL Murdoch	b Steel	18
G Giffen	b Robertson	24
WE Midwinter	b Christopherson	38
GJ Bonnor	run out	9
HJH Scott	not out	82
+JM Blackham	lbw b Steel	22
GE Palmer	c Grace b Robertson	47
HF Boyle	run out	0
FR Spofforth	absent hurt
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 141.1 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-23, 3-57, 4-75, 5-105, 6-135, 7-169, 8-238, 9-269 (141.1 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Studd	43	18	69	1	-	-
Ridley	7	2	15	0	-	-
Christopherson	25	9	42	2	-	-
Grace	4	1	14	0	-	-
Robertson	28.1	10	51	2	-	-
Steel	34	8	67	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Blackham b Palmer	20
CT Studd	c and b Palmer	1
WW Read	c Boyle b Giffen	27
*Lord Harris	b Palmer	4
AG Steel	not out	35
AW Ridley	b Giffen	1
GF Vernon	c Scott b Palmer	3
EJ Diver	not out	22
J Robertson	did not bat
+JA Bush	did not bat
S Christopherson	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 68 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-35, 3-52, 4-68, 5-80, 6-83

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyle	12	2	29	0	-	-
Palmer	34	10	59	4	-	-
Giffen	22	12	25	2	-	-

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Notes
--> PS McDonnell (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> HJH Scott (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23

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