f2759	Cambridge University v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 16th, 17th, 18th June 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Cambridge University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 81 runs
Umpires	L Greenwood, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 112/4 (Murdoch 45*, Bonnor 5*)
Close of play day 2	Cambridge University (2) 2/0 (Rock 1*, Topham 1*)

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Cambridge University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CW Wright	c Blackham b Palmer	4
HW Bainbridge	c Murdoch b Palmer	61
JW Mansfield	c Giffen b Palmer	10
*JEK Studd	b Spofforth	59
PJ de Paravicini	c Blackham b Spofforth	4
T Greatorex	b Spofforth	3
JA Turner	b Palmer	6
CW Rock	c Blackham b Spofforth	14
F Marchant	c Bonnor b Palmer	34
CA Smith	b Palmer	3
HG Topham	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-24, 3-135, 4-137, 5-143, 6-150, 7-150, 8-187, 9-?, 10-204 (79 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	36	13	84	6	-	-
Cooper	10	3	34	0	-	-
Spofforth	22	7	45	4	-	-
Giffen	7	1	23	0	-	-
Midwinter	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	c Rock b Topham	20
PS McDonnell	b Topham	25
*WL Murdoch	c Topham b Studd	132
G Giffen	c Topham b Smith	4
+JM Blackham	st Wright b Topham	6
GJ Bonnor	c Smith b Marchant	44
WE Midwinter	b Topham	1
GE Palmer	not out	68
HJH Scott	c Topham b Rock	8
FR Spofforth	c Mansfield b Rock	20
WH Cooper	c Mansfield b Topham	8
Extras	(31 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	42
Total	(all out, 224.3 overs)	378
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-71, 3-82, 4-104, 5-189, 6-190, 7-294, 8-308, 9-336, 10-378 (224.3 ov)

Cambridge University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bainbridge	21	7	49	0	-	-
Smith	54	22	83	1	-	-
Topham	68.3	40	74	5	-	-
Rock	51	28	65	2	-	-
Turner	8	2	20	0	-	-
Marchant	8	4	13	1	-	-
de Paravicini	9	2	22	0	-	-
Greatorex	4	1	10	0	-	-
Studd	1	1	0	1	-	-

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Cambridge University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Rock	c Murdoch b Palmer	5
HG Topham	run out	2
HW Bainbridge	c Scott b Palmer	7
+CW Wright	c Scott b Spofforth	24
JW Mansfield	b Palmer	9
*JEK Studd	c and b Spofforth	3
PJ de Paravicini	not out	25
T Greatorex	st Blackham b Palmer	5
JA Turner	b Palmer	0
F Marchant	c Scott b Spofforth	8
CA Smith	b Spofforth	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 77.3 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-14, 3-?, 4-?, 5-35, 6-61, 7-70, 8-70, 9-83, 10-93 (77.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	39	20	49	5	-	-
Cooper	4	3	2	0	-	-
Spofforth	34.3	17	39	4	-	-

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Notes
--> F Marchant (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> GE Palmer reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Cambridge University first innings
--> HG Topham reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Australians first innings

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