f2828	South v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 28th, 29th August 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 107 runs
Umpires	FH Farrands, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 354/9 (Blackham 55*, Alexander 2*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	b Wootton	44
PS McDonnell	c Lucas b Christopherson	66
*WL Murdoch	b Wootton	59
HJH Scott	st Kemp b Humphreys	21
G Giffen	c Read b Page	33
GJ Bonnor	c Page b Christopherson	16
WE Midwinter	b Wootton	11
+JM Blackham	not out	58
FR Spofforth	b Hide	30
HF Boyle	c Christopherson b Lucas	0
G Alexander	lbw b Hide	3
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 151.1 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-101, 2-132, 3-189, 4-225, 5-230, 6-256, 7-256, 8-330, 9-331, 10-358 (151.1 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wootton	37	10	95	3	-	-
Christopherson	37	14	67	2	-	-
Humphreys	19	1	76	1	-	-
Roller	14	3	34	0	-	-
Hide	27.1	15	28	2	-	-
Page	14	2	33	1	-	-
Lucas	3	1	8	1	-	-

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Lucas	c Blackham b Boyle	28
+MC Kemp	b Spofforth	4
WW Read	b Spofforth	26
*Lord Harris	c Bonnor b Spofforth	11
TC O'Brien	c and b Boyle	18
JB Hide	b Spofforth	15
WE Roller	c Scott b Spofforth	23
HV Page	c McDonnell b Boyle	11
WA Humphreys	not out	22
S Christopherson	b Spofforth	0
J Wootton	b Giffen	8
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-45, 3-62, 4-82, 5-92, 6-105, 7-134, 8-144, 9-144, 10-178 (107 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	54	21	105	6	-	-
Boyle	52	23	59	3	-	-
Giffen	1	0	2	1	-	-

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South second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Lucas	c Murdoch b Giffen	5
WA Humphreys	b Giffen	2
WW Read	c Boyle b Giffen	5
*Lord Harris	c Boyle b Spofforth	8
TC O'Brien	b Spofforth	5
+MC Kemp	b Spofforth	15
JB Hide	b Spofforth	4
WE Roller	b Giffen	1
HV Page	c Bonnor b Spofforth	1
S Christopherson	b Spofforth	4
J Wootton	not out	3
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 37.1 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-27, 4-32, 5-47, 6-51, 7-58, 8-63, 9-63, 10-73 (37.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	18.1	8	23	6	-	-
Giffen	19	8	30	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WL Murdoch (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> WW Read (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 14
--> AP Lucas (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> JB Hide reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings
--> HF Boyle reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the South first innings

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