Lancashire Cricket Club

f2746	Lancashire v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 5th, 6th, 7th June 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	C Coward, L Greenwood
Close of play day 1	Lancashire (1) 109/5 (Barlow 23, Briggs 46)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 202/3 (Giffen 79, Scott 43)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	b Barlow	36
PS McDonnell	lbw b Watson	49
*WL Murdoch	b Watson	39
G Giffen	b Crossland	13
HJH Scott	b Crossland	0
+JM Blackham	b Watson	17
GJ Bonnor	run out	8
WE Midwinter	b Crossland	6
GE Palmer	not out	3
FR Spofforth	st Pilling b Crossland	0
HF Boyle	b Watson	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-107, 3-138, 4-138, 5-138, 6-154, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-174 (97 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	22	7	41	1	-	-
Crossland	44	11	81	4	-	-
AG Steel	4	0	11	0	-	-
Watson	27	11	39	4	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AN Hornby	b Giffen	23
RG Barlow	c Murdoch b Spofforth	28
AG Steel	c Boyle b Giffen	14
F Taylor	c Blackham b Giffen	2
WH Robinson	c Bannerman b Giffen	0
DQ Steel	b Giffen	0
J Briggs	b Spofforth	46
HB Steel	c Boyle b Giffen	41
A Watson	c Giffen b Spofforth	12
+R Pilling	not out	15
J Crossland	c Palmer b Spofforth	12
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-43, 3-45, 4-45, 5-45, 6-110, 7-131, 8-168, 9-172, 10-195 (73.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	32.2	8	82	4	-	-
Midwinter	3	0	11	0	-	-
Giffen	24	5	55	6	-	-
Palmer	6	0	29	0	-	-
Boyle	8	2	16	0	-	-

Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	b Watson	44
PS McDonnell	run out	3
*WL Murdoch	c HB Steel b AG Steel	64
G Giffen	c Barlow b Watson	113
HJH Scott	c Hornby b Watson	15
+JM Blackham	c Barlow b Watson	4
GJ Bonnor	c AG Steel b Crossland	20
WE Midwinter	c Robinson b AG Steel	3
GE Palmer	not out	13
FR Spofforth	not out	24
HF Boyle	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 186 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-70, 3-174, 4-221, 5-233, 6-274, 7-278, 8-282

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	36	26	25	0	-	-
Crossland	41	19	81	1	-	-
AG Steel	50	17	104	2	-	-
Watson	44	20	75	4	-	-
Briggs	15	9	18	0	-	-

Notes
--> G Giffen (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in First-Class matches
--> G Giffen (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> FR Spofforth reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire first innings
--> G Giffen completed a hat-trick in the Lancashire first innings (Taylor, Robinson, DQ Steel)