f2732	England XI v Australians
	Australia in England 1884
Venue	Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham on 26th May 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	England XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 4 wickets

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England XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Palmer	8
JG Walker	b Spofforth	18
FH Sugg	b Spofforth	5
LC Docker	b Spofforth	19
J Briggs	c McDonnell b Spofforth	0
AH Heath	b Boyle	2
WH Robinson	c and b Boyle	7
A Watson	b Spofforth	2
S Christopherson	not out	8
+R Pilling	b Spofforth	0
*H Rotherham	st Blackham b Spofforth	8
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 30.3 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-26, 3-35, 4-35, 5-?, 6-54, 7-64, 8-70, 9-70, 10-82 (30.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	15.3	3	34	7	-	-
Palmer	7	1	30	1	-	-
Boyle	8	2	13	2	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	b Barlow	1
PS McDonnell	b Barlow	21
*WL Murdoch	c and b Rotherham	7
G Giffen	b Barlow	9
+JM Blackham	b Rotherham	3
GJ Bonnor	b Barlow	0
HJH Scott	c Watson b Rotherham	3
FR Spofforth	b Barlow	9
G Alexander	b Barlow	5
GE Palmer	c Docker b Barlow	4
HF Boyle	not out	4
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-38, 3-38, 4-50, 5-50, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-76 (34 ov)

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rotherham	17	4	35	3	-	-
Barlow	17	9	31	7	-	-

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England XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Spofforth	2
JG Walker	b Boyle	0
FH Sugg	st Blackham b Boyle	0
LC Docker	b Spofforth	5
J Briggs	b Boyle	2
AH Heath	b Spofforth	4
WH Robinson	c Boyle b Spofforth	1
A Watson	not out	7
S Christopherson	b Spofforth	0
+R Pilling	c Palmer b Spofforth	0
*H Rotherham	b Spofforth	1
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 16.3 overs)	26
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-?, 4-?, 5-9, 6-14, 7-19, 8-21, 9-21, 10-26 (16.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	8.3	6	3	7	-	-
Boyle	8	2	19	3	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Bannerman	c Docker b Christopherson	7
PS McDonnell	b Christopherson	17
*WL Murdoch	b Barlow	1
G Giffen	b Barlow	1
+JM Blackham	b Christopherson	0
GJ Bonnor	not out	1
FR Spofforth	b Christopherson	0
HJH Scott	not out	5
G Alexander	did not bat
GE Palmer	did not bat
HF Boyle	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 23.1 overs)	33
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-20, 3-22, 4-23, 5-28, 6-28

England XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rotherham	2	0	9	0	-	-
Barlow	12	6	13	2	-	-
Christopherson	9.1	4	10	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in one.
--> HF Boyle reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the England XI second innings
--> S Christopherson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australians second innings
--> RG Barlow reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australians second innings

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