f3108	Smokers v Non-Smokers
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1886/87
Venue	East Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st March 1887 (4-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Non-Smokers won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Phillips, R Wood
Close of play day 1	Non-Smokers (1) 423/2 (Shrewsbury 183*, Gunn 104*)
Close of play day 2	Non-Smokers (1) 792/8 (Cooper 40*, Sherwin 1*)
Close of play day 3	Smokers (1) 302/3 (Flowers 48*, Lohmann 16*)

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Non-Smokers first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Shrewsbury	c Duffy b Briggs	236			39	-
W Bruce	lbw b Palmer	131			17	1
W Bates	b Palmer	4			1	-
W Gunn	b Boyle	150			20	-
RG Barlow	b Palmer	29			4	-
RS Houston	c and b Briggs	57			5	-
HA Musgrove	st Lewis b Briggs	62			8	-
J Worrall	b Read	78			10	-
WH Cooper	c and b Briggs	46			7	-
+M Sherwin	not out	5			-	-
W Barnes	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 550 minutes, 302.1 overs)	803
Fall of wickets:
1-196 (Bruce), 2-204 (Bates), 3-514, 4-524, 5-575, 6-656, 7-686, 8-788, 9-803 (302.1 ov)

Smokers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Briggs	55.1	11	141	4	1	-
Palmer	54	10	189	3	-	-
Boyle	31	14	60	1	-	-
Lohmann	48	18	113	0	-	-
Flowers	38	12	93	0	-	-
Scotton	26	4	82	0	-	-
Duffy	15	2	52	0	-	-
Read	26	10	43	1	-	-
Walters	9	4	25	0	-	-

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Smokers first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Read	st Sherwin b Cooper	30
GE Palmer	c Worrall b Bruce	113
J Briggs	c Shrewsbury b Bates	86
W Flowers	run out (?->Sherwin)	69
GA Lohmann	c sub b Bates	19
WH Scotton	c Bruce b Bates	11
*HF Boyle	b Bruce	7
GR Browning	b Bates	1
FH Walters	st Sherwin b Bates	0
+PM Lewis	c Houston b Bates	2
WV Duffy	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	18
Total	(all out, 270 minutes, 150.3 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-204, 3-267, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-356 (150.3 ov)

Non-Smokers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	49	18	73	6	-	-
Cooper	29	5	85	1	-	-
Bruce	36.3	10	92	2	2	-
Worrall	15	7	30	0	-	-
Gunn	12	4	27	0	-	2
Houston	9	2	31	0	-	-

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Smokers second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Palmer	c Houston b Worrall	24
J Briggs	st Sherwin b Bates	54
W Flowers	b Houston	25
GA Lohmann	lbw b Gunn	2
WH Scotton	handled the ball	18
*HF Boyle	not out	0
JM Read	did not bat
GR Browning	did not bat
FH Walters	did not bat
+PM Lewis	did not bat
WV Duffy	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 130 minutes, 71 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-135 (71 ov)

Non-Smokers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	21	8	40	1	-	-
Barnes	8	3	14	0	-	-
Bruce	14	7	15	0	-	-
Worrall	12	5	22	1	-	-
Cooper	4	0	18	0	-	-
Gunn	6	5	1	1	-	-
Houston	5	1	13	1	-	-
Shrewsbury	1	1	0	0	-	1

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Notes
--> W Gunn scored 1 five in the Non-Smokers first innings
--> WV Duffy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WH Cooper made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GR Browning made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Shrewsbury (1) passed his previous highest score of 227 in First-Class matches
--> W Bruce (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> W Bruce (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 56
--> HA Musgrove (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> J Worrall (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> WH Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> GE Palmer (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> GE Palmer (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GE Palmer (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30

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12th Men: None named
Crowds: 400, 500, 600, 100. Total: About 1600. Receipts: No figures published

 

 

 

 

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