misc29132	Bendigo v Australians
	Other matches in Australia 1877/78
Venue	Back Creek Ground, Bendigo on 26th, 27th December 1877 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Bendigo: 22; Australians: 11
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by an innings and 33 runs
Umpires	FE Allan, Hinchcliffe
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 106/4 (Horan 38*, Bailey 0*)

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Bendigo first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Glen	c Garrett b Spofforth	1
C Meeking	b Spofforth	0
J Butler	b Garrett	40
R Manallack	b Garrett	4
W Beswick	c Boyle b Garrett	7
W Neill	b Garrett	1
Kennedy	b Spofforth	5
McConkey	b Spofforth	3
G Mackay	b Garrett	3
R Mackay	b Spofforth	0
Cox	b Garrett	1
M Fardy	b Garrett	0
Connant	c Boyle b Spofforth	4
W Campbell	c AC Bannerman b Spofforth	0
Goyne	run out	0
Carr	c Gregory b Garrett	0
+S Dobson	c Gregory b Spofforth	0
Maher	b Spofforth	0
R Bruce	b Spofforth	0
Johnson	b Garrett	2
J McWhirter	not out	0
WB Fox	b Garrett	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-6, 3-25, 4-49, 5-62, 6-62, 7-62, 8-68, 9-70, 10-71, 11-71, 12-71, 13-71, 14-71, 15-71, 16-74, 17-74, 18-74, 19-77, 20-77, 21-77 (60 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	30	13	42	10	-	-
Kendall	8	2	14	0	-	-
Garrett	22	17	15	10	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Bannerman	c Dobson b Manallack	7
AC Bannerman	b Manallack	3
TP Horan	c Manallack b G Mackay	57
FR Spofforth	c McConkey b Beswick	8
TW Garrett	c R Mackay b G Mackay	48
GH Bailey	c Manallack b G Mackay	0
HF Boyle	c Beswick b Manallack	7
+WL Murdoch	c Dobson b Manallack	20
*DW Gregory	c Johnson b Manallack	14
JM Blackham	not out	13
TK Kendall	b G Mackay	3
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(all out, 110.3 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (C Bannerman), 2-10 (AC Bannerman), 3-25 (Spofforth), 4-105 (Garrett), 5-110 (Bailey), 6-123 (Boyle), 7-137 (Horan), 8-159 (Murdoch), 9-178 (Gregory), 10-183 (Kendall, 110.3 ov)

Bendigo bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beswick	17	1	45	1	-	-
Manallack	43	18	49	5	-	-
Butler	7	1	12	0	1	-
Neill	10	2	13	0	-	-
G Mackay	33.3	8	60	4	-	-

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Bendigo second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Glen	run out	0
J Butler	b Bailey	0
C Meeking	b Bailey	8
G Mackay	b Bailey	0
Kennedy	b Bailey	0
W Campbell	b AC Bannerman	1
+S Dobson	c Spofforth b Bailey	6
R Mackay	b Bailey	0
R Manallack	b AC Bannerman	4
W Beswick	c and b Boyle	29
M Fardy	c Garrett b Bailey	4
Goyne	b Boyle	8
Connant	b Boyle	0
W Neill	c Gregory b Boyle	3
Johnson	run out	0
R Bruce	c Boyle b Kendall	2
Maher	c C Bannerman b Boyle	4
Cox	lbw b Kendall	0
McConkey	c Blackham b Kendall	0
Carr	b Boyle	0
WB Fox	not out	0
J McWhirter	absent
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-1, 4-3, 5-4, 6-6, 7-13, 8-16, 9-21, 10-22, 11-58, 12-58, 13-66, 14-66, 15-69, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-73 (69 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bailey	22	11	24	7	-	-
AC Bannerman	19	10	27	2	-	-
Kendall	15	12	8	3	-	-
Boyle	13	8	10	6	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Bowling in the Australians first innings adds 1 run under

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