f2121	Gentlemen of England v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1878
Venue	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea on 17th, 18th June 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Gentlemen of England won by an innings and 1 run
Umpires	PS Waddy, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	Gentlemen of England (1) 85/6 (A Lyttelton 5*, Steel 1*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Bannerman	c Strachan b EM Grace	28
WE Midwinter	c EM Grace b WG Grace	6
TP Horan	b WG Grace	7
WL Murdoch	c Hornby b Steel	1
AC Bannerman	c and b Steel	13
FR Spofforth	c Bush b WG Grace	6
TW Garrett	run out	0
FE Allan	c EM Grace b Steel	0
*DW Gregory	c Hornby b WG Grace	1
+JM Blackham	not out	6
HF Boyle	c EM Grace b Steel	3
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 103.1 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-32, 3-44, 4-54, 5-64, 6-64, 7-64, 8-64, 9-67, 10-75 (103.1 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	52	38	25	4	-	-
Steel	32.1	17	37	4	-	-
EM Grace	19	12	9	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WG Grace	b Boyle	25
WR Gilbert	c Blackham b Boyle	20
AN Hornby	c Spofforth b Boyle	9
AP Lucas	c and b Boyle	6
GF Grace	c Spofforth b Boyle	11
EM Grace	c Blackham b Boyle	1
A Lyttelton	c Gregory b Spofforth	16
AG Steel	b Spofforth	5
E Lyttelton	b Boyle	1
G Strachan	not out	21
+JA Bush	c Murdoch b Midwinter	16
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-54, 3-61, 4-74, 5-77, 6-82, 7-89, 8-90, 9-106, 10-139 (107.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boyle	35	11	48	7	-	-
Spofforth	35	13	53	2	-	-
Allan	20	14	11	0	-	-
Midwinter	14.2	6	15	1	-	-
Garrett	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TP Horan	c Strachan b Steel	1
WE Midwinter	c Hornby b WG Grace	26
AC Bannerman	run out	0
C Bannerman	b Steel	0
FR Spofforth	c A Lyttelton b WG Grace	8
WL Murdoch	c Bush b Steel	7
TW Garrett	c GF Grace b Steel	15
+JM Blackham	c WG Grace b Steel	5
HF Boyle	not out	0
*DW Gregory	c E Lyttelton b Steel	0
FE Allan	b Steel	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	63
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-14, 4-25, 5-38, 6-57, 7-62, 8-63, 9-63, 10-63 (53.3 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	27	14	27	2	-	-
Steel	26.3	8	35	7	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AC Bannerman (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> AN Hornby (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> HF Boyle achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Gentlemen of England first innings (previous best was 6-3)
--> WG Grace reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australians second innings

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