misc97803	Melbourne University v Sydney University
	Other matches in Australia 1870/71
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1870 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Sydney University won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Melbourne University won by 2 wickets
Umpires	FP Miller, EW Ward
Close of play day 1	Melbourne University (1) 87/9 (Jennings 5*, Johnson 6*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne University (2) 78/3 (Hepburn 15*, a'Beckett 0*)

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Sydney University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Teece	b DW Wilkie	12
EA Iceton	c Johnson b D Wilkie	16
TH Iceton	b DW Wilkie	2
*HM Faithfull	run out	18
A Yeomans	b D Wilkie	6
J Coates	c and b D Wilkie	24
E Barton	b DW Wilkie	4
RM Sly	c Hepburn b D Wilkie	14
J Teece	lbw b D Wilkie	0
J Thompson	b DW Wilkie	2
G Long	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-24, 3-46, 4-51, 5-51, 6-84, 7-84, 8-86, 9-90, 10-109 (59.1 ov)

Melbourne University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jennings	4	0	12	0	-	-
McPherson	11	3	18	0	-	-
DW Wilkie	26	6	34	4	-	-
D Wilkie	18.1	3	40	5	-	-

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Melbourne University first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Goldsmith	b TH Iceton	41
EF a'Beckett	c Sly b Faithfull	5
*D Wilkie	b Coates	0
TR Hepburn	b Coates	13
JW Egglestone	b TH Iceton	3
HJ Thomas	lbw b TH Iceton	0
DW Wilkie	b Coates	1
JP McPherson	b TH Iceton	11
J Leonard	b TH Iceton	0
HJ Jennings	c Sly b J Teece	9
C Johnson	not out	23
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-19, 3-53, 4-62, 5-62, 6-63, 7-63, 8-66, 9-75, 10-107 (64.1 ov)

Sydney University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coates	32	13	50	3	-	-
Faithfull	17	7	26	1	-	-
TH Iceton	15	2	30	5	-	-
J Teece	0.1	0	0	1	-	-

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Sydney University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Teece	c Jennings b D Wilkie	15
EA Iceton	c Jennings b D Wilkie	5
TH Iceton	b DW Wilkie	26
*HM Faithfull	c D Wilkie b Hepburn	37
A Yeomans	c Egglestone b Hepburn	3
J Coates	c Johnson b Hepburn	27
E Barton	b Hepburn	5
RM Sly	b Hepburn	3
J Teece	lbw b McPherson	2
J Thompson	b Hepburn	0
G Long	not out	0
Extras	(3 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-45, 3-45, 4-69, 5-92, 6-95, 7-103, 8-111, 9-118, 10-127 (63 ov)

Melbourne University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
D Wilkie	14	2	38	2	-	-
DW Wilkie	16	8	30	1	-	-
Hepburn	18	5	23	6	-	-
Egglestone	5	1	14	0	-	-
McPherson	10	4	18	1	-	-

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Melbourne University second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Goldsmith	c sub b Faithfull	36
DW Wilkie	b Faithfull	17
C Johnson	b Faithfull	2
TR Hepburn	lbw b Faithfull	15
EF a'Beckett	not out	42
JW Egglestone	c TH Iceton b Coates	8
*D Wilkie	c sub (Parnell) b Faithfull	1
HJ Jennings	b Faithfull	1
JP McPherson	lbw b Faithfull	0
HJ Thomas	not out	0
J Leonard	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 52.1 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-57, 3-69, 4-79, 5-96, 6-97, 7-127, 8-?

Sydney University bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
J Teece	3	0	18	0	-	-
TH Iceton	11.1	4	31	0	-	-
Coates	19	5	54	1	-	-
Faithfull	19	11	19	7	-	-

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Neither team played a wicket-keeper, using a long-stop instead.