misc103342	Melbourne Cricket Club v East Melbourne
	Other matches in Australia 1870/71
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25th March, 1st, 8th April 1871 (1-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	Melbourne Cricket Club: 11; East Melbourne: 15
Toss	Melbourne Cricket Club won the toss and decided to field
Result	East Melbourne won by an innings and 38 runs
Umpires	[unknown], S Hopkinson
Close of play day 1	Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 3/0 (Phillips 3*, Reid 0*)
Close of play day 2	Melbourne Cricket Club (2) 76/4 (Phillips 5*, Gibson 13*)

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East Melbourne first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Goldsmith	c and b Wills	59
SWG Campbell	lbw b Reid	8
OC Williams	b Wills	7
D Campbell	b Reid	3
*W Riggall	lbw b Wills	8
JC Stewart	b Cameron	1
Barnes	run out	3
Marsden	b Wills	1
Jennings	b Reid	40
W Perryman	b Wills	3
C Forrester	b Reid	3
WF Darke	c Tait b Wills	7
CG Allee	b Reid	24
McEvoy	not out	2
D Wilkie	absent
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-44, 3-49, 4-80, 5-83, 6-89, 7-?, 8-96, 9-? (32 ov), 10-113, 11-126, 12-172, 13-175 (67 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wills	34.2	7	67	6	-	-
Reid	17.4	2	59	5	-	-
Cameron	9	2	23	1	-	-
Wardill	6	0	20	0	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Phillips	c Barnes b Darke	5
CA Reid	retired not out	0
*RW Wardill	c [unknown] b Barnes	0
+GWH Gibson	b Barnes	0
BB Cooper	c Williams b Barnes	8
TW Wills	b Barnes	6
AR Loughnan	b Barnes	1
TJD Kelly	b Barnes	1
VL Cameron	not out	3
A Loughnan	run out	3
W Tait	b Barnes	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 32 overs)	29
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-?, 5-14, 6-?, 7-?, 8-28, 9-29 (32 ov)

East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darke	16	11	10	1	-	-
Barnes	16	7	17	7	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RW Wardill	c D Campbell b Darke	26
VL Cameron	lbw b Darke	18
BB Cooper	run out	3
TW Wills	b Darke	5
J Phillips	not out	14
+GWH Gibson	retired not out	13
TJD Kelly	c Forrester b Darke	16
AR Loughnan	b Darke	0
A Loughnan	b Barnes	0
W Tait	b Barnes	2
CA Reid	absent
Extras	(1 lb, 10 w)	11
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-48, 3-?, 4-60, 5-76, 6-?, 7-?, 8-108 (74.3 ov)

East Melbourne bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Darke	37	14	39	5	-	-
Barnes	28.3	7	41	2	-	-
Riggall	9	2	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

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In Melbourne Cricket Club first innings, CA Reid retired at close of first day's play as he was 'unavoidably absent up-country' on days 2 and 3.
In Melbourne Cricket Club second innings, GWH Gibson retired at close of second day's play as he was kept away on business on day 3
It is not known which Campbell took the catch