f2987	North v Australians
	Australia in England 1886
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1886 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	North (2) 15/1 (Barlow 2*, Shrewsbury 9*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	b Peate	15
JM Blackham	c Shrewsbury b Peate	1
*HJH Scott	b Peate	9
G Giffen	st Pilling b Peate	2
GJ Bonnor	c Briggs b Peate	2
+AH Jarvis	b Peate	0
W Bruce	c and b Watson	4
TW Garrett	b Peate	0
GE Palmer	st Pilling b Peate	3
E Evans	run out	4
FR Spofforth	not out	5
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 43.3 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-21, 3-27, 4-29, 5-29, 6-30, 7-36, 8-38, 9-38, 10-45 (43.3 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	22	11	23	8	-	-
Watson	21.3	12	22	1	-	-

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North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	b Spofforth	0
*AN Hornby	c Garrett b Palmer	0
A Shrewsbury	c Evans b Spofforth	4
G Ulyett	c Palmer b Spofforth	0
W Bates	c Bruce b Palmer	7
J Briggs	b Spofforth	0
W Gunn	b Palmer	5
JM Preston	b Spofforth	1
A Watson	b Spofforth	2
+R Pilling	c Blackham b Spofforth	1
E Peate	not out	8
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 28.3 overs)	34
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-4, 4-11, 5-13, 6-16, 7-20, 8-20, 9-22, 10-34 (28.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	14.3	8	19	7	-	-
Palmer	14	11	9	3	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	c Shrewsbury b Watson	2
JM Blackham	c Pilling b Watson	0
*HJH Scott	c Barlow b Peate	4
G Giffen	st Pilling b Peate	9
W Bruce	c Pilling b Watson	4
GJ Bonnor	c Preston b Peate	0
+AH Jarvis	not out	10
GE Palmer	b Peate	0
TW Garrett	c Shrewsbury b Watson	10
E Evans	c Pilling b Watson	0
FR Spofforth	c Gunn b Watson	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-13, 4-29, 5-29, 6-30, 7-30, 8-43, 9-43, 10-43 (54 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Peate	27	13	27	4	-	-
Watson	27	18	12	6	-	-

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North second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Barlow	not out	2
*AN Hornby	b Palmer	2
A Shrewsbury	not out	9
G Ulyett	did not bat
W Bates	did not bat
J Briggs	did not bat
W Gunn	did not bat
JM Preston	did not bat
A Watson	did not bat
+R Pilling	did not bat
E Peate	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 19 overs)	15
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hornby)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	10	9	1	0	-	-
Palmer	9	3	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.

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