f2990	Gentlemen of England v Australians
	Australia in England 1886
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 3rd, 4th June 1886 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 7 wickets
Umpires	FH Farrands, J West
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 150 all out

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Gentlemen of England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Spofforth	7
CW Rock	b Garrett	9
WW Read	b Palmer	13
WE Roller	b Palmer	2
GF Vernon	c Bonnor b Spofforth	15
*Lord Harris	c Jarvis b Garrett	9
SW Scott	c Bonnor b Garrett	16
GB Studd	b Palmer	15
+MC Kemp	not out	0
S Christopherson	b Palmer	0
GG Walker	c Palmer b Garrett	3
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-21, 3-25, 4-50, 5-52, 6-65, 7-94, 8-94, 9-94, 10-99 (87 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Spofforth	29.3	13	30	2	-	-
Palmer	34	18	37	4	-	-
Garrett	21.1	10	16	4	-	-
Giffen	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Blackham	b Rock	20
SP Jones	c Kemp b Rock	8
*HJH Scott	lbw b Grace	27
G Giffen	c and b Rock	5
GJ Bonnor	c Read b Roller	39
+AH Jarvis	b Rock	14
JW Trumble	c and b Grace	2
W Bruce	c and b Rock	7
TW Garrett	b Christopherson	9
GE Palmer	not out	11
FR Spofforth	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 105.3 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-34, 3-50, 4-105, 5-115, 6-117, 7-127, 8-130, 9-150 (105.3 ov)

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rock	44	22	51	5	-	-
Walker	8	1	19	0	-	-
Grace	19	6	32	2	-	-
Christopherson	19.3	11	14	1	-	-
Roller	15	5	26	1	-	-

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Gentlemen of England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	b Giffen	11
CW Rock	c Jarvis b Garrett	19
WW Read	c Giffen b Garrett	4
WE Roller	c Scott b Giffen	4
GF Vernon	c and b Giffen	27
*Lord Harris	b Palmer	8
SW Scott	b Giffen	7
GB Studd	c Blackham b Giffen	29
+MC Kemp	not out	17
S Christopherson	st +Blackham b Giffen	1
GG Walker	b Garrett	1
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 103.1 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-29, 3-43, 4-43, 5-59, 6-76, 7-87, 8-128, 9-129, 10-136 (103.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palmer	18	7	26	1	-	-
Garrett	38	23	31	3	-	-
Giffen	47.1	25	71	6	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Blackham	lbw b Walker	32
SP Jones	c Kemp b Roller	36
*HJH Scott	b Roller	1
G Giffen	not out	3
GJ Bonnor	not out	13
+AH Jarvis	did not bat
JW Trumble	did not bat
W Bruce	did not bat
TW Garrett	did not bat
GE Palmer	did not bat
FR Spofforth	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 43.3 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-66, 3-71

Gentlemen of England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rock	14	4	19	0	-	-
Walker	8	2	18	1	-	-
Grace	6	1	13	0	-	-
Christopherson	7	2	18	0	-	-
Roller	8.3	3	17	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> GB Studd (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JM Blackham (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> WG Grace reached 1900 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Australians first innings

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