f3212	Australian XI v GF Vernon's XI
	GF Vernon's XI in Australia 1887/88
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31st December 1887, 2nd, 3rd January 1888 (timeless match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	GF Vernon's XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	GF Vernon's XI won by an innings and 78 runs
Umpires	DF Cotter, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 21/3 (H Trumble 0*, Garrett 2*)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (2) 1/0 (Lyons 0*, Bruce 1*)

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GF Vernon's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	st Blackham b Trott	10
WW Read	st Blackham b JW Trumble	10
R Abel	b Trott	0
R Peel	b Trott	0
TC O'Brien	b Trott	2
AE Newton	run out (Lyons->Blackham)	77
+MP Bowden	run out (Bruce->JW Trumble)	0
*GF Vernon	c Bruce b JW Trumble	50
JT Rawlin	not out	78
W Attewell	b Bruce	43
J Beaumont	b Bruce	16
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 230 minutes, 119.2 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-16, 5-50, 6-51, 7-146, 8-151, 9-227, 10-292 (119.2 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trott	29	5	78	4	-	-
Thorpe	18	7	36	0	-	-
JW Trumble	26	8	48	2	-	-
Ferris	20	4	38	0	-	-
Lyons	2	0	20	0	-	-
H Trumble	4	0	20	0	-	-
Garrett	4.2	1	11	0	-	-
Bruce	11	3	20	2	-	-
Worrall	5	1	15	0	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Lyons	c Attewell b Peel	12
W Bruce	c Read b Peel	7
JW Trumble	b Attewell	0
H Trumble	c Read b Beaumont	7
*TW Garrett	b Stoddart	26
TP Horan	c Bowden b Beaumont	20
+JM Blackham	b Attewell	42
GHS Trott	lbw b Attewell	1
J Worrall	b Attewell	4
H Thorpe	c Read b Beaumont	8
JJ Ferris	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 155 minutes, 88.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-19, 3-19, 4-51, 5-59, 6-88, 7-97, 8-110, 9-127, 10-136 (88.3 ov)

GF Vernon's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Attewell	36.3	18	34	4	-	-
Peel	23	12	26	2	-	-
Beaumont	22	7	52	3	1	1
Stoddart	7	1	19	1	-	-

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Australian XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Lyons	c Newton b Beaumont	0
W Bruce	c Bowden b Beaumont	18
JW Trumble	c O'Brien b Attewell	8
*TW Garrett	b Attewell	18
TP Horan	c Read b Peel	2
+JM Blackham	st Bowden b Peel	13
J Worrall	c Rawlin b Peel	6
GHS Trott	c Abel b Attewell	2
JJ Ferris	c Newton b Peel	7
H Trumble	c Abel b Attewell	1
H Thorpe	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 122 minutes, 64 overs)	78
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-28, 3-29, 4-47, 5-53, 6-60, 7-66, 8-77, 9-78, 10-78 (64 ov)

GF Vernon's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Attewell	33	21	21	4	-	-
Beaumont	15	7	39	2	-	-
Peel	16	9	15	4	-	-

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Notes
--> H Thorpe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Thorpe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AE Newton (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches

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12th Men: FGMcShane (Aust XI) No 12th named for Eng XI
Crowds: 5000, 6000, 1000. Total: About 12,000. Receipts: No figures published