f3221	Australian XI v GF Vernon's XI
	GF Vernon's XI in Australia 1887/88
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 2nd, 3rd, 5th March 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 87 runs
Umpires	DF Cotter, J Phillips
Close of play day 1	Australian XI (1) 43/2 (Horan 16*, Lyons 14*)
Close of play day 2	Australian XI (1) 219 all out

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GF Vernon's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	c Blackham b Ferris	28
R Abel	lbw b Ferris	32
R Peel	b Boyle	45
WW Read	c Burn b Turner	2
TC O'Brien	c McDonnell b Ferris	7
AE Newton	c Blackham b Boyle	54
JT Rawlin	b Turner	3
W Attewell	b Turner	19
*GF Vernon	c Blackham b Turner	12
+MP Bowden	b Ferris	0
J Beaumont	not out	2
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 220 minutes, 109.1 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-67, 3-72, 4-79, 5-178, 6-187, 7-193, 8-216, 9-217, 10-221 (109.1 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trott	11	0	26	0	-	-
Turner	46.1	19	71	4	-	-
Jones	8	1	26	0	-	1
Ferris	30	10	63	4	-	-
Boyle	14	9	18	2	-	-

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Australian XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PS McDonnell	c O'Brien b Peel	6
SP Jones	c Bowden b Beaumont	0
TP Horan	b Attewell	67
JJ Lyons	c Peel b Read	42
+JM Blackham	b Attewell	4
CTB Turner	b Attewell	10
EJK Burn	b Attewell	6
JD Edwards	b Attewell	13
GHS Trott	b Peel	30
HF Boyle	b Beaumont	0
JJ Ferris	not out	22
Extras	(9 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 330 minutes, 190.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-13, 3-91, 4-103, 5-115, 6-141, 7-144, 8-183, 9-184, 10-219 (190.3 ov)

GF Vernon's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beaumont	48	18	73	2	-	-
Peel	72.3	45	54	2	1	-
Attewell	53	21	33	5	-	-
Stoddart	10	3	24	0	-	-
Read	7	1	16	1	-	-

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GF Vernon's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Stoddart	c Edwards b Turner	6
WW Read	c McDonnell b Boyle	25
R Peel	c Horan b Turner	38
TC O'Brien	c Ferris b Turner	23
AE Newton	c and b Ferris	3
W Attewell	b Turner	2
R Abel	c and b Turner	0
*GF Vernon	c McDonnell b Ferris	11
JT Rawlin	b Turner	0
+MP Bowden	not out	0
J Beaumont	b Turner	2
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 165 minutes, 81.1 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-39, 3-81, 4-84, 5-95, 6-99, 7-110, 8-113, 9-113, 10-117 (81.1 ov)

Australian XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ferris	32	13	47	2	-	-
Turner	40.1	17	48	7	-	-
Boyle	9	3	15	1	-	-

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Australian XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PS McDonnell	c Peel b Attewell	4
SP Jones	hit wkt b Peel	0
TP Horan	st Bowden b Attewell	1
JJ Lyons	c Abel b Peel	0
+JM Blackham	c Read b Attewell	11
CTB Turner	not out	11
EJK Burn	c Read b Attewell	2
JD Edwards	c Read b Attewell	0
GHS Trott	c Read b Attewell	0
JJ Ferris	c Stoddart b Attewell	3
HF Boyle	c Bowden b Peel	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 70 minutes, 41.1 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-9, 5-20, 6-22, 7-24, 8-24, 9-30, 10-32 (41.1 ov)

GF Vernon's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Attewell	21	14	15	7	-	-
Peel	20.1	11	17	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JJ Lyons (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches

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12th Men: None named
Crowds: 500, 3000, 300. Total: About 3800. Receipts: No figures published