f4422	South v Australians
	Australia in England 1896
Venue	The Saffrons, Eastbourne on 21st, 22nd, 23rd May 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Street, JJ Tuck
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 258/6 (Hill 1*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 328/6 (Hill 33*, Trumble 38*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Donnan	c Butt b Kortright	0
J Darling	c Kortright b Mason	115
G Giffen	b Martin	115
FA Iredale	c Mead b Mason	1
*GHS Trott	b Mead	16
SE Gregory	c Mitchell b Mead	4
C Hill	not out	33
H Trumble	not out	38
+JJ Kelly	did not bat
CJ Eady	did not bat
E Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 143 overs)	328
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-213, 3-225, 4-246, 5-257, 6-258

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kortright	26	9	77	1	-	-
Martin	40	12	63	1	-	-
Mead	41	12	118	2	-	-
Hearne	16	9	17	0	-	-
Mason	16	4	40	2	-	-
Brann	4	2	7	0	-	-

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Mitchell	c Darling b Trumble	24
A Hearne	b Jones	8
JR Mason	c Eady b Trott	53
NF Druce	c Gregory b Giffen	8
KS Ranjitsinhji	lbw b Trumble	26
G Brann	not out	5
CJ Kortright	not out	5
J Brown	did not bat
+HR Butt	did not bat
F Martin	did not bat
W Mead	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 65 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-32, 3-57, 4-121, 5-129

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trumble	20	7	50	2	-	-
Jones	18	12	20	1	-	-
Giffen	12	4	32	1	-	-
Donnan	6	1	14	0	-	-
Eady	2	2	0	0	-	-
Trott	7	3	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> J Brown made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Darling (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78

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