f5054	South v Australians
	Australia in England 1899
Venue	Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace on 8th, 9th, 10th May 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	VA Titchmarsh, WAJ West
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 35/2 (Hill 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 357/8 (Noble 105*, Trumble 0*)

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	c Hill b Jones	81
R Abel	b Jones	5
W Brockwell	c Trumble b Noble	2
TW Hayward	c Jones b Trumble	50
KS Ranjitsinhji	lbw b Trumble	8
*WG Grace	b Jones	5
CL Townsend	run out	18
GL Jessop	c Hill b Jones	6
JR Mason	c Noble b McLeod	13
WH Lockwood	not out	41
+JH Board	lbw b Noble	8
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 101.3 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-134, 4-145, 5-156, 6-156, 7-164, 8-191, 9-207, 10-246 (101.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	31	10	78	4	-	-
Noble	16.3	6	52	2	-	-
McLeod	14	6	29	1	-	-
Trumble	36	11	63	2	-	-
Laver	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*J Darling	b Jessop	24
FA Iredale	c Hayward b Lockwood	4
C Hill	lbw b Grace	39
SE Gregory	lbw b Townsend	124
J Worrall	c Brockwell b Townsend	28
MA Noble	not out	116
CE McLeod	c Brockwell b Townsend	7
FJ Laver	st Board b Townsend	0
+JJ Kelly	b Townsend	20
H Trumble	b Brockwell	7
E Jones	b Brockwell	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 127 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-35, 3-96, 4-159, 5-300, 6-326, 7-328, 8-352, 9-375, 10-375 (127 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lockwood	23	4	69	1	-	-
Townsend	37	5	112	5	-	-
Jessop	11	0	46	1	-	-
Grace	26	6	54	1	-	-
Brockwell	20	6	41	2	-	-
Mason	1	0	8	0	-	-
Hayward	9	0	39	0	-	-

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South second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Fry	c Trumble b Jones	12
R Abel	c and b Trumble	5
W Brockwell	lbw b Trumble	21
TW Hayward	b Noble	24
GL Jessop	c Kelly b Trumble	22
KS Ranjitsinhji	c Noble b Jones	63
*WG Grace	b Jones	47
CL Townsend	b Jones	0
JR Mason	b Jones	22
WH Lockwood	not out	1
+JH Board	b Noble	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-21, 3-46, 4-70, 5-105, 6-183, 7-183, 8-208, 9-221, 10-222 (89.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	32	9	78	5	-	-
Noble	13.2	1	49	2	-	-
McLeod	9	1	32	0	-	-
Trumble	33	17	53	3	-	-
Laver	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CE McLeod	b Mason	1
FJ Laver	not out	3
H Trumble	not out	3
*J Darling	did not bat
FA Iredale	did not bat
C Hill	did not bat
SE Gregory	did not bat
J Worrall	did not bat
MA Noble	did not bat
+JJ Kelly	did not bat
E Jones	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 6 overs)	7
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (McLeod)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mason	3	1	4	1	-	-
Ranjitsinhji	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> TW Hayward (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 18
--> FA Iredale (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> MA Noble (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> CE McLeod (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> KS Ranjitsinhji (2) passed 8500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> CE McLeod made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MA Noble made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> FJ Laver made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> CL Townsend reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Australians first innings

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Gregory batted for 170 minutes for his 124 hitting 10 fours, while Noble, in his first innings in England, took 190 minutes for his 116* and also hit 10 fours