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| Venue | Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 15th, 22nd, 29th March 1890 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Fitzroy won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (South Melbourne won on first innings) |
| Umpires | J Harry, HG Wyndham |
| Close of play day 1 | Fitzroy (1) 141/8 (Beacham 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South Melbourne (1) 172/6 (Rains 18*, Low 1*) |
| Fitzroy first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *R Mitchell | b Marshall | 15 | |||||
| JT Hayes | b Marshall | 47 | |||||
| W Haysom | b Marshall | 13 | |||||
| J Trinnick | c Kemp b Marshall | 0 | |||||
| J Bridson | b Kemp | 4 | |||||
| AHN Fox | c and b Marshall | 11 | |||||
| J McGuirk | run out | 10 | |||||
| T Lederman | b Barrett | 20 | |||||
| G Beacham | c sub b Barrett | 16 | |||||
| +D Moyes | not out | 9 | |||||
| JC McKirdy | b Marshall | 9 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 81.3 overs) | 163 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-66, 3-66, 4-77, 5-89, 6-94, 7-107, 8-141, 9-148, 10-163 (81.3 ov) | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morris | 14 | 6 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 35.3 | 8 | 87 | 6 | - | - | |
| Kemp | 23 | 10 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bowman | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barrett | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| South Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WA Tarrant | run out | 22 | |||||
| EA Barrett | c Trinnick b Bridson | 37 | |||||
| S Morris | c Hayes b Fox | 34 | |||||
| ANA Bowman | c McKirdy b Fox | 46 | |||||
| *J Slight | b Fox | 0 | |||||
| H Graham | c Moyes b Bridson | 12 | |||||
| +AG Rains | b Bridson | 20 | |||||
| GK Low | retired ill | 1 | |||||
| JC Dunlop | b Bridson | 0 | |||||
| BCE Kemp | b Beacham | 3 | |||||
| J Marshall | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 79 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-87, 3-100, 4-103, 5-128, 6-171, 7-?, 8-?, 9-177 (79 ov) | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bridson | 19 | 2 | 43 | 4 | - | - | |
| McKirdy | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haysom | 13 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| McGuirk | 12 | 4 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Beacham | 10 | 2 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Trinnick | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fox | 8 | 1 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hayes | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fitzroy second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Bridson | c sub (Joyce) b Kemp | 0 | |||||
| J Trinnick | not out | 61 | |||||
| J McGuirk | b Marshall | 16 | |||||
| T Lederman | not out | 26 | |||||
| *R Mitchell | did not bat | ||||||
| JT Hayes | did not bat | ||||||
| W Haysom | did not bat | ||||||
| AHN Fox | did not bat | ||||||
| G Beacham | did not bat | ||||||
| +D Moyes | did not bat | ||||||
| JC McKirdy | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-? | |||||||
| South Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kemp | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| South Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *J Slight | c McGuirk b Beacham | 0 | |||||
| WA Tarrant | not out | 38 | |||||
| S Morris | not out | 32 | |||||
| EA Barrett | did not bat | ||||||
| ANA Bowman | did not bat | ||||||
| H Graham | did not bat | ||||||
| +AG Rains | did not bat | ||||||
| GK Low | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Dunlop | did not bat | ||||||
| BCE Kemp | did not bat | ||||||
| J Marshall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Slight) | |||||||
| Fitzroy bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Beacham | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |