| misc27900 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 26th, 28th, 29th January 1878 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Wellington: 22; Australians: 11 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australians won by 9 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 90/4 (Murdoch 12*, Gregory 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (2) 77/20 (Wyatt ?*, Phillips ?*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JB Lockett | b Spofforth | 4 | |||||
| IJ Salmon | b Spofforth | 8 | |||||
| WC Kennedy | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| Thompson | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| JWH Phillips | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| EE Edmunds | c Gregory b Kendall | 5 | |||||
| WA Fordham | run out | 0 | |||||
| CA Knapp | b Spofforth | 11 | |||||
| JW Blacklock | b Kendall | 0 | |||||
| T Horwood | c Gregory b Spofforth | 5 | |||||
| JTB Armitage | b Spofforth | 3 | |||||
| JM Speed | c C Bannerman b Spofforth | 3 | |||||
| M Robinson | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| *WJ Salmon | b Spofforth | 1 | |||||
| J Cundy | c sub (Horton) b Kendall | 2 | |||||
| Wyatt | b Spofforth | 0 | |||||
| A Kember | b Spofforth | 3 | |||||
| G Webb | c AC Bannerman b Spofforth | 6 | |||||
| RF Lynch | b Kendall | 2 | |||||
| JAN Salmon | b Garrett | 15 | |||||
| Lambert | b Garrett | 4 | |||||
| Smith | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 69 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (IJ Salmon), 2-5 (Kennedy), 3-13 (Thompson), 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-26, 8-?, 9-?, 10-36, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-46, 15-?, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-?, 21-91 (69 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kendall | 31 | 18 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Spofforth | 34 | 20 | 40 | 14 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | lbw b Armitage | 10 | |||||
| C Bannerman | c Lockett b JAN Salmon | 19 | |||||
| TP Horan | c WJ Salmon b Lockett | 28 | |||||
| TW Garrett | c WJ Salmon b JAN Salmon | 7 | |||||
| FR Spofforth | c Lambert b Lockett | 6 | |||||
| WL Murdoch | c Lynch b IJ Salmon | 13 | |||||
| *DW Gregory | b Fordham | 31 | |||||
| JM Blackham | b JAN Salmon | 0 | |||||
| GH Bailey | not out | 33 | |||||
| TK Kendall | c WJ Salmon b Fordham | 2 | |||||
| WCV Gibbes | c Lockett b Smith | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 102.3 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (AC Bannerman), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-160, 7-?, 8-161, 9-?, 10-166 (102.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Armitage | 16 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Webb | 6.1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fordham | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thompson | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| IJ Salmon | 31 | 16 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lockett | 12 | 2 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 4.3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| JAN Salmon | 24 | 9 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Edmunds | 4.3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Smith | c C Bannerman b Blackham | 2 | |||||
| RF Lynch | c Horan b Murdoch | 2 | |||||
| Thompson | b Blackham | 0 | |||||
| WC Kennedy | c Gregory b Murdoch | 0 | |||||
| WA Fordham | b Blackham | 1 | |||||
| T Horwood | c AC Bannerman b Blackham | 11 | |||||
| JAN Salmon | c Gregory b Murdoch | 5 | |||||
| IJ Salmon | b Murdoch | 1 | |||||
| JB Lockett | run out | 8 | |||||
| JW Blacklock | b Blackham | 13 | |||||
| CA Knapp | c Garrett b Murdoch | 0 | |||||
| JTB Armitage | c and b Murdoch | 3 | |||||
| EE Edmunds | c Gregory b Blackham | 0 | |||||
| *WJ Salmon | run out | 0 | |||||
| JM Speed | b Blackham | 0 | |||||
| G Webb | b Blackham | 0 | |||||
| A Kember | b Murdoch | 1 | |||||
| Lambert | b Murdoch | 0 | |||||
| M Robinson | c AC Bannerman b Blackham | 5 | |||||
| J Cundy | c Bailey b Murdoch | 6 | |||||
| JWH Phillips | b Spofforth | 8 | |||||
| Wyatt | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 70 overs) | 84 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-26, 8-?, 9-?, 10-50, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-46, 15-?, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-?, 21-84 (70 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Murdoch | 34.2 | 18 | 33 | 9 | - | - | |
| Blackham | 32.2 | 15 | 34 | 9 | - | - | |
| Spofforth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Garrett | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AC Bannerman | not out | 2 | |||||
| C Bannerman | c Wyatt b IJ Salmon | 3 | |||||
| TP Horan | not out | 5 | |||||
| TW Garrett | did not bat | ||||||
| FR Spofforth | did not bat | ||||||
| WL Murdoch | did not bat | ||||||
| *DW Gregory | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Blackham | did not bat | ||||||
| GH Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| TK Kendall | did not bat | ||||||
| WCV Gibbes | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 4 overs) | 10 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (C Bannerman) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fordham | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| IJ Salmon | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |