misc28623	Nelson v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1880/81
Venue	Victory Square, Nelson on 9th, 10th February 1881 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Nelson: 22; Australians: 11
Toss	Nelson won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Price, P Topliss
Close of play day 1	Nelson (1) 83 all out

Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Fowler	b Boyle	30
H Fayen	c Boyle b Spofforth	8
HA Boddington	b Spofforth	0
+HH Halliday	c Spofforth b Boyle	14
*JP Firth	b Boyle	1
J Lawry	c McDonnell b Spofforth	0
LHF Balmain	b Boyle	0
G Fowler	b Spofforth	3
TG Eden	b Boyle	0
J Arnold	b Boyle	0
ER Boddington	b Spofforth	1
FE Greenfield	st Blackham b Boyle	1
J Wigzell	c Murdoch b Spofforth	4
JG Knyvett	b Boyle	0
H Balmain	b Boyle	0
A Lines	b Boyle	3
J Naylor	c White b Spofforth	0
GJ Silcock	b Boyle	4
W Eden	not out	5
D Burns	c Groube b Boyle	0
SF Bolton	c Groube b Boyle	5
Hale	b Spofforth	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Fayen), 2-37 (HA Boddington), 3-51 (S Fowler), 4-53 (Firth), 5-55 (Lawry), 6-59 (LHF Balmain), 7-62 (Halliday), 8-62 (G Fowler), 9-62 (TG Eden), 10-63 (ER Boddington), 11-63 (Arnold), 12-64 (Greenfield), 13-68 (Knyvett), 14-69 (Wigzell), 15-71 (H Balmain), 16-72 (Lines), 17-76 (Silcock), 18-76 (Naylor), 19-78 (Burns), 20-83 (Bolton), 21-83 (Hale, 71.1 ov)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FR Spofforth	run out (G Fowler)	3
TU Groube	b Burns	12
*WL Murdoch	b Burns	6
PS McDonnell	b Burns	5
J Slight	b G Fowler	4
AH Jarvis	run out	5
HF Boyle	c Lawry b G Fowler	14
GE Palmer	not out	15
G Alexander	c Firth b Burns	2
+JM Blackham	c H Balmain b G Fowler	3
J White	b G Fowler	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Spofforth), 2-7 (Murdoch), 3-22 (McDonnell), 4-29 (Groube), 5-35 (Slight), 6-35 (Jarvis), 7-52 (Boyle), 8-65 (Alexander), 9-71 (Blackham), 10-72 (White, 63 ov)

Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Fayen	b Spofforth	0
S Fowler	c White b Spofforth	2
J Lawry	c and b Boyle	4
*JP Firth	run out	0
HA Boddington	c Blackham b Boyle	14
LHF Balmain	st Blackham b Boyle	6
+HH Halliday	b Spofforth	0
G Fowler	b Spofforth	16
TG Eden	b Spofforth	2
J Arnold	b Boyle	0
W Eden	b Spofforth	0
ER Boddington	b Spofforth	2
J Wigzell	lbw b Boyle	13
JG Knyvett	b Boyle	3
J Naylor	c Slight b Boyle	0
H Balmain	c and b Spofforth	5
A Lines	run out	0
GJ Silcock	c Jarvis b Spofforth	0
FE Greenfield	c Murdoch b Boyle	1
D Burns	b Spofforth	0
SF Bolton	b Boyle	0
Hale	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Fayen), 2-3 (S Fowler), 3-10 (Firth), 4-19 (Lawry), 5-31 (LHF Balmain), 6-32 (Halliday), 7-32 (HA Boddington), 8-49 (TG Eden), 9-50 (G Fowler), 10-50 (Arnold), 11-51 (W Eden), 12-68 (ER Boddington), 13-68 (Wigzell), 14-71 (Naylor), 15-71 (Knyvett), 16-73 (Lines), 17-73 (Silcock), 18-74 (Greenfield), 19-74 (Burns), 20-77 (Bolton), 21-77 (H Balmain, 70.1 ov)

Notes
--> Bowling in the Nelson second innings adds 1 run under