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| Venue | East Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 13th, 14th January 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | East Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by 10 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 182/6 (W Frith 34*, Lee 1*) |
| East Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TU Groube | lbw b Lee | 25 | |||||
| TP Horan | c Ollivier b Lee | 15 | |||||
| D Campbell | c Fowler b W Frith | 0 | |||||
| EP Hastings | b Lee | 2 | |||||
| CG Allee | b C Frith | 21 | |||||
| HA Musgrove | b Lee | 12 | |||||
| HF Boyle | run out | 3 | |||||
| L Goldsmith | b Fuller | 44 | |||||
| VB Trapp | not out | 38 | |||||
| F Dobson | b W Frith | 24 | |||||
| T Passfield | b W Frith | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 96.3 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-188 (96.3 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| W Frith | 24.3 | 11 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lee | 37 | 15 | 62 | 4 | - | - | |
| C Frith | 17 | 9 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ashby | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Baker | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Ollivier | b Horan | 37 | |||||
| G Watson | b Trapp | 1 | |||||
| TS Baker | run out | 16 | |||||
| *WF Neilson | b Allee | 48 | |||||
| DA Ashby | c Goldsmith b Passfield | 25 | |||||
| W Frith | b Passfield | 50 | |||||
| +E Fowler | b Campbell | 7 | |||||
| GH Lee | b Allee | 29 | |||||
| JF Hartland | not out | 10 | |||||
| C Frith | c Goldsmith b Passfield | 6 | |||||
| ETA Fuller | c Boyle b Allee | 23 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 1 w) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108 overs) | 270 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-270 (108 ov) | |||||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trapp | 20 | 1 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 15 | 7 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dobson | 8 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Horan | 15 | 4 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allee | 22 | 8 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Passfield | 20 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| East Melbourne second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TU Groube | c Fowler b W Frith | 5 | |||||
| TP Horan | c Ollivier b W Frith | 29 | |||||
| EP Hastings | b W Frith | 10 | |||||
| D Campbell | b W Frith | 12 | |||||
| CG Allee | b Ashby | 25 | |||||
| L Goldsmith | b W Frith | 0 | |||||
| HF Boyle | b Ashby | 40 | |||||
| HA Musgrove | run out | 33 | |||||
| VB Trapp | c W Frith b Ashby | 8 | |||||
| F Dobson | b W Frith | 4 | |||||
| T Passfield | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 78.2 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-180 (78.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| W Frith | 32 | 11 | 69 | 6 | - | - | |
| Lee | 21.2 | 8 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| C Frith | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashby | 18 | 3 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Ollivier | not out | 46 | |||||
| DA Ashby | not out | 44 | |||||
| G Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| TS Baker | did not bat | ||||||
| *WF Neilson | did not bat | ||||||
| W Frith | did not bat | ||||||
| +E Fowler | did not bat | ||||||
| GH Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| JF Hartland | did not bat | ||||||
| C Frith | did not bat | ||||||
| ETA Fuller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 31.3 overs) | 99 | |||||
| East Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trapp | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boyle | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dobson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horan | 5.3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allee | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Passfield | 13 | 5 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |