misc28617	Southland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1880/81
Venue	Eastern Reserve, Invercargill on 17th, 18th January 1881 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Southland: 22; Australians: 11
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 83 runs
Umpires	[unknown], J Kingsland
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 154/6 (Slight 14, Groube 3)

Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB Kingswell	b Palmer	0
J Morrison	c Alexander b Spofforth	9
R Buchanan	b Palmer	0
S Murray	b Palmer	0
Howarth	b Spofforth	0
TC Ellis	b Palmer	1
HB Morrison	b Palmer	0
*WG Mehaffey	c Murdoch b Spofforth	0
TS Millar	c White b Spofforth	6
LE Reade	c Alexander b Spofforth	0
TD Kingsland	c Murdoch b Spofforth	0
RG Nash	st Jarvis b Palmer	1
W Smith	b Palmer	0
T Mitchell	b Spofforth	0
R Ross	run out	4
M Morgan	b Spofforth	1
W Little	b Spofforth	2
N Gurr	run out	0
FC Clayton	b Spofforth	5
TB Bennett	b Palmer	4
CH Thomas	not out	4
HS Tarlton	b Palmer	3
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out, 37.1 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Kingswell), 2-1 (Buchanan), 3-3 (Murray), 4-4 (Howarth), 5-9 (Ellis), 6-9 (HB Morrison), 7-10 (J Morrison), 8-10 (Mehaffey), 9-14 (Reade), 10-15 (Kingsland), 11-15 (Nash), 12-17 (Millar), 13-17 (Smith), 14-19 (Mitchell), 15-23 (Morgan), 16-23 (Ross), 17-23 (Gurr), 18-23 (Little), 19-32 (Clayton), 20-32 (Bennett), 21-43 (Tarlton, 37.1 ov)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+AH Jarvis	c Clayton b Nash	15
FR Spofforth	b Nash	33
*WL Murdoch	run out	40
PS McDonnell	b Ellis	36
J Slight	c J Morrison b Ellis	17
G Alexander	c Millar b Kingsland	3
HF Boyle	b Ellis	0
TU Groube	not out	20
GE Palmer	c Nash b Kingsland	11
JM Blackham	c Millar b Bennett	7
J White	c HB Morrison b Kingsland	4
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 6 w)	14
Total	(all out, 106 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Jarvis), 2-56 (Spofforth), 3-120 (McDonnell), 4-137 (Murdoch), 5-147 (Alexander), 6-147 (Boyle), 7-162 (Slight), 8-181 (Palmer), 9-194 (Blackham), 10-200 (White, 106 ov)

Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CH Thomas	b Alexander	0
J Morrison	b Boyle	7
R Buchanan	b Alexander	0
S Murray	run out	3
Howarth	b Alexander	0
TC Ellis	b Alexander	0
HB Morrison	b Boyle	8
*WG Mehaffey	c Slight b Alexander	7
TS Millar	c Blackham b Boyle	0
LE Reade	c and b Boyle	4
TD Kingsland	lbw b Alexander	13
RG Nash	c and b Boyle	1
W Smith	c Slight b Alexander	3
T Mitchell	run out	2
R Ross	c Spofforth b Boyle	0
M Morgan	c Spofforth b Boyle	0
W Little	b Boyle	1
N Gurr	b Boyle	0
FC Clayton	run out	15
TB Bennett	c and b Boyle	5
CB Kingswell	c Slight b Boyle	0
HS Tarlton	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Thomas), 2-0 (Buchanan), 3-9 (J Morrison), 4-9 (Howarth), 5-9 (Ellis), 6-18 (Murray), 7-24 (HB Morrison), 8-24 (Millar), 9-30 (Reade), 10-30 (Mehaffey), 11-30 (Nash), 12-38 (Smith), 13-45 (Mitchell), 14-45 (Ross), 15-45 (Morgan), 16-49 (Little), 17-51 (Gurr), 18-57 (Kingsland), 19-71 (Clayton), 20-72 (Bennett), 21-74 (Kingswell, 61.3 ov)

Australia only had 11 men available for this match; Bonnor was severely indisposed and Bannerman had sustained a family bereavement.