misc28640	Auckland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1886/87
Venue	Auckland Domain, Auckland on 6th, 7th, 8th December 1886 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Auckland: 22; Australians: 10
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JM Blackham, JB Mumford
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 63/8 (Lynch 19*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 98/1 (Palmer 50, Trumble 15)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	b W Meldrum	18
GE Palmer	b Gould	0
JW Trumble	c Crowe b W Meldrum	13
W Bruce	b Lynch	19
+AH Jarvis	b Arneil	13
J McIlwraith	c Harvie b Arneil	23
*TW Garrett	b Lynch	4
E Evans	c McPherson b Arneil	2
FR Spofforth	c Mills b Lynch	0
J Phillips	not out	8
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 90.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Palmer), 2-31 (Trumble), 3-31 (Jones), 4-66 (Bruce), 5-66 (Jarvis), 6-76 (Garrett), 7-79 (Evans), 8-82 (Spofforth), 9-104 (McIlwraith, 90.3 ov)

Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Yates	b Garrett	0
JC Testro	st Jarvis b Palmer	3
C Gardner	st Jarvis b Palmer	9
E Mills	st Jarvis b Palmer	8
DJF Lynch	c Jones b Garrett	46
J Arneil	st Jarvis b Palmer	11
WE Barton	c Spofforth b Palmer	2
AE Dewes	b Palmer	3
R Crowe	lbw b Palmer	2
JHP Kissling	b Palmer	4
AL Meldrum	c and b Palmer	0
I Richards	c Palmer b Spofforth	2
W Ryburn	b Palmer	0
W Meldrum	b Spofforth	0
TA Moresby	st Jarvis b Palmer	0
AB O'Brien	b Garrett	6
C Reed	c Evans b Palmer	2
*WW Robinson	st Jarvis b Garrett	3
+H Harvie	not out	2
R McPherson	b Garrett	0
Thomas	b Garrett	0
A Gould	c sub (W Gardiner) b Garrett	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 116 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Yates), 2-13 (Gardner), 3-14 (Testro), 4-27 (Mills), 5-43 (Arneil), 6-57 (Barton), 7-? (Dewes), 8-63 (Crowe), 9-71 (Kissling), 10-75 (AL Meldrum), 11-82 (Richards), 12-85 (Ryburn), 13-86 (W Meldrum), 14-87 (Moresby), 15-106 (Lynch), 16-? (Reed), 17-109 (O'Brien), 18-114 (Robinson), 19-114 (McPherson), 20-114 (Thomas), 21-114 (Gould, 116 ov)

Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SP Jones	lbw b Mills	33
GE Palmer	c Reed b Mills	72
JW Trumble	b W Meldrum	31
W Bruce	c W Meldrum b Mills	27
+AH Jarvis	b Mills	14
J McIlwraith	c Barton b Mills	4
*TW Garrett	c Testro b Mills	2
E Evans	c Arneil b Robinson	26
FR Spofforth	lbw b Mills	1
J Phillips	not out	9
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 212 overs)	225
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (Jones), 2-118 (Trumble), 3-166 (Palmer), 4-170 (Bruce), 5-186 (Jarvis), 6-188 (Garrett), 7-192 (McIlwraith), 8-195 (Spofforth), 9-225 (Evans, 212 ov)

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but extended to three.

Blackham was unable to play through injury to his hand.