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| Venue | Eastern Oval, Ballarat on 27th December 1878 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by 8 wickets |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Ollivier | c WH Figgis b SE Figgis | 31 | |||||
| G Watson | b Herbert | 21 | |||||
| DA Ashby | b Morey | 0 | |||||
| *WF Neilson | c Cooper b Herbert | 19 | |||||
| JF Hartland | b Cleverley | 0 | |||||
| TS Baker | c Williamson b Cleverley | 5 | |||||
| GH Lee | b Cleverley | 13 | |||||
| +E Fowler | c Antcliffe b Cleverley | 8 | |||||
| C Frith | not out | 15 | |||||
| W Frith | c Herbert b Morey | 11 | |||||
| ETA Fuller | c WH Figgis b Morey | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 44 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-131 (44 ov) | |||||||
| Ballarat bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morey | 14 | 2 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| SE Figgis | 15 | 1 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Herbert | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cleverley | 10 | 0 | 26 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ballarat first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TE Williamson | run out | 0 | |||||
| Sherard | lbw b C Frith | 8 | |||||
| P McGregor | b Ashby | 2 | |||||
| Cleverley | c Fowler b Ashby | 2 | |||||
| WH Figgis | c Ollivier b C Frith | 12 | |||||
| H Nettle | b C Frith | 15 | |||||
| SE Figgis | c Neilson b Ashby | 0 | |||||
| H Cooper | run out | 1 | |||||
| AJE Morey | b C Frith | 0 | |||||
| J Herbert | b Ashby | 0 | |||||
| G Antcliffe | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 38 overs) | 42 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-42 (38 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| C Frith | 19 | 8 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ashby | 19 | 6 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ballarat second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Nettle | b C Frith | 32 | |||||
| Cleverley | run out | 7 | |||||
| WH Figgis | c C Frith b Ashby | 23 | |||||
| G Antcliffe | c Lee b C Frith | 1 | |||||
| P McGregor | b C Frith | 15 | |||||
| Sherard | c Ashby b Neilson | 10 | |||||
| TE Williamson | b W Frith | 27 | |||||
| J Herbert | c Ollivier b W Frith | 3 | |||||
| SE Figgis | c Lee b W Frith | 2 | |||||
| H Cooper | b W Frith | 1 | |||||
| AJE Morey | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 111 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-135 (111 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| C Frith | 45 | 25 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ashby | 35 | 15 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 12 | 7 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| W Frith | 8 | 4 | 14 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lee | 9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JF Hartland | not out | 32 | |||||
| DA Ashby | lbw b Cleverley | 13 | |||||
| TS Baker | b Herbert | 0 | |||||
| AM Ollivier | not out | 0 | |||||
| G Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| *WF Neilson | did not bat | ||||||
| GH Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| +E Fowler | did not bat | ||||||
| C Frith | did not bat | ||||||
| W Frith | did not bat | ||||||
| ETA Fuller | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 17.3 overs) | 47 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-? | |||||||
| Ballarat bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morey | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| SE Figgis | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Herbert | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cleverley | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |