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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 15th, 16th January 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Bohemians won by 8 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | Bohemians (1) 172/2 (Campbell 74*, Darke 32*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Ollivier | c Campbell b McEvoy | 27 | |||||
| DA Ashby | c Campbell b McEvoy | 14 | |||||
| TS Baker | c Campbell b Wilkie | 6 | |||||
| *WF Neilson | c Wilkie b McEvoy | 33 | |||||
| W Frith | run out | 44 | |||||
| G Watson | c Ford b McEvoy | 5 | |||||
| GH Lee | lbw b Moule | 21 | |||||
| +E Fowler | b McEvoy | 17 | |||||
| JF Hartland | run out | 0 | |||||
| C Frith | not out | 8 | |||||
| ETA Fuller | c Campbell b Moule | 5 | |||||
| Extras | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 74.2 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-197 (74.2 ov) | |||||||
| Bohemians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Darke | 6.1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wallace | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| McEvoy | 25 | 2 | 86 | 5 | - | - | |
| Wilkie | 14 | 4 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moule | 15.1 | 5 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bohemians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| D Campbell | c Ollivier b C Frith | 92 | |||||
| AF Robinson | c Ollivier b C Frith | 34 | |||||
| WH Moule | run out | 2 | |||||
| WF Darke | c W Frith b Ashby | 32 | |||||
| WJ McEvoy | b Ashby | 5 | |||||
| T Riddell | not out | 32 | |||||
| RL Chirnside | b Ashby | 0 | |||||
| W Ford | c W Frith b C Frith | 2 | |||||
| +GM Wilkie | b C Frith | 4 | |||||
| HJ Jennings | b Ashby | 11 | |||||
| DS Wallace | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 108.2 overs) | 236 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-? | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 11 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| W Frith | 33 | 15 | 70 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashby | 33.2 | 15 | 56 | 5 | - | - | |
| C Frith | 26 | 13 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baker | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AM Ollivier | b Moule | 1 | |||||
| JF Hartland | st Wilkie b Moule | 29 | |||||
| TS Baker | b McEvoy | 16 | |||||
| *WF Neilson | b Wallace | 9 | |||||
| DA Ashby | b Wallace | 3 | |||||
| W Frith | b Moule | 16 | |||||
| G Watson | lbw b Moule | 0 | |||||
| GH Lee | not out | 17 | |||||
| +E Fowler | c Moule b Wallace | 0 | |||||
| C Frith | b Moule | 0 | |||||
| ETA Fuller | c and b Wallace | 10 | |||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 54.3 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-105 (54.3 ov) | |||||||
| Bohemians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wallace | 15.3 | 2 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| McEvoy | 13 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moule | 26 | 10 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bohemians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WH Moule | b W Frith | 1 | |||||
| AF Robinson | c Ollivier b Lee | 12 | |||||
| T Riddell | not out | 49 | |||||
| RL Chirnside | not out | 0 | |||||
| D Campbell | did not bat | ||||||
| WF Darke | did not bat | ||||||
| WJ McEvoy | did not bat | ||||||
| W Ford | did not bat | ||||||
| +GM Wilkie | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Jennings | did not bat | ||||||
| DS Wallace | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 31 overs) | 67 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-? | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| W Frith | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ashby | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| C Frith | 10 | 5 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |