International cricket |
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in 1876β77 | in 1880 |
The 1878β79 international cricket season was from September 1878 to March 1879. [1] [2] The match witnessed the first ever Test match hat-rick, when the Australian pacer Fred Spofforth achieved the first Test match hat-trick when he dismissed The Revd Vernon Royle, Francis MacKinnon and Tom Emmett in the first innings. [3]
International tours | ||||||
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Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | |||
Test | FC | |||||
2 January 1879 | Australia | England | 1β0 [1] | β |
One-off Test match | ||||||||
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No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result | |||
Test 3 | 2β4 January | Dave Gregory | Lord Harris | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia by 10 wickets |