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REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES PLAYED IN ENGLAND—ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA.

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Date.	Played at	Result
1880	Oval	England won by 5 wickets.
1882	Oval	Australia won by 7 runs.
1884	Manchester	Drawn.
1884	Lord's	England won by an innings and 5 runs.
1884	Oval	Drawn.
1886	Manchester	England won by 4 wickets.
1886	Lord's	England won by an innings and 106 runs.
1886	Oval	England won by an innings and 217 runs.
1888	Lord's	Australia won by 61 runs.
1888	Oval	England won by an innings and 137 runs.
1888	Manchester	England won by an innings and 21 runs.
1890	Lord's	England won by 7 wickets.
1890	Oval	England won by 2 wickets,

England won 9 ; lost 2 ; drawn 2.

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BATTING AVERAGES OF THE LEADING ENGLISH BATSMEN AGAINST THE AUSTRALIANS
IN ELEVEN-A-SIDE MATCHES TO THE END OF 1890.

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	Innings.	Not out	Highest Innings.	Runs.	Aver.
Mr. W. G. Grace	95	5	170	3035	33.65
Shrewsbury	112	15	232	3244	33.43
Mr. A. G. Steel	61	4	148	1779	31.12
Mr. W. W. Read	90	4	183	2593	30.13

CENTURIES SCORED.

Mr. W. G. Grace, eight	165	152	148	116*	110	107	101
Mr.W. W. Read, six	183a	142a*	119a	117	109	102
Shrewsbury, five	206	164	144a	105a*
Mr. A. G. Steel, three	148	135a*	134

a Signifies made in Australia. * Not out.