van land february teams victoria van land tasmania played timeless cricket match known ground tasmania match held represented cricket team home team represented port team visiting team match organised celebration separation victoria new_south_wales captain port team led land team overs bowled class cricket match deliveries ball bowled match delivery van land port scored runs match took wickets significant number additional earned records set match match ended days teams played innings land won match wickets match took close year organising class cricket match australia cricket match australia match considered significant events history australia background 1800s cricket widely popular sport australia cricket matches places like tasmania rare recorded reference cricket played australia january sydney gazette reported playing conditions domestic cricket match involving match held november grounds earliest images capturing game progress australia artist sketches painted founded unsuccessful attempt year organise match north south tasmania match subsequently took place played match considered cricket match match interested playing opponents time english immigrant played cricket later captain victorian team match tasmania proposed special meeting january challenge sent tasmania match match proposed celebration impending separation victoria new_south_wales subsequently march received invitation challenge organise cricket match cricket teams reply proposed match place month april communication delayed resulting match postponed noted match arose challenge having sent february year victoria club newly formed town accepted come march following prevented gentleman forward acceptance post letter time steamer great courtesy repeating challenge spring accepted arranged come day months later proposed match subsequently led match getting scheduled month february tasmania fixture came considered class cricket match australia cricket match australia match proceedings decided players uniform playing match chose colours red white blue victorian team match remain official colours till date victorian team wearing multi coloured friends ladies tow reached team met fanfare arrival players known followed considerable led team having time practice match match started february previously known currently known match scheduled timeless cricket match words match played limit number days till match ended expecting audience number spectator set ground match watched spectators including thousand spectators day spectators second day captains leading respective teams captained team captained victorian team team comprised players perth clubs contributed player playing match class debuts match twelfth man team boundaries overs bowled match deliveries norm days nature match significant number earned records set match day victorian players ground inspection criticised quality playing ground government apologised mentioning possession ground past months cricket ground rough match took time decide playing pitch toss won marshall sent victoria bat match started innings predominant bowling style fast preferred bowling tasmania bowling leading series ball bowled history australian class cricket delivery bowler australian class cricket tasmania bowler opened attack victoria opened innings non end opening batsman australian class cricket tasmania captain marshal kept wicket team wicket keeper australia class cricket history tasmania bowled end opening batting pair cooper took minutes runs personal score runs cooper batsman australian class cricket history dismissed clean bowled tasmania dismissed cooper consequently wicket taking bowler effect dismissal manner australian class cricket took cooper place wicket batsman soon ran runs australian class cricket dismissal victorian captain scored getting caught batsman australian class cricket history reach double figures jointly scored highest runs batsman australian class cricket dismissed caught tasmania cricketer taken catch dismissal tasmania earned distinction bowler effect dismissal manner followed stands soon getting bowled bowling having scored runs hamilton wicket fell turn hour play score runs wickets match proceeded victoria replaced scored runs cricketer australian class cricket run quickly fell making run getting clean bowled score standing runs wickets elder brother victorian captain runs bring score getting bowled sixth victorian player seventh dismissal cricketer australian class cricket history dismissed having scored duck batsman genre cricket dismissed tasmania marshall bowler wicket keeper pair effect dismissal manner end victoria ran runs runs eventually getting caught slip bowling wickets fell getting bowled individual scores respectively victoria remained victoria bowled innings playing overs hours minutes scoring runs took wickets bowler genre cricket reach wicket haul tasmania opened batting innings captain marshall non end opened victorian bowling attack marshall batted hour making runs losing wicket lunch break announced play resumed lunch marshall maintained pace ensure tasmania reached loss runs highest tasmania innings batsman score runs twice innings victoria replaced hamilton bowling attack managed break partnership sending pavilion delivery took came bat bowled clean ball faced took field place scored run hand strike marshall captain marshall lost wicket ball giving catch point bowling marshall wicket taken wickets balls marshall second highest score innings scoring runs departed scoring run taking wicket tasmania 5th wicket fell replaced sent pavilion hamilton getting clean bowled scoring runs came gibson wicket batsman australian class cricket history score runs single ball clean bowled having scored runs minutes player departed bowling having scored run runs getting bowled hamilton walked bat wickets tasmania sent pavilion immediately having scored duck players brought rearguard action wicket stand pushed team score player having scored caught wide hamilton remained conclusion innings tasmania played overs hours minutes scoring runs gaining lead runs victoria innings score match expected struggle attack performed effectively helped large total extras included balls victoria highest wicket innings seven wicket haul second innings victoria second innings featured opening innings caught long came batting soon joined hall leg wicket scoring score losing wicket scoring getting caught field came wicket fell better innings score single run fell duck highest scorer victoria innings came taking singles minutes batting run throw marshall team score stood runs man cooper departed immediately duck bowled fifth wicket victoria end hamilton batted despite vanguard action victoria kept losing wickets regularly cooper successor runs innings single getting caught came lasted minutes getting dismissed batsman lasted scoring single minutes took having carried bat hour hamilton man falling leg wicket runs scored minutes included highest individual score innings teams remained scoring run victorian batsmen reached double figures second innings bowling department field took wickets respectively tasmania second innings victorian team getting dismissed hour minutes playing overs scoring runs tasmania left score runs outright win despite late evening teams enthusiastic carry decided attempt result day nearly half past opened second innings non end opened bowling attack victoria getting dismissed having scored run wicket second score runs getting bowled ensured ended match highest scorer tasmania aggregate score runs innings took wicket sending stands cooper taking catch victoria bowled innings got wicket man field caught making single gibson marshall succeeded field sent quick succession gibson manage single getting bowled marshall caught bowled duck making caught bowled instance australian class cricket took gibson place arthur replaced marshall time called play bad light end day play tasmania lost wickets scoring runs wrote february report excitement great confident victory day second day proceedings started arthur resuming batting tasmania arthur caught bowling addition overnight score dropped second ball faced getting life subsequent big hitting swung game favour replaced arthur ensured wickets fell tasmania successfully chased victorian target result needing score runs second innings win match tasmania scored required runs taking hour minutes losing wickets overs tasmania marshall winning captain victoria losing captain class cricket australia close play runs including scored runs victoria taken wickets bowler australian class cricket history wicket haul twice match highest wicket taking bowler match teams aggregate haul wickets innings combined tasmania highest wicket having taken wickets innings account having scored runs innings victoria hamilton highest scorer match teams aggregate score runs general level fielding considered high match players marshall specifically praised admirable fielding attempts drew crowd appreciation spectators noted displayed high levels match noticeably cheering fall opponent team wickets celebrating scoring shots team aftermath high witnessed teams organising clubs victorian stay day proceedings people tasmania victoria including dinner post attended ball similarly match public ball organised hosts held thursday night cornwall hotel visiting staying event attended people including supporters accompanied continued early morning visitors instructed leave day leaving victorian players proceeded arm arm departure wharf walking brass band playing noted australian journalist wrote book chronicles early melbourne everybody invited everybody difficulty offered time landing time embarking spirit continued balls musical parties description entertainment got welcome strangers post return praised invited opponents play return match victoria subsequent season match held march ground situated south bank lost tasmania runs match played victoria years later tasmania beat victoria dead rubber match played march years later victoria played new_south_wales march new ground based richmond known match won new_south_wales class match australian mainland colonies class match current site english migrants team returned tour tasmania season played match fixture won match held february victoria played significant victory taking wickets runs innings figures record books economical wicket haul record surpassed tasmania represented primarily scored runs innings defeated innings second match played battery ground march won comfortably victorian team team series matches found difficult bowling professional skilled victorian fixtures victoria tasmania played additional matches victoria winning visit victorian team credited provided significant encouragement sport cricket tasmania formation came existence april members club february vanguard future matches february named cricket memorabilia exposition mark remembrance number years passed historic match match considered significant events history australia drawing rave mention anniversary celebration
Port Phillip v Van Diemen's Land, 1851