Date-stamped : 29 May95 - 18:22
Tour match: VICTORIA v ENGLAND
Played at Melbourne, 21st-25th March 1895.

After the excitement of the last Test match, the  return  fixture
with  Victoria  aroused  only languid interest.  Stoddart was too
unwell to play and Philipson captained the English team.  Winning
the  toss,  G.H.S. Trott put the Englishmen in - the wicket being
affected by rain - and this policy, as it happened, won the game.
After  being  got rid of for 131 - G.H.S.Trott bowling with great
effect - Stoddart`s team were always losing. Ford made a  brilli-
ant   effort  in the  second innings, but it was no use, and Vic-
toria, thanks to Bruce and Albert  Trott,  won  easily  by  seven
wickets.

Source :: Wisden 1896.
<END> Contributed by J.R.F.Evans (en92jrfe@exeter.ac.uk)