Team: J. Blackham, T. Horan, G. H. Bailey, D. W. Gregory, J. Conway, A. Bannerman, G. Bannerman, W. L. Murdoch (back row); F. R. Spofforth, F. Allan, W. Midwinter, T. W. Garrett, H. F. Boyle (front row). Six of the team, which had been selected by Dave Gregory and John Conway, were from New South Wales, four from Victoria and one, George Bailey, from Tasmania. Pollard writes: "The players wore blue-and-white sashes and blue-and-white stripes on their caps, which had no peaks. Most took the field wearing a tie or kerchief. Gregory was thirty-two, Allan twenty-eight, and all the others were under twenty-five. Garrett, who had turned twenty when the they arrived, was the team's baby. They each paid £50 towards tour expenses, three times the fare to England." The historic Australian victory against the Marylebone Club and Ground on 27th May in only the second match of the tour led Punch to print this parody of Byron:
"The Australians came down like a wolf from the fold,
The Marylebone cracks for a trifle were bowled,
Our Grace before dinner was very soon done
And Grace after dinner did not score a run."