This is a list of Australian intercolonial cricket matches. It lists only those first-class matches played between the various Australian colonies prior to Federation on 1 January 1901. Matches listed include composite team matches, such as Australian XI or Rest of Australia, played against either another composite team, or a colony.
Additional first-class matches (not listed here) were played and included matches between representative colonial teams and visiting overseas teams. Some of these matches are recorded as Test matches. See separate articles History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883, History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889 and History of Test cricket from 1890 to 1900 for more details.
Season | Colonies | Venue | Date | Result | Ref |
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1850–51 | Tasmania v Victoria | Launceston Cricket Club Ground | 11–12 February 1851 | Tasmania won by 3 wickets | [1] |
1851–52 | Victoria v Tasmania | South Yarra Ground, Melbourne | 29–30 March 1852 | Victoria won by 61 runs | [2] |
1853–54 | Tasmania v Victoria | Launceston Cricket Club Ground | 3–4 March 1854 | Tasmania won by 8 wickets | [3] |
1855–56 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27 March 1856 | New South Wales won by 3 wickets | [4] |
1856–57 | New South Wales v Victoria | The Domain, Sydney | 14–16 January 1857 | New South Wales won by 65 runs | [5] |
1857–58 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [6] | 12–14 January 1858Victoria won by 171 runs | [7] |
Tasmania v Victoria | Launceston Cricket Club Ground | 25–26 February 1858 | Victoria won by an innings and 20 runs | [8] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Lower Domain Ground, Hobart | 4–5 March 1858 | Victoria won by 69 runs | [9] | |
1858–59 | New South Wales v Victoria | The Domain, Sydney | 20–22 January 1859 | Victoria won by 2 wickets | [10] |
1859–60 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2–4 February 1860 | Victoria won by 69 runs | [11] |
1860–61 | New South Wales v Victoria | The Domain, Sydney | 14–16 February 1861 | Victoria won by 21 runs | [12] |
1861–62 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 9–11 January 1862 | Victoria won by 10 wickets | [13] |
1862–63 | New South Wales v Victoria | The Domain, Sydney | 5–7 February 1863 | New South Wales won by 84 runs | [14] |
1865–66 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–28 December 1865 | Victoria won by an innings and 20 runs | [15] |
1866–67 | New South Wales v Victoria | The Domain, Sydney | 26–27 December 1866 | New South Wales won by an innings and 13 runs | [16] |
1867–68 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–30 December 1867 | Victoria won by 7 wickets | [17] |
1868–69 | Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 12–13 February 1869 | Victoria won by an innings and 260 runs | [18] |
New South Wales v Victoria | The Domain, Sydney | 4–6 March 1869 | Victoria won by 78 runs | [19] | |
1869–70 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24–28 February 1870 | Victoria won by 265 runs | [20] |
1870–71 | Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24–25 February 1871 | Victoria won by 10 wickets | [21] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Albert Ground, Sydney | 9–11, 13 March 1871 | Victoria won by 48 runs | [22] | |
1871–72 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 30 March–1 April 1872 | Victoria won by an innings and 26 runs | [23] |
1872–73 | Victoria v Rest of Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–28 December 1872 | Rest of Australia won by 5 wickets | [24] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Albert Ground, Sydney | 28 February–2, 7–8 March 1873 | Victoria won by 24 runs | [25] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Launceston Cricket Club Ground | 14–15 March 1873 | Victoria won by 7 wickets | [26] | |
1874–75 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26, 28–30 December 1874 | New South Wales won by 6 wickets | [27] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Albert Ground, Sydney | 5–6, 8 March 1875 | New South Wales won by 77 runs | [28] | |
1875–76 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 27–29 December 1875 | New South Wales won by an innings and 1 run | [29] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Albert Ground, Sydney | 25–26, 28 February 1876 | New South Wales won by 195 runs | [30] | |
1877–78 | South Australia v Tasmania | Adelaide Oval | 10, 12 November 1877 | South Australia won by an innings and 13 runs | [31] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27 December 1877 | New South Wales won by an innings and 6 runs | [32] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 22–23, 25 February 1878 | New South Wales won by 1 wicket | [33] | |
1879–80 | New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 21–22, 24 November 1879 | New South Wales won by 32 runs | [34] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27 December 1879 | Victoria won by an innings and 96 runs | [35] | |
1880–81 | Victoria v South Australia | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 12–13, 15 November 1880 | Victoria won by 7 wickets | [36] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 27–29 December 1880 | Victoria won by 2 wickets | [37] | |
New South Wales and Victoria Combined XI v Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1, 3–4 January 1881 | Australian XI won by 178 runs | [38] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 18–19, 21 February 1881 | Victoria won by 30 runs | [39] | |
New South Wales and Victoria Combined XI v Australian XI | Association Ground, Sydney | 4–5, 7–8 March 1881 | New South Wales and Victoria Combined XI won by 246 runs | [40] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 1–2, 4 April 1881 | Victoria won by 151 runs | [41] | |
1881–82 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24, 26–27 December 1881 | Victoria won by 2 wickets | [42] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 10–11, 13–15 February 1882 | New South Wales won by an innings and 138 runs | [43] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 10–11, 13 March 1882 | South Australia won by 31 runs | [44] | |
1882–83 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 23, 26–29 December 1882 | New South Wales won by 7 wickets | [45] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 9–10 February 1883 | Victoria won by an innings and 166 runs | [46] | |
Victoria v South Australia | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24, 26–27 March 1883 | Victoria won by an innings and 98 runs | [47] | |
1883–84 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–29, 31 December 1883 | Victoria won by 3 wickets | [48] |
Australian XI v Combined XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–3 January 1884 | Match drawn | [49] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 8–9, 11–12 February 1884 | New South Wales won by 202 runs | [50] | |
Australian XI v Combined XI | Association Ground, Sydney | 15–16, 18 February 1884 | Australian XI won by 9 wickets | [51] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 22–23, 25–27 February 1884 | Victoria won by 4 wickets | [52] | |
1884–85 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27, 29–30 December 1884 | Victoria won by an innings and 5 runs | [53] |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 23–24, 26 January 1885 | South Australia won by 53 runs | [54] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 13–14, 16–17 February 1885 | New South Wales won by 3 wickets | [55] | |
1885–86 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26, 28–30 December 1885 | Victoria won by an innings and 69 runs | [56] |
Victoria v Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–2, 4 January 1886 | Australian XI won by 10 wickets | [57] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 23, 25–28 January 1886 | New South Wales won by 150 runs | [58] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 11–13, 15 March 1886 | South Australia won by 40 runs | [59] | |
1886–87 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 27–30 December 1886 | New South Wales won by 184 runs | [60] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 22, 24–28 January 1887 | New South Wales won by 6 wickets | [61] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 11–12, 14 February 1887 | Victoria won by 144 runs | [62] | |
Smokers v Non-Smokers | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 17–19, 21 March 1887 | Match drawn | [63] | |
1887–88 | Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24, 26–27 December 1887 | New South Wales won by 2 wickets | [64] |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 26–28, 30–31 January 1888 | New South Wales won by an innings and 35 runs | [65] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 17–18, 20 February 1888 | South Australia won by an innings and 113 runs | [66] | |
1888–89 | South Australia v Australian XI | Adelaide Oval | 23–24, 26 November 1888 | South Australia won by 8 wickets | [67] |
Victoria v Australian XI | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 7–8, 10 December 1888 | Australian XI won by an innings and 22 runs | [68] | |
New South Wales v Australian XI | Association Ground, Sydney | 21–22, 24, 26 December 1888 | Match drawn | [69] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–29 December 1888 | Victoria won by 15 runs | [70] | |
Victoria v Tasmania | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–5 January 1889 | Victoria won by 9 wickets | [71] | |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 11–12, 14–15 January 1889 | New South Wales won by 6 wickets | [72] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 26, 28–30 January 1889 | Victoria won by 12 runs | [73] | |
Rest of Australia v Australian XI | Association Ground, Sydney | 1–2, 4–5 February 1889 | Australian XI won by 214 runs | [74] | |
1889–90 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 13–14, 16–17 December 1889 | Victoria won by 18 runs | [75] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–28, 30 December 1889 | Victoria won by 8 wickets | [76] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart | 8–9 January 1890 | Victoria won by an innings and 147 runs | [77] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 25, 27–30 January 1890 | New South Wales won by 4 wickets | [78] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Association Ground, Sydney | 14–15, 17–18 February 1890 | New South Wales won by 9 wickets | [79] | |
1890–91 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 19–20, 22–23 December 1890 | New South Wales won by 6 wickets | [80] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27, 29 December 1890 | Victoria won by 36 runs | [81] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–3, 5 January 1891 | South Australia won by an innings and 62 runs | [82] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 24, 26–29 January 1891 | New South Wales won by an innings and 94 runs | [83] | |
Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 30 March–1 April 1891 | Victoria won by 9 wickets | [84] | |
1891–92 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 7, 9–11 November 1891 | South Australia won by an innings and 164 runs | [85] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26, 28–30 December 1891 | Victoria won by 6 wickets | [86] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Association Ground, Sydney | 8–9, 11–13 January 1892 | South Australia won by an innings and 53 runs | [87] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 23, 25–27 January 1892 | Victoria won by an innings and 15 runs | [88] | |
1892–93 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 16–17, 19–21 December 1892 | South Australia won by 57 runs | [89] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24, 26–29 December 1892 | Victoria won by 8 wickets | [90] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 31 December 1892, 2–4 January 1893 | Victoria won by 6 wickets | [91] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Association Ground, Sydney | 7, 9–10 January 1893 | New South Wales won by an innings and 60 runs | [92] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 26–28, 30–31 January 1893 | Victoria won by 232 runs | [93] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Northern Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston | 28, 30 January–1 February 1893 | Victoria won by 4 wickets | [94] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 16–18, 20–21 March 1893 | Victoria won by 5 wickets | [95] | |
South Australia v Western Australia | Adelaide Oval | 27–28 March 1893 | South Australia won by 10 wickets | [96] | |
Queensland v New South Wales | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | 1, 3–4 April 1893 | Queensland won by 14 runs | [97] | |
Victoria v Western Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1, 3–4 April 1893 | Victoria won by an innings and 243 runs | [98] | |
1893–94 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 15–16, 18–19 December 1893 | South Australia won by 237 runs | [99] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 23, 26–30 December 1893 | Victoria won by 3 wickets | [100] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–4 January 1894 | South Australia won by 74 runs | [101] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Association Ground, Sydney | 6, 8–9 January 1894 | New South Wales won by an innings and 158 runs | [102] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Association Ground, Sydney | 26–27, 29–30 January 1894 | New South Wales won by 19 runs | [103] | |
Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27, 29 January 1894 | Victoria won by 7 wickets | [104] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 2–3, 5–7 March 1894 | South Australia won by 58 runs | [105] | |
New South Wales v Queensland | Association Ground, Sydney | 24, 26–28 March 1894 | New South Wales won by 2 wickets | [106] | |
1894–95 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 30 November–1, 3 December 1894 | South Australia won by 10 wickets | [107] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 22, 24, 26–27 December 1894 | Victoria won by 161 runs | [108] | |
South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 5, 7–9 January 1895 | South Australia won by 4 wickets | [109] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 25–26, 28–31 January 1895 | Victoria won by 55 runs | [110] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart | 26, 28–30 January 1895 | Tasmania won by 8 wickets | [111] | |
Queensland v New South Wales | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | 9, 11–12 February 1895 | New South Wales won by 6 wickets | [112] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 15–16, 18–19 February 1895 | Victoria won by 10 wickets | [113] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 22–23, 25–26 February 1895 | New South Wales won by 111 runs | [114] | |
1895–96 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 9, 11–13 November 1895 | Victoria won by 66 runs | [115] |
New South Wales v Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground | 13–14, 16–17 December 1895 | New South Wales won by 9 wickets | [116] | |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–28, 30–31 December 1895 | New South Wales won by 123 runs | [117] | |
South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 3–4, 6 January 1896 | New South Wales won by an innings and 34 runs | [118] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 25, 27–30 January 1896 | Victoria won by 4 wickets | [119] | |
Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 25, 27 January 1896 | Tasmania won by an innings and 58 runs | [120] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 21–22, 24 February 1896 | South Australia won by 10 wickets | [121] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 28–29 February, 2–4 March 1896 | New South Wales won by 9 wickets | [122] | |
Australian XI v Rest of Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 6–7, 9–10 March 1896 | Australian XI won by 2 wickets | [123] | |
1896–97 | South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 19, 21–23 December 1896 | New South Wales won by 51 runs | [124] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26, 28–30 December 1896 | New South Wales won by 9 wickets | [125] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1–2, 4–5 January 1897 | Victoria won by 49 runs | [126] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 8–9, 11 January 1897 | New South Wales won by an innings and 11 runs | [127] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Northern Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Launceston | 20–22 January 1897 | Victoria won by 8 wickets | [128] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 23, 25–28 January 1897 | New South Wales won by 192 runs | [129] | |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 26–27 February, 1 March 1897 | South Australia won by an innings and 70 runs | [130] | |
Queensland v New South Wales | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | 16–17, 19 April 1897 | New South Wales won by an innings and 101 runs | [131] | |
1897–98 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 13, 15–17 November 1897 | South Australia won by 9 wickets | [132] |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 27–30 December 1897 | Victoria won by 149 runs | [133] | |
South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 8, 10–12 January 1898 | New South Wales won by 216 runs | [134] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 22, 24–27 January 1898 | Victoria won by 3 wickets | [135] | |
Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 22, 24–25 January 1898 | Tasmania won by 72 runs | [136] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 11–12, 14–15 February 1898 | Victoria won by 26 runs | [137] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 18–19, 21–22 February 1898 | South Australia won by 295 runs | [138] | |
1898–99 | South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 12, 14–17 November 1898 | Victoria won by 296 runs | [139] |
New South Wales v Tasmania | Sydney Cricket Ground | 9–10, 12 December 1898 | New South Wales won by an innings and 487 runs | [140] | |
South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 16–17, 19–21 December 1898 | South Australia won by 57 runs | [141] | |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 24, 26–27 December 1898 | Victoria won by 190 runs | [142] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 31 December 1898, 2–3 January 1899 | Victoria won by an innings and 218 runs | [143] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 6–7, 9–11 January 1899 | New South Wales won by 3 wickets | [144] | |
Queensland v South Australia | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 14, 16–17 January 1899 | South Australia won by an innings and 284 runs | [145] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 26–28, 30 January 1899 | New South Wales won by 8 wickets | [146] | |
Tasmania v Victoria | Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart | 26–28, 30 January 1899 | Tasmania won by 365 runs | [147] | |
Australian XI v Rest of Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3–4, 6–8 March 1899 | Australian XI won by 7 wickets | [148] | |
Australian XI v Rest of Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 10–11, 13 March 1899 | Australian XI won by 9 wickets | [149] | |
Australian XI v Rest of Australia | Adelaide Oval | 17–18, 20–22 March 1899 | Australian XI won by 4 wickets | [150] | |
Western Australia v South Australia | WACA Ground | 3–6 April 1899 | South Australia won by 4 wickets | [151] | |
1899–00 | New South Wales v Queensland | Sydney Cricket Ground | 17–18, 20–21 November 1899 | New South Wales won by an innings and 315 runs | [152] |
South Australia v Victoria | Adelaide Oval | 24–25, 27–30 November 1899 | Victoria won by 246 runs | [153] | |
Queensland v New South Wales | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 25, 27–28 November 1899 | New South Wales won by an innings and 85 runs | [154] | |
South Australia v New South Wales | Adelaide Oval | 16, 18–20 December 1899 | New South Wales won by an innings and 392 runs | [155] | |
Victoria v New South Wales | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 23, 26–28 December 1899 | New South Wales won by an innings and 274 runs | [156] | |
Victoria v South Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 30 December 1899, 1–4 January 1900 | Victoria won by 181 runs | [157] | |
Tasmania v New South Wales | Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart | 30 December 1899, 1–2 January 1900 | New South Wales won by 4 wickets | [158] | |
New South Wales v South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 6, 8–12 January 1900 | South Australia won by 6 wickets | [159] | |
New South Wales v Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 26–27, 29–31 January 1900 | New South Wales won by 111 runs | [160] | |
Victoria v Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 26–27, 29–30 January 1900 | Victoria won by 185 runs | [161] | |
Australian XI v Rest of Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2–3, 5–6 February 1900 | Australian XI won by 151 runs | [162] |
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