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Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip — The First First-Class Match in Australia, February 1851
Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) vs Port Phillip (Victoria)
1851-02-11
On 11-12 February 1851, eighteen years before the Federation that would create modern Australia, teams representing the colonies of Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip met at the Launceston Racecourse for what is now reckoned the first first-class cricket match played on Australian soil. About 2,500 spectators watched William Henty open the bowling underarm to Duncan Cooper; Van Diemen's Land won by three wickets.
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