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Cricket Records in 1880s in Test matches

By runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	6 runs	214	111.1x4	v England	Sydney	20 Feb 1885	Test # 19
Australia	7 runs	85	55.0x4	v England	The Oval	28 Aug 1882	Test # 9
England	13 runs	111	107.0x4	v Australia	Sydney	28 Jan 1887	Test # 25
Australia	61 runs	124	47.0x4	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 1888	Test # 28
England	69 runs	153	69.2x4	v Australia	Sydney	26 Jan 1883	Test # 12
England	71 runs	222	110.0x4	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1887	Test # 26
England	126 runs	209	69.2x4	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1888	Test # 27

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	4 wickets	199	163.1x4	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1883	Test # 13
England	4 wickets	106	77.2x4	v Australia	Manchester	5 Jul 1886	Test # 22
England	5 wickets	57	33.3x4	v Australia	The Oval	6 Sep 1880	Test # 4
Australia	5 wickets	169	107.1x4	v England	Sydney	17 Feb 1882	Test # 6
Australia	6 wickets	61	49.3x4	v England	Sydney	3 Mar 1882	Test # 7
England	8 wickets	66	31.0x4	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1884	Test # 17
Australia	8 wickets	38	24.3x4	v England	Sydney	14 Mar 1885	Test # 20
England	8 wickets	66	21.1x4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	12 Mar 1889	Test # 31
Australia	9 wickets	56	53.1x4	v England	Melbourne	30 Dec 1882	Test # 10
England	10 wickets	5	1.1x4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885	Test # 18

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Mar 25-26, 1889 [Test # 32]

South Africa v England at Gqeberha, 1st Test, Mar 12-13, 1889 [Test # 31]

England v Australia at Manchester, 3rd Test, Aug 30-31, 1888 [Test # 30]