This is a list of domestic first-class cricket matches in Australia up to 1899-00. It lists only those matches played between the various Australian colonies prior to Federation

Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation...

 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.

See Intercolonial cricket in Australia

Intercolonial cricket in Australia

Intercolonial cricket in Australia was the name used to describe first-class cricket matches played between the various colonies of Australia prior to federation in 1901. After federation, they became known as Interstate matches. By the 1880s regular intercolonials were being played, generally...

 for more details.

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

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 matches. See separate articles History of Test cricket (to 1883)

History of Test cricket (to 1883)

Test matches in the period 1877 to 1883 were organised somewhat differently from international cricket matches today. The teams were rarely representative, and the boat trip between Australia and England, which usually lasted about 48 days, was one that many cricketers were unable or unwilling to...

, History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)

History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)

The history of Test cricket between 1884 and 1889 was one of English dominance over the Australians. England won every Test series that was played. The period also saw the first use of the word "Test" to describe a form of cricket when the Press used it in 1885...

 and History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)

History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)

Test matches in the 19th century were somewhat different affairs than what they are today. Many of them were not designated as Test matches for many years afterwards, and it is possible that some Test players never knew they had played in a Test. Before 1888 there had been 26 Test matches, all...

 for more details.

List of matches

Season	Colonies	Venue	Result
1850-51	Tasmania v Victoria	North Tasmania Cricket Ground, Launceston Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...	Tas won by 3 wickets
1851-52	Victoria v Tasmania	Emerald Hill, Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Vic won by 61 runs
1853-54	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston	Tas won by 8 wickets
1855-56	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...	NSW won by 3 wickets
1856-57	Victoria v New South Wales	The Domain, Sydney The Domain, Sydney The Domain is 34 hectares of open space in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Sydney central business district, near Woolloomooloo. The Domain adjoins the Royal Botanic Gardens and is managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens Trust, a division of the New South...	NSW won by 65 runs
1857-58	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 171 runs
	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston	Vic won by an innings and 20 runs
	Tasmania v Victoria	Lower Domain Ground Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...	Vic won by 69 runs
1858-59	New South Wales v Victoria	The Domain, Sydney	Vic won by 2 wickets
1859-60	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 69 runs
1860-61	New South Wales v Victoria	The Domain, Sydney	Vic won by 21 runs
1861-62	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 10 wickets
1862-63	New South Wales v Victoria	The Domain, Sydney	NSW won by 84 runs
1865-66	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 20 runs
1866-67	New South Wales v Victoria	The Domain, Sydney	NSW won by an innings and 13 runs
1867-68	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 7 wickets
1869-70	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 265 runs
1870-71	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 10 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Albert Ground, Sydney Albert Ground, Sydney The Albert Ground was a cricket ground located in the Sydney suburb of Redfern between 1864 and 1877.-History:Cricket had been played in NSW since 1803, first in Hyde Park and then in the Domain. Neither were satisfactory facilities mainly because they were open grounds on which spectators walked...	Vic won by 48 runs
1871-72	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 26 runs
1872-73	New South Wales v Victoria	Albert Ground, Sydney	Vic won by 24 runs
	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston	Vic won by 7 wickets
1874-75	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by 6 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Albert Ground, Sydney	NSW won by 77 runs
1875-76	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by an innings and 1 run
	New South Wales v Victoria	Albert Ground, Sydney	NSW won by 195 runs
1877-78	South Australia v Tasmania	Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...	SA won by an innings and 13 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by an innings and 6 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by 1 wicket
1879-80	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by 32 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 96 runs
1880-81	Victoria v South Australia	East Melbourne East Melbourne, Victoria East Melbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, adjacent to Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne. At the 2006 Census, East Melbourne had a population of 4,330....  Cricket Ground	Vic won by 7 wickets
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 2 wickets
	New South Wales and Victoria v Australian XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aust. XI won by 178 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground	Vic won by 30 runs
	New South Wales and Victoria v Australian XI	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW and Vic won by 246 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide oval	Vic won by 151 runs
1881-82	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 2 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by an innings and 138 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide oval	SA won by 31 runs
1882-83	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by 7 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	Vic won by an innings and 166 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 98 runs
1883-84	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 3 wickets
	Australian XI v Combined XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by 202 runs
	Australian XI v Combined XI	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	Aust. XI won by 9 wickets
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide oval	Vic won by 4 wickets
1884-85	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 5 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	SA won by 53 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by 3 wickets
1885-86	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 69 runs
	Victoria v Australian XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aust. XI won by 10 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by 150 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide oval	SA won by 40 runs
1886-87	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by 184 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by 6 wickets
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 144 runs
	Smokers v Non-Smokers	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	Match drawn
1987-88	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by 2 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	NSW won by an innings and 35 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide oval	SA won by an innings and 113 runs
1888-89	South Australia v Australian XI	Adelaide Oval	SA won by 8 wickets
	Victoria v Australian XI	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Aust. XI won by an innings and 22 runs
	New South Wales v Australian XI	Sydney Cricket Ground	Match drawn
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 15 runs
	Victoria v Tasmania	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 9 wickets
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	NSW won by 6 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	Vic won by 12 runs
	Rest of Australia v Australian XI	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australian XI won by 214 runs
1889-90	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	NSW won by 6 wickets
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 36 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	SA won by an innings and 62 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW won by an innings and 94 runs
	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 9 wickets
1890-91	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	NSW won by 6 wickets
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 36 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	SA won by an innings and 62 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW won by an innings and 94 runs
	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 9 wickets
1891-92	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	SA won by an innings and 164 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 6 wickets
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	SA won by an innings and 53 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 15 runs
1892-93	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston	Vic won by 4 wickets
	South Australia v Western Australia	Adelaide Oval	South Australia won by 10 wickets
	Queensland v New South Wales	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	Queensland won by 14 runs
	Victoria v Western Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by an innings and 243 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	SA won by 57 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 8 wickets
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 6 wickets
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW won by an innings and 60 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	Vic won by 232 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	Vic won by 5 wickets
1893-94	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 7 wickets
	New South Wales v Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW won by 2 wickets
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	SA won by 237 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Vic won by 3 wickets
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	SA won by 74 runs
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW won by an innings and 158 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	NSW won by 19 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	SA won by 58 runs
1894-95	Tasmania v Victoria	Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	Tasmania won by 8 wickets
	Queensland v New South Wales	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	New South Wales won by 6 wickets
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	South Australia won by 10 wickets
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 161 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	South Australia won by 4 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 55 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 10 wickets
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 111 runs
1895-96	New South Wales v Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 9 wickets
	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Tasmania won by an innings and 58 runs
	Australian XI v Rest of Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australian XI won by 2 wickets
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	Victoria won by 66 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 123 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	New South Wales won by an innings and 34 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 4 wickets
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	South Australia won by 10 wickets
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 9 wickets
1896-97	Tasmania v Victoria	Launceston	Victoria won by 8 wickets
	Queensland v New South Wales	Exhibition Ground, Brisbane	New South Wales won by an innings and 101 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	New South Wales won by 51 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 9 wickets
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 49 runs
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by an innings and 11 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 192 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	South Australia won by an innings and 70 runs
1897-98	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Tasmania won by 72 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	South Australia won by 9 wickets
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 149 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	New South Wales won by 216 runs
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 3 wickets
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 26 runs
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	South Australia won by 295 runs
1898-99	New South Wales v Tasmania	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by an innings and 487 runs
	Queensland v South Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	South Australia won by an innings and 284 runs
	Tasmania v Victoria	Hobart	Tasmania won by 365 runs
	Australian XI v Rest of Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australian XI won by 7 wickets
	Australian XI v Rest of Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australian XI won by 9 wickets
	Australian XI v Rest of Australia	Adelaide Oval	Australian XI won by 4 wickets
	Western Australia v South Australia	WACA Ground WACA Ground The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....	South Australia won by 4 wickets
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide oval	Victoria won by 296 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide oval	South Australia won by 57 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 190 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by an innings and 218 runs
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 3 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 8 wickets
1899-00	New South Wales v Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by an innings and 315 runs
	Queensland v New South Wales	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	New South Wales won by an innings and 85 runs
	Tasmania v New South Wales	Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart	New South Wales won by 4 wickets
	Victoria v Tasmania	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 185 runs
	Australian XI v Rest of Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Australian XI won by 151 runs
	South Australia v Victoria	Adelaide Oval	Victoria won by 246 runs
	South Australia v New South Wales	Adelaide Oval	New South Wales won by an innings and 392 runs
	Victoria v New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by an innings and 274 runs
	Victoria v South Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Victoria won by 181 runs
	New South Wales v South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	South Australia won by 6 wickets
	New South Wales v Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	New South Wales won by 111 runs

Sheffield Shield matches are shaded