Australia won by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman scoring 165*: the first Test century.
Gloucestershire beats an "unrepresentative" (Wisden) England team by five wickets.
They won by an innings and 13 runs, their team including George Giffen.
a An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted.
Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed.