The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand in late November and early December 1886.
Most of the Australians sailed from England on the Arawa, stopping only briefly in Hobart, where Phillips joined them, on the way to Port Chalmers.
[3] Spofforth and Garrett arrived on a slightly later ship, missing the first day of the Otago match.
The Australians were dismissed at stumps on the first day, when Spofforth and Garrett had not yet arrived in Dunedin, so they batted only nine men in their first innings.
[4] The Australians considered Charlie Frith, who took 4 for 33 in their first innings, "the most troublesome bowler" they faced on this tour.
In the second innings a ball from Frederick Wilding struck Blackham on the first finger of his left hand, opening a gash an inch and a half long and putting him out of action for the rest of the tour.
An extra day was added, but the slowness of the match prevented a result: off 462.3 four-ball overs only 487 runs were scored.
[14] The Australians sailed for Sydney on the Mararoa shortly after seven o'clock at the end of the third day's play.