International cricket in 1878–79

The 1878–79 international cricket season was from September 1878 to March 1879. The match witnessed the first Test match hat-trick, when the Australian pacer Fred Spofforth achieved the first Test match hat-trick when he dismissed The Revd Vernon Royle, Francis MacKinnon and Tom Emmett in the first innings.

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