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The Tasmania Combined XI was a representative cricket team raised intermittently between 1937 and 1979. The team, comprising state cricketers and select players from the Australian national side , played against touring international sides. Matches were played in Hobart , Launceston and Devonport . In total, sixteen first-class matches were played.
First-class fixtures [ edit ]
Date
Opposition
Result
Venue
Crowd
15–18 January 1937
MCC
Match drawn
TCA Ground , Hobart
18,800
10–13 January 1947
MCC
Match drawn
TCA Ground , Hobart
18,700
19–22 January 1951
MCC
MCC won by 10 wickets
NTCA Ground , Launceston
12,448
12–14 March 1953
Australian XI
Australian XI won by 10 wickets
NTCA Ground , Launceston
12,256
8–11 January 1955
MCC
Match drawn
TCA Ground , Hobart
20,783
18–20 December 1958
MCC
Match drawn
NTCA Ground , Launceston
7,344
5–7 January 1961
West Indians
West Indians won by 139 runs
TCA Ground , Hobart
17,622
15–17 March 1961
Australian XI
Australian XI won by 192 runs
NTCA Ground , Launceston
4,300
4–7 January 1963
MCC
MCC won by 313 runs
NTCA Ground , Launceston
13,000
26–28 December 1963
South Africans
Match drawn
TCA Ground , Hobart
22–25 January 1966
MCC
Match drawn
TCA Ground , Hobart
7,607
16–18 January 1969
West Indians
West Indians won by 10 wickets
NTCA Ground , Launceston
4,000
27–29 December 1970
MCC
Match drawn
NTCA Ground , Launceston
2,000
26–28 December 1971
World XI
Match drawn
TCA Ground , Hobart
18–20 December 1972
Pakistanis
Match drawn
NTCA Ground , Launceston
23–25 November 1979 [ notes 1]
West Indians
West Indians won by 260 runs
Formby Recreation Ground , Devonport
^ The Tasmania side was labelled 'Tasmania Invitation XI' for this match