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 
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