The six surviving members were Tom Wills (Horatio's son, noted as an outstanding cricketer and co-founder of Australian rules football), Moore, William Albrey, Edward Kenny and Patrick Mahony.
On a local level Tom Wills, Chief Meteorologist for WAVE 3, remembers the tornado, "… we heard reports that Cherokee Park was really devastated. So we sent out this reporter to go and check it out. We hear him back on the two-way radio …" "It's Gone!!"
Thomas "Tom" Wills (1835–1880), one of the inventors of Australian rules football
His cousin, William Gilbert Rees, playing in the same match, made 28 in the first innings before being dismissed leg before wicket by Tom Wills.
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The first game ran for three days, over three consecutive Saturdays, and each team selected an umpire: Melbourne Grammar chose Tom Wills; Scotch chose Dr John Macadam.
Historian Col Hutchinson noted that "If Tom Wills had married Julie, we wouldn't have had Carji Greeves".