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| Venue | Cricketfield Road, Torquay on 6th, 7th August 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Devon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Devon won by an innings and 80 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 25 all out |
| Devon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Thornton | c Sainsbury b Reed | 24 | |||||
| AJ Thornton | c Reed b Lushington | 6 | |||||
| EF Wright | b Reed | 37 | |||||
| RHB Taylor | b Caird | 1 | |||||
| WA Thornton | c sub b Reed | 42 | |||||
| FJ Hall | c Lushington b Newton | 7 | |||||
| R Allsopp | b Reed | 10 | |||||
| EJ Sanders | b Reed | 0 | |||||
| JH Copleston | b Newton | 6 | |||||
| GHF Fagan | b Lushington | 18 | |||||
| JJ Cross | not out | 17 | |||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 89.2 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-176 (89.2 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Reed | 41 | ? | 61 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lushington | 13.2 | ? | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Caird | 13 | ? | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Newton | 9 | ? | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Thring | 9 | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sainsbury | 4 | ? | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Sainsbury | c RT Thornton b Sanders | 3 | |||||
| SC Newton | run out | 15 | |||||
| H Ross | c Wright b Sanders | 1 | |||||
| HF Fox | not out | 1 | |||||
| E Bourdillon | c RT Thornton b Sanders | 2 | |||||
| FG Lushington | b Wright | 1 | |||||
| P Desages | c WA Thornton b Wright | 0 | |||||
| W Rawlins | c Cross b Wright | 0 | |||||
| F Reed | c Copleston b Sanders | 0 | |||||
| JG Thring | b Sanders | 0 | |||||
| L Caird | c RT Thornton b Wright | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 25 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-25 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wright | 17.2 | ? | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sanders | 17 | ? | 19 | 5 | - | - | |
| Somerset second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Sainsbury | b Wright | 4 | |||||
| SC Newton | run out | 1 | |||||
| H Ross | b Sanders | 8 | |||||
| HF Fox | b Wright | 14 | |||||
| E Bourdillon | c RT Thornton b Wright | 15 | |||||
| FG Lushington | c Fagan b AJ Thornton | 8 | |||||
| P Desages | b AJ Thornton | 8 | |||||
| W Rawlins | b AJ Thornton | 0 | |||||
| F Reed | not out | 1 | |||||
| JG Thring | b WA Thornton | 0 | |||||
| L Caird | c Sanders b AJ Thornton | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 65.2 overs) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-71 (65.2 ov) | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wright | 31 | ? | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sanders | 25 | ? | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| AJ Thornton | 7.2 | ? | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| WA Thornton | 2 | ? | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bowling in the Devon first innings adds 18 runs over
The match was played for the benefit of John Rigby, "who for 20 years had been ground keeper at the above locality" giving every satisfaction.
Despite the absence of professionals, the match was between teams representing county clubs.
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