misc26633	Devon v Somerset
	Other matches in England 1879
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

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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	-	-

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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
GW 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	-	-

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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
GW 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	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Devon first innings adds 18 runs over

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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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