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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 12th, 13th May 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Marylebone Cricket Club: 11; Colts of England: 23 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Colts of England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | H Nixon, M Sherwin |
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 36/4 (Stratford 15*) |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Russel | b Taylor | 3 | |||||
| AS Barnes | c Howe b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| GF Vernon | c Daft b Woof | 10 | |||||
| HE Rhodes | c Smith b Taylor | 4 | |||||
| AH Stratford | c Wyld b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| W Barnes | not out | 12 | |||||
| W Flowers | b Wright | 10 | |||||
| J Robertson | c Woof b Champion | 1 | |||||
| A Shaw | c Wright b Champion | 4 | |||||
| +T Mycroft | c Woof b Champion | 5 | |||||
| F Morley | c Wood b Champion | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 66.2 overs) | 49 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-49 (66.2 ov) | |||||||
| Colts of England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Woof | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 14 | 5 | 14 | 4 | - | - | |
| Champion | 20.2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wright | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harwood | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Colts of England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E O'Shaughnessy | c Mycroft b Morley | 0 | |||||
| AM Wood | c Vernon b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| F Daft | run out | 5 | |||||
| W Howe | hit wkt b Shaw | 5 | |||||
| JW Barlow | b Morley | 6 | |||||
| JH Hogg | b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| A Champion | c W Barnes b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| W Wright | c AS Barnes b Morley | 15 | |||||
| H Pocock | b Morley | 0 | |||||
| F Ellis | c AS Barnes b Morley | 15 | |||||
| AP Smith | b Morley | 2 | |||||
| JC Hind | run out | 4 | |||||
| H Tyers | b Morley | 0 | |||||
| AJ Boardman | b Shaw | 10 | |||||
| H Mosley | c Rhodes b Morley | 0 | |||||
| JS Barraclough | b Shaw | 3 | |||||
| WA Woof | st Mycroft b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| R Perfect | c and b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| S Taylor | b Shaw | 1 | |||||
| B Harwood | st Mycroft b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| J Normington | b Morley | 0 | |||||
| A Cole | not out | 0 | |||||
| *F Wyld | c AS Barnes b Morley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 103.2 overs) | 76 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-?, 21-?, 22-76 (103.2 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 52 | 28 | 44 | 10 | - | - | |
| Morley | 51.2 | 38 | 28 | 10 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Russel | run out | 0 | |||||
| AS Barnes | run out | 3 | |||||
| GF Vernon | c Pocock b O'Shaughnessy | 16 | |||||
| HE Rhodes | c Smith b O'Shaughnessy | 1 | |||||
| AH Stratford | c Cole b Wright | 24 | |||||
| W Barnes | b O'Shaughnessy | 1 | |||||
| W Flowers | c Cole b Pocock | 17 | |||||
| J Robertson | b Harwood | 9 | |||||
| A Shaw | not out | 18 | |||||
| +T Mycroft | c Wyld b Wright | 6 | |||||
| F Morley | b Mosley | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-105 (114 ov) | |||||||
| Colts of England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Shaughnessy | 12 | 6 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| Tyers | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Perfect | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mosley | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 29 | 13 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Champion | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pocock | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barraclough | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woof | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Boardman | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harwood | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Colts of England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E O'Shaughnessy | lbw b Stratford | 18 | |||||
| AM Wood | b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| F Daft | c Morley b Robertson | 8 | |||||
| W Howe | not out | 9 | |||||
| JW Barlow | b Shaw | 6 | |||||
| JH Hogg | b Stratford | 2 | |||||
| A Champion | b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| W Wright | b Shaw | 5 | |||||
| H Pocock | b Morley | 0 | |||||
| F Ellis | c Vernon b Morley | 1 | |||||
| AP Smith | c and b Morley | 1 | |||||
| JC Hind | b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| H Tyers | st Mycroft b Stratford | 7 | |||||
| AJ Boardman | c Mycroft b Shaw | 4 | |||||
| JS Barraclough | run out | 1 | |||||
| S Taylor | b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| A Cole | not out | 9 | |||||
| H Mosley | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Woof | did not bat | ||||||
| R Perfect | did not bat | ||||||
| B Harwood | did not bat | ||||||
| J Normington | did not bat | ||||||
| *F Wyld | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (15 wickets, 85.2 overs) | 79 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-? | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Shaw | 36 | 22 | 29 | 7 | - | - | |
| Morley | 32.2 | 22 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 10 | 5 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stratford | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |
Our thanks to Arthur Haygarth for collecting the information and to Roger Heavens for providing this scorecard which was first published in Arthur Haygarth's Cricket Scores and Biographies Volume 16. Copies of the book can be obtained from http://booksoncricket.net . Additions or corrections to this scorecard would be gratefully received.
Source notes that the England Colts came from the following counties: Derbyshire (Barlow), Gloucestershire (Woof), Kent (O'Shaughnessy, Pocock), Lancashire (Harwood, Howe), Leicestershire (Daft, Taylor), Middlesex (Cole), Nottinghamshire (Hind, Hogg, Smith, Tyers, Wood, Wright), Surrey (Boardman, Perfect) and Yorkshire (Barraclough, Champion, Ellis, Mosley, Normington).
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