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| Venue | Old Trafford, Manchester on 16th, 17th May 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Lancashire Colts: 16 (15 to bat and field); Manchester: 11 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Manchester won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | J Ricketts, Swires |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Lancashire Colts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Peel | b Storer | 2 | |||||
| J Dickinson | run out | 3 | |||||
| Eccleshare | b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| Banks | b Storer | 5 | |||||
| JT Walsh | c Leese b Fothergill | 4 | |||||
| J Whitehead | c Massey b Woof | 6 | |||||
| W Hill | b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| J Ferguson | b Storer | 6 | |||||
| J Burton | c Hillkirk b Woof | 11 | |||||
| HJ Mazeen | b Storer | 2 | |||||
| M Mason | b Storer | 2 | |||||
| WB Cooper | c Fothergill b Storer | 9 | |||||
| R Kay | c Massey b Fothergill | 12 | |||||
| J Briggs | b Woof | 0 | |||||
| *RG Barlow | not out | 4 | |||||
| Buttress | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 68 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-68 | |||||||
| Manchester bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Storer | ? | ? | ? | 6 | - | - | |
| Fothergill | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Woof | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Manchester first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Leese | b Briggs | 9 | |||||
| RO Milne | b Eccleshare | 1 | |||||
| JR Hillkirk | c Mazeen b Ferguson | 5 | |||||
| EB Rowley | c Barlow b Eccleshare | 3 | |||||
| W Massey | b Eccleshare | 6 | |||||
| CAG Hulton | b Briggs | 4 | |||||
| WH Cooke | b Briggs | 15 | |||||
| T Pope | c Dickinson b Eccleshare | 31 | |||||
| AJ Fothergill | not out | 4 | |||||
| WA Woof | b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| E Storer | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 80 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-80 | |||||||
| Lancashire Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Eccleshare | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Ferguson | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Briggs | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Lancashire Colts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JC Peel | b Fothergill | 5 | |||||
| J Dickinson | c Storer b Fothergill | 25 | |||||
| Eccleshare | b Fothergill | 17 | |||||
| Banks | c Rowley b Storer | 19 | |||||
| JT Walsh | b Rowley | 4 | |||||
| J Whitehead | b Rowley | 28 | |||||
| W Hill | run out | 1 | |||||
| J Ferguson | b Fothergill | 11 | |||||
| J Burton | b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| HJ Mazeen | b Rowley | 10 | |||||
| M Mason | lbw b Storer | 15 | |||||
| WB Cooper | c Pope b Fothergill | 4 | |||||
| R Kay | b Fothergill | 6 | |||||
| J Briggs | lbw b Rowley | 0 | |||||
| *RG Barlow | not out | 0 | |||||
| Buttress | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-158 | |||||||
| Manchester bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fothergill | ? | ? | ? | 7 | - | - | |
| Storer | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Rowley | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Manchester second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| E Leese | b Briggs | 36 | |||||
| RO Milne | not out | 41 | |||||
| JR Hillkirk | b Burton | 19 | |||||
| EB Rowley | b Briggs | 1 | |||||
| W Massey | c Barlow b Buttress | 41 | |||||
| CAG Hulton | c Eccleshare b [unknown] | 1 | |||||
| WH Cooke | not out | 6 | |||||
| T Pope | b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| AJ Fothergill | did not bat | ||||||
| WA Woof | did not bat | ||||||
| E Storer | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets) | 147 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-? | |||||||
| Lancashire Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Briggs | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Burton | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Buttress | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| [unknown] | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Lancashire Colts second innings batting adds 1 run under
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 records the Lancashire Colts players as from the following clubs: Accrington (Banks, Kay), Ashton (Burton), Blackburn (Cooper), Bolton (Eccleshare), Droysden (Whitehead), Heywood (Ferguson, Mason), Liverpool (Briggs, Dickinson, Mazeen), Manchester (Hill, Walsh), Rochdale (Peel).
Source states that in the winners 2nd innings the Colts appear to have used a substitute bowler, one Buttress.
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