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| Venue | Devonshire Park, Eastbourne on 22nd, 23rd August 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | 12 per side |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Devonshire Park (2) 1/1 (H Curteis 0*) |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Hill | b Jeffery | 0 | |||||
| EA Parke | c sub b Jeffery | 3 | |||||
| WB Green | c Francis b Jeffery | 10 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | c and b Jeffery | 18 | |||||
| JF Leese | c Francis b Jeffery | 20 | |||||
| ASD Duncan | c Mills b Jeffery | 0 | |||||
| JF Cooper | b Jeffery | 9 | |||||
| HT Smith-Turberville | b Francis | 5 | |||||
| L Chater | not out | 4 | |||||
| G Palmer | c Creaton b Jeffery | 5 | |||||
| W Winter | b Francis | 1 | |||||
| GH Wood | c RM Curteis b Jeffery | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out) | 82 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-82 | |||||||
| Devonshire Park bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jeffery | ? | ? | ? | 9 | - | - | |
| Francis | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Devonshire Park first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RM Curteis | b Ford | 0 | |||||
| HK Avory | b Parke | 0 | |||||
| FWJ Ford | b Parke | 1 | |||||
| FP Francis | c Wood b Ford | 6 | |||||
| GE Jeffery | b Ford | 0 | |||||
| JH Walker | c Ford b Parke | 0 | |||||
| GW Creaton | b Ford | 11 | |||||
| HM Mills | c Wood b Ford | 0 | |||||
| H Rushworth | c Leese b Parke | 5 | |||||
| P Beverley | c and b Ford | 1 | |||||
| H Curteis | not out | 2 | |||||
| WA Cardwell | absent | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out) | 29 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-29 | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ford | ? | ? | ? | 6 | - | - | |
| Parke | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Hill | c Mills b Ford | 16 | |||||
| EA Parke | b Jeffery | 0 | |||||
| WB Green | not out | 20 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | b Jeffery | 0 | |||||
| JF Leese | c Avory b Jeffery | 5 | |||||
| ASD Duncan | b Ford | 20 | |||||
| JF Cooper | c and b Francis | 2 | |||||
| HT Smith-Turberville | c and b Ford | 3 | |||||
| L Chater | b Jeffery | 10 | |||||
| G Palmer | c and b Francis | 7 | |||||
| W Winter | b Ford | 27 | |||||
| GH Wood | c Walker b Francis | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out) | 119 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-119 | |||||||
| Devonshire Park bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jeffery | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Ford | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
| Francis | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Devonshire Park second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Curteis | not out | 0 | |||||
| WA Cardwell | b Ford | 0 | |||||
| RM Curteis | did not bat | ||||||
| HK Avory | did not bat | ||||||
| FWJ Ford | did not bat | ||||||
| FP Francis | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Jeffery | did not bat | ||||||
| JH Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| GW Creaton | did not bat | ||||||
| HM Mills | did not bat | ||||||
| H Rushworth | did not bat | ||||||
| P Beverley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket) | 1 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Cardwell) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ford | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
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.
No play at all on Saturday the 23rd as intended because of rain. The wickets owing to the recent rains played very false. In another account in the first innings of the M.C.C. Palmer scores 0, the extras are 0, and the total is put 72.
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