misc57797	Jockeys v Sporting Press
	Other matches in England 1879
Venue	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea on 6th September 1879 (1-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn

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Jockeys first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR I'Anson	c FJ Smith b Hooper	39
G Walker	b Buchanan	9
T Groome	b Hooper	6
FE Webb	c Willis b Robson	2
T Lamb	b Robson	26
W Birkett	c Willis b Robson	10
R Shaw	lbw b Willis	1
W Burbidge	not out	34
T McGeorge	b Robson	0
C Byng	b Robson	8
J Adams	c Hooper b Buchanan	2
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 3 w)	18
Total	(all out)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-155

Sporting Press bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buchanan	?	?	?	2	-	-
Hooper	?	?	?	2	-	-
Robson	?	?	?	5	-	-
Willis	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Sporting Press first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hooper	b Burbidge	0
WS Buchanan	lbw b I'Anson	9
C Robson	c Walker b Burbidge	16
RG Cooper	b Burbidge	0
JH Smith	b I'Anson	0
A Willis	b I'Anson	17
WC Manning	c Webb b I'Anson	4
CW Blake	b I'Anson	0
FJ Smith	run out	0
HB Smith	b I'Anson	3
B Halliwell	not out	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-53

Jockeys bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burbidge	?	?	?	3	-	-
I'Anson	?	?	?	6	-	-

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Sporting Press second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Hooper	c I'Anson b Walker	3
WS Buchanan	b I'Anson	25
C Robson	b I'Anson	0
RG Cooper	b Walker	30
JH Smith	b I'Anson	3
A Willis	b I'Anson	14
WC Manning	not out	2
CW Blake	did not bat
FJ Smith	did not bat
HB Smith	did not bat
B Halliwell	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(6 wickets)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Jockeys bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	?	?	?	2	-	-
I'Anson	?	?	?	4	-	-

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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.
Burbidge hit clean out of the ground, but it is presumed that the match was not played in the centre.
The teams were far from representative, for there were two boys of about 14 years of age on the Press side and on the other side the average weight must have been about 11 st.

 

 

 

 

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