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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 28th, 29th July 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | E Covell, FH Farrands |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Hearne | c King b Ford | 33 | |||||
| RO Clayton | b Ford | 8 | |||||
| AR Aspinall | c Stocks b Allcock | 30 | |||||
| WJ Ford | st King b Allcock | 38 | |||||
| W Hearn | c Ford b Sharkey | 19 | |||||
| F Young | c Foley b Allcock | 8 | |||||
| W Muir | b Allcock | 0 | |||||
| M Sherwin | b Allcock | 31 | |||||
| WB Phillips | b Ford | 8 | |||||
| JW Blundell | c Sharkey b Allcock | 0 | |||||
| W Mycroft | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (19 b, 4 lb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 124.1 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-204 (124.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University Long Vacation Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allcock | 35.1 | ? | 55 | 6 | - | - | |
| Ford | 38 | ? | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stocks | 23 | ? | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharkey | 15 | ? | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Finch | 13 | ? | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University Long Vacation Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Jones | c and b Hearne | 7 | |||||
| CH Allcock | b Mycroft | 24 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | c Muir b Clayton | 11 | |||||
| CW Foley | b Mycroft | 9 | |||||
| HG Bennett | b Young | 24 | |||||
| +GL King | lbw b Clayton | 30 | |||||
| RT Finch | c Sherwin b Clayton | 6 | |||||
| HEM Stutfield | b Mycroft | 0 | |||||
| GA Stocks | b Clayton | 0 | |||||
| RS Goodchild | not out | 1 | |||||
| JA Sharkey | c Ford b Clayton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 4 lb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.2 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-133 (97.2 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hearne | 20 | ? | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mycroft | 43.2 | ? | 59 | 3 | - | - | |
| Clayton | 27 | ? | 20 | 5 | - | - | |
| Ford | 4 | ? | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 3 | ? | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GG Hearne | run out | 40 | |||||
| RO Clayton | c Sharkey b Ford | 8 | |||||
| AR Aspinall | not out | 24 | |||||
| WJ Ford | run out | 63 | |||||
| W Hearn | b Allcock | 2 | |||||
| F Young | c Bennett b Allcock | 2 | |||||
| W Muir | c Bennett b Allcock | 13 | |||||
| M Sherwin | b Allcock | 7 | |||||
| WB Phillips | st King b Allcock | 21 | |||||
| JW Blundell | b Allcock | 6 | |||||
| W Mycroft | b Allcock | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 103.1 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-199 (103.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cambridge University Long Vacation Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ford | 31 | ? | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allcock | 44.1 | ? | 70 | 7 | 1 | - | |
| Finch | 4 | ? | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharkey | 3 | ? | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stocks | 17 | ? | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jones | 4 | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cambridge University Long Vacation Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Jones | lbw b Hearn | 44 | |||||
| CH Allcock | b Clayton | 0 | |||||
| AFJ Ford | b Clayton | 27 | |||||
| CW Foley | not out | 1 | |||||
| HG Bennett | b Clayton | 7 | |||||
| +GL King | b Mycroft | 11 | |||||
| RT Finch | b Mycroft | 0 | |||||
| RS Goodchild | not out | 12 | |||||
| HEM Stutfield | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Stocks | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Sharkey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-? | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clayton | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Hearn | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Mycroft | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bowling in the Marylebone Cricket Club second innings 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.
In another account of this match, in the 2nd innings of the M.C.C., Aspinall is c Bennett b Allcock; Ford not out. Phillips scores 31, Mycroft scores 6, and the total put 215. In the 1st innings of the Long Vacation, Allcock scores 27 and the total put 136. In the 2nd innings of the Long Vacation Jones is lbw b G.G. Hearne; Foley scores 0; and the leg-byes are 7.
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