misc167681	Middlesex v Middlesex Colts
	Other matches in England 1874
Venue	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea on 21st, 22nd May 1874 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Middlesex: 12; Middlesex Colts: 17
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	G Keeble, E Willsher
Close of play day 1

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Middlesex Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Sturges	c Thornton b Wilkinson	5
H Guy	b Wilkinson	7
W Morley	b Brand-Carter	3
J Goldsmith	run out	0
+J Bastow	b Wilkinson	20
W Lambert	b Howitt	13
WC Wheeler	b Wilkinson	9
J Olding	c Brand-Carter b Wilkinson	6
H Blackford	run out	15
E Perryman	b Howitt	0
H Dorrington	c [unknown] b Howitt	1
H Stean	b Howitt	1
W Ruston	b Howitt	2
G Evans	st Bird b Wilkinson	0
JC Halsall	c [unknown] b Wilkinson	2
J Greenfield	run out	0
*C Absolon	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-96 (81.3 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	41	?	38	7	-	-
Brand-Carter	22	?	34	1	-	-
Howitt	18.3	?	18	5	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ID Walker	c Dorrington b Wheeler	4
T Hearne	b Wheeler	0
PF Hadow	c Lambert b Wheeler	8
AJA Wilkinson	c Ruston b Wheeler	1
WR Gilbert	c Dorrington b Wheeler	15
G Bird	b Wheeler	1
T Ratliff	b Wheeler	24
PM Thornton	b Wheeler	3
VE Walker	b Wheeler	1
W Brand-Carter	c Morley b Ruston	17
A Erskine	c Wheeler b Ruston	0
G Howitt	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 98 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-86 (98 ov)

Middlesex Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wheeler	49	?	33	9	-	-
Lambert	18	?	16	0	-	-
Blackford	5	?	12	0	-	-
Ruston	26	?	14	2	-	-

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Middlesex Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Sturges	c and b Wilkinson	16
H Guy	b Hearne	11
W Morley	b Wilkinson	8
J Goldsmith	run out	0
+J Bastow	c Hadow b Wilkinson	6
W Lambert	st Bird b Wilkinson	8
WC Wheeler	c Hadow b Wilkinson	24
J Olding	c Wilkinson b Hearne	13
H Blackford	c Hadow b Wilkinson	11
E Perryman	b Wilkinson	0
H Dorrington	not out	3
H Stean	b Gilbert	0
W Ruston	c Thornton b Howitt	1
G Evans	c and b Wilkinson	6
JC Halsall	c Howitt b Wilkinson	2
J Greenfield	b Hearne	4
*C Absolon	b Howitt	3
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-118 (71.2 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilkinson	31	?	65	9	-	-
Hearne	22	?	34	3	-	-
Howitt	13.2	?	8	2	-	-
Gilbert	5	?	9	1	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ID Walker	st Bastow b Sturges	5
T Hearne	run out	15
PF Hadow	not out	23
WR Gilbert	c Wheeler b Sturges	8
G Bird	not out	10
AJA Wilkinson	did not bat
T Ratliff	did not bat
PM Thornton	did not bat
VE Walker	did not bat
W Brand-Carter	did not bat
A Erskine	did not bat
G Howitt	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 42 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Middlesex Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	14	?	13	0	-	-
Sturges	11	?	22	2	-	-
Lambert	9	?	14	0	-	-
Olding	8	?	12	0	-	-

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The M Colts captain C.Absolon was almost 57 years of age
In the M Colts first innings it is not known which Walker took the catches