f214	Surrey and Middlesex v England
	First-Class matches in England 1797
Venue	Aram's New Ground, Montpelier Gardens, Walworth on 12th, 13th July 1797 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey and Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Close of play day 1

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Freemantle	c Ingram b [unknown]	4
J Small	c Ingram b [unknown]	18
W Wells	c Robinson b [unknown]	13
J Hammond	b Beldham	81
W Fennex	run out	17
T Ray	b Wells	2
J Aylward	run out	10
T Boxall	b T Walker	0
W Gunnell	b T Walker	3
J Tanner	not out	3
T Taylor	b T Walker	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-151

Surrey and Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wells	?	?	?	1	-	-
T Walker	?	?	?	3	-	-
Beldham	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Surrey and Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Walker	b Boxall	1
J Walker	b Tanner	0
J Wells	c Taylor b [unknown]	6
R Robinson	st Hammond b [unknown]	6
W Beldham	b Boxall	46
H Walker	b Taylor	48
Butler	c Ray b [unknown]	9
T Ingram	b Taylor	0
J Goldham	b Taylor	0
J Beeston	not out	6
N Graham	c Taylor b [unknown]	5
Extras	(16 b)	16
Total	(all out)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-143

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boxall	?	?	?	2	-	-
Taylor	?	?	?	3	-	-
Tanner	?	?	?	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Freemantle	c H Walker b [unknown]	26
J Small	b Wells	9
W Wells	c Butler b [unknown]	6
J Hammond	c Wells b [unknown]	3
W Fennex	b Beldham	35
T Ray	b Wells	0
J Aylward	c J Walker b [unknown]	3
T Boxall	b Beldham	2
W Gunnell	run out	1
J Tanner	b Beldham	8
T Taylor	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-93

Surrey and Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wells	?	?	?	2	-	-
Beldham	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Surrey and Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Walker	b Fennex	4
J Walker	b Taylor	2
J Wells	run out	4
R Robinson	run out	7
W Beldham	not out	65
H Walker	not out	3
Butler	b Boxall	12
J Beeston	run out	0
T Ingram	did not bat
J Goldham	did not bat
N Graham	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(6 wickets)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Boxall	?	?	?	1	-	-
Taylor	?	?	?	1	-	-
Fennex	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Notes
--> W Gunnell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Tanner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Gunnell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> T Ingram made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Small (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> W Beldham (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> W Fennex (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> W Wells made his debut for England in First-Class matches

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The sources are unanimous that this game began the same day as the previous match ended, meaning that Aylward, Goldham, Graham and Ray must have hurried across London from Lord's. Gunnell is assumed to be the senior of the two Mitcham players of this name, i.e. W Gunnell, rather than J Gunnell who was to make a single appearance in an important match in 1810.
SB has W Bullen playing instead of Taylor, but no contemporary source has been found for this. Buckley in Fresh Light on Pre-Victorian Cricket notes 'Bullen vice Taylor' but the Morning Herald, which he cites, does not appear to contain any such statement. It is possible that Buckley was attempting to account for the presence of Bullen in the SB version when the list in MH of those due to play gives Taylor instead. Britcher, SM and Bentley all give Taylor and this is accepted.

 

 

 

 

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