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| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1888 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Cape Colony: 15; RG Warton's XI: 11 |
| Toss | RG Warton's XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | RG Warton's XI won by 11 runs |
| Umpires | MP Bowden, CN Thomas, LH Twentryman |
| Close of play day 1 | Cape Colony (1) 49/2 (Tancred 18*, WHM Richards 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | RG Warton's XI (2) 136/6 (Smith 46*, McMaster 1*) |
| RG Warton's XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Abel | c Porter b Theunissen | 46 | |||||
| +MP Bowden | c Grimmer b Theunissen | 19 | |||||
| F Hearne | c Smith b Ashley | 26 | |||||
| JM Read | hit wkt b Ashley | 0 | |||||
| J Briggs | lbw b Theunissen | 4 | |||||
| *CA Smith | st Porter b Theunissen | 1 | |||||
| H Wood | c Finlason b Ashley | 0 | |||||
| JEP McMaster | not out | 4 | |||||
| BAF Grieve | c J Richards b Theunissen | 0 | |||||
| CJ Coventry | b Theunissen | 10 | |||||
| AJ Fothergill | c Stewart b Theunissen | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.1 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Bowden), 2-86 (Hearne), 3-87 (Read), 4-94 (Briggs), 5-96 (Smith), 6-97 (Wood), 7-102 (Abel), 8-102 (Grieve), 9-114 (Coventry), 10-122 (Fothergill, 63.1 ov) | |||||||
| Cape Colony bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Theunissen | 31.1 | 14 | 51 | 7 | - | - | |
| Vintcent | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashley | 22 | 7 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cape Colony first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AB Tancred | b Grieve | 46 | |||||
| AE Cox | lbw b Smith | 11 | |||||
| FW Smith | b Smith | 4 | |||||
| WHM Richards | c Wood b Grieve | 16 | |||||
| PH de Villiers | b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| *OR Dunell | b Smith | 33 | |||||
| IR Grimmer | c Hearne b Briggs | 5 | |||||
| RB Stewart | b Briggs | 6 | |||||
| CH Vintcent | b Briggs | 6 | |||||
| J Richards | b Briggs | 5 | |||||
| RRB Howe | b Briggs | 3 | |||||
| CE Finlason | lbw b Smith | 0 | |||||
| +A Porter | b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| NHCD Theunissen | not out | 0 | |||||
| WH Ashley | b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (23 b, 1 lb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 129.2 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Cox), 2-37 (Smith), 3-92 (Tancred), 4-93 (de Villiers), 5-93 (WHM Richards), 6-112 (Grimmer), 7-128 (Stewart), 8-140 (Vintcent), 9-152 (Dunell), 10-? (J Richards), 11-? (Howe), 12-? (Finlason), 13-159 (Theunissen), 14-159 (Ashley, 129.2 ov) | |||||||
| RG Warton's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Briggs | 46.2 | 25 | 62 | 7 | - | - | |
| Smith | 43 | 23 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fothergill | 24 | 18 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Coventry | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grieve | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| RG Warton's XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Abel | c Finlason b Ashley | 4 | |||||
| +MP Bowden | b Theunissen | 4 | |||||
| F Hearne | c Stewart b Theunissen | 0 | |||||
| JM Read | c Theunissen b Vintcent | 32 | |||||
| J Briggs | c Vintcent b Grimmer | 42 | |||||
| *CA Smith | b Theunissen | 46 | |||||
| H Wood | c Ashley b Theunissen | 4 | |||||
| JEP McMaster | b Theunissen | 4 | |||||
| BAF Grieve | not out | 12 | |||||
| CJ Coventry | b Theunissen | 0 | |||||
| AJ Fothergill | b Theunissen | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 127 overs) | 162 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Bowden), 2-17 (Abel), 3-17 (Hearne), 4-63 (Read), 5-103 (Briggs), 6-115 (Wood), 7-137 (Smith), 8-150 (McMaster), 9-152 (Coventry), 10-162 (Fothergill, 127 ov) | |||||||
| Cape Colony bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ashley | 50 | 26 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Theunissen | 51 | 26 | 63 | 7 | - | - | |
| Vintcent | 13 | 3 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grimmer | 13 | 4 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cape Colony second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AB Tancred | b Briggs | 22 | |||||
| AE Cox | st +Wood b Briggs | 27 | |||||
| FW Smith | b Smith | 21 | |||||
| WHM Richards | c Abel b Smith | 0 | |||||
| PH de Villiers | b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| *OR Dunell | c Wood b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| IR Grimmer | st +Wood b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| RB Stewart | c Hearne b Fothergill | 0 | |||||
| CH Vintcent | b Smith | 24 | |||||
| J Richards | c Abel b Smith | 5 | |||||
| RRB Howe | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| CE Finlason | b Briggs | 6 | |||||
| +A Porter | run out | 0 | |||||
| NHCD Theunissen | c and b Briggs | 0 | |||||
| WH Ashley | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.2 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51 (Tancred), 2-56 (Cox), 3-57 (WHM Richards), 4-57 (de Villiers), 5-63 (Dunell), 6-66 (Grimmer), 7-72 (Stewart), 8-83 (Smith), 9-97 (J Richards), 10-97 (Howe), 11-114 (Finlason), 12-114 (Porter), 13-114 (Vintcent), 14-114 (Ashley, 95.2 ov) | |||||||
| RG Warton's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Briggs | 43 | 23 | 44 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 18.2 | 8 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Grieve | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fothergill | 27 | 19 | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Cape Colony second innings
Bowden kept wicket on the first day but was then incapacitated.
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