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| Venue | FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge on 6th, 7th May 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | 12 per side |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | A Lyttelton's XI won by 8 wickets |
| Umpires | RO Clayton, H Nixon |
| Close of play day 1 | A Lyttelton's XI (1) 137 all out |
| LK Jarvis' XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GB Studd | c Lyttelton b Acton | 4 | |||||
| RS Goodchild | lbw b Napier | 0 | |||||
| EM Lawson | b Acton | 0 | |||||
| TCA Barrett | c Lyttelton b Acton | 1 | |||||
| CH Golightly | c Lucas b Lacey | 12 | |||||
| LH Lindon | b Napier | 27 | |||||
| EW Lyon | b Lacey | 0 | |||||
| HL Johnson | c Leaf b Lacey | 1 | |||||
| EM Robinson | not out | 21 | |||||
| E Storey | b Lacey | 0 | |||||
| FD Gaddum | c Lucas b Lacey | 4 | |||||
| *LK Jarvis | c and b Lacey | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 89.2 overs) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-?, 3-?, 4-14, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-85 (89.2 ov) | |||||||
| A Lyttelton's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Acton | 27 | 20 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Napier | 26 | 14 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Garforth | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Lacey | 24.2 | 9 | 31 | 6 | - | - | |
| A Lyttelton's XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FCC Rowe | c Barrett b Lawson | 26 | |||||
| GA Macmillan | b Lawson | 12 | |||||
| FE Lacey | b Barrett | 12 | |||||
| AF Acton | b Gaddum | 3 | |||||
| PP Barnes | hit wkt b Gaddum | 3 | |||||
| HF de Paravicini | c Jarvis b Lawson | 13 | |||||
| PG Exham | run out | 2 | |||||
| FW Leaf | b Gaddum | 2 | |||||
| JR Napier | c Studd b Barrett | 14 | |||||
| EL Lucas | b Lawson | 1 | |||||
| WH Garforth | b Lawson | 42 | |||||
| *A Lyttelton | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 nb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-137 (69 ov) | |||||||
| LK Jarvis' XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gaddum | 23 | 16 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Barrett | 26 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lawson | 18 | 1 | 55 | 5 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| LK Jarvis' XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GB Studd | c Garforth b Lacey | 12 | |||||
| RS Goodchild | b Acton | 2 | |||||
| EM Lawson | b Acton | 0 | |||||
| TCA Barrett | c Lacey b Acton | 11 | |||||
| CH Golightly | c Rowe b Lacey | 2 | |||||
| LH Lindon | c Lyttelton b Garforth | 11 | |||||
| EW Lyon | b Napier | 15 | |||||
| HL Johnson | b Lacey | 24 | |||||
| EM Robinson | run out | 4 | |||||
| E Storey | c Lucas b Acton | 13 | |||||
| FD Gaddum | not out | 0 | |||||
| *LK Jarvis | b Napier | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-100 (78 ov) | |||||||
| A Lyttelton's XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lacey | 32 | 9 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Acton | 29 | 15 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Napier | 9 | 4 | 10 | 2 | - | - | |
| Garforth | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| A Lyttelton's XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GA Macmillan | b Barrett | 2 | |||||
| FE Lacey | c Lindon b Lawson | 23 | |||||
| AF Acton | b Gaddum | 0 | |||||
| PP Barnes | not out | 0 | |||||
| HF de Paravicini | not out | 22 | |||||
| FCC Rowe | did not bat | ||||||
| PG Exham | did not bat | ||||||
| FW Leaf | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Napier | did not bat | ||||||
| EL Lucas | did not bat | ||||||
| WH Garforth | did not bat | ||||||
| *A Lyttelton | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 25 overs) | 49 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-? | |||||||
| LK Jarvis' XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gaddum | 13 | 6 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barrett | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lawson | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: LK Jarvis' XI (1) 51/6
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.
Source records the players came up to Cambridge from the following schools: Brighton College (Barnes), Canterbury (Goodchild), Christ's (Macmillan), Clifton College (Lyon), Eton College (Studd), Fettes School (Storey), Harrow School (de Paravicini, Jarvis, Johnson, Lawson, Leaf, Rowe), Marlborough College (Lucas, Napier), Repton School (Exham, Robinson), Rossall School (Barrett, Landon), Rugby School (Gaddum), Sherborne School (Lacey), Wellington College (Acton, Golightly).
Source records that in another account a "no ball" is delivered in the first innings of the losers and the total is put 86.
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