misc50597	Edinburgh v United South of England Eleven
	United South of England Eleven matches 1879
Venue	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh on 22nd, 23rd, 24th May 1879 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Edinburgh: 16; United South of England Eleven: 11
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Sellers, Smith
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Edinburgh first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+LM Balfour	c Gilbert b Lillywhite	25
WE Maclagan	run out	0
EF Scougal	c Midwinter b Lillywhite	9
J Speid	b Midwinter	1
A Douglas	lbw b Midwinter	4
JG Walker	b Lillywhite	28
PW Smeaton	b Lillywhite	12
M Horsburgh	lbw b Gilbert	0
WGD Sewell	b Lillywhite	3
A Keir	c Riley b Gilbert	5
CS Stanhope	hit wkt b Lillywhite	0
WF Webster	c Lockwood b Gilbert	2
R Macnair	b Lillywhite	23
J Macdonald	not out	48
EL Strong	c Lockwood b Gilbert	7
WM Roland	c Jupp b Gilbert	24
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out, 110 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-198 (110 ov)

United South of England Eleven bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	50	?	52	7	-	-
Midwinter	27	?	46	2	-	-
Gilbert	24	?	77	5	-	-
Grace	5	?	12	0	-	-
Lockwood	4	?	4	0	-	-

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United South of England Eleven first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GF Grace	c Speid b Macnair	1
WR Gilbert	c Walker b Webster	17
WE Midwinter	st Balfour b Strong	4
M Riley	c Horsburgh b Strong	19
H Jupp	b Macnair	15
JTBD Platts	b Macdonald	1
HRJ Charlwood	run out	9
H Lockwood	b Macnair	0
EW Pooley	not out	9
J Lillywhite	st Balfour b Stanhope	8
R Humphrey	c Strong b Stanhope	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 76.2 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-91 (76.2 ov)

Edinburgh bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Macnair	26	?	24	3	-	-
Smeaton	7	?	13	0	-	-
Webster	6	?	6	1	-	-
Macdonald	15	?	16	1	-	-
Strong	19	?	23	2	-	-
Stanhope	3.2	?	1	2	-	-

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United South of England Eleven second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GF Grace	b Macdonald	27
WR Gilbert	c Walker b Macnair	15
WE Midwinter	run out	17
M Riley	c Stanhope b Macnair	2
H Jupp	c Balfour b Webster	52
JTBD Platts	b Macnair	1
HRJ Charlwood	c Smeaton b Macnair	21
H Lockwood	not out	4
EW Pooley	not out	1
J Lillywhite	did not bat
R Humphrey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 100 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Edinburgh bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	11	?	12	1	-	-
Macnair	33	?	39	4	1	-
Stanhope	15	?	21	0	-	-
Smeaton	15	?	20	0	-	-
Strong	17	?	22	0	-	-
Sewell	7	?	10	0	-	-
Macdonald	2	?	16	1	-	-

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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 notes that in another account Balfour scores 22 and the total is put 195 and the United South named The All England Eleven.
Source notes that the weather was bad and the umpires were from the Grange Club (Smith) and the Academy (Sellers).

 

 

 

 

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