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| Venue | Bramall Lane, Sheffield on 4th, 5th June 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | 13 per side |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | J Horner's Yorkshire Colts won by 6 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | MT Rochfort's Yorkshire Colts (2) 28/3 (J Lee 16*, Rochfort 8*) |
| MT Rochfort's Yorkshire Colts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Lee | c Biltcliffe b Peate | 0 | |||||
| J Fearnley | c Biltcliffe b Peate | 0 | |||||
| +F Ellis | c Biltcliffe b Peate | 9 | |||||
| *MT Rochfort | b Peate | 5 | |||||
| AW Hawke | c Cummings b Peate | 0 | |||||
| GH Lee | st Aspinall b Peate | 31 | |||||
| H Lockwood | c Biltcliffe b Cummings | 14 | |||||
| JT Rawlin | c Cummings b Peate | 7 | |||||
| BLH Robinson | c Young b Peate | 0 | 3 | ||||
| J Grimshaw | not out | 4 | |||||
| CJ Young | st Aspinall b Peate | 0 | |||||
| TW Mayes | st Aspinall b Peate | 0 | 1 | ||||
| W Turner | b Mosley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 120 minutes, 73.3 overs) | 70 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (J Lee), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-19, 6-?, 7-63, 8-?, 9-69, 10-?, 11-?, 12-70 (73.3 ov) | |||||||
| J Horner's Yorkshire Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Peate | 26 | 20 | 11 | 10 | - | - | |
| Mosley | 10.3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Horsfall | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Biltcliffe | 9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Horner | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cummings | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| J Horner's Yorkshire Colts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| S Fox | c and b Hawke | 3 | |||||
| J Horsfall | b Rawlin | 22 | |||||
| H Taylor | c Rochfort b Lockwood | 9 | |||||
| *J Horner | lbw b J Lee | 5 | |||||
| A Mellor | b Rawlin | 1 | |||||
| F Lee | c Grimshaw b J Lee | 1 | |||||
| B Young | c J Lee b Rawlin | 0 | |||||
| GS Walker | c Rawlin b J Lee | 11 | |||||
| +W Aspinall | run out | 4 | |||||
| E Peate | not out | 19 | |||||
| H Mosley | c Young b Turner | 4 | |||||
| E Biltcliffe | run out | 2 | |||||
| A Cummings | st +Mayes b Hawke | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.2 overs) | 88 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Fox), 2-35 (Taylor), 3-? (Horsfall), 4-? (Mellor), 5-41 (Lee), 6-? (Young), 7-53 (Horner), 8-? (Walker), 9-? (Aspinall), 10-? (Mosley), 11-84 (Biltcliffe), 12-88 (Cummings, 82.2 ov) | |||||||
| MT Rochfort's Yorkshire Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robinson | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | - | ||
| Turner | 16 | 6 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| Hawke | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | ||
| Lockwood | 9 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| Young | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | - | ||
| Rawlin | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | ||
| J Lee | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | - | ||
| GH Lee | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | ||
| Grimshaw | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | ||
| MT Rochfort's Yorkshire Colts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Lee | c Biltcliffe b Peate | 22 | |||||
| J Grimshaw | b Peate | 0 | |||||
| J Fearnley | st Aspinall b Peate | 3 | |||||
| +F Ellis | c Horsfall b Peate | 0 | 2 | ||||
| *MT Rochfort | b Peate | 9 | |||||
| AW Hawke | c Walker b Taylor | 4 | |||||
| GH Lee | hit wkt b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| H Lockwood | b Taylor | 2 | |||||
| JT Rawlin | b Taylor | 2 | |||||
| BLH Robinson | b Peate | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| CJ Young | b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| TW Mayes | c Horner b Peate | 1 | |||||
| W Turner | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55.1 overs) | 56 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Grimshaw), 2-9 (Fearnley), 3-? (Ellis), 4-33 (J Lee), 5-39 (Hawke), 6-? (GH Lee), 7-? (Rochfort), 8-? (Rawlin), 9-? (Robinson), 10-? (Lockwood), 11-? (Young), 12-56 (Mayes, 55.1 ov) | |||||||
| J Horner's Yorkshire Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Peate | 28 | 14 | 26 | 7 | - | - | |
| Walker | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Taylor | 20.1 | 10 | 16 | 5 | - | - | |
| J Horner's Yorkshire Colts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +W Aspinall | c +Mayes b J Lee | 4 | |||||
| E Biltcliffe | c Young b Hawke | 15 | |||||
| S Fox | c and b Robinson | 8 | |||||
| J Horsfall | b Hawke | 0 | |||||
| H Taylor | b Robinson | 5 | |||||
| *J Horner | c Fearnley b Robinson | 0 | |||||
| A Mellor | not out | 1 | |||||
| F Lee | not out | 1 | |||||
| B Young | did not bat | ||||||
| GS Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| E Peate | did not bat | ||||||
| H Mosley | did not bat | ||||||
| A Cummings | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 53.2 overs) | 39 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Aspinall), 2-24 (Biltcliffe), 3-27 (Horsfall), 4-34 (Fox), 5-35 (Horner), 6-36 (Taylor) | |||||||
| MT Rochfort's Yorkshire Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robinson | 22.2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | - | - | |
| J Lee | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hawke | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rawlin | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grimshaw | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: J Horner's Yorkshire Colts (1) 9/0 (Fox ?*, Horsfall ?*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: J Horner's Yorkshire Colts (2) 36/6 (Mellor ?*)
--> Bowling in the J Horner's Yorkshire Colts second innings adds 7 runs over
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 that the Yorkshire Colts played for the following clubs: Baildon (F Lee, Moseley), Birstall (Walker), Bradford (Rochfort), Castleford (Horner), Driffield (CJ Young), Elland (Aspinall), Farsley (Grimshaw), Greasbrough (Rawlin), Holbeck (J Lee), Huddersfield (Lockwood), Kirby over Bierlow (B Young), Lockwood (GH Lee), New Wortley (Robinson), Parkgate (Hawke), Penistone (Bitcliffe, Fearnley), Saltaire (Ellis, Fox), Scarborough (Taylor), Sheffield (Cummings, Turner), Todmorden (Horsfall), Windhill (Mellor), Wortley (Mayes) and Yeadon (Peate).
Source records that no fewer than 77 aspirants to cricket fame sent in their names to play in this Yorkshire trial match. The selection therefore was not easy.
F Ellis started as wicket-keeper in the short period before lunch on the first day, Mayes keepeing thereafter
The match continued after J Horner's Yorkshire Colts won
Mellor b Robinson 1
Lee not out 10
Young c Fearnley b Grimshaw 1
Walker b Rawlin 5
Peate c and b Rawlin 2
Mosley c Fearnley b Rawlin 6
Cummings c Turner b Rawlin 0
Extras 5
Total (all out) 62
Bowling for complete innings
Robinson 4-15; Rawlin 4-8; Grimshaw 1-?
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