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| Venue | The Fortfield, Sidmouth on 1st, 2nd August 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Devon: 11; Devon Colts: 17 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Devon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Thornton | b Fowle | 14 | |||||
| AJ Thornton | b Fowle | 2 | |||||
| JJ Cross | c Fowle b Ireland | 0 | |||||
| H Mann | hit wkt b Douglas | 12 | |||||
| WA Thornton | b Potbury | 12 | |||||
| R Allsopp | c Poland b Potbury | 5 | |||||
| FW Poland | b Potbury | 6 | |||||
| HA Pattinson | not out | 20 | |||||
| JJ Harding | c Ireland b Harrison | 4 | |||||
| AJ Greenhill | b Douglas | 9 | |||||
| HT Mackenzie | c CJ Willock b [unknown] | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-93 | |||||||
| Devon Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fowle | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Ireland | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Douglas | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Potbury | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Harrison | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| [unknown] | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Devon Colts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DF Douglas | c Pattinson b AJ Thornton | 2 | |||||
| WH Poland | c and b WA Thornton | 1 | |||||
| GG Gutteres | b WA Thornton | 6 | |||||
| FS Ireland | c AJ Thornton b WA Thornton | 13 | |||||
| WHT Wright | b AJ Thornton | 3 | |||||
| FS Cox | run out | 4 | |||||
| J Fowle | run out | 8 | |||||
| WJ Bythell | c Cross b AJ Thornton | 7 | |||||
| FJ Ellis | b AJ Thornton | 0 | |||||
| TR Hine-Haycock | c and b AJ Thornton | 13 | |||||
| CJ Willock | b AJ Thornton | 2 | |||||
| WP Harrison | b AJ Thornton | 0 | |||||
| CH Luxton | b Harding | 9 | |||||
| JA Potbury | c Allsopp b AJ Thornton | 1 | |||||
| R Coleridge | b AJ Thornton | 0 | |||||
| RP Willock | b Harding | 0 | |||||
| *GT Warner | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-69 | |||||||
| Devon bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| WA Thornton | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| AJ Thornton | ? | ? | ? | 9 | - | - | |
| Harding | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Devon second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Thornton | c Poland b Fowle | 8 | |||||
| AJ Thornton | c Warner b Ireland | 16 | |||||
| JJ Cross | b Fowle | 1 | |||||
| H Mann | c Poland b Potbury | 8 | |||||
| WA Thornton | not out | 5 | |||||
| R Allsopp | not out | 0 | |||||
| HA Pattinson | c Warner b Fowle | 2 | |||||
| FW Poland | did not bat | ||||||
| JJ Harding | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Greenhill | did not bat | ||||||
| HT Mackenzie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets) | 43 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-? | |||||||
| Devon Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fowle | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| Ireland | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| Potbury | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
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.
Rain on the second day
Source notes that the Devon Colts came from the following clubs: Axminster (Cox), Devon County School (Luxton), Exeter (Ellis), Ilfracombe (Wright), Newton College (Bythell, Fowle), Ottery (Coleridge), Paignton (Poland), Sidmouth (Douglas, Gutteres, Hine-Haycock, Ireland, Potbury, CJ Willock, RP Willock) and Topsham (Harrison).
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