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| Venue | Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn on 7th, 8th, 9th August 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | East Lancashire: 18; Lancashire XI: 11 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | East Lancashire won by 11 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Lancashire XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AN Hornby | c [unknown] b Thewlis | 1 | |||||
| A Watson | c Isherwood b Thewlis | 7 | |||||
| VPFA Royle | b Harwood | 29 | |||||
| JE Kershaw | c Bland b Shaw | 9 | |||||
| W Burrows | c Isherwood b Shaw | 16 | |||||
| G Walsh | c Thewlis b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| T Houlker | b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| A Birtwistle | not out | 7 | |||||
| W McIntyre | b Shaw | 7 | |||||
| Jones | c J Hargreaves b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| R Dixon | absent | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 81 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-81 | |||||||
| East Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thewlis | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | - | |
| Shaw | ? | ? | ? | 6 | - | - | |
| Harwood | ? | ? | ? | 1 | - | - | |
| East Lancashire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Bland | run out | 10 | |||||
| FW Hargreaves | c Royle b McIntyre | 8 | |||||
| Thewlis | b Watson | 6 | |||||
| J Hargreaves | c Jones b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| B Harwood | b McIntyre | 11 | |||||
| J Ingham | b Watson | 11 | |||||
| SJ Sparrow | b McIntyre | 4 | |||||
| F Isherwood | b McIntyre | 3 | |||||
| WH Moorhouse | b Watson | 8 | |||||
| J Riley | b Watson | 1 | |||||
| T Eastwood | c Hornby b McIntyre | 2 | |||||
| H Greenwood | b McIntyre | 5 | |||||
| J Walsh | lbw b McIntyre | 5 | |||||
| W Standen | b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| W Ingham | b Watson | 0 | |||||
| JC Shaw | b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| H Parnell | hit wkt b Watson | 5 | |||||
| J Smith | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-85 | |||||||
| Lancashire XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McIntyre | ? | ? | ? | 10 | - | - | |
| Watson | ? | ? | ? | 6 | - | - | |
| Lancashire XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AN Hornby | c Sparrow b Harwood | 3 | |||||
| A Watson | c Harwood b Shaw | 9 | |||||
| VPFA Royle | b Harwood | 2 | |||||
| JE Kershaw | c Shaw b Harwood | 6 | |||||
| W Burrows | b Shaw | 0 | |||||
| G Walsh | c J Hargreaves b Harwood | 15 | |||||
| T Houlker | c Harwood b Shaw | 2 | |||||
| A Birtwistle | not out | 7 | |||||
| W McIntyre | b Harwood | 3 | |||||
| Jones | b Harwood | 0 | |||||
| R Dixon | c Thewlis b Harwood | 13 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 62 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-62 | |||||||
| East Lancashire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harwood | ? | ? | ? | 7 | - | - | |
| Shaw | ? | ? | ? | 3 | - | - | |
| East Lancashire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Bland | c and b Watson | 0 | |||||
| FW Hargreaves | b Watson | 14 | |||||
| Thewlis | c Burrows b McIntyre | 25 | |||||
| J Hargreaves | b Watson | 1 | |||||
| B Harwood | b Watson | 5 | |||||
| J Ingham | run out | 10 | |||||
| SJ Sparrow | c Burrows b Watson | 16 | |||||
| F Isherwood | c Dixon b McIntyre | 8 | |||||
| WH Moorhouse | not out | 16 | |||||
| H Greenwood | c Royle b Watson | 0 | |||||
| J Walsh | b McIntyre | 0 | |||||
| W Standen | not out | 1 | |||||
| J Smith | c Hornby b McIntyre | 5 | |||||
| J Riley | did not bat | ||||||
| T Eastwood | did not bat | ||||||
| W Ingham | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Shaw | did not bat | ||||||
| H Parnell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (11 wickets) | 102 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-? | |||||||
| Lancashire XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | ? | ? | ? | 6 | - | - | |
| McIntyre | ? | ? | ? | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> East Lancashire batted on after winning
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.
The match was played for the benefit of JC Shaw who for the last three seasons had been engaged by the East Lancashire Club.
Source does not make clear which Ingham caught Hornby.
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