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| Venue | Craigmount Park, Edinburgh on 23rd, 24th, 25th May 1872 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs: 22; United South of England Eleven: 11 |
| Toss | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs won by 64 runs |
| Umpires | H Killick, D Willoughby |
| Close of play day 1 | United South of England Eleven (1) 22/2 (Jupp 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs (2) 99/7 (Cotterill 83*, Buchanan 5*) |
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Sanderson | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| WW Smith | st Pooley b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| RS Stewart | c Pooley b Lillywhite | 4 | |||||
| WJ Laidlay | c GF Grace b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| S Wright | c Pooley b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| J Speid | st Pooley b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| G Campbell | c GF Grace b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| AR Duncan | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| JM Cotterill | c and b Southerton | 14 | |||||
| JB Richardson | c R Humphrey b Southerton | 8 | |||||
| W St Clair Grant | c Jupp b Lillywhite | 1 | |||||
| GF Rayner | c GF Grace b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| JLH McFarlane | c Southerton b Lillywhite | 2 | |||||
| J Craig | c T Humphrey b Southerton | 2 | |||||
| +W Cunningham | c Southerton b Lillywhite | 20 | |||||
| A Buchanan | b Southerton | 4 | |||||
| ADR Thomson | c Charlwood b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| C Hayman | b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| *D MacDonald | not out | 7 | |||||
| WE Anderson | c Pooley b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| R Evans | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| D Crole | c WG Grace b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76.1 overs) | 77 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-12, 6-12, 7-12, 8-12, 9-27, 10-28, 11-34, 12-40, 13-?, 14-56, 15-63, 16-67, 17-67, 18-67, 19-75, 20-77, 21-77 (76.1 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Southerton | 38.1 | 15 | 48 | 14 | - | - | |
| Lillywhite | 38 | 23 | 26 | 7 | - | - | |
| United South of England Eleven first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WG Grace | c Richardson b Campbell | 8 | |||||
| H Jupp | run out (Crole) | 14 | |||||
| R Humphrey | b St Clair Grant | 1 | |||||
| GF Grace | c Stewart b Campbell | 4 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | b Campbell | 19 | |||||
| +EW Pooley | run out | 1 | |||||
| T Humphrey | c Stewart b Campbell | 1 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | c Buchanan b St Clair Grant | 2 | |||||
| J Phillips | c Sanderson b St Clair Grant | 2 | |||||
| G Griffith | c Stewart b St Clair Grant | 3 | |||||
| J Southerton | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 3 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 76.1 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-22, 3-27, 4-32, 5-40, 6-41, 7-?, 8-57, 9-58, 10-60 (76.1 ov) | |||||||
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| St Clair Grant | 38.1 | 25 | 16 | 4 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 38 | 16 | 39 | 4 | - | - | |
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *D MacDonald | st Pooley b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| WW Smith | b Lillywhite | 8 | |||||
| RS Stewart | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| J Speid | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| JM Cotterill | c GF Grace b Southerton | 95 | |||||
| J Sanderson | st Pooley b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| S Wright | b Southerton | 2 | |||||
| WJ Laidlay | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| A Buchanan | b Southerton | 5 | |||||
| JLH McFarlane | b Southerton | 8 | |||||
| GF Rayner | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| W St Clair Grant | b WG Grace | 9 | |||||
| AR Duncan | c GF Grace b WG Grace | 1 | |||||
| G Campbell | c WG Grace b Southerton | 9 | |||||
| ADR Thomson | c and b WG Grace | 3 | |||||
| JB Richardson | b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| C Hayman | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| J Craig | b WG Grace | 1 | |||||
| +W Cunningham | b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| D Crole | hit wkt b Southerton | 1 | |||||
| WE Anderson | c R Humphrey b WG Grace | 6 | |||||
| [unknown] | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 128.2 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-61, 8-103, 9-118, 10-119, 11-124, 12-129, 13-131, 14-137, 15-?, 16-143, 17-?, 18-?, 19-147, 20-151, 21-154 (128.2 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Southerton | 64.2 | 30 | 67 | 15 | - | - | |
| Lillywhite | 19 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| WG Grace | 30 | 14 | 30 | 5 | - | - | |
| GF Grace | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griffith | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| United South of England Eleven second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WG Grace | c Richardson b Laidlay | 17 | |||||
| H Jupp | c Laidlay b St Clair Grant | 0 | |||||
| R Humphrey | b St Clair Grant | 0 | |||||
| GF Grace | b Laidlay | 2 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | run out | 35 | |||||
| +EW Pooley | c and b St Clair Grant | 25 | |||||
| T Humphrey | b Cotterill | 6 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | b Laidlay | 11 | |||||
| J Phillips | run out (Craig) | 5 | |||||
| G Griffith | not out | 2 | |||||
| J Southerton | c Stewart b Laidlay | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.1 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-15, 3-?, 4-19, 5-67, 6-75, 7-86, 8-100, 9-?, 10-107 (95.1 ov) | |||||||
| Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| St Clair Grant | 38 | 16 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Laidlay | 26.1 | 10 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 12 | 7 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cotterill | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buchanan | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
W Cunningham began the match as wicketkeeper for Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs, but was injured while keeping on the first day. WL Laidlay kept wicket on the second day.
The Scotsman newspaper names the home side as 'XXII Gentlemen of Edinburgh'
R Evans, who batted in the Carlton and Edinburgh Clubs' first innings, is referred to in The Scotsman's scorecard as 'Substitute'. In the second innings, the substitute who completed their batting order was not Evans, but a player named as 'Mr Hill'.
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