misc69869	Essex v United South of England Eleven
	United South of England Eleven matches 1878
Venue	Witham on 12th, 13th, 14th September 1878 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Players	Essex: 20; United South of England Eleven: 11
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HL Brown, Collicott
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 142/15 (Hamilton ?*, Candler ?*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 21/1 (Candler ?*, Capel-Cure ?*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CHS Escott	c and b WG Grace	9
CR Stevens	c Gilbert b WG Grace	53
F Capel-Cure	b WG Grace	1
+KD Borrowes	b WG Grace	0
*J Round	b Gilbert	12
DC Davey	b Gilbert	4
A Burghes	c Pooley b WG Grace	21
W Howard	b WG Grace	1
CG Merewether	b WG Grace	3
J Dixon	b WG Grace	6
T Collin	c and b WG Grace	5
WE Shee	b WG Grace	9
T Earps	b WG Grace	1
Hardy	b WG Grace	0
Fort	c Jupp b WG Grace	3
EW Hamilton	c Jupp b WG Grace	7
GH Candler	b GF Grace	15
JWB Laurie	b Southerton	1
J Hutley	b WG Grace	1
J Hughes	not out	12
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 139 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-53, 3-55, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-143, 17-144, 18-145, 19-175 (139 ov)

United South of England Eleven bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GF Grace	9	2	18	1	-	-
Southerton	43	22	36	1	-	-
WG Grace	60	24	71	15	-	-
Gilbert	24	10	37	2	-	-
Bush	3	2	2	0	-	-

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United South of England Eleven first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Gilbert	b Stevens	3
WG Grace	run out	10
H Jupp	b Earps	17
GF Grace	b Stevens	8
FW Bush	b Hughes	1
R Humphrey	c Fort b Hughes	32
HRJ Charlwood	c Merewether b Burghes	43
EW Pooley	c Stevens b Hughes	2
+GF Elliott	b Burghes	7
J Southerton	not out	2
WG Marten	b Burghes	0
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 99.1 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-17, 3-26, 4-31, 5-57, 6-91, 7-118, 8-131, 9-132, 10-134 (99.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hughes	50	23	63	3	-	-
Stevens	22	11	26	2	-	-
Earps	18	5	23	1	-	-
Burghes	9.1	3	13	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Candler	b Gilbert	14
J Hughes	c Charlwood b WG Grace	8
F Capel-Cure	b Gilbert	33
DC Davey	c Pooley b WG Grace	21
T Collin	c and b Gilbert	0
WE Shee	c GF Grace b Gilbert	6
CHS Escott	c and b WG Grace	0
CR Stevens	c Gilbert b WG Grace	0
+KD Borrowes	c GF Grace b Southerton	88
EW Hamilton	c Charlwood b Southerton	33
A Burghes	b WG Grace	2
*J Round	b Southerton	0
CG Merewether	c GF Grace b WG Grace	1
J Dixon	c GF Grace b WG Grace	1
T Earps	lbw b Southerton	0
Fort	c Southerton b WG Grace	3
JWB Laurie	not out	13
W Howard	c sub b WG Grace	6
Hardy	c Charlwood b WG Grace	0
J Hutley	c Bush b WG Grace	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 104 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-40, 3-?, 4-64, 5-76, 6-?, 7-?, 8-108, 9-189, 10-?, 11-194, 12-?, 13-212, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-221, 18-222, 19-235 (104 ov)

United South of England Eleven bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GF Grace	13	4	18	0	-	-
WG Grace	51	14	127	11	-	-
Gilbert	17	8	58	4	-	-
Southerton	21	8	21	4	-	-
Bush	2	0	4	0	-	-

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United South of England Eleven second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Burghes b Hughes	4
FW Bush	c Stevens b Earps	26
GF Grace	c Round b Hughes	15
HRJ Charlwood	b Hughes	4
R Humphrey	c Collin b Stevens	8
EW Pooley	not out	5
J Southerton	not out	2
+GF Elliott	did not bat
WG Marten	did not bat
WR Gilbert	did not bat
H Jupp	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 52 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-20, 3-26, 4-?, 5-63

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hughes	26	15	38	3	-	-
Stevens	22	14	22	1	-	-
Earps	4	1	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Essex second innings adds 3 runs under

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The match was played for the benefit of Frank Silcock
Amendments and additions from the Chelmsford Chronicle of 20 September 1878 added May 2021

 

 

 

 

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