misc254498	Somerset v Will-o'-the-Wisp
	Other matches in England 1881
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 26th, 27th August 1881 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1

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Will-o'-the-Wisp first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Akroyd	c Sweet b Fothergill	116
H Fowler	b Fothergill	14
FH Mellor	b Fothergill	0
CM Sharpe	c sub b Fothergill	1
HE Rhodes	c Fox b Fothergill	62
GH Hone-Goldney	b Massey	9
H Morris	c Bourdillon b Fothergill	5
HC Clarke	b Massey	0
FC Coxhead	b Fothergill	0
FH Deacon	c Sweet b Massey	5
FB Lewman	not out	1
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-218

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fothergill	?	?	?	7	-	-
Massey	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Fothergill	b Hone-Goldney	31
W Massey	c Coxhead b Sharpe	5
H Fox	b Hone-Goldney	62
EP Spurway	c Hone-Goldney b Coxhead	20
CFL Sweet	b Sharpe	2
H Bourdillon	not out	23
HJ Reed	b Sharpe	8
W Reed	b Sharpe	0
JA Winter	c Mellor b Sharpe	3
CE Winter	c Fowler b Sharpe	2
J Ebden	c Mellor b Sharpe	32
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 3 w)	16
Total	(all out)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-204

Will-o'-the-Wisp bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hone-Goldney	?	?	?	2		-
Sharpe	?	?	?	7		-
Coxhead	?	?	?	1		-

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Will-o'-the-Wisp second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Akroyd	b Fothergill	6
H Fowler	b Fothergill	10
FH Mellor	b Fothergill	6
CM Sharpe	c and b Fothergill	2
HE Rhodes	c Spurway b Ebden	25
GH Hone-Goldney	b [unknown]	1
H Morris	not out	10
HC Clarke	b Fothergill	1
FC Coxhead	b [unknown]	7
FH Deacon	b Fothergill	5
FB Lewman	st Bourdillon b Fothergill	5
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-86

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fothergill	?	?	?	7	-	-
Ebden	?	?	?	1	-	-
[unknown]	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Fothergill	not out	36
W Massey	c Coxhead b Sharpe	8
H Fox	run out	7
EP Spurway	b Coxhead	1
CFL Sweet	c and b Fowler	9
H Bourdillon	run out	1
HJ Reed	not out	6
W Reed	did not bat
JA Winter	did not bat
CE Winter	did not bat
J Ebden	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(5 wickets)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Will-o'-the-Wisp bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sharpe	?	?	?	1	-	-
Coxhead	?	?	?	1	-	-
Fowler	?	?	?	1	-	-

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The two unknown wickets were taken by Winter but the score does not say by which one
The score says Somerset won by five wickets but they did not score nearly enough runs to have won unless there is an error in the scores

 

 

 

 

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