f153	England v Surrey and Sussex
	First-Class matches in England 1793
Venue	Lord's Old Ground, Marylebone on 12th, 13th, 14th June 1793 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Surrey and Sussex won by an innings and 299 runs
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Cumberland	b Hammond	0
T Scott	c Hammond b [unknown]	3
R Purchase	c Wells b [unknown]	24
W Fennex	c Beldham b [unknown]	8
A Freemantle	b T Walker	8
J Ring	b Wells	1
G Louch	c Beldham b [unknown]	0
R Fielder	c Wells b [unknown]	8
T Taylor	c Hammond b [unknown]	6
R Welch	c H Walker b [unknown]	4
T Boxall	not out	1
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-66

Surrey and Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	?	?	?	1	-	-
T Walker	?	?	?	1	-	-
Wells	?	?	?	1	-	-

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Surrey and Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Walker	b Boxall	138
Earl of Winchilsea	b Fennex	56
J Wells	b Purchase	51
G Dehany	b Boxall	1
H Tufton	c Fennex b [unknown]	0
TVR Nicoll	b Boxall	2
J Walker	b Purchase	24
J Crawte	b Purchase	11
W Beldham	hit wkt b Purchase	77
H Walker	b Cumberland	51
J Hammond	not out	37
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out)	453
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-453

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fennex	?	?	?	1	-	-
Boxall	?	?	?	3	-	-
Purchase	?	?	?	4	-	-
Cumberland	?	?	?	1	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Cumberland	c Tufton b [unknown]	1
T Scott	run out	35
R Purchase	c Hammond b [unknown]	19
W Fennex	b Beldham	12
A Freemantle	not out	13
J Ring	c Hammond b [unknown]	0
G Louch	b Beldham	1
R Fielder	b T Walker	3
T Taylor	b Beldham	2
R Welch	b Hammond	1
T Boxall	c H Walker b [unknown]	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-88

Surrey and Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hammond	?	?	?	1	-	-
T Walker	?	?	?	1	-	-
Beldham	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Notes
--> H Tufton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> T Walker (1) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> J Crawte (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> C Cumberland made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> R Fielder made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> T Scott made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> R Welch made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> R Purchase equalled his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Surrey and Sussex first innings
--> R Purchase reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Surrey and Sussex first innings

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The batting order for the England team is from Sporting Magazine as this seems likely to represent the first-innings batting order. Sporting Magazine lists the Surrey and Sussex team as follows: Winchilsea, Wells, Dehaney, T Walker, Tufton, Nicoll, Crawte, J Walker, H Walker, Hammond, Beldham. With such prominent professionals listed last, this appears at first sight to make little sense either as a batting order or as the order of dismissal. The likely explanation is that the scoring at the top of the order was so heavy that the remaining professionals were held back to allow the amateurs more opportunity to bat. In 2010 an original Britcher was offered for sale which included a handwritten annotation to this game: 'An astonishing Match. I saw T Walker and Lord Winchilsea went in first and J Wells went in when Lord Winchilsea was bowled out.' This eyewitness account provides the first three to go in for Surrey and Sussex (and incidentally implies very large stands for the first two wickets). It also tends to confirm that the order in Bentley (Winchilsea, Tufton, Dehaney, Nicoll, T Walker, Wells, J Walker, Crawte, Beldham, H Walker, Hammond) is that of going in but with amateurs listed first. Although it involves combining sources, this allows a recontruction of this unusually high-scoring innings that is consistent with the apparent dismissal order in Sporting Magazine and this is the order that has been used. If correct, this suggests that Beldham may have hit his wicket deliberately to give his side time to bowl England out again without extending the match into a fourth day.
SB gives the date as 1792 but advance notice of the match was given in the World on 10 June 1793, thus conclusively establishing the year as above.

 

 

 

 

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