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| Venue | Chester Road North, Kidderminster on 29th, 30th, 31st May 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Kidderminster: 22; United South of England Eleven: 11 |
| Toss | United South of England Eleven won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | United South of England Eleven won by 7 runs |
| Umpires | J Abley, W Millward |
| Close of play day 1 | Kidderminster (1) 15/2 (Ewart ?*, Chamberlain ?*) |
| Close of play day 2 |
| United South of England Eleven first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WR Gilbert | b Hill | 14 | - | - | |||
| WE Midwinter | run out (Shillitoe) | 1 | |||||
| RG Barlow | b Hill | 0 | |||||
| L Hall | c McLean b Millward | 31 | |||||
| GF Grace | c Greenwood b Bates | 15 | 20 | - | - | ||
| M Riley | b Ulyett | 0 | 3 | ||||
| R Humphrey | c Lockwood b Millward | 1 | |||||
| A Watson | run out | 11 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | b Bates | 14 | |||||
| +G Spillman | b Hill | 3 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out) | 111 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Midwinter), 2-8 (Barlow), 3-29 (Gilbert), 4-52 (Grace), 5-? (Riley), 6-57 (Humphrey), 7-75 (Watson), 8-87 (Hall), 9-93 (Spillman), 10-111 (Charlwood) | |||||||
| Kidderminster bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bates | 42 | 26 | 32 | 2 | - | ||
| Hill | 44 | 24 | 28 | 3 | - | ||
| Ulyett | 11 | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| Darkes | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | ||
| Lockwood | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | - | ||
| Millward | ? | ? | ? | 2 | - | ||
| Kidderminster first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Bates | b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| A Butcher | c Grace b Midwinter | 5 | |||||
| WC Ewart | c Gilbert b Midwinter | 19 | - | - | |||
| EA Chamberlain | b Barlow | 4 | |||||
| A Millward | c Riley b Midwinter | 1 | |||||
| E Lockwood | b Barlow | 6 | |||||
| LC Docker | run out | 12 | |||||
| AJ Shillitoe | c and b Midwinter | 3 | |||||
| G Ulyett | b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| J Darkes | run out | 7 | |||||
| +R McLean | c Grace b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| A Hill | lbw b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| WH Moore | c Gilbert b Barlow | 15 | |||||
| WJM Hughes | c Gilbert b Midwinter | 0 | |||||
| JW Hughes | b Barlow | 7 | |||||
| T Blunt | c Spillman b Barlow | 12 | |||||
| W Broomfield | b Watson | 0 | |||||
| J Coates | c Charlwood b Watson | 12 | |||||
| R Palmer | b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| J Greenwood | b Watson | 1 | |||||
| F Beresford | not out | 0 | |||||
| H Rollings | b Watson | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.3 overs) | 106 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Bates), 2-15 (Butcher), 3-? (Chamberlain), 4-? (Millward), 5-36 (Lockwood), 6-? (Ewart), 7-51 (Docker), 8-? (Shillitoe), 9-? (Darkes), 10-58 (Ulyett), 11-? (Hill), 12-? (McLean), 13-? (WJM Hughes), 14-70 (JW Hughes), 15-85 (Moore), 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-?, 21-106 (75.3 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Midwinter | 30 | 4 | 43 | 5 | - | - | |
| Watson | 8.3 | 2 | 15 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barlow | 37 | 22 | 46 | 10 | - | - | |
| United South of England Eleven second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WR Gilbert | b Hill | 2 | |||||
| RG Barlow | c Lockwood b Hill | 1 | |||||
| WE Midwinter | b Hill | 15 | |||||
| L Hall | c Lockwood b Hill | 25 | |||||
| GF Grace | c Rollings b Hill | 19 | |||||
| M Riley | c Shillitoe b Hill | 0 | |||||
| R Humphrey | c and b Ulyett | 0 | |||||
| HRJ Charlwood | c and b Ulyett | 0 | |||||
| A Watson | c McLean b Hill | 11 | |||||
| +G Spillman | st McLean b Ulyett | 4 | |||||
| J Lillywhite | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 w) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 101 overs) | 81 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-81 (101 ov) | |||||||
| Kidderminster bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bates | 33 | 19 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hill | 46 | 27 | 33 | 7 | - | - | |
| Broomfield | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blunt | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ulyett | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kidderminster second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| W Bates | c Midwinter b Lillywhite | 1 | |||||
| E Lockwood | b Lillywhite | 2 | |||||
| A Hill | b Barlow | 7 | |||||
| G Ulyett | b Midwinter | 26 | 5 | - | |||
| WH Moore | b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| W Broomfield | c Spillman b Midwinter | 1 | |||||
| +R McLean | c Midwinter b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| JW Hughes | b Midwinter | 2 | |||||
| A Millward | c Riley b Barlow | 2 | |||||
| WC Ewart | run out | 0 | |||||
| T Blunt | b Lillywhite | 4 | |||||
| A Butcher | c Watson b Lillywhite | 11 | |||||
| J Darkes | b Lillywhite | 10 | |||||
| J Coates | c and b Lillywhite | 2 | |||||
| WJM Hughes | c Gilbert b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| R Palmer | c Gilbert b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| AJ Shillitoe | c Charlwood b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| J Greenwood | c Gilbert b Lillywhite | 0 | |||||
| EA Chamberlain | c and b Lillywhite | 8 | |||||
| F Beresford | c Spillman b Midwinter | 2 | |||||
| H Rollings | not out | 0 | |||||
| LC Docker | absent | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66 overs) | 79 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-79 (66 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barlow | 14 | 5 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lillywhite | 34 | 19 | 25 | 12 | - | - | |
| Midwinter | 18 | 8 | 18 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: United South of England Eleven (1) 19/2 (Gilbert ?*, Hall ?*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Kidderminster (1) ?/13 (Moore ?*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: United South of England Eleven (2) 81 all out
--> Bowling in the United South of England Eleven first innings adds 15 runs under
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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.
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