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| Venue | Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea on 24th, 25th July 1879 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Bar won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | W Draper, F Newland |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Army XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CR Rowley | b Francis | 12 | |||||
| AW Anstruther | c Francis b Bray | 9 | |||||
| HLCH Stafford | b Francis | 1 | |||||
| EA Bruce | c Francis b Bray | 9 | |||||
| CV Eccles | c Bray b Francis | 9 | |||||
| PWH Miles | c Francis b Bray | 9 | |||||
| FF Crawford | b Francis | 3 | |||||
| FJ Webber-Smith | c and b Francis | 14 | |||||
| DW MacKinnon | not out | 14 | |||||
| FSW Raikes | b Francis | 2 | |||||
| WS Kenyon-Slaney | c Bovill b Bray | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.1 overs) | 86 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-86 (65.1 ov) | |||||||
| Bar bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Francis | 33 | ? | 51 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bray | 32.1 | ? | 32 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Bar first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FH Birley | run out | 0 | |||||
| GH Hone-Goldney | c MacKinnon b Miles | 6 | |||||
| H Ross | b MacKinnon | 7 | |||||
| CK Francis | b Miles | 20 | |||||
| JS Udal | c Anstruther b Miles | 49 | |||||
| E Hume | c Webber-Smith b Eccles | 7 | |||||
| GC Alexander | c Rowley b Miles | 12 | |||||
| FC Coxhead | b MacKinnon | 0 | |||||
| AG Bovill | not out | 23 | |||||
| GH Tuck | b Eccles | 9 | |||||
| E Bray | b Eccles | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.2 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-142 (62.2 ov) | |||||||
| Army XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Miles | 26 | ? | 55 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| MacKinnon | 20 | ? | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bruce | 8 | ? | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eccles | 8.2 | ? | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Army XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CR Rowley | b Francis | 11 | |||||
| AW Anstruther | b Francis | 3 | |||||
| HLCH Stafford | b Francis | 2 | |||||
| EA Bruce | not out | 28 | |||||
| CV Eccles | b Bray | 8 | |||||
| PWH Miles | c Ross b Francis | 1 | |||||
| FF Crawford | c Hume b Francis | 16 | |||||
| FJ Webber-Smith | lbw b Francis | 9 | |||||
| FSW Raikes | b Francis | 9 | |||||
| WS Kenyon-Slaney | b Francis | 4 | |||||
| DW MacKinnon | absent | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.3 overs) | 97 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-97 (62.3 ov) | |||||||
| Bar bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Francis | 31.3 | ? | 36 | 8 | - | - | |
| Bray | 31 | ? | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bar second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| FH Birley | not out | 17 | |||||
| AG Bovill | not out | 22 | |||||
| GH Hone-Goldney | did not bat | ||||||
| H Ross | did not bat | ||||||
| CK Francis | did not bat | ||||||
| JS Udal | did not bat | ||||||
| E Hume | did not bat | ||||||
| GC Alexander | did not bat | ||||||
| FC Coxhead | did not bat | ||||||
| GH Tuck | did not bat | ||||||
| E Bray | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 20 overs) | 42 | |||||
| Army XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Miles | 10 | ? | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Raikes | 6 | ? | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eccles | 4 | ? | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bowling in the Army XI second innings adds 1 run under
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.
This match was to have been played at Lord's on July 3rd but the weather then forbade it. H.W. Renny-Tailyour and other good cricketers did not play for the losers.
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