misc67974	Gentlemen of Dorset v Gentlemen of Devon
	Other matches in England 1879
Venue	Sherborne School, Sherborne on 30th, 31st July 1879 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Gentlemen of Devon won by an innings and 64 runs
Close of play day 1

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Gentlemen of Dorset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Price	b Sanders	6
O Spencer-Smith	b Sanders	2
HS Crosby	b Sanders	1
AFE Forman	c Sanders b Wright	20
TW Wilson	b Sanders	3
S Scott	b Sanders	5
CG Barton	c Cross b Sanders	4
SC Spencer-Smith	b Sanders	31
AF Kelsey	not out	2
WH Manfield	run out	0
MJ Druitt	b Wright	4
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(all out)	85
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-85

Gentlemen of Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sanders	?	?	?	7	-	-
Wright	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of Devon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Thornton	b Wilson	7
AJ Thornton	c Manfield b Barton	0
EF Wright	b Barton	10
RHB Taylor	run out	84
+WA Thornton	c SC Spencer-Smith b Forman	53
W Massey	run out	32
GHF Fagan	b Forman	8
JJ Cross	b Kelsey	7
JF Scobell	c Manfield b Kelsey	19
EJ Sanders	not out	16
JJ Harding	c [unknown] b Barton	5
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb)	21
Total	(all out)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-262

Gentlemen of Dorset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barton	?	?	?	3	-	-
Wilson	?	?	?	1	-	-
Forman	?	?	?	2	-	-
Kelsey	?	?	?	2	-	-

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Gentlemen of Dorset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HP Price	c RT Thornton b AJ Thornton	22
O Spencer-Smith	c Fagan b WA Thornton	6
HS Crosby	b Wright	3
AFE Forman	c Cross b WA Thornton	25
TW Wilson	c and b Wright	0
S Scott	c RT Thornton b Wright	0
CG Barton	b Wright	10
SC Spencer-Smith	st WA Thornton b Wright	15
AF Kelsey	b Sanders	0
WH Manfield	c Fagan b WA Thornton	6
MJ Druitt	not out	14
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(all out)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-113

Gentlemen of Devon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WA Thornton	?	?	?	3	-	-
Wright	?	?	?	5	-	-
AJ Thornton	?	?	?	1	-	-
Sanders	?	?	?	1	-	-

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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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