f567	Fast Bowlers v Slow Bowlers
	Other First-Class matches in England 1840
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 22nd, 23rd June 1840 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Slow Bowlers won by 33 runs
Close of play day 1	Slow Bowlers (2) 33/4 (Box ?*)

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Slow Bowlers first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FW Lillywhite	b Redgate	1
J Cobbett	c Kynaston b Mynn	0
N Felix	c Redgate b Dean	35
F Pilch	b Redgate	0
T Box	b Mynn	11
W Clifford	b Redgate	19
W Garrat	b Mynn	15
T Sewell	c Mynn b Dean	6
J Bayley	b Mynn	0
B Good	not out	5
Earl of Winterton	b Dean	1
Extras	(14 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-5, 4-18, 5-53, 6-93, 7-99, 8-102, 9-104, 10-109

Fast Bowlers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Redgate	?	?	?	3	-	-
Mynn	?	?	?	4	-	-
Dean	?	?	?	3	-	-

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Fast Bowlers first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Hillyer	b Cobbett	5
C Hawkins	b Cobbett	20
CG Taylor	c Lillywhite b Cobbett	1
A Mynn	c Cobbett b Lillywhite	2
J Guy	b Cobbett	13
HG Hand	b Cobbett	0
FGB Ponsonby	not out	17
R Kynaston	b Cobbett	5
J Dean	c Felix b Cobbett	2
S Redgate	b Cobbett	0
HC Lowther	b Lillywhite	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-?, 4-36, 5-?, 6-45, 7-?, 8-63, 9-?, 10-70

Slow Bowlers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	?	?	?	2	-	-
Cobbett	?	?	?	8	-	-

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Slow Bowlers second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Clifford	b Mynn	5
B Good	c Kynaston b Redgate	5
T Sewell	b Redgate	12
F Pilch	b Redgate	8
T Box	run out	0
W Garrat	b Mynn	15
J Cobbett	run out	9
N Felix	c Hawkins b Mynn	27
FW Lillywhite	c Taylor b Redgate	13
J Bayley	not out	5
Earl of Winterton	b Mynn	0
Extras	(15 b, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-15, 3-30, 4-33, 5-34, 6-61, 7-68, 8-105, 9-116, 10-116

Fast Bowlers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Redgate	?	?	?	4	-	-
Mynn	?	?	?	4	-	-

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Fast Bowlers second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Mynn	c Cobbett b Lillywhite	11
WR Hillyer	b Cobbett	9
J Guy	run out	7
C Hawkins	b Cobbett	28
CG Taylor	b Lillywhite	26
FGB Ponsonby	b Lillywhite	3
S Redgate	b Cobbett	5
HG Hand	b Lillywhite	0
R Kynaston	b Lillywhite	26
J Dean	not out	4
HC Lowther	b Cobbett	0
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(all out)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-23, 3-54, 4-62, 5-66, 6-77, 7-?, 8-110, 9-?, 10-122

Slow Bowlers bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillywhite	?	?	?	5	-	-
Cobbett	?	?	?	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Fast Bowlers full substitute: FGB Ponsonby for EG Wenman (Ponsonby allowed to replace Wenman who was injured by a ball from Redgate when keeping wicket)
--> A Mynn reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Slow Bowlers first innings
--> J Cobbett equalled his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Fast Bowlers first innings
--> J Cobbett reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Fast Bowlers second innings

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E.G.Wenman began playing for the Fast Bowlers, but on being injured by a ball from Redgate keeping wicket in the first innings, he was replaced by Hon.F.G.B.Ponsonby, who was allowed to bat. The match was described in Bell's Life as Eight Gentlemen and Players with Three Slow Bowlers v Eight Gentlemen and Players with Three Fast Bowlers'

 

 

 

 

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