misc26291	Bedfordshire v Somerset
	Other matches in England 1879
Venue	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea on 22nd, 23rd July 1879 (2-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets
Umpires	E Henty, RA Thoms
Close of play day 1

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Ross	b Brown	9
E Western	c and b Snow	11
E Sainsbury	b Seabrook	6
DD Pontifex	c Vyse b Brown	4
HF Fox	b Seabrook	52
CH Evans	b Seabrook	8
+FT Welman	b Snow	13
BB Fox	b Snow	3
WH Fowler	c Higgins b Snow	3
H Lang	run out	2
C Manson	not out	6
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	10
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-127 (92 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Seabrook	41	?	42	3	-	-
Brown	26	?	44	2	-	-
Snow	23	?	20	4	1	-
Burnett	2	?	11	0	1	-

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Bedfordshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Goodyear	c Sainsbury b Evans	95
J Seabrook	c HF Fox b Evans	19
WF Higgins	b Evans	0
J Hill	c Welman b Lang	7
AHP Snow	b Evans	13
S Mitchell	c Lang b Sainsbury	21
TC Brown	c Ross b Sainsbury	6
ER Green	st Welman b Sainsbury	0
CH Burnett	c and b Sainsbury	1
CH Polhill-Turner	not out	4
W Vyse	c Lang b Evans	4
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 118.3 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-180 (118.3 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	54.3	?	55	5	-	-
Sainsbury	29	?	48	4	-	-
Lang	14	?	20	1	-	-
Pontifex	14	?	27	0	-	-
Fowler	2	?	8	0	-	-
BB Fox	5	?	11	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Ross	c Higgins b Brown	5
E Western	b Brown	1
E Sainsbury	c Higgins b Brown	27
DD Pontifex	b Brown	3
HF Fox	c Vyse b Brown	0
CH Evans	b Seabrook	9
+FT Welman	b Seabrook	13
BB Fox	not out	30
WH Fowler	b Snow	9
H Lang	c Snow b Seabrook	1
C Manson	c Hill b Brown	19
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-123 (71.2 ov)

Bedfordshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Seabrook	27.2	?	45	3	-	-
Brown	36	?	57	6	-	-
Snow	8	?	15	1	1	-

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Bedfordshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Goodyear	not out	39
WF Higgins	b Pontifex	11
AHP Snow	c HF Fox b Evans	1
S Mitchell	not out	7
J Seabrook	did not bat
J Hill	did not bat
TC Brown	did not bat
ER Green	did not bat
CH Burnett	did not bat
CH Polhill-Turner	did not bat
W Vyse	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(2 wickets, 35 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Evans	20	?	28	1	-	-
Sainsbury	4	?	9	0	-	-
Lang	2	?	3	0	1	-
Pontifex	9	?	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Bedfordshire first innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the Bedfordshire second innings adds 1 run 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.
Source notes that "this contest between two rising cricketing counties was played on a neutral ground. The contest took place in pleasant weather."

 

 

 

 

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