f1761	Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex
	Other First-Class matches in England 1873
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 7th, 8th July 1873 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 84 runs
Umpires	FH Farrands, J West
Close of play day 1	Middlesex (1) 149/7 (Hearne 8*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Law	b Howitt	10
N Morris	c Gilbert b Rutter	35
FH Boult	b Rutter	13
AN Hornby	b Howitt	52
A Rylott	b Rutter	5
C Marriott	b Howitt	12
ET Drake	b Hearne	29
REW Copland-Crawford	b Howitt	9
EGG Sutton	not out	20
A Shaw	b Walker	20
RO Clayton	c Boak b Walker	0
Extras	(14 b, 3 lb, 4 w)	21
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-58, 3-69, 4-89, 5-124, 6-156, 7-176, 8-180, 9-226, 10-226 (86 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howitt	33	10	96	4	-	-
Brune	9	1	19	0	-	-
Rutter	22	7	50	3	-	-
Boak	7	2	17	0	-	-
Hearne	12	6	15	1	-	-
Walker	3	1	8	2	-	-

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Middlesex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ID Walker	c Morris b Clayton	40
AS Tabor	b Rylott	20
AJA Wilkinson	b Clayton	12
WR Gilbert	b Clayton	1
WH Hadow	c Sutton b Shaw	22
+CEB Nepean	c and b Boult	25
T Hearne	b Clayton	18
CJ Brune	c and b Boult	12
E Rutter	not out	16
G Howitt	b Clayton	0
J Boak	c Hornby b Shaw	11
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 124.1 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-75, 3-79, 4-84, 5-127, 6-127, 7-149, 8-170, 9-170, 10-189 (124.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	51.1	19	70	2	-	-
Clayton	32	11	56	5	-	-
Rylott	17	6	17	1	-	-
Boult	13	4	15	2	-	-
Drake	11	2	19	0	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Law	c and b Boak	25
N Morris	b Howitt	39
EGG Sutton	b Howitt	36
AN Hornby	lbw b Hearne	10
A Rylott	c Nepean b Hearne	7
C Marriott	not out	35
ET Drake	c Hadow b Howitt	5
REW Copland-Crawford	b Howitt	2
FH Boult	b Hearne	0
A Shaw	c Brune b Howitt	0
RO Clayton	st Nepean b Hearne	7
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-102, 3-103, 4-114, 5-129, 6-146, 7-148, 8-152, 9-155, 10-171 (62 ov)

Middlesex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Howitt	20	7	51	5	-	-
Rutter	10	0	30	0	-	-
Boak	7	1	20	1	-	-
Hearne	21	6	47	4	-	-
Wilkinson	4	1	18	0	-	-

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Middlesex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ID Walker	c Hornby b Boult	40
AS Tabor	b Rylott	14
AJA Wilkinson	b Rylott	0
WH Hadow	b Rylott	0
+CEB Nepean	b Shaw	0
T Hearne	run out	0
WR Gilbert	b Shaw	8
CJ Brune	b Rylott	7
E Rutter	not out	30
G Howitt	b Clayton	8
J Boak	st Morris b Shaw	8
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 68.1 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-26, 3-26, 4-27, 5-27, 6-38, 7-53, 8-98, 9-?, 10-124 (68.1 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shaw	28.1	17	34	3	-	-
Clayton	14	4	28	1	-	-
Rylott	22	9	34	4	-	-
Boult	4	0	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Boak made his debut in first-class matches

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