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| Venue | Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham on 16th, 17th, 18th June 1879 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 4 |
| Players | Birmingham: 22; United South of England Eleven: 11 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | United South of England Eleven (2) 33/4 (Jupp 8*, Grace 8*) |
| United South of England Eleven first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GF Grace | c Preston b Talboys | 0 | - | - | |||
| H Jupp | run out | 15 | - | - | |||
| RG Barlow | c Price b Talboys | 1 | - | - | |||
| M Riley | run out | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| WE Midwinter | c Smallwood b Talboys | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| WR Gilbert | b Talboys | 0 | - | - | |||
| FA Smith | b Talboys | 16 | 1 | - | |||
| CG Allee | lbw b Watson | 2 | - | - | |||
| R Humphrey | b Watson | 9 | 2 | - | |||
| +EW Pooley | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| J Southerton | hit wkt b Watson | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62 overs) | 68 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Grace), 2-4 (Barlow), 3-22 (Riley), 4-31 (Midwinter), 5-31 (Gilbert), 6-51 (Smith), 7-54 (Allee), 8-67 (Jupp), 9-68 (Humphrey), 10-68 (Southerton, 62 ov) | |||||||
| Birmingham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Talboys | 23 | 11 | 21 | 5 | - | - | |
| Watson | 31 | 16 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Izod | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Birmingham first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Maullin | b Barlow | 8 | - | - | |||
| Sharp | b Barlow | 2 | - | - | |||
| JH Price | b Barlow | 4 | - | - | |||
| F Smith | c Pooley b Southerton | 15 | 1 | - | |||
| J Williams | c and b Southerton | 2 | - | - | |||
| A Watson | run out (Humphrey) | 11 | 1 | - | |||
| SJT Durban | b Southerton | 0 | - | - | |||
| Davis | run out | 0 | - | - | |||
| S Talboys | c Grace b Barlow | 2 | - | - | |||
| Allen | c Allee b Barlow | 1 | - | - | |||
| N Adams | b Barlow | 2 | - | - | |||
| Izod | b Barlow | 2 | - | - | |||
| J Smallwood | b Barlow | 3 | - | - | |||
| +Cadlow | st Pooley b Southerton | 1 | - | - | |||
| Warren | st Pooley b Barlow | 1 | - | - | |||
| Elliott | b Barlow | 3 | - | - | |||
| J Preston | c Allee b Barlow | 3 | - | - | |||
| J Hawes | c Grace b Southerton | 2 | - | - | |||
| Guest | run out | 2 | - | - | |||
| Fletcher | run out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Glover | c Smith b Southerton | 0 | - | - | |||
| GH Davenport | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.2 overs) | 68 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Sharp), 2-12 (Maullin), 3-19 (Price), 4-26 (Williams), 5-45 (Watson), 6-45 (Smith), 7-45 (Davis), 8-45 (Durban), 9-47 (Talboys), 10-49 (Adams), 11-50 (Allen), 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-?, 18-?, 19-?, 20-?, 21-68 (68.2 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barlow | 35.2 | 17 | 32 | 11 | - | - | |
| Midwinter | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Southerton | 24 | 12 | 24 | 6 | - | - | |
| United South of England Eleven second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GF Grace | c Izod b Watson | 21 | 1 | - | |||
| H Jupp | c Price b Talboys | 12 | - | - | |||
| RG Barlow | c Smith b Talboys | 0 | - | - | |||
| M Riley | c Williams b Watson | 12 | - | - | |||
| WE Midwinter | c Allen b Williams | 30 | 3 | - | |||
| WR Gilbert | b Watson | 5 | - | - | |||
| FA Smith | c Price b Talboys | 0 | - | - | |||
| CG Allee | c Adams b Watson | 2 | - | - | |||
| R Humphrey | b Watson | 0 | - | - | |||
| +EW Pooley | not out | 26 | - | - | |||
| J Southerton | c Williams b Talboys | 6 | - | - | |||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 82 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-43, 6-50, 7-60, 8-?, 9-106, 10-114 (82 ov) | |||||||
| Birmingham bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Talboys | 23 | 11 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Watson | 38 | 18 | 47 | 5 | - | - | |
| Williams | 14 | 4 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Izod | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Birmingham second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| Maullin | lbw b Southerton | 15 | |||||
| Sharp | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| JH Price | b Southerton | 2 | |||||
| J Williams | c Riley b Barlow | 1 | |||||
| A Watson | c Humphrey b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| SJT Durban | c Allee b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| Davis | c Gilbert b Barlow | 5 | |||||
| S Talboys | c Allee b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| Allen | b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| N Adams | b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| Izod | c Pooley b Southerton | 7 | |||||
| J Smallwood | lbw b Barlow | 0 | |||||
| Elliott | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| J Hawes | b Barlow | 2 | |||||
| Guest | b Southerton | 3 | |||||
| Fletcher | c Midwinter b Barlow | 12 | |||||
| Glover | b Southerton | 0 | |||||
| GH Davenport | not out | 2 | |||||
| F Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +Cadlow | did not bat | ||||||
| Warren | did not bat | ||||||
| J Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (17 wickets, 68 overs) | 49 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-?, 13-?, 14-?, 15-?, 16-?, 17-49 (68 ov) | |||||||
| United South of England Eleven bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Southerton | 34 | 18 | 33 | 9 | - | - | |
| Barlow | 34 | 18 | 16 | 8 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Bowling in the Birmingham first innings adds 1 run over
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.
No play took place as intended on Monday the 16th because of rain.
In another account this match was won by the United South; Smith, Cadlow [or Caldow as above], Warren and Preston being recorded as absent. Several northern cricketers about this time assisted the United South.
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