f2026	South v North
	Other First-Class matches in England 1877
Venue	Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea on 31st May, 1st, 2nd June 1877 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	South won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South won by an innings and 162 runs
Umpires	RP Carpenter, E Willsher
Close of play day 1	South (1) 385/2 (WG Grace 252*, GF Grace 34*)
Close of play day 2	North (1) 70/4 (Lockwood 20*, Wyld 5*)

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South first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Grace	c Tolley b Morley	261
WR Gilbert	run out	7
JM Cotterill	c Wyld b Pinder	88
GF Grace	c Oscroft b Eastwood	54
F Penn	b Eastwood	1
CF Buller	c Trotter b Eastwood	6
+EFS Tylecote	c Clayton b Eastwood	27
R Humphrey	c Wyld b Eastwood	3
EH Butler	c Oscroft b Eastwood	0
GG Hearne	not out	4
GG Jones	c Oscroft b Morley	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 231 overs)	459
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-308, 3-398, 4-401, 5-416, 6-422, 7-428, 8-437, 9-458, 10-459 (231 ov)

North bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morley	72	30	129	2	-	-
Tye	24	4	77	0	-	-
Clayton	34	10	63	0	-	-
Lockwood	16	0	41	0	-	-
Oscroft	22	3	38	0	-	-
Eastwood	48	22	69	6	-	-
Pinder	10	1	22	1	-	-
Tolley	5	1	13	0	-	-

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North first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Daft	c and b WG Grace	29
DN Trotter	c Buller b WG Grace	9
E Lockwood	c Hearne b Gilbert	46
W Oscroft	lbw b Gilbert	0
R Tolley	c GF Grace b WG Grace	6
F Wyld	hit wkt b Gilbert	13
D Eastwood	c and b WG Grace	5
RO Clayton	c Penn b WG Grace	0
G Pinder	c Hearne b Gilbert	25
J Tye	c WG Grace b Gilbert	0
F Morley	not out	9
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-41, 3-43, 4-63, 5-80, 6-87, 7-87, 8-131, 9-131, 10-143 (69 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	35	11	62	5	-	-
Butler	8	2	12	0	-	-
Gilbert	26	6	68	5	-	-

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North second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Trotter	c Butler b WG Grace	33
W Oscroft	c Penn b WG Grace	7
E Lockwood	c Cotterill b WG Grace	36
R Daft	c Hearne b WG Grace	20
R Tolley	b Gilbert	4
F Wyld	c GF Grace b Gilbert	0
D Eastwood	c and b Gilbert	28
RO Clayton	lbw b WG Grace	6
G Pinder	c Penn b Gilbert	14
J Tye	c and b WG Grace	2
F Morley	not out	1
Extras	(3 w)	3
Total	(all out, 135.2 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-73, 3-77, 4-?, 5-79, 6-126, 7-135, 8-143, 9-152, 10-154 (135.2 ov)

South bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WG Grace	68	31	77	6	-	-
Gilbert	56.2	22	68	4	-	-
Jones	11	7	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DN Trotter made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DN Trotter made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WG Grace (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 254
--> EH Butler made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> D Eastwood achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South first innings (previous best was 1-13)
--> D Eastwood achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the South first innings
--> WG Grace reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the North second innings

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