misc77682	New York Cricket Club v St George's Club of New York
	Other matches in United States of America 1857
Venue	Fox Hill Cricket Ground, Hoboken on 9th, 10th September 1857 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Toss not known
Result	St George's Club of New York won by a concession
Umpires	C Vinten (St George's Club of New York), G Wheatcroft (New York Cricket Club)
Scorers	H Chadwick (St George's Club of New York), Embury (New York Cricket Club)
Close of play day 1	St George's Club of New York (2) ?/1 (WH Wright ?*, Ireland ?*)

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St George's Club of New York first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JC Lang	b Marsh	2
*R Waller	b Crossley	4
W Congreve	b Marsh	4
S Wright	b Crossley	3
Ireland	not out	25
WH Wright	c Higham b Crossley	1
W Comery	b Crossley	0
T Bailey	b Marsh	1
FH Lillywhite	run out	0
W Hindhaugh	b Marsh	3
JT Walker	absent
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 34.1 overs)	57
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-57 (34.1 ov)

New York Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marsh	17.1	5	20	4	1	-
Crossley	17	6	23	4	1	-

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New York Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Sharp	c Lang b Comery	8
H Spivey	c S Wright b Comery	14
AL Marsh	not out	34
W Wilby	c sub (Pendleton) b S Wright	22
*+J Higham	b Comery	1
W Crossley	b S Wright	1
Hamlyn	c Lillywhite b S Wright	5
WE Fletcher	run out	4
Tower	c Waller b S Wright	1
Bashford	run out	9
Gelson	c Waller b Comery	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	6
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-107 (73 ov)

St George's Club of New York bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Comery	28	13	47	4	1	-
S Wright	29	15	30	4	2	-
Waller	7	2	14	0	-	-
Lillywhite	9	6	7	0	-	-

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St George's Club of New York second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JT Walker	b Marsh	0
WH Wright	c Fletcher b Crossley	28
Ireland	c Higham b Crossley	37
S Wright	c and b Sharp	25
*R Waller	st Higham b Sharp	2
+JC Lang	b Crossley	35
FH Lillywhite	c Gelson b Marsh	15
W Comery	c Hamlyn b Crossley	9
T Bailey	b Crossley	2
W Congreve	not out	4
W Hindhaugh	c Crossley b Marsh	0
Extras	(12 b, 9 lb, 13 w)	34
Total	(all out, 105.2 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-191 (105.2 ov)

New York Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marsh	41.3	16	60	3	8	-
Crossley	50.3	24	77	5	5	-
Sharp	13	3	19	2	-	-

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New York Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Sharp	b Comery	12
H Spivey	c and b S Wright	0
AL Marsh	b Comery	10
W Wilby	c Lillywhite b S Wright	8
*+J Higham	b Comery	8
Tower	b Comery	3
Bashford	c Bailey b S Wright	3
W Crossley	run out	15
Hamlyn	not out	18
WE Fletcher	c Lang b Comery	1
Gelson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb, 9 w)	21
Total	(9 wickets, 62.3 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-59, 8-96, 9-99 (62.3 ov)

St George's Club of New York bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Comery	31.3	13	40	5	2	-
S Wright	29	16	29	3	7	-
Waller	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Bowling in the New York Cricket Club first innings adds 3 runs under
--> Bowling in the St George's Club of New York second innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the New York Cricket Club second innings adds 3 runs under

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James Higham must have felt pretty good at the end of the first day, his side with a 50-run first-innings lead, and John Walker out for a round O before stumps. But things turned around big time next day. StG poured on the runs, and left NY to chase 141. When the score read 59 for 7, Higham probably would have welcomed any kind of natural disaster. But Wm Crossley and Hamlyn were together and began tonking the bowling about. NY spirits rose. However, at 96, Crossley was adjudged run out by the StG umpire, Charles Vinten. The NY players swore he was not out. And a moment or two later, Elliott Fletcher was given out caught behind off Comery, again by Vinten. Fletcher hesitated, then asked of Mr Vinten how he was out. Caught said the umpire. Back at the tent, Fletcher told his captain that it wasn't so. (Higham later claimed that he had sometime afterwards spoken to Comery, and the bowler then admitted that the ball had come nowhere near the bat.) Nine wickets down. But now the agreed-on time for drawing stumps, six o'clock, had passed. No doubt in not the most pleasant mood, Higham went onto the field and demanded that play be stopped for the day. But the umpires decided to proceed. Now enraged, as I imagine it, Higham refused to send in his last batsman, Gelson. Play was called, and when Gelson failed to appear, the umpires awarded the match to StG. Higham would have none of it. Umpires have to follow the rules. Perhaps with some idea that Vinten and Wheatcroft would decide he was right, and he could claim the match if StG did not turn up, Higham and his batsmen, Hamlyn and Gelson, went to the ground on Friday morning. But it came to nothing. This ugly disagreement was not soon to be smoothed over. StG and NY did not play each other again for eight years.

 

 

 

 

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