Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

WHITE CONDUIT CLUB v ENGLAND Played at Lord’s Old Ground, Marylebone, June 20, 21, 22, 1787. England won by 265 runs. ENGLAND 1 J.Aylward run out 93 (4) c Taylor 16 2 W.Beldham b Clifford 17 (1) run out 63 3 R.Hosmer c H.Walker 43 (10) c H.Walker 2 4 R.Stanford c H.Walker 0 (8) c H.Walker 0 5 S.Amherst not out 20 (9) c H.Walker 17 6 N.Mann b Harris 11 (5) c Hussey 6 7 J.Small, jun c Clifford 3 (2) c Clifford 42 8 R.Purchase b Harris 0 (3) c Taylor 3 9 W.Bullen b Harris 14 (11) b Taylor 0 10 J.Small, sen b Taylor 30 (6) not out 32 11 John Wells b Harris 8 (7) c Clifford 12 Byes 8 4 —— —— 247 197 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-247 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-197 WHITE CONDUIT CLUB 1 Sir P.Burrell c Stanford 0 ( ) b Mann 10 2 J.Dampier b Bullen 26 ( ) b Bullen 13 3 E.Hussey b Beldham 21 (5) b Mann 9 4 G.Drummond c Hosmer 1 ( ) c Beldham 1 5 Earl of Winchilsea b Beldham 3 ( ) run out 9 6 T.Taylor c Bullen 12 (3) c Mann 4 7 J.Ring c Bullen 18 (2) b Beldham 2 8 H.Walker run out 0 ( ) c Amherst 5 9 R.Clifford run out 6 (1) b Purchase 0 10 T.Walker c Bullen 11 (4) b Beldham 12 11 D.Harris not out 5 ( ) not out 2 Byes 9 —— —— 112 67 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-112 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-67 White Conduit Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Harris 4 Clifford 1 Taylor 1 1 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Beldham 2 2 Bullen 1 1 Mann 2 Purchase 1 Umpires: Hawkins and R.Lawrence. Close of Play: 1st day: White Conduit Club (1) 24-1 (Dampier 20*, Hussey 1*); 2nd day: England (2) 87-0 (Beldham 52*, J.Small, jun 31*). All sources give the WCC team with amateurs at the top. The rest of the batting order in WCC (2) is not known. On day 1 Aylward batted from 11am to just after 6pm. Hawkins, the umpire, is probably the Odiham player, nominated by the Hambledon Club as organiser of the England side, so the other umpire is probably R.Lawrence, nominated by WCC. Other versions differ quite widely, especially in WCC (2), but the above is largely based on the score in the World , which is the most complete that has been discovered and is consistent with close of play details from other sources. However, the World has England (1) adding up 2 short with Amherst 18; other versions give Amherst 20 and this has been accepted even though it means mixing sources. The World also says that England won by 266 runs but if the team totals are correct the margin was 265. 104