Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

ENGLAND v HAMPSHIRE AND KENT Played at Lord’s Old Ground, Marylebone, June 5, 6, 7, 1788. Hampshire and Kent won by 25 runs. HAMPSHIRE AND KENT 1 T.Walker c Purchase 35 c Louch 2 2 H.Walker c Ingram 5 c Beldham 13 3 W.Bullen c Harris 13 not out 1 4 W.Brazier not out 15 c Beldham 6 5 R.Clifford c Amherst 1 c Louch 29 6 J.Aylward b Purchase 8 c Ingram 28 7 J.Ring c Amherst 7 c Purchase 20 8 W.Bowra b Harris 3 c Louch 2 9 J.Small, sen c Purchase 8 c Purchase 3 10 T.Taylor c Louch 1 c Louch 2 11 N.Mann c Purchase 7 b Harris 18 Byes 3 6 —— —— 106 130 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-106 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-130 ENGLAND 1 G.East c Aylward 0 c Aylward 0 2 G.Louch not out 1 c Bowra 1 3 S.Amherst run out 2 b Clifford 1 4 R.Hosmer b Clifford 0 b Clifford 9 5 D.Harris b Clifford 2 b Clifford 8 6 T.Ingram b Brazier 40 not out 7 7 W.Beldham b Clifford 5 b Mann 5 8 John Wells b Brazier 6 st Taylor 11 9 J.Small, jun b Clifford 12 c Taylor 7 10 F.Booker b Clifford 11 c Bullen 0 11 R.Purchase b Brazier 46 c Bullen 18 Byes 15 4 —— —— 140 71 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-140 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-71 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Harris 1 1 Purchase 1 Hampshire and Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Clifford 5 3 Brazier 3 Mann 1 Umpires: G.Drummond and Horsey. Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 82-5; 2nd day: England (2) 20-5 (Wells 5*, Harris 1*). At the end of day 2, East, Louch, Amherst, Small and Booker were the men out in England (2). England had Harris as a given man. The match arose from a VI-a-side single-wicket match between Hampshire and Kent in August 1787 (see SB p75). The papers explain that ‘from the 12 men that played in the single wicket match last year, Harris is withdrawn and Capt East undertook to assemble 10 men who joined with Harris would attack the powerful strength of bats’: hence this match (although East’s side lost). This accounts for the match title despite the presence of some Kent and Hampshire men on the England side. SB and some other sources call the game G.East’s XI v Paulet’s XI: ‘Paulet’ must be Rev C.Powlett, known as a leading Hambledon member (see SB p114 for another instance of the spelling ‘Paulet’ where ‘Powlett’ must be meant). The source gives the umpire as Halsey: this is assumed to be Horsey, who makes his playing debut in ‘great’ matches for Hampshire v Surrey, 2 July 1788. 113