Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

A TO M v N TO Z Played at Lord’s Old Ground, Marylebone, June 3, 4, 15, 16, 1789. N to Z won by 140 runs. N TO Z 1 H.Walker b Harris 0 (5) c Beldham 5 2 R.Purchase b Beldham 40 (3) b Brazier 1 3 Earl of Winchilsea b Beldham 0 (10) not out 21 4 J.Aylward b Beldham 0 (2) b Clifford 7 5 T.Walker b Beldham 29 (4) b Beldham 31 6 J.Ring b Beldham 0 (1) b Mann 24 7 John Wells c Clifford 35 (11) c Brazier 48 8 J.Small, sen c Clifford 44 (6) run out 19 9 J.Small, jun not out 12 (7) b Mann 13 10 W.Fennex b Beldham 3 (8) b Mann 7 11 E.Stevens b Beldham 2 (9) b Beldham 0 Byes 3 1 —— —— 168 177 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-168 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-177 A TO M 1 R.Clifford b Purchase 0 (3) b Fennex 19 2 W.Brazier c Wells 23 b Purchase 3 3 W.Beldham c Wells 7 (4) c Wells 44 4 W.Bullen b Wells 5 (9) b Stevens 11 5 G.Louch c Wells 5 (7) b Purchase 7 6 C.Lennox b Purchase 7 G.T.Boult (10) not out 15 7 T.Taylor b Stevens 2 (8) c Purchase 3 8 N.Mann c Stevens 0 (5) b Purchase 48 9 T.Ingram b Purchase 1 (6) c J.Small, sen 0 10 S.Amherst not out 1 (1) b Stevens 0 11 D.Harris run out 0 b Purchase 1 Byes 3 —— —— 51 154 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-51 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-154 A to M Bowling O M R W O M R W Harris 1 Beldham 7 2 Mann 3 Clifford 1 Brazier 1 N to Z Bowling O M R W O M R W Stevens 1 2 Purchase 3 4 Wells 1 Fennex 1 Umpires: F.Booker and J.Pilcher. Close of Play: 1st day: N to Z (1) 150-6 (Wells 34*, J.Small, sen 44*); 2nd day: N to Z (1) 163-8 (J.Small, jun 9*, Fennex 3*); 3rd day: N to Z (2) 177 all out. G.T.Boult was a full substitute for A to M, replacing C.Lennox (presumably unable to play when the match was resumed on day 3). A to M had Taylor as a given man; N to Z had Aylward as a given man. Fennex played for N to Z because his name was understood to be a corruption of ‘Phœnix’. Day 2 was ruined by rain so the match had to be completed some days later. The changes to second-innings batting orders may be in order of dismissal; it is unlikely that Wells batted last in N-Z (2), but he may well have been last out. 124