Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

ENGLAND v KENT Played at W.Fennex’s New Ground, Uxbridge, July 23, 24, 25, 1789. England won by an innings and 10 runs. KENT 1 J.Pilcher c Louch 5 c Boult 1 2 J.Aylward b Harris 7 run out 23 3 R.Clifford b Harris 13 b Mann 6 4 W.Brazier b Mann 3 b Harris 2 5 J.Ring b Mann 6 b Purchase 7 6 S.Amherst b Purchase 10 b Mann 7 7 G.Talbot run out 0 b Harris 1 8 W.Bullen c Louch 1 not out 4 9 J.Boorman c Beldham 18 run out 2 10 Palmer b Purchase 4 b Mann 0 11 J.Crawte not out 19 b Mann 0 Byes 1 —— —— 87 53 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-87 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-53 ENGLAND 1 Earl of Winchilsea c Boorman 0 2 Vincent b Clifford 12 3 T.Walker run out 11 4 John Wells hit wkt 21 5 G.Louch b Boorman 3 6 G.T.Boult b Clifford 13 7 W.Beldham b Bullen 48 8 R.Purchase run out 6 9 N.Mann b Bullen 34 10 T.A.Smith not out 0 11 D.Harris run out 0 Byes 2 —— 150 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-150 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Harris 2 2 Mann 2 4 Purchase 2 1 Kent Bowling O M R W Clifford 2 Boorman 1 Bullen 2 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: . Buckley gives the venue as Fennex’s New Ground, which is assumed to be the ground also known as Uxbridge Moor. The question is obscure. Uxbridge Moor is to the south of the town of Uxbridge. The Ordnance Survey 1st series shows only one cricket ground, on Uxbridge Common to the north of the town, but this is dated 1805, i.e. 16 years later. There is also a Cricket Field Road in the town centre, but this apparently refers to a ground used in the 1830s and later. 130