Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

M.C.C. v MIDDLESEX Played at Lord’s Old Ground, Marylebone, May 16, 17, 18, 1791. Middlesex won by 30 runs. MIDDLESEX 1 W.White not out 39 c Fitzroy 7 2 Grange c Bligh 4 c Beldham 30 3 W.Fennex b Beldham 1 b Bligh 41 4 T.Shackle b Beldham 0 run out 17 5 T.Lord run out 21 c Winchilsea 21 6 W.Wells c Bligh 6 c Bligh 0 7 W.Bedster b Beldham 3 b Purchase 27 8 Cantrell b Beldham 0 c Bligh 6 9 Dale c Hussey 8 not out 3 10 J.T.White b Beldham 11 c Wyatt 2 11 R.Turner c Hussey 7 b Beldham 1 Byes 10 11 —— —— 110 166 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-110 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-166 M.C.C. 1 T.A.Smith b Fennex 1 run out 8 2 R.B.Wyatt b Fennex 9 b Fennex 7 3 R.Purchase b Turner 10 c Cantrell 44 4 E.Hussey c Lord 0 run out 16 5 G.Louch b Turner 36 b Turner 1 6 E.Bligh b Fennex 1 b Fennex 4 7 C.Anguish c Bedster 13 b Turner 0 8 H.W.Fitzroy b Fennex 6 not out 1 9 Earl of Winchilsea b Fennex 4 c Cantrell 10 10 J.L.Kaye b Grange 4 b Grange 4 11 W.Beldham not out 44 b Fennex 1 Byes 17 5 —— —— 145 101 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-145 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-101 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Beldham 5 1 Purchase 1 Bligh 1 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Fennex 5 3 Turner 2 2 Grange 1 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: . MCC batting order appears to be by dismissal: Beldham obviously came in much higher. (Variant) Buckley’s unpublished manuscript notes at Lord’s state that this and the following match are Middlesex (i.e. Thursday) Club matches, but it is believed that Thursday Club matches do not commence until 1794. In any case, the composition of the team suggests a Middlesex county side, as does the employment of Beldham and Purchase as given men by MCC. 149