Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

OLD ETONIANS v M.C.C. Played at The Park, Burley-on-the-Hill, June 23, 24, 1791. M.C.C. won by six wickets. OLD ETONIANS 1 C.Anguish b Walker 14 run out 6 2 H.W.Fitzroy c Louch 6 b Cumberland 4 3 Earl of Darnley c Lennox 0 c Talbot 1 4 Sale b Walker 0 b Taylor 5 5 T.A.Smith b Cumberland 1 b Cumberland 0 6 E.Bligh c Lennox 2 b Taylor 15 7 Earl of Winchilsea b Cumberland 20 c Talbot 76 8 W.Beeston b Cumberland 7 run out 1 9 N.Graham b Cumberland 0 c Lennox 0 10 R.Purchase not out 7 b Cumberland 0 11 W.Bullen b Cumberland 0 not out 4 Byes 2 2 —— —— 59 114 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-59 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-114 M.C.C. 1 C.Cumberland c Bullen 2 b Bullen 0 2 R.Welch b Purchase 9 b Bullen 5 3 W.A.Harbord b Purchase 1 c Purchase 10 4 G.Talbot run out 3 b Bullen 17 5 C.Lennox b Fitzroy 8 not out 4 6 G.Louch c Bullen 29 not out 2 7 J.Maddox b Fitzroy 0 8 C.Towell b Purchase 2 9 J.Goldham b Bullen 24 10 T.Walker not out 31 11 T.Taylor b Fitzroy 18 Byes 7 2 —— —— 134 (4 wickets) 40 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-134 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Cumberland 5 3 Walker 2 Taylor 2 Old Etonians Bowling O M R W O M R W Purchase 3 Bullen 1 3 Fitzroy 3 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . Old Etonians had ‘Brown’, Bullen, Graham and Purchase as given men; MCC had Goldham, Taylor, Towell and Walker. Obviously the given men would not have batted last, as shown, but no source gives a more convincing order. The identity of ‘Brown’ is uncertain. W.Browning of East Malling appears sometimes as Brown but does not seem a likely candidate to have been engaged as a given man and the appearance has therefore been assigned to W.Beeston, who is known to have used Brown as an alias. 155