Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

M.C.C. v MIDDLESEX Played at Lord’s Old Ground, Marylebone, May 7, 8, 9, 1792. M.C.C. won by 274 runs. M.C.C. 1 E.Bligh b Fennex 0 st Amherst 40 2 W.Beldham c Goldham 13 b Bedster 144 3 Earl of Winchilsea c Cantrell 11 b Lord 28 4 T.Ingram b Turner 3 b Bedster 4 5 G.Louch b Fennex 11 c Turner 40 6 J.L.Kaye b Turner 3 b Fennex 1 7 T.A.Smith b Lord 15 c Boult 0 8 T.Walker c Bedster 107 b Bedster 0 9 R.Brudenell b Fennex 0 not out 0 10 G.Dehany b Fennex 0 c Lord 30 11 A.Pitcairn not out 18 c Amherst 9 Byes 12 10 —— —— 193 306 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-193 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-306 MIDDLESEX 1 N.Graham b Walker 6 st Bligh 5 2 Butler b Walker 6 c Brudenell 8 3 W.Bedster b Walker 3 c Beldham 3 4 W.Fennex not out 60 c Bligh 6 5 T.Lord b Beldham 1 b Beldham 12 6 G.T.Boult c Louch 14 st Bligh 13 7 S.Amherst b Beldham 0 hit wkt 16 8 Dale c Kaye 4 not out 8 9 J.Goldham run out 1 c Bligh 13 10 Cantrell c Bligh 5 b Walker 10 11 R.Turner c Kaye 10 c Kaye 16 Byes 1 4 —— —— 111 114 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-111 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-114 Middlesex Bowling O M R W O M R W Fennex 4 1 Lord 1 1 Turner 2 Bedster 3 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Beldham 2 1 Walker 3 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: . MCC had Beldham and Walker as given men. The score is from the Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser , signed ‘S Britcher’. The batting order it gives for MCC is in order of first-innings dismissal and shows Walker at 8 although he scored 107 of a total of 193. Since he was known as a slow scorer, this very strongly suggests that he opened. At any rate, the order above is a great improvement on the version in SB, which has century-makers Beldham and Walker listed last because they were given men. (Variant) SB and Bentley indicate one of the MCC team by a dash but other soutces confirm the missing name as T.Ingram. Also, SB has the Earl of Darnley in place of Brudenell. 163