Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

EARL OF WINCHILSEA’S XI v T.A.SMITH’S XI Played at The Park, Burley-on-the-Hill, July 2, 3, 4, 1792. T.A.Smith’s XI won by 75 runs. T.A.SMITH’S XI 1 W.Fennex c Graham 0 c Bligh 55 2 R.Purchase c Beldham 4 b Wells 61 3 J.Small, sen c Beldham 3 b T.Walker 3 4 A.Freemantle b T.Walker 21 c Beldham 5 5 T.Taylor c Wells 2 not out 3 6 G.Louch b Wells 1 c Beldham 17 7 A.Pitcairn hit wkt 4 b Wells 0 8 T.A.Smith c Beldham 12 c Monson 12 9 T.Boxall c Beldham 0 c T.Walker 9 10 Viscount Milsington run out 1 b Wells 0 11 J.Small, jun not out 37 run out 35 Byes 2 4 —— —— 87 204 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-87 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-204 EARL OF WINCHILSEA’S XI 1 E.Bligh c Purchase 2 b Purchase 17 2 W.Beldham b Purchase 11 b Boxall 51 3 H.Walker run out 0 c Louch 0 4 John Wells c Boxall 11 c J.Small, sen 12 5 T.Walker c Boxall 27 b Taylor 30 6 W.Bedster c Taylor 0 not out 2 7 Earl of Winchilsea b Boxall 25 run out 4 8 J.Goldham b Boxall 0 b Purchase 1 9 G.H.Monson c Taylor 9 run out 7 10 N.Graham not out 0 c Purchase 0 11 H.W.Fitzroy b Boxall 3 b Purchase 1 Byes 3 —— —— 88 128 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-88 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-128 Earl of Winchilsea’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Wells 1 3 T.Walker 1 1 T.A.Smith’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Boxall 3 1 Purchase 1 3 Taylor 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: . The teams are listed in dismissal order: obviously Small, jun came in much higher than 11. Other sources call the match ‘Smith with 4 of Hants v Winchilsea with 4 of Surrey’ (Britcher) or ‘England (bar Kent) v Hants’ ( Lincolnshire, Rutland and Stamford Mercury , the local newspaper). Both are reasonable descriptions and indicate how fluid and uncertain match titles can be. In view of the lack of consensus the title has been left as above. 170