Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

BERKSHIRE v M.C.C. Played at Old Field, Bray, August 2, 3, 4, 1792. Berkshire won by 10 runs. BERKSHIRE 1 G.East b Lord 7 b Dupuis 4 2 R.Quarme c Monson 4 b Dupuis 2 3 Sale c Monson 4 not out 0 4 S.Gill b Lord 0 b Lord 20 5 Monk c Fitzroy 0 b Dupuis 6 6 J.Finch b Nicoll 59 b Lord 13 7 T.Shackle c Leycester 15 c Monson 23 8 R.Lawrence b Lord 2 c Winchilsea 14 9 Thompson b Lord 1 c Lord 6 10 T.Ray b Dupuis 20 b Dupuis 40 11 T.Lloyd not out 1 b Lord 9 Byes 3 9 —— —— 116 146 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-116 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-146 M.C.C. 1 E.Bligh c Gill 5 b Monk 6 2 G.Leycester b Monk 2 c Gill 15 3 T.A.Smith b Thompson 9 not out 16 4 G.H.Monson c Monk 14 b Monk 55 5 A.Pitcairn c Monk 1 hit wkt 1 6 G.Dupuis c East 4 b Thompson 0 7 T.V.R.Nicoll run out 2 run out 5 8 H.H.Aston b East 14 run out 2 9 Earl of Winchilsea not out 3 b Monk 9 10 H.W.Fitzroy b East 3 c Gill 6 11 T.Lord run out 31 b Thompson 36 Byes 9 4 —— —— 97 155 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-97 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-155 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Lord 4 3 Dupuis 1 4 Nicoll 1 Berkshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Monk 1 3 East 2 Thompson 1 2 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: . The batting order is from the Star and is preferable to that in SB, although both have Lord, as the professional, implausibly listed last. SB and many other sources give the venue as Oldfield Bray, as if ‘Bray’ were part of the name of the ground. John Goulstone has established that it was Old Field, Bray. That is, the ground was located in the parish of Bray, which in the 18th century included the southern half of the town of Maidenhead, where the Oldfield Club was based. Not until 1894 was Maidenhead created as a separate parish. 173