Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

HAMPSHIRE v M.C.C. Played at Stoke Down, Alresford, August 7, 8, 9, 10, 1797. M.C.C. won by 113 runs. M.C.C. 1 G.Leycester c Freemantle 0 lbw 24 2 C.Lennox run out 0 b Purchase 4 3 J.Tufton c Hale 22 b Purchase 61 4 Lord F.Beauclerk not out 75 run out 43 5 E.Bligh b Clair 4 b Purchase 21 6 H.J.Tufton b Clair 14 b Purchase 19 7 G.Louch b Bennett 1 b Purchase 3 8 Earl of Winchilsea c May 11 c Freemantle 0 9 T.Mellish c Freemantle 6 c Hale 9 10 C.Cumberland b Taylor 0 c Bennett 0 11 Scott c May 7 not out 2 Byes 7 6 —— —— 147 192 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-147 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-192 HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Small, sen c H.J.Tufton 4 b Beauclerk 2 2 John Bennett b Beauclerk 1 c Winchilsea 26 3 R.Purchase b Cumberland 4 not out 26 4 J.Small, jun c Leycester 12 c H.J.Tufton 53 5 T.Taylor st H.J.Tufton 16 st H.J.Tufton 0 6 May run out 12 c H.J.Tufton 36 7 J.Stewart b Cumberland 3 b Cumberland 4 8 A.Freemantle b Beauclerk 17 b Beauclerk 0 9 E.Hale c J.Tufton 2 b Beauclerk 0 10 Clair run out 5 b Cumberland 0 11 Mundy not out 0 st H.J.Tufton 1 Byes 2 —— —— 78 148 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-78 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-148 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Clair 2 Bennett 1 Taylor 1 Purchase 5 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Cumberland 2 2 Beauclerk 2 3 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: ; 3rd day: . Bennett appearing above is taken to be John Bennett. It is believed that his cousin James did not appear until 1798. (Variant) The Portsmouth Gazette gives Hampshire (1) byes 0, total 76; Hampshire (2) Bennett 16, total 138; margin 125 runs but the version in Britcher is preferred. 249