Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

M.C.C. v HAMPSHIRE Played at Lord’s Old Ground, Marylebone, August 2, 3, 1798. Hampshire won by 102 runs. HAMPSHIRE 1 James Bennett c Clifton 17 st Leycester 0 2 R.Purchase c Upton 17 st Leycester 10 3 A.Freemantle b Beauclerk 5 b Beauclerk 3 4 J.Small, jun c Douglas 1 b Beauclerk 14 5 John Wells b Beauclerk 31 c Leycester 4 6 T.Scott b Douglas 9 b Tufton 15 7 John Bennett not out 53 st Leycester 0 8 J.Small, sen b Beauclerk 2 c Beauclerk 0 9 Grinham b Tufton 1 c Upton 0 10 May b Turner 22 b Beauclerk 0 11 D.Harris c Winchilsea 3 not out 0 Byes 14 —— —— 175 46 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-175 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-46 M.C.C. 1 E.Bligh b Harris 0 b Wells 0 2 R.Whitehead c John Bennett 7 st Wells 3 3 Lord F.Beauclerk b Wells 6 c J.Small, jun 16 4 G.Leycester b Wells 3 st Wells 11 5 J.Tufton c Freemantle 7 lbw 3 6 B.Clifton c Harris 7 b Harris 0 7 A.P.Upton run out 9 b Harris 5 8 C.Douglas b Wells 11 b Wells 1 9 Earl of Winchilsea c Grinham 0 c Freemantle 8 10 P.Maitland st Wells 6 c Harris 2 11 W.Turner not out 1 not out 2 Byes 6 5 —— —— 63 56 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-63 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-56 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Beauclerk 3 3 Tufton 1 1 Douglas 1 Turner 1 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Harris 1 2 Wells 3 2 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . Hampshire had Wells as a given man. J Small, sen made his final appearance in ‘great’ matches at the age of 61. 259