Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

HAMPSHIRE v ENGLAND Played at Broad Halfpenny Down, Hambledon, June 22, 23, 24, 1774. Hampshire won by an innings and 52 runs. ENGLAND 1 Duke of Dorset 19 6 2 Earl of Tankerville 18 35 3 R.Stone 14 4 4 J.Minchin 37 38 5 R.May 7 6 6 R.Miller 3 26 7 J.Wood (Pirbright) 10 0 8 T.White 5 0 9 W.Palmer 0 6 10 Childs 2 6 11 W.Yalden 1 0 Byes 6 6 —— —— 122 133 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-122 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-133 HAMPSHIRE 1 E.Aburrow 9 2 J.Small, sen 47 3 E.Stevens 22 4 G.Leer 12 5 T.Sueter 67 6 R.Nyren 21 7 J.Aylward 37 8 R.Francis 29 9 P.Stewart 11 10 R.Purchase 37 11 T.Brett 9 Byes 6 —— 307 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-307 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: . It is assumed that R.May and Wood of Pirbright played for England, rather than T.May and Wood of Seal. Hampshire had Stevens as a given man. Dismissal details are not available. This was the first ‘great’ match played after the adoption of a new code of laws in February 1774. In contrast to the earlier code of 1744, which had provided for choice of innings to be decided by a toss, the 1774 code gave the choice to the visiting team, although a toss might still be used in rare cases such as a match at a neutral venue. Given the difficulty of identifying the cases where a toss may still have taken place, the reference to a toss has been omitted from all scores from this point. The toss was restored early in the 19th century: probably around 1810, although the exact date is uncertain. (Variant) RM gives dates as 22, 23 June only: also England (1) byes 0, total 116; Hants (1) Francis 49, total 327; margin innings & 78. These are numerically large departures from the Epps version as given above, which is confirmed by several newspapers. SB incorrectly gives the venue as Laleham Burway. 45