Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

ENGLAND v HAMPSHIRE Played at Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club Ground, June 18, 19, 20, 1777. Hampshire won by an innings and 168 runs. ENGLAND 1 W.Bullen c Tankerville 13 b Nyren 2 2 T.Pattenden b Brett 38 c Sueter 0 3 R.Miller c Small 27 b Brett 23 4 J.Minchin not out 60 b Taylor 12 5 T.White c Veck 8 run out 10 6 Duke of Dorset b Brett 0 c Tankerville 5 7 W.Yalden c Small 6 c Nyren 8 8 W.Bowra b Brett 2 b Taylor 4 9 F.Booker c Brett 8 b Brett 2 10 E.Stevens b Brett 1 not out 2 11 J.Wood (Pirbright) b Brett 1 b Nyren 1 Byes 2 —— —— 166 69 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-166 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-69 HAMPSHIRE 1 R.A.Veck b Stevens 16 2 J.Aylward b Bullen 167 3 J.Small, sen c White b Stevens 33 4 Earl of Tankerville b Wood 3 5 T.Sueter b Wood 46 6 G.Leer b Wood 7 7 T.Taylor c Bullen b Wood 32 8 R.Nyren b Stevens 37 9 R.Francis c and b Wood 26 10 E.Aburrow c Minchin b Bullen 22 11 T.Brett not out 9 Byes 5 —— 403 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-403 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Brett 5 2 Nyren 2 Taylor 2 England Bowling O M R W Stevens 3 Wood 5 Bullen 2 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: Hampshire (1) ?-? (Aylward not out); 2nd day: Hampshire (1) ?-? (Aylward not out). This is a famous match. Aylward’s score of 167 set a record that remained unbeaten, at least in top cricket, until 1820. Haygarth quotes from a printed bill of the match that ‘Aylward went in at 5 o’clock on Wednesday, and was not out till after 3 on Friday.’ Ironically, the announcement of this match in the Kentish Gazette stated that ‘to shorten the game’ three stumps would be used. Another strikingly modern feature, unique for this period, is that in the Hampshire innings the name of the bowler is added when a batsman is caught. 61