Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

HAMPSHIRE v ENGLAND Played at Broad Halfpenny Down, Hambledon, August 23, 1779. Hampshire won by 149 runs. HAMPSHIRE 1 E.Aburrow 2 b Lamborn 9 2 N.Mann 45 b Lamborn 23 3 J.Small, sen 66 b Stevens 6 4 R.A.Veck 8 b Bullen 14 5 T.Sueter 10 c Bullen 24 6 G.Leer 2 c Yalden 58 7 T.Taylor 6 b Lamborn 2 8 Berwick 0 not out 10 9 P.Stewart 4 b Stevens 2 10 R.Nyren 1 c Aylward 14 11 W.Bowra 16 b Lamborn 12 Byes 7 8 —— —— 167 182 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-167 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-182 ENGLAND 1 W.Bedster 8 b Nyren 2 2 Earl of Tankerville 0 c Nyren 12 3 W.Yalden 10 b Berwick 0 4 H.Attfield 17 c Veck 16 5 R.Miller 0 b Mann 37 6 J.Minchin 0 b Nyren 4 7 Lamborn 0 b Mann 0 8 W.Bullen 3 b Mann 6 9 E.Stevens 4 not out 1 10 R.Clifford 17 c Aburrow 3 11 J.Aylward 51 b Nyren 3 Byes 2 4 —— —— 112 88 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-112 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-88 Bowling O M R W O M R W Lamborn 4 Stevens 2 Bullen 1 Bowling O M R W O M R W Nyren 3 Berwick 1 Mann 3 Umpires: The first innings dismissal details are not available. Hampshire had Berwick and Bowra as given men. The scoring suggests that the match must have continued into at least a second day. Clearly Aylward did not bat last for England, but no better order is available. (Variant) SB notes that another account says the match was played at Chertsey. 75