Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

DUKE OF DORSET’S XI v SIR H.MANN’S XI Played at Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club Ground, June 27, 28, 1780. Sir H.Mann’s XI won by seven wickets. DUKE OF DORSET’S XI 1 Duke of Dorset 0 b Berwick 6 2 Earl of Tankerville 4 c Yalden 1 3 J.Minchin 13 b Berwick 5 4 W.Bedster 8 c Aylward 11 5 F.Booker 0 c Aylward 7 6 W.Bowra 33 b Gibson 4 7 W.Bullen 8 b Berwick 34 8 H.Attfield 1 not out 13 9 T.Pattenden 9 c Aylward 0 10 J.Boorman 13 c Stone 6 11 E.Stevens 2 c Berwick 0 Byes 2 5 —— —— 93 92 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-93 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-92 SIR H.MANN’S XI 1 R.Stone 9 2 W.Yalden 0 c Bedster 15 3 Berwick 1 b Bullen 10 4 R.Miller 13 not out 24 5 J.Aylward 47 not out 12 6 R.May 4 7 R.Clifford 8 b Stevens 20 8 Mills 4 9 R.Hosmer 6 10 B.Rimmington 11 11 Gibson 0 Byes 2 —— —— 105 (3 wickets) 81 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-105 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- Sir H.Mann’s X Bowling O M R W O M R W Berwick 3 Gibson 1 Duke of Dorset’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Bullen 1 Stevens 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . The first innings dismissal details are not available. In the absence of distinguishing initials or any other evidence the appearances by May and Rimmington have been attributed to the best-known players of those names. This is the first of 8 matches between teams representing (broadly) East and West Kent, although also involving many leading players from outside the county. See the introduction for notes regarding the treatment of these games. Match titles vary from one source to another: sometimes the sides are named as East and West Kent, sometimes after the patrons involved. The titles used here have been taken from SB. (Variant) KG has significant differences, viz: Dorset (2) Bedster 12, Attfield 12; Mann (2) Stone 11, Berwick 2, Miller not out 34, Hosmer 9, Rimmington 20, byes 5, total 81-3. However, it does not say who was not out in Mann (2) apart from Miller and it has no dismissal details in either innings, so Epps is preferred as representing a more complete score, although KG is a more proximate source. 77