Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

HAMPSHIRE v KENT Played at Windmill Down, Hambledon, July 8, 9, 1783. Match tied. KENT 1 R.Clifford b Harris 5 b Stevens 0 2 W.Bullen run out 9 c Bayley 11 3 R.Miller b Stevens 11 c Sueter 11 4 J.Aylward b Francis 21 hit wkt 27 5 W.Bedster b Harris 0 c Purchase 0 6 J.Ring b Stevens 3 c Sueter 1 7 W.Bowra c Francis 16 b Stevens 11 8 Duke of Dorset b Francis 8 c Taylor 4 9 W.Brazier c Sueter 27 c Small 10 10 T.Pattenden c Small 0 c Francis 14 11 W.Yalden not out 9 not out 0 Byes 2 1 —— —— 111 90 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-111 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-90 HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Bayley c Dorset 2 c Ring 12 2 D.Harris b Bullen 10 run out 0 3 R.A.Veck c Clifford 4 c Yalden 3 4 J.Small, sen run out 1 b Bullen 8 5 T.Sueter b Bullen 42 c Yalden 3 6 T.Taylor b Bullen 51 c Bowra 3 7 N.Mann b Bullen 9 b Bullen 13 8 R.Francis c Clifford 0 b Clifford 1 9 R.Purchase c Bullen 1 c Clifford 4 10 R.Nyren c Clifford 4 not out 5 11 E.Stevens not out 2 c Aylward 1 Byes 14 8 —— —— 140 61 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-140 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-59, 10-61 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Stevens 2 2 Harris 2 Francis 2 Kent Bowling O M R W O M R W Bullen 4 2 Clifford 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . Hampshire had Stevens as a given man; Kent had Bedster and Yalden as given men. This is the first tie in a ‘great’ match. Hambledon Cricket Chronicle notes that ‘Lumpy [Stevens] went in last with three needed’. SB quotes a report that ‘the game was saved by Clifford’s attention’, presumably by bowling Francis and catching Purchase near the death. SB and many other sources have the teams reversed but the quotes above about Stevens and Clifford make sense only if Hampshire batted last. SB also quotes a report that Kent actually won, a run having been missed through a scoring error; but this account is suspect because it is supported by details about tally-sticks, which had long since fallen out of use by this time. 92