Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800

ENGLAND v HAMPSHIRE Played at Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club Ground, June 1, 2, 1784. England won by seven wickets. HAMPSHIRE 1 J.Cole c Clifford 4 b Bullen 4 2 R.Francis b Bullen 1 c Aylward 8 3 T.Taylor b Bullen 12 c Bowra 12 4 J.Small, sen b Bullen 3 c Bowra 37 5 N.Mann c Bowra 1 b Clifford 3 6 T.Sueter not out 36 b Bullen 1 7 R.A.Veck b Bullen 5 b Clifford 22 8 R.Nyren b Clifford 0 c Bullen 8 9 R.Purchase b Clifford 0 c Bedster 17 10 J.Small, jun b Bullen 6 c Bedster 0 11 E.Stevens b Bullen 3 not out 1 Byes 3 —— —— 71 116 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-71 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-116 ENGLAND 1 J.Aylward b Francis 37 not out 30 2 J.Ring b Francis 0 c Taylor 5 3 W.Bedster c Taylor 0 not out 16 4 R.Hosmer run out 2 b Francis 11 5 R.Clifford c Francis 31 b Stevens 0 6 W.Brazier b Stevens 8 7 Townsend c Nyren 7 8 W.Bowra c Francis 3 9 Davidson b Francis 0 10 F.Booker not out 20 11 W.Bullen b Francis 14 Byes 2 2 —— —— 124 (3 wickets) 64 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-124 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bullen 6 2 Clifford 2 2 Hampshire Bowling O M R W O M R W Stevens 1 1 Francis 4 1 Umpires: Close of Play: 1st day: . Hampshire had Stevens as a given man. Davidson in the England team has not been identified. F.S.Ashley-Cooper in his Register of Kent County Cricketers suggested a Davison of Hythe, but this is based, at least in part, on Ashley-Cooper’s assessment, not followed here, of the home team as Kent rather than England. 95