Lives in Cricket No 37 - William Clarke

84 Incredible Success of the All-England Eleven The match between an Ilkeston and District XXII and the All-England Eleven under way in August 1851 at the Rutland Ground, Ilkeston. Clarke bowled through both Ilkeston innings, securing eighteen victims, and his side won by six wickets. A match between Sussex and the All-England Eleven being played at the Royal Brunswick Ground on Hove seafront in ‘about 1850’, with the St Andrew’s Old Church in the background. In this fixture in 1849, Clarke bowled through both Sussex innings and took twelve wickets; the AEE won by an innings and 45 runs.