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England Domestic Season, 1899 
Home Counties v Rest of England 
Central Recreation Ground, Hastings 
7,8,9 September 1899 (3-day match) 
Result: Match Drawn 
Toss: Home Counties 
Umpires: R Thoms and J Lillywhite 
Balls per over: 5
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: Home Counties 298/8 (Young 14*, Butt 3*)
 Day 2: Home Counties 331, Rest of England 233, Home Counties 31/1
        (Abel 14*, Hayward 9*)
Home Counties 1st innings
AJ Turner             c Rhodes           b Townsend            28
R Abel                                   b Hirst               40
TW Hayward            c Tyldesley        b Townsend            13
A Hearne              c Jessop           b Townsend            15
FGJ Ford                                 b Hirst               22
DLA Jephson           c Hirst            b Townsend            77
KS Ranjitsinhji                          b Hirst               60
AE Stoddart           c Board            b Hirst               13
HI Young                                 b Jessop              22
+HR Butt              c Rhodes           b Townsend            25
WM Bradley            not out                                   3
Extras                (b 8, lb 4, nb 1)                        13
Total                 (all out, 124.4 overs)                  331
FoW: 1-50, 2-80, 3-94, 4-?, 5-142, 6-259, 7-?, 8-288, 9-?, 10-331.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Townsend                    54.4    8    163      5
Rhodes                      17      5     31      0
Jessop                      14      5     26      1
Hirst                       31     11     75      4
Cuttell                      8      2     23      0
Rest of England 1st innings
AC MacLaren           c Ford             b Bradley              0
WG Quaife                                b Young               81
JT Tyldesley                         c & b Jephson              0
F Mitchell            c Butt             b Bradley             29
CL Townsend                              b Jephson              6
GL Jessop             c Hearne           b Jephson             26
*WG Grace                                b Young               15
GH Hirst              c Hearne           b Young                9
WR Cuttell            c Hayward          b Bradley             38
+JH Board             not out                                  17
W Rhodes              c Hearne           b Young                0
Extras                (b 8, lb 2, nb 2)                        12
Total                 (all out, 73 overs)                     233
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-58, 4-?, 5-89, 6-145, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-233.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bradley                     21      6     77      3
Jephson                     22      2     94      3
Young                       20      4     45      4
Hearne                      10      8      5      0
Home Counties 2nd innings
AJ Turner                                b Jessop               4
R Abel                                   b Jessop              22
TW Hayward            c MacLaren         b Jessop              20
A Hearne              not out                                  51
FGJ Ford                                 b Jessop               0
DLA Jephson           c Rhodes           b Townsend            58
AE Stoddart           c Mitchell         b Rhodes              44
Extras                (b 8, lb 3, nb 2)                        13
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 65.2 overs)        212
DNB: KS Ranjitsinhji, HI Young, +HR Butt, WM Bradley.
FoW: 1-?, 2-55, 3-61, 4-61, 5-113, 6-212.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Townsend                     5.2    0     18      1
Rhodes                      10      1     35      1
Jessop                      18      6     67      4
Hirst                       17      6     44      0
Cuttell                     13      5     24      0
MacLaren                     2      0     11      0
Rest of England 2nd innings (target: 311 runs)
AC MacLaren                              b Young                4
WG Quaife                                b Bradley              5
JT Tyldesley          c Butt             b Bradley             70
F Mitchell                               b Bradley             28
CL Townsend           c Butt             b Bradley             22
GL Jessop             not out                                 100
*WG Grace             not out                                  21
Extras                (b 1)                                     1
Total                 (5 wickets, 56 overs)                   251
DNB: GH Hirst, WR Cuttell, +JH Board, W Rhodes.
FoW: 1-?, 2-13, 3-?, 4-88, 5-214.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bradley                     20      1     85      4
Jephson                      8      0     38      0
Young                       16      3     60      1
Hearne                       5      0     31      0
Hayward                      6      0     31      0
Ford                         1      0      5      0
 
 
-  Jessop's century was made in 68 minutes. Townsend, who went
    into the match requiring 5 wickets to reach his hundred and
    to complete the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets, was kept
    on Bowling for a considerable time until he eventually
    achieved the feat.
   
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