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First-Class # 68
England Domestic Season, 1787
Hornchurch v White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst
Langton Park, Hornchurch
15,16 May 1787 (2-day match)
Result: White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst won by 6 wickets
Toss: Not known
Umpires:
Balls per over: 4
Close of Play:
Day 1:
Hornchurch 1st innings
RN Newman c Ingram b ? 2
RB Wyatt b Stevens 5
R Denn not out 3
T Clark b Stevens 12
J Boorman c Butcher b ? 12
Murray c Ingram b ? 2
M Remington b Butcher 2
N Graham c Ingram b ? 0
Davidson b Stevens 0
J Martin b Stevens 4
Clements b Stevens 1
Extras (b 3) 3
Total (all out, ? ov) 46
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-46.
Bowling O M R W
Stevens ? ? ? 5
Butcher ? ? ? 1
White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst 1st innings
Earl of Winchilsea b Martin 1
Lord Strathavon b Boorman 17
G Talbot not out 9
G Drummond b Boorman 1
TA Smith b Boorman 10
GT Boult b Boorman 62
G Louch c Clements b ? 2
W Bedster c Wyatt b ? 3
Butcher c Wyatt b ? 3
E Stevens c Clark b ? 0
T Ingram b Martin 5
Extras (b 4) 4
Total (all out, ? ov) 117
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-117.
Bowling O M R W
Boorman ? ? ? 4
Martin ? ? ? 2
Hornchurch 2nd innings
RN Newman b Butcher 4
RB Wyatt b Butcher 3
R Denn c Ingram b ? 4
T Clark b Stevens 13
J Boorman b Butcher 7
Murray b Butcher 14
M Remington b Stevens 4
N Graham not out 18
Davidson b Butcher 0
J Martin b Stevens 7
Clements b Stevens 11
Extras (b 3) 3
Total (all out, ? ov) 88
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-88.
Bowling O M R W
Stevens ? ? ? 4
Butcher ? ? ? 5
White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst 2nd innings (target: 18)
Earl of Winchilsea b Boorman 7
Lord Strathavon not out 2
G Talbot b Martin 3
G Drummond b Martin 1
TA Smith b Martin 1
Butcher not out 2
Extras (b 2) 2
Total (4 wickets, ? ov) 18
DNB: GT Boult, G Louch, W Bedster, E Stevens, T Ingram.
FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?.
Bowling O M R W
Boorman ? ? ? 1
Martin ? ? ? 3
- White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst
Captain not named
- White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst
Wicket-keeper not named
- Hornchurch Captain not named
- Hornchurch Wicket-keeper not named
- White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst 1st innings:
bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Hornchurch 1st innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst 2nd innings:
bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- Hornchurch 2nd innings: bowlers' runs conceded do not balance
- The teams are not in batting order. This match was the first of three
between a combined WCC/Moulsey team and Hornchurch. The source gives
no venue, but Haygarth (who was aware only of the first two matches)
suggested Hornchurch on the grounds that the second match was at Molesey.
- This was a reasonable suggestion on the basis of the information
available to him, but the discovery of a third match (at Hornchurch)
has called the matter into question. However, the newspaper announcement
for the second match refers to the arrangement of a third game in a
way that suggests that it was a later addition after the first two
matches had been agreed, so Haygarth's suggestion retains some
validity and has been accepted, although the whole matter remains
uncertain.
- The White Conduit ground at Islington is another possibility or
even Lord's, although the absence of any match reports in the
London newspapers may argue against a metropolitan venue.
- This match presents special difficulties in the matter of player
identification. Three Hornchurch players, Butcher, Graham and
Rimmington, share surnames with known Kent players - too many
to be a coincidence. It is assumed that they are the same.
- Butcher - Note his consistent record as a bowler in most matches
in which he appears.
- Graham - It is probably significant that his only Kent match is v
Essex at Hornchurch (27 September 1792), and Ashley-Cooper identifies
him as N Graham of either Crayford or Dartford (both just over
the river from Essex).
- Rimmington - He must be one of the three players with this uncommon
surname appearing in Kent matches 1780-83. The late HS Scales in his
register of 18th-century players (JCS, Vols III-IV) suggests M
Rimmington: no reason is given but Scales is known to have had
access to unpublished notes by Ashley-Cooper, now lost, so in
the absence of other evidence M Rimmington has been accepted,
even though B appears to have been the most prominent in the
earlier period.
- Davidson is assumed to be the same man as appeared for England v
Hampshire in 1784; also as a given man for Hornchurch in a match
v Berks in 1785 (DC p64).
- SB gives this and the second match as Moulsey Hurst games but the
composition of the team shows that it was WCC and Moulsey Hurst
jointly, and this is confirmed by press announcements for the
third match at Hornchurch on 2 August (for which the full score
has unfortunately not survived).
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Team Pages:
Hornchurch,
White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst.
Ground Page:
Langton Park, Hornchurch
Hornchurch Player Pages:
RN Newman,
RB Wyatt,
R Denn,
T Clark,
J Boorman,
Murray,
M Remington,
N Graham,
Davidson,
J Martin,
Clements.
White Conduit Club and Moulsey Hurst Player Pages:
Earl of Winchilsea,
Lord Strathavon,
G Talbot,
G Drummond,
TA Smith,
GT Boult,
G Louch,
W Bedster,
Butcher,
E Stevens,
T Ingram.
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